The Washington herald., 1906-12-12
ARTHURBROWNDYING
Victim of Mrs. BPadley'S Bull
let Cannot Live.
FAMILY IS At HIS BEDSIDE
UnfavOrubIe Turn Came Late Yes
terday Afternoon Woman Who
shot Him Seriously Affected by
News of His Condition, and Trays
for His Rccovery-Brown Hopeful.

Arthur Brown. ex-United States Senator
from Utah who was shot Saturday after
noon in his room at the Raleigh Hotel
by Mrs. Annie NJ. Bradley was in
dying condition at an early hour this
morning It was the opinion OF the
physicians in attendance at the Emer-
EenCy Hospital that he would not survive
the night. The unfavorable change came
about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Max
Brown and Miss Alice Brown. son and
daughter Of the ex-senator, had left their
father shortly before in very cheerful
spirits They had hardly reached their
hotel when they received a telephone
message from the hospital summoning
them again to the bedside
About 1 O'Clock the nurse noted a sud
den rise in the temperature of the pa
tient. and the pulse became more rapid
and weaker. The temperature rose TO
1912. and the pulse to 170. Shortly after
ward Mr. Brown became delirious. and al
midnight had only been conscious at in
tervals.
Would Not Talk of Death.
As soon as a change was noted i'm his
condition, notification was sent to D.
". Baker United States attorney for the
District Of Columbia, and the latter sent
one Of his assistants to the hospital TO
secure an ante-mortem statement. After
some difficulty the patient was made TO
understand the object of the visit Of the
assistant attorney, and ne obstinateIy re-
fused to make a statement He declared
that he was not going to die, and com
manded the representative of the dictrict
attorneys office to come around TO-
morrow"
After making fruitless efforts TO secure
a statement. the governments representa-
tive retired. and the patient was left alone
with his son and daughter. He continued
TO grow weaker, and at midnight the med
ical staff at the hospital resorted to injec-
tions Of salt solution 10 prolOng the pa
tents life. The wonderful will power and
vitality Of the patient were surprising
II WAS admitted last night that the case
rad presented unusual complications
For the first time the physicians disclosed
the fact that ex-senator Brown had ad-
mitted to them that he had been under
treatment for incipient Brights disease
The diagnosis at midnight showed that
kidney trouble, and not to septic poison
as the result of the wound. The shock of
the bullet wound however, had aggra-
waited the affection of the kidneys until
these organs refused to perform their
function.
son and Daughter Stayed with Him.
The son and daughter of ex-senator
Brown did not leave his bedside after
they were summoned shortly after
o'clock Yesterday afternoon. Aside
from their presence, no one wasadmit-
ted to the sick-room, and no one aD-
piled for admission. except a mysteri-
Gus woman who claimed to be a Tela-
tive Of the dying man, and who had
called previously. When her name was
announced yesterday he recognized her.
but said he didn't care to see her.
Very few persons have called at the
hospital since the ex-senator was taken
there, and not many kilograms of in
quiry have come. One telegram was
received tonight by the physician in
charge from the Grand Union Hotel in