The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-12-14
MOl' BY WOMAN
EoFsNsEIs SEN ATOR FROM UTAH
WOUNDED IN Washington.

mrs u Auua brauley, or ealt Lake
City, Fires Thrse shots
Into His Body.
Fosnar United st ..tes Senator
Bfoag, of U .ah, was ahot in Wash
ingtoa last Saturday by M 9, Anna
Bradley Of Salt Like Oity. The shoot /.
occuS5d in Senator Browns apart
menfs In tha Rllelgh Hotel, where
Mrs. Bradley also had registered un,
der sie name of "a. B, Brown" She
was tSakon into custody aad was locked
up for the nignt t In the matron g room
OF tia frat precinct police station,
Two shots were fired, one grazing
Brosn's left hand and tho other en-
tering the abdomen and Lodging in
tina pelvic cavity After working
over him for nearly two hours tho
surgeons decided that at present at
isasFshey would mako no further at.
tsmRt to find the Sullea. 1t was
ssatFa tonight that while Senator
BroAn's condition was critical his
WoQnds are not necessarily fatal.
MA. Bra '.ey arrived here shortly
after noon, After being assigned q
room she Immediately won't to Sena.
borBtown's apartment. There was 40
wt1lsaases to the shooting, but floor
mails heard the shots and notified the
management. According to her state.
M q, Mrs Bradley came so Washing
10 TO demand that Senator Brown
m y her, She said that their rela.
ti B we're yell known "a Salt Lake
Q Il asked him If he was going
II 80 the right thing by roe." she
as maintaining remar&eable com
pos }tfe. His reply was that he put on
hisslvarcoat and started to leave the
rocfa and shot him, abhoraots of th q
g ~ acfer, but In this case 1t WAS tul
~ 'is6i6ed,n While expressing no
kh stssnator Brown migno re-
COY II vas practically pennlless
wi [ got here Saturday." she said,
hay only a1.2o, and, after paying
the caaman, all the money I had in
the world wag 81" She says she
urged Senator Brown to marry her,
that be had been instrumental In the
divorce between her husband and her
self, and that as his wife was dead he
now could do the right thing" by
her. This, she aaid, he positively re
fused to do
Mrs. Bradley is brunette, about 38
years old and frail of stature. Her
first act, after being tsken to the po.
lics station, was to send for Senate
Sutherland, OF Utah, who called or
her Saturday and had q talk With
her. Senator Sutherland regretted
being brought into the case, but said
th&t Mrs. Bradley had sent for him
because he WAS the only man there
ahom she knew, To him she told
the story Of her relations with SenS.
tor Brown. She alleged that two Of
her children owe their pRrentage 10
Senator Brown and that she had
named ono OF them after him. Mr.
Bradley was reluctant to speak OF hor
forIner husband, but questioning
brought out the fact that he now is
living In Nevada with second wife.
Further questioning disclosed che
fact thar Mrs. Bradley for two years,
1900 to 1902, had served in the capac.
tty of secretary to tho Utah State Re
publican committee, and also ut one
tim0 was editor Of the otlioial organ of
the State Federation Of Women's
Clubs. She declared that she had q
sister in the newspaper business In
Salt Lake, but that she would not
communicate with members. OF her
family because she kneR that they
would come TO h0r assistanoe.
Manager Tally Of the Re- eigh was
notified of the shooting wittlin two or
three minutes after ib occurred. He
hurried to Senator Browns room to
ascertain the facts.
Senator Brown, despite tho serious.
noas and shook of the wound retained
consciousness and Was perfectly calm
and collected. He made no statement
to Mr.. Tally beyond saying that he
had been shot by Mrs. Bradley.
The woman continued in tho room
while Mr.. Tally WAS attending to Sen
afor Brown, but offered no assistance
Finally, Mr.. Tally ordered hor to leave
the room She declinod With absolute
cooln0ss to comply with the order.
Il viii remein here,' said she. 81
am toe mother OF his two children"
An ollicer from the first precinct po
lioe station placed Mrs. Bradley undel
arrest. She made nc resistance and Of
fered no further explanation OF the
shooting. She was asked for q atate
mentof the Incident, but referred al
those who inquired to Senator Suth
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