The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-14
NEW LIGHT UPON
BROWN TRAGEDY
Mrs. Annie c. Adams Claims
She and the Former Senator
Were Engaged.
BRADLEY TO GET MONEY
1T WAS SUPPOSED SHE WOULD
BE SATISFIED.
BRADLEY TO GET MONEY
Especial to The Herald.)

New York, Dec. 13.-That the late Sena-
tor Brown of Utah was to marry Mrs.
Annie c. Adams was confirmed today by.
Mrs Adams in the following signed state
ment given to the Evening journal: Be
fore leaving for Washington l wish 10
make the statement which now seems
necessary. Senator Brown and 1 were TO
have been married. When the news OF
join me in New York. We had planned
to so to Boston to see my daughter. The
situation that has been revealed has been
Of such nature that feel 1 have no
right to make known to the world that
which he steadily refused TO dO.p
Engaged to Brown.
Later in an interview Mrs. Adams said:i
THE senator and 1 were engaged 70 be
married on New Years day. with one
great prOviso. That was that ne should
effect an amicable settlement with Mrs.
Bradley. i fully knew of his relations
with her, as did everyone else and 1 in
sisted that he should provide for her toi
her entire satisfaction before we were.
married. He promised to do this.
Planned Meeting in New York.
1--WE were to have met here in New
York this week and were to have gone to
Adams, is appearing, and we were to ac-
quaint her with our enga cement. We
were then to have jOurneyed to his son
and daughter and tell them. We had
hoped to have union OF the two fami-.
lies at the celebration of the ceremony on
New Years day.
The last letter 1 had from Senator
Brown was that he had hoped to bs
through with is legal business at Wash
ingtOn by yesterday and that he would
call on me Wednesday night in the Union
hotel I was in Philadelphia when L heard
Of the shooting.
Shocked by the Shooting.
1.-The news of the shooting of the sena-
tor by Mrs. Bradley was great shock
ID me. If / had only known that she was
following him, or that she contemplated
such an act | never knew Mrs Bradley
and never saw her. But had / known her
desperate state of mind. l would have
gone TO her at once and would have pre-
vented this tragedy. She was jealous.
She did not know that l was inSistent
that the senator should provide for her
and her children"
Thought Money Would Settle It.
Here Mrs. Adams seemed oblivious to
the depth of true affection which she
seemed to think was measured by dollars
and cents. She could not see how Mrs.
Bradley might love the senator, father
of her children, as much or more than
did she. She spoke as though any claim
of Mrs. Bradley, whose husband had de-
serted her, who had twice been in jail.
who had suffered social disgrace all for
Brown. could be settled by the payment
OF money.
"Mrs. BradIey's Best Friend"
81 was Mrs. Bradley's best friend" Mrs.
Adams continued. when the senator first
proposed marriage to me 1 plainly told
hnI it was his duty to marry Mrs Brad
lev But he gave every assurance that
a marriage alliance with Mrs. Bradley
was impossible He refused positively to
marry her and told me that if he could
not marry me he would not marry any
che Under those circumstances I con-
scented to be his wife if he would
rauoo matters satisfactorily to Mrs. Brad
lev He told me he would do this, and I
Understand that he had communicated
with her and had asked her how much
money she would need"