The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-29
TESTIMONY Given by Witness
in Bradley Trial
DESCRIBES SCENE IN HOTEL
Wife Of Senator Brown and MIS-.
Bradley Meet
Former Seized Latter by Throat ana
asked To be Allowed to hnl her.
Mrs. Bradley E1ees to Brown ioI
Protcction-Testimon IN Irial -hoes
Damaging to Defendant

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Mrs. Bradley E1ees to Brown ioI
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in Trial Most
damaging to Defendant
Washington, Nov. 21.-Throughout
todav the testimony offered in the trial
of Mrs, Anna NJ Bradley, charged Win
having shot and killed Senator brown
of Utah, in this city last Decehoei'
was most damaging to the oetehodnC'
There were many witnesses VINO nao
seen her shortly after the shootlhe
and others who had attended her Whlic
sne was in Jail here, but none Oh then
had at any time doubted her sanity
These witnesses had been caIieu "
tho government in rebuttal. Ihey III
clrded practically every one "uo lau
Gonna in contact with Mrs. Bradley
after the shooting Of Senator Brown.
:Attendants at the hotel where the
shooting occurred, officials at the po-
lice station and at the house OF ue-
tention in which she was hrst COLI
fined newspaper mon, doctors and at
tendants at the Jail declared their be-
lief that she was catlonal IN manner
and coherent in language When tneS
saw and talked to her. Several oth-
er witnesses who had talked with hef
in Salt Lake City and elsewhere
nrior TO the shooting gave evidence
to the same effect.
A dramatic feature of the day was
the description by Soren S. Christensen
OF Salt Lake City, OF an encounter
between Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Brown
II q hotel in Potacelio, Idaho, in the
summer of 1906.
On that occasion Mrs. Brown dis
covered Mrs Bradley il the hotel with
Senator Brown and attacking her, at
temDted to choke hec, and asked TO
he allowed to kill her. The senator
b came to her rescue and then the party
Including the witness, lad an all nighE
discussion of the difficulty, during
which Brown, turning iercely upon
his wife, denied that he was the tather
of her son, Max Brown, and at the
same time admitted that he WAS the
father of two Of Mrs. Bradley's chill
dren.
An outburst of denunciatiOn by Mrs
Brown of her husband ana Mrs. Brad
lev followed after which the Sena-
to1 and the defendant went to an
other hotel, where they called fo1
drinks. Witness gave a graphic de-
scription of the meeting Of Mrs. Brown
and Mrs. Bradley at the hotel in Po-
catello. He said that Mrs. Brown TOLD
Mrs. Bradley she wanted to say some
thing to her Mrs Brown advanced to-
wards Mrs Bradley and took her b!
the throat and she seemed as il she
was going to do her violence The!
separated a moment and then Mrs
Brown again took hold Of Mrs. Brad
ley Mrs. Brown said:
let me kill her.
MIR Brown was in a room about 81,
feet away and Mrs. Bradley called t.
kim:
Come here, Mr. Brown, They ar
trying to kill your darling"
She rushed to Browns door and ask
ed to be let in The door was Openet
! and Brown came out. They all wen
in a small room and sat down and ha
a conversation lasting several hours.
"At the end Of the conversation,
said the witness, ''Mr Brown denie
that he was the father of Max Brow
and said that he was the father G
two of Mrs. Bradleys children. Mrs
Brown turned to Senator Brown an
pointing to Mrs. Bradley said. 'Yo
low, vile degenerate. Think of ma
who would deny his own son and &C
nit he is the father Of these bas
ard children
There We're suggestions about ge
ting a divorce and Mrs. Brown sal
she would grant a divorce if the sen;
tor would deed the farm in Idaho ar
the house on Brigham street 70 Ma
Brown, keeping the rest of his pro
erty.
Senator Brown said that he wou
not do that as he would not ha'
left enough money to pay his debt
She then said that he could keep Il
farm and mouse and deed the re
OF his property to Max, but he refus
Ito do that