Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09

she said. she pulled out the "eapoh i.oLn
the red handbag and he said to her,
shoot" and she stated, she fired the shot
She explained to the detective that she was
the mother of four children, three boys
and girl. The boys are three, seven
and twelve years of age and the girl Is
eight years of age. The boys who are three
and seven years of age, she stated. are
Browns children.
Did he ever promise to marry you! the
detective inquired.
do you think" the woman replied that
anything of this kind could go on for years
without being serious?"
Then the detective suggested. "he did
promise to marry your?
Promises Of Marriage.
Yes" she answered, "a score or more Of
times.
"You can't think of the number of times ?"
NO" she answered, that is imposs. BILE. "
Detective Grant remained at the station
fer a while, but was unable to get any adj
ditional informa ton. He reported the re-
suit of his visit to Inspector Boardnlan,
and later in the night he returned to the
station with the inspector. The latter ques-
toned Mrs Bradley. but was unable to
obtain anything additional. Mrs. Bradley
positively refused to tell where she obtain
ed the weapon. The police have the re-
volver and have recorded it's number, which
is 1893 1t Is of niue steel manufacture
The police have already instituted an In
quiry to ascertain where it was purchased.
Justifies the Assault.
Il don't want to set up one standard for
myself and another for other women"
Mrs. Bradley said when seen in her room
at the first precinct police station last
night.
Il justify the shooting" she added.
Since she had been in custody, she stated
she had seen SO many persons that she was
growing weary of receiving callers. She
repeated most of the story she had related
to Detective Grant, and told something of
the career of the former senator and her
self.
What about the letters you had in your
possession when You were arrested?'' she
was asked by the reporter.
4 hope you are not going to make the
contents of those letters public" she said.
Were they written by you?" the re-
ported asked
Now" she said. II hope you will say
nothing about them. When 1 gave them
up was told that they would not be given
any publicity
Authorship Of Letters.
Il judged that they were not written by
You. but that they were written by a wom-
an who Is in the theatrical business the
reuorter suggested.
They were not written by me-" she adj
mitted land you are right about some one
in Tie theatrical business having written
them. They were written by the mother
of Maud Adams. but please don't say any
thing about them
Senator Sutherland responded to a re-
quest from Mrs Bradley that he call to
see her. He remained in conversation with
her for fifteen or twenty minutes and then
left the station
II did not call upon him as my counsel"
MRS. Bradley said but / sent for him
because he was the only man in the city
whom l knew, and l had no other person
upon whom 1 could CALI
VIII you appear as counsel for the wom-
an?" the senator owas asked by a police
official before he left the station.
No was the response. II couldn't do
that
Tells Of Mr.. Brown.
Mrs. Bradley said that Mr. Brown
mad been married twice.. and that his first
wife Is still living. She is at present liv-
ing with one Of her children, she stated,
In Columbus. Ohio. Several years ago, the
prisoner explained, Brown figured in a
scandal in Kalamazoo, Mich. and he went
from there to Utah, where he married. his
FIRST wife having obtained a divorce from
MN 1or assertion. Mrs. Bradley added
that she was divorced from her husband
ABOUT year ago. 1t was not her inten-
ton, she stated to tell much about either
his or her people.
During the course Of the conversation,
however, the prisoner indicated that she
had been prominent in political circles in
Otah AT one time, she explained, she pub
lished a weekly paper called the Review.
II was the official organ. she stated, of
the Federation of Woman's Clubs She
had been a candidate for office in the state
and had served as secretary to the re-
publican state committee.
Il had to give up the publication Of the
paper" she said, because of the contin-
nf obi
ohough, that nothing will be said about 1t.
as 1t Is only a bitter memory"
Withholds Family Name.
The police took from Mrs. Bradley po,d
pin, the inscription upon it showing it was
a press badge of the Tribune The badge.
Mrs. Bradley stated, was not used by her.
but by her sister, but she refused to d.
vulge The name of the sister. During her
troubles In Salt Lake City, she stated. the
papers protected her sisters and other rela-
lVes, not mentioning their names in con-
nection with the scandal. That case. she
explained, involved charge against her
and the former senator. He was acquitted
but her case was not tried, the charge be-
Ing dismissed after the acQuittal of Brown
Mrs Bradley repeated the story about
her relations with Brown and about the
children, and said she felt that she was
perfectly justified in doing what she had
done. Mrs. Bradley seemed anxious that
her trunk should not be disturbed, and the
police think 1t may contain something of
Importance in connection with the case
The trunk, the satchel in which she is sup
posed to have brought her revolver to this
city, the red handbag and the letters are
all being carefully guarded by the police
Inc prisoner said she was born in Kan
sas CITY. Mo-, and that she attended school
In Denver, Col, residing in Colorado CITY
for a while She refused to diyulge her
maiden name for the reason, she stated
simply because she wanted to protect her
sisters.
Refused to "Do the Right Thing"
Mrs. Bradley said she urged Senator
Brown to marry her, that he had been in
strumental in the divorce between her hus-
band and herself, and that as his wife was
dead he now could do the right thing" by
her. This she said he positively refused
to do.
Mrs. Bradley was reluctant to speak of
her former husband. but Questioning
brought out the fact that he now was
living in Nevada with second wife, by
whom he has several children
Further questioning disclosed the fact
that Mrs. Bradley for two years, 1900 to
1902, had served in the capacity of secre-
tary to the state republican committee.
Contents Of Communications.
. Several letters which wara oddraesaa