The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-21
LITTLE MINT JULEP."
Endearing Name for Mrs. Bradley
Used by Senator Brown.

Endearing Name for Mrs. Bradley
Used by Senator Brown.
Washington. Nov 2O.-The climax of
the Bradley trial was reached today
when Mrs. Bradley, testifying in her
own behalf, related the particulars of
her final interview with former Sena-
tor Brown in the Raleigh hotel in this
city last December and gave all de
tails she could remember of the shoot
ing which followed. She was prompt,
as usual in entering the court room,
and If anyone had believed that yester-
days ordeal would render her unfit to
proceed with her narrative it must soon
have become evident to such person
that he had not taken into sufficient
account the reserve power of the wo-
man. She did not look very buoyant;
but she never does 1t can't be said
that there was much change in her ap-
pearance.
She had yesterday related practically
all the details of her life with Sena-
tor Brown during their intimacy of nine
years, and 1t was understood generally
that preliminary statements concerning
the time Just preceding the entrance of
both parties to the tragedy i'm Wash
ington, she would be led up to that
affair and asked as the only possible
witness to tell the story.
Court Room Again Crowded.
I'VE will be brief" said Judge Pow
ers, her Salt Lake attorney, Gin deal
ing with this phase of the case; it
will not take Mrs. Bradley long to
give US all she remembers of it" He
expressed the opinion before the trial
was resumed that not more than an
hours time would be necessary to COM
plete the recital. District Attorney
Baker thought the crOss-examination
would consume about three hours. so
that it was apparent from the begin
ming of the day that the entire sitting
would be consumed by Mrs. Bradley
The court room was again crowded
and more were refused admission for
lack Of accommodations than got in.
Letters Caused Grief.
Judge Stafford had no sooner taken
his seat than Mrs. Bradley resumed
here place i'm the witness chair. She
was first asked to identify a number
Of letters written her at different times
by Senator Brown and did so. There
were so many of these documents that
forty-five minutes were consumed in
the mere exhibition of them. They COW
cred the period from 1901 TO 1906, and
were presented for the purpose of show
ing the relations between Mrs. Bradley
and Mr.. Brown, but no effort was made
10 read them. II was evident that the
sight of the letters produced conflict
ing memories in the witness, for she
sobbed audibly.
Many OF her replies were again in
distinct and the stenOgrapher repeated
many of her statements to the jury
There were more than one hundred OF
the letters, and when their presenta-
ton had been concluded Judge Powers
said that some of them would be read
to the jury later. He then called on
the prosecuting attorney to produce
letters to Brown by Mrs. Bradley
which was done. There was not SC
many of these as Of Browns, but they
covered the same period. The witness
took time to read some of these letters
and I'm each instance replied in culver
ing, faltering voice: Yes, I wrote it
Her reading consumed much time
Code of Love.
Examination of the letters brought
out a code used by the pair. It was
aluminium" written in one of Mrs
Bradley's letters, and she said it meant
Il love you" Transparent cloth was
pasted over the writing of many OF
the letters.
Resuming her story, Mrs. Bradley said
she had gone TO the Browns home or
the night OF November 10 last and re-
manned FIVE days. She told Brown she
had come to return some of his calls
He seemed sort of paralyzed," said
the witness, land said I must not stay
there | said: L didn't saw that tC
you
Il urged him to keep his promise
/ He said: Go away and he would
tell me later what he would do.
said: IF you don't intend to keep your
promises, tell me and 1 will go away -
She related many interviews during
the five days, saying Brown. did not
stay there while she was there, but
that she went TO his office and upbraid-
ed him as a deceiver.
Contemplated Suicide.
Did you at any time think of ending
your life?" asked Mr.. Powers.
The reply was in the affirmative, but
was indistinct. II was in the lowest
depths of despair" she sair, and added
she had determined TO go away, and
that even then he dissuaded her.
Did you leave him?" asked Mr.
Powers.
Yes
Witness said that even as late of No
vember q, twelve days before the trag-
edy, Mr.. Brown had asserted she should
remain in Salt Lake and take a house
At other times he would say he could
do nothing for her, and again he would
renew his promise of marriage, when
I'VE would go to Goldfield, Nevada. to
live"
AS late as Thanksgiving day, 1906
they had dined together. He was
very kind. very sad, very detected al
that time" she said. land did not
want to talk" while she had become
very nervous.
She contradicted the testimony OF
witness Kelley concerning visits to
Browns house, saying she had never
walked around the house and thrown
pebbles at it nor carried. a pistol there
Followed Him to Washington.
Brown, she said, had told her of his
intention TO come TO this city, but she
did not know the date. She became i'll