The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-10
READY To DEFEND
MRS. BRADLEY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Former
United States Senator Arthur Brown of
Utah. who was shot by Mrs. Anna Brad
ley of Salt Lake City in his apart
ments at the Hotel Raleigh yesterday
afternoon, lies in critical condition
tonight at the Emergency Hospital
The doctors announced tonight that he
had chance for recovery. but his
friends admitted there had been a
change for the worse during the day
and thought his recovery doubtful
There are symptoms of peritonitis,
which the physicians fear may lead to
blood poisoning
Brown has not given any statement
since he went on the operating table
at the hospital yesterday and the doc
tors viii not permit any one to see
him. Gunnof Helena. who came to
Washington with Brown to appear with
him before the Supreme Court, called
upon him at the hospital several times
today, but was denied admittance to
Browns room.
An elderly woman, who refused to
give her name to the hospital attend
ants, asked to see Brown. The woman
said she was an aunt of the wounded
man and that she resided in Washing
ton. She was heavily yelled. Browns
daughter, Alice of Columbus, Ohio. who
is reporter on a morning newspaper
there, and his son, Arthur Brown Jr., a
student in the University Of Chicago,
arrived tonight and saw their father
for a moment
Mrs. Bradley was taken from the
First Precinct police station to the
House of Detention at o'clock this
morning. She was hysterical all day.
She made frequent inquiries as to the
condition of her victim. Her attorneys
say she is on the verge of collapse.
She was in conference with her lawyers
for more than two hours today and
they directed that she see no one ex-
cept Senator Sutherland and her physi-
clan.
According to the police, a number of
prominent Washington politicians have
notified her they are willing to furnish
money for her defense. Several local
restaurants today telephoned the ma
tron at the House of Detention that
they would gladly serve Mrs. Bradley
meals free of cost A representative of
the Salvation Army also offered assist
ance. Mrs. Bradley is held without bail
on the charge of assault with intent to
kill She will not be given a prelimi-
nary hearing until the extent of
Browns injuries are known.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 9.-Former
Senator Arthur Brown, who was shot
by Mrs. Anna Bradley in Washington
yesterday, was one of the leaders of
the Utah bar. He excelled as a crimi-
nal and as a mining lawyer and figured
in many big cases.
Brown, after graduation from Anti
och College in. Ohio. went to Kalama-
zoo, Mich, where he quickly estab-
lished himself. He gained many CHI
ents and made much money. Early in
life he entered politics and he was cam
paign manager for Senator Julius Gaze
sar Burrows when Burrows was first
elected to Congress in 1872.
Brown was married, but subsequently
his relations with Miss Elizabeth Cam
beron became so notorious that his wife
/ left him. Then in 1876 he came to
Utah. Miss Cameron followed. Later
Brown returned to Michigan and OBJ
tanned a divorce from his wife. who is
now living in Cleveland with a grown
daughter.
Upon his return to Salt Lake Brown
married Miss Cameron. In 1896 he was
elected to the United States Senate on
the admission Of Utah to statehood.
lie was unfortunate in drawing the
short term, and was a Senator but one
year. That same year the Bryan wave
swept over the country and destroyed
his chance of reelection That sum-
mer Brown was delegate to the ma
delegates from the mountain States who
remained true to Mckinley.
He met Mrs. Bradley at this conven-
! ton. She was an alternate delegate
That fall Mrs. Bradley was elected
secretary of the Republican State COM
mittee. and this helped. the intimacy be-
tween the two that began at st. Louis.
1t is believed Mrs Brown also was
friendly to Mrs. Bradley and made her
a member of small and exclusive
. club to which she belonged
In recent years the troubles of the
Browns have been frequently aired.
Mrs. Brown had her husband and Mrs.
Bradley arrested three years ago,
though steadfastly refusing to permit
her husband to get divorce.
Brown escaped conviction on a techi-
cality Mrs. Bradley pleaded guilty,
but after Brown escaped the court de-
cided he could not sentence her to a
term of Imprisonment and allowed her
to go under suspended sentence.
Mrs. Brown died about a year and a