The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-14
COLD LEAD FOR EX-,OLON
Woman Scorned Shoots Lawyer in a
Washington Hotcl--Par Hailed
From MOrmOn-Ridden Utah.

Former United States Senator Ar
thur Brown, of Salt Lake City, lies in
critical condition in Emergency
hospital at Washington from PTS
toll shot wound in the abdomen IN
hicted by Mrs. Anna NJ Bradley, OF
Salt Lake, who arrived at the capitol
Saturday from that city The shoot.
ing occurred in Senator Browns
apartments In the Raleigh hotel,
where Mrs Bradley also had register
ed under the name OF "A. B. Brown.
She was arrested.
Senator Brown was conveyed to
the hospital, where he was imme-
diately put upon the operating table
Two shots were fired, one grazing
bis left hand aud the other enter
ing the abdomen and lodging in the
pelvic cavity,
Mrs Bradley arrived shortly after
noon After being assigned a room.
she Immediately went to Senator
Browns apartment. There were no
witnesses to the shooting, but a floor
maid heard the shots and at once no
titled the management. In a state
ment at the police barracks Mrs.
Bradley said she came to Washing
ton to demand that Senator Brown
marry her. She said their relations
were well known in Salt Lake
II asked him if he was going to
do the right thing by me" she said,
maintaining a remarkable composure.
''IIis reply was to put on his coat
and start to leave the room, and /
shot him. 1 abhor acts of this charac-
ter, but in this case 1t was fully JUS
tilted"
She said she urged Senator Brown
to marry her, that he had been in
strlmental in the divorce between
her husband and herself, and that rs
his wife was dead, he now could do
the right thing" by her. This, she
said, he positively refused to do.
Mrs. Bradley is about 3S years Old
Her first act after being taken to the
police station was to send for Senator
Sutherland, of Utah, who called and
had a long talk with her. Senator
Sutherland regretted being brought
into the case, but said that Mrs. Brai-
ley had sent for him because he was
the only man In Washington she
knew T."
To him she unbosomed herself and
told the story CT her relations with
Senator Brown. She alleged that two
If her children owe their parentage
TO Senator Brown, and she had nam
ed one Of them after him Mrs. Brad
ley was reluctant to speak Of her
former husband, but questioning
brought out the fact that he was liv-
ing in Nevada with a second wife.
Further questioning disclosed the
fact that Mrs Bradley for two years.
1900 and 1902, had served in the ca
pacity of secretary to the state repub-
lican committee, and was also at one
time editor of the official organ Of the
State Federation of Womens Clubs.
According to a dispatch from Salt
Lake City Brown left there for Wash
ington several days ago to argue a
case before the United States. SUI
preme court Mrs. Bradley left the
city two days after Browns depar-
ture. Her friends announced that she
had gone to San Francisco.
About three years ago a charge in
voIving immoral conduct was filed
against Senator Brown and the Brad
ley woman by Senator Browns wife.
Before the case came to trial Mrs.
Brown withdrew her charge and
Brown was released Mrs Bradley
pleaded guilty Before sentence was
imposed, however, she was permitted
to withdraw her plea and the charge
against her was dismissed. The wife
OF Senator Brown died about two
years ago