The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-17
MRS. ANNA BRADLEY
TELLS HER STORY
Declares That She Had Not
Been Pursuing Former
Senator Brown.
TALKED WITH HIM OF
FUTURE ON THANKSGIVING
Had Received Allowance of $50
Per Month From Him
for Support.
Special to The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. l5.-Mrs.
Anna NJ. Bradley, who killed Arthur
Brown, today related to n friend from
Salt Lake City. who visited her in
PRISON, the circumstances of the af-
fair and the events leading up TO it,
II is the story she will tell when she
takes the stand as witness to an
swer, in her own defense, a charge of
murder.
Mrs. Bradley says she has not been
pursuing ex-senator Brown. except to
secure the means Of support for her.
self and her children, whose pnrentnge
she ascribes TO him. On the other hand
he continued, she declares. to seek her
company, and spent last Thanksgiving
day and night with her in Salt Lake
City. On that day they talked over
the future. He had been allowing her
and her two children. She insists that
Brown never denied the parentage of
the children and that she can furnish
evidence Of his having introduced them
MS his children. She also asserts that
in some books which he purchased for
the eldest boy. the ex-senator in
scribed the boys name, "Arthnr NJ.
Brown, Jr. ~
Thanksgiving Day Accounting.
Thanksgiving day seems TO have been
day of accounting between the two.
Mrs. Bradley submitted several propo-
sitions 10 the ex-senator She wanted
to go 10 Goldfeld, New, where she has
sister, and engage in the stationery
business, provided he would supply the
capital. He objected to her going TO
GOdfeld. He made the promise that
he would see her before coming East.
When she learned that he had started
for Washington. she called at his Office
and found that he had left sum Of
money with his stenographcr TO pur-
chase ticket for her TO California.
She admits that at their interview,
Thanksgiving day, she demanded of the
Senator that he be frank with her, and
warned him not to deceive her, She
learned on arriving in Washington that
he had deceived her and was planning,
unknown TO her and in spite of his de-
fronted him with the evidence, and
demanded that lie marry her,
Did Not Intend to Shoot.
According to her own story, Mrs.
Bradley drew the revolver to frighten
him, aud with no intention of shoot
ing. She says he had shown himself 10
be cowardly in her presence on various
occasions, and she believed he would
Weld without the necessity of her shoot
ing Instead Of doing so, he put on his
overcoat and thrust her aside brutally,
as she SAYS, whereupon she pulled the
trigger and fred.
On this statement of Mrs. Bradley S
the defense might be either emotion
al insanity or the 'unwritten law
The attorneys for the defense have not
yet selected the course OF the defense.
Mrs Bradley denies that she pur
chased the revolver and brought It
East with the avowed purpose of kill
ing the former Senator. She says she
has owned the revolver for some time
and always carried it with her when
travelling alone. IL is learned tonight
that Mrs. Bradley's case will not he
taken up by the grand jury until after
the new wear, probably on January ..