The Washington herald., 1906-12-12
ARTHUR BROWN DYING
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] ing unnerved her completely.
/ Early reports from the hospital were
to the effect that while the patient was
still in a critical way. there was slight
improvement in his condition. These
facts were given to the woman, and dur
/ ing the day she had nearly recovered
i herself and seemed in better humor than
at any time since the shooting
The fact that Senator Brown was
dying was broken to her rather suddenly
She made no attempt TO control herself,
and gave vent 60 her feelings by crying
pltifully. Between sobs she asked the
matron if it were really so. and continued
/ 10 exclaim that she wished that the man
she had shot would get we'll
/ a z. L. Leckie one Of her attorneys,
! called soon afterward and engaged her in
! conversation. This took her mind of the
matter. and she soon regained herself
| Mrs. Bradley was seen by a Washington
/ Herald reporter last evening but as she
had just heard the news from the hos
pital, she refused to be interviewed.
Il do not feel like talking or giving out
1 a statement tonight she said
Jealousy Motive strengthened.
The finding Of letters from another
woman which indicated that she was 10
be cast off is believed certain now to be
the reason Mrs. Annie NJ. Bradley fol-
/ lowed Senator Arthur Brown to Washing
ton and enacted the tragedy at the Ra-
leigh Hotel last Saturday afternoon.
bundle of letters addressed to the
Senator was found in Mrs. Bradley's
! trunk. Among these were ten letters
/ fulI Of endearing terms and written in
different Eastern cities. With one excep-
ton all were unsigned. The signature Of
the other though scarcely legible, is be-
| Ecved to be "Annie" or Anna"
Several Of these letters are from Phila-
delphia Others are dated New York
City. They were addressed to Senator
Brown at Salt Lake. These letters evil
IDENTIFY came into the possession of Mrs.
Bradley at salt Lake They were found
in her trunk here. At the hotel it IS
claimed that the trunk had not been
| opened after taken 10 the room.
The writing in the letters is not OF the
hand Of Mrs Bradley. She is rather a
good penman. The letters are poorly
written and with a stub pen. The writer
IS apparently a woman well along in
years. The manuscript is small and close
/ together and evidently the work Of a
nervous person. These letters have been
turned over 20 the detective department
and have been placed IN the custody Of
the property clerk.
Clipping Refers TO Mrs. Adams.
In one Of the letters was newspaper
clipping relating 10 Mrs. Annie Adams.
and her career as an actress. Mrs. Adams
is the mother Of Maude Adams. and
formerly lived at Salt Lake. She and
/ Senator Brown, it Is said. have been
friends for years. Immediately following
the shooting on Saturday. and after HIS
removal to the Emergency Hospital. Sen
ator Brown sent a message 10 Mrs. Adams
stating that he had been wounded. As
far as is known, no word from Mrs.
Adams has been received by Senator
/ Brown
/ Mrs. Bradley has never been inclined 10
bring any one else except herself and the
Senator into the affair. Early Sunday
morning she stated that there was no
other woman in the case. Since then.
/ however. she has talked at times about
the letters. but has never admitted pub
liCly that they were from any one who
had aroused her jealousy.
Capt. BOardman called on Mrs. Brad
ley at the House Of Detention, and among
other questions put to her were several
about how she came into possession Of
the letters found in her trunk. She re-
fused absolutely 10 answer. Il had been
her intention originally she has stated
. 20 give the letters from the other woman
TO the reporters for publication.
Refuses to Answer.
| Capt. BOardman asked Mrs. Bradley If
she had been given the letters addressed
tc Senator Brown, or whether she had
t t-F, in,
certain reasons, she said, she did not
care to answer.
Each Of the unsigned letters and the
one which has Annie or Anna" al the
end. all Of which were written by the
same person. begin with My Dear Ar
thur Neither the name Of Mrs Bradley
nor Mrs. Adams appears in any Of the
writings
/ The contents refer to the writer's trips
from one or another Of several Eastern
cities, and contain, most Of them, many
| endearing sentences. Several Of the let
/ teTs cover from four to eight pages. At
/ the conclusion Of the communications
with the exception Of wishing him good
health and 70 hear from him i'm the near
future, the writing breaks off rather alb
ruptly. and, as has been said. without
signatures, except in the one case.
these letters after Senator Brown left Salt
Lake for Washington. From previous de-
velopments. It seems that he had already
| attempted to get rid of her. After reading
the letters from another woman to the
man with whom she was mad1y in love-
| Ii would seem from the evidence that she
l came 10 Washington determined to have
an understanding with Senator Brown
Mrs. Bradley has refused to say where
she secured the revolver, with the excep-
tion that she brought 1t with her.
Several Business Letters.
Among the letters in her trunk we're
| several others of a business nature and
! from different parts of the country. None
of them. however. has any bearing on the
matter.
Parts OF letters which had been torn
to small pieces in the Senators room, and
which were found following the tragedy.
are in possession of the police. From the
writing on the small fragments, those
who have seen them and also copies of
/ Mrs Bradey's handwriting say they
were evidently written by her. It seems
that these letters in question were in
the room, and found by Mrs. Bradley
! Immediately before or after the shooting
of the Senator
/ Early Sunday morning. before being
taken TO the House of Detention, Mrs
Bradley told the police that there was
something in her trunk which was very
1 valuable to her. and she evidently meant
| the unsigned bundle of letters
| George P. Hooper, of the law firm Of
| Wells Hooper & Wells. was in consulta-
| tion with Mrs. Bradley yesterday. While