The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

| Arthur Brown, ex-United States Senator
from Utah, who was shot in his room
at the Raleigh Hotel, Saturday after
noon, by Mrs. Annie NJ. Bradley, died
at the Emergency Hospital exactly at
midnight
As Senator Brown passed away, Mrs.
Bradley was apparently asleep.
| Shortly before 10 o'clock she retired 70
her cot at the House Of Detention. be-
ieying that the former Senator would
die during the night As she turned out
the lights in her room she said:
| Il feel that he viii die tonight Some
thing tells me that tomorrow will ind
him dead. I'm sure Of it'll feel it
| Fifteen minutes after the death OF Mr..
Brown Mrs. Bradley was aroused IN her
| cell by the incessant ringing Of the tele-
phone bell by persons who were anxious
to learn if she had heard Of his demise.
| Mrs. Bradley stepped TO the grated door
of her cell and called to Acting Sergeant
J. McTaggart, who was in charge below
In response 10 her cry he ran quickly
W the stairs to see what she wanted
Asks About Browns Condition.
Telephone to the Emergency Hospital
and find out how Mr.. Brown is" COM
manded Mrs. Bradley.
| Replying 10 a further demand by Mrs.
Bradley as to the reason for the ring
| ing of the telephone. McTaggart. in an
| effort 10 hold back the real nature Of
developments. explained that it was
merely occ1sioned by inquiries about her
| own condition.
Then he began descending the stairs, in
order TO temporarily allay her fears, but
he had hardly done so before some one
else who had followed him 70 the cell
door blurted out:
Senator Brown died at Midnight
4 muffled sound, indicating that Mrs.
Bradley had sunk back upon her hard
/ couch, was the only response.
The cell was dark. and no light was
burning in the hall outside
! Il was absolutely impossible for those
watching outside TO judge how the news
affected the woman. Silently the bearers
/ Of the unWeicome IidinEs turned away.
leaving her to PASS that crucial moment
undlsturbed. What passed in the room
during the few minutes after Mrs Brad
/ ley was acquainted with the fact that she
was now face 70 face with a charge Of
murder could only be imagined
After a short interval Mrs. Sarah Nc
/ Leod. the matron. entered the room, fear
ing to find the prisoner in q state Of col
/ lapse.
Soon Regains COmpOsure.
Mrs Bradley. however, again demon
strated her wonderful seIf-cOntroI and
/ appeared as composed as she had at the
trying scenes that followed the moment
when she had shot Brown at the Raleigh
Hotel last Saturday
/ Il expected it," she said. Il feared
that he would not be able to live"
NO attempt was made by Mrs. Bradley
/ TO express whatever feeling she might
have felt at the demise Of the man whom
she had loved so madly and whom she
had brought 20 his death. after journey
across the continent from Utah
The matrOn realized al once that there
was nothing she could do, and withdrew
/ from the cell.
| The calmness that first marked Mrs.
Bradley's bearing did not last long. how
| ever, and shortly after o'clock she called
Sergt- McTaggart to her room once more
and said 10 him.
Please make it understood that I was
not asleep when Senator Brown died.
was merely lying down. do not want it
to appear that 1 WAS unconeerned at the
| time.
That she was concerned as the full reali-
cation of what the ex-Senator's death
| really dawned upon her became evident
as the hours wore on.
i Every moment in which she was allowed
| TO think Of the matter increased her
/ nervousness and at , O'Clock she had
worked herself into such a high-strung
/ state that il was apparent she would get
l TO more sleep. unless il came through
/ pure physical exhaustion.
/ While Mrs Bradley was first receiving
1 the news of the statesman's death. an
/ equally pathetic scene was being enacted
at the hospital.
As the statesman gradually grew
weaker the doctor nodded his head and
the children realized that his moments
were but few. With the exception of DR..
| ". l.. Sheep there was no one else IN
the room He died believing that he
would get we'll
Children Are Affected.
! The suspense and worry over their
fathers condition displayed itself on the
faces of the two children, and a second
after the man had died the doctor left
the two to themselves with the body Of
| their parent They remained only short
while. When they came from the room
their eyes We're damp and red and il
was evident that they had been crying.
Mr.. Brown requested Dr.. White to call
cab and a few minutes afterward Miss
Brown was taken to the Ebbitt House,
accompanied by her brother
Senator Brown was conscious until only
few seconds before he breathed his
last. During his last half hour he recog-
nized those about him. Once or twice hs
requested a drink Of water These were
his last words. He attempted to swai-
lew. and a few seconds afterward passed
away. apparently without any suffering
whatever.
Coroner Nevitt was notified or Mr.
Browns death shortly after midnight
Later the body was taken to the morgue.
AT II o'clock this morning the inquest
will be held. An autopsy to determine 9he
exact cause of death will be conducted.
A coronor's jury will be drawn, and the
charge to be placed against Mrs Brad
ley will remain with its members
Max Brown. son of the late Senator.
stated last night. few minutes after his
fathers death. that the body would be
taken to Salt Lake for burial. Just when
the remains will leave Washington have
not been decided.
A. +. l.. Leckie Of the firm of Leckie.
Fulton & Cox. who was originally en-
gagged from salt lake City Immediately
after the shooting, heard the news few
moments after Browns death. He stated
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