The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
SHOT AT HOTEL.
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say but little, however, as TO her motive
/ for the crime, and referred ali inquiries to
George Sutherland, the junior Senator
from Utah, who. she said. knows all
about my side of the story"
Mrs. Bradley is a very small woman,
hardly more than five feet two. and
weighing not more than 100 pounds. When
she was found in the room by Manager
Tally, and had been accused of the
shooting by Mr.. Brown. she had little
4 TO say, but her remark, two wrongs do
not make a right, but" was the first
linking any one about the hotel had of
the motive for the shooting
When taken to the police station she
had little to say about the shooting, but
talked freely about herself and her his
tory
4 have known Mr. Brown for several
years" she said, having met him in
Salt Lake City. / was born in Kansas
City, Mo, and went to Denver from
there Thirteen years ago / went TO Salt
Lake City with my husband. James NJ
Bradley. There l met Mr.. Brown, who
was shortly afterward elected senator
Il left Salt Lake City on Tuesday. after
Mr. Brown had started on Saturday. /
don't know that l had any intention of
shooting him when l started What took
place between US in the hotel none but
he and / know. and l have nothing to
say about It,
DOdEes Pertinent Inquiries.
"I have many relatives in Denver and
Kansas City. and my sisters in the lat
ter city are well known. so that l do
not care to give my maiden name as l do
not care to bring them into this dis
grace.
rs it true that you told Manager
Talty and others in the room where you
shot Mr.. Brown tha, he is the father Of
! two Of your children she was asked.
/ Il presume ! did say something like
! that. and il / did, I have no reason TO
retract the statement" she replied.
/ Did you come here to shoot Mr..
Brown. OF 10 make him marry your"
II do not know that ] intended to do
| either" she said.
Is ii true that you came here to ask
/ MIN for money!"
"NO, indeed I can get an the money
/ / want without travelling half way across
/ the continent for it,"
Then you admit you followed Mr..
/ Brown here. DO you feel that you have
done Tlght2'
1 shall leave that for Others TO decide.
+ have no money. and 1 cannot employ
counsel And / don't know that I want,
/ to"
Then you feel justified in doing what
you have dOne?"
/ 7 certainly do. and I do not feel that
/ 1 have anything 10 regret, and I think 1
viii have the support Of my friends in
/ the West in what / have done"
DO YOU know anything about Senator
/ Browns family-Whether he left a wife
and family when he went TO Utah from
( Michigan"
What I may know about Mr.. Browns
+ family, I feel il would be indelicate for
me 10 discuss. ! have nothing further 20
/ say. and I do not care 10 communicate
I with my friends in the West They viii
get into communication with me as soon
+ as they hear of this
Talks Freely of Herself
/ She refused to discuss Mr.. Brown or
/ her motive any further. but seemed in
F tensely nervous. although talking quietly
and coherently. and answering all ques-
tions. In telling of herself. she sat back
/ In a rocking chair in MatroE Thorn
( burghs room, holding her hands tightly
and talking with her eyes half closed.
Sne would neither deny nor affirm the
story that Brown had once been arrested
/ because Of his relations with her. or that
she had at one time horsewhipped him in
the streets of salt Lake City. Both stories
gained currency among the people ac-
quainted with Brown after they had
/ learned of the shooting.
i was clerk Of the Republican State
central committee in Utah in 1897 but
I had met Mr.. Brown before that time
have known him ever since, and il was
since / became acquainted with him that
! separated from my husband, obtaining
q divorce from him." she said.
Il do not know where my husband is
now. / made an effort a year ago to To-
cate him. but could not"
DO not the people in your home think
he Is iu Nevada ?' she was asked.
i have heard that he is in Nevada.
but ! do not know 1t. I have heard moth
Ing from him for several years"
Was it because of your relations with
Mr.. Brown that he left you?"
Il got the divorce myself" she re-
piled. rather frigidly. I have done some
writing myself, and 1 was the publisher
of paper printed in Salt Lake, which
was only for the things relating to the
Federation Of WOmen's Clubs in Utah
l was for a short time the clerk in the
county commissioners office there. and
knew nearly every one in the city"
The officials in charge have done every
/ thing 70 make it pleasant for Mrs. Brad
I ley. and she sent for several cups of
tea in the early part of the afternoon.
Sutherland Goes to See Her.
Senator Sutherland, to whom Mrs. Brad
ley referred inquiries. was seen at the
Raleigh Hotel within an hour after the
shooting. but said that contrary to the
woman's statement he knew nothing of
the shooting until he had been informed
of it by phone.
He said he knows Brown very well, hav-
ing formerly been intimately connected
with him.
Mr.. Brown gave every promise at one
time of achieving great success, he de
clared
I know but little Of his recent actions.
I do not care to be quoted at ali in this
affair." because of late I have really been
So little acquainted with him"
When informed that Mrs Bradley was
very anxious to see him, Senator Suther-
land said he knew of no way In which
he could be Of aid to her, but when he
got a note from her, he walked to the
police station and was Closeted with the
woman for some time. When he emerged,
he had little more 10 say.
'She seems to be laboring under great
mental excitement. and is not in fit con-
ditiOn to be talked to seriously he said.
I suggested to her that she should en-
ploy counsel. but she did not say she
would : can be of no aid to her so far
as / know
Mrs. Bradley's note was an appeal to
the Senator, on the ground that she knew
no one else dn the city to whom she could
turn in her distress, and she asked him
for advice. Ii ran:
Mr.. George Sutherland, Senator from
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