Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-21
Attend OF THE ORDEAL
Mrs. Annie N. Bradley Con-
cIudes Story in Court.
MANlFESTS MUCH RELIEF
Facts as to Intimacy Between De.
fendant and Brown.
READING OF MANY LETTERS
Physician Of Salt Lake City, Utah,
Appears as 2 Witness This
Afternoon. al
READING OF MANY LETTERS


Mrs. Bradley's ordeal on the witness
stand offering testimony in her own
behalf against the governments charge
that she murdered former Senator Ar
thur Brown, terminated today. The
court session this morning proved to
be the most trying part of the whole
hearing, the defendant being compelled
to reveal the inner details of a number
of incidents in her life with Brown, and
to explain the meaning of involved
portions of letters which had been ex-
changed between the deceased and her
self.
When the noon recess was taken Judge
Powers, one of Mrs. Bradiey's attorneys,
gave notice of. his intention to have
number of letters read to the jury this
afternoon, including particularly some OF
the affectiopately couched -epistles which
were indited to the defendant by Senator
Brown.
Altogether Mrs. Bradley was on the wit
ness stand during nearly all of two and
one-half court days, or about eleven
hours. and there was a manifest express
sion of relief on her- face when she was
her counsel.
Denial Of Threats. =.
Most of United States Attorney Bakers
efforts in cross-examination Of the de-
fendant were directed to attempts to COM
pei her to admit the genuineness OF
threats which it is claimed she made
against Brown and Mrs. Brown at various
times.
did you not tell Mr.. Livingstone that
you would shoot the senator's head of II
he did not marry you?" the attorney
queried.
Certainly not" Mrs Bradley declared.
Again Mr.. Baker said.
did you mot say TO Rev. Mr.. Utter
that you would compel Brown to marry
you. That he was a coward at heart. and
II he refused you would press revolver
And Mrs. Bradley entered just as en-
pbatic a denial to this.
Trend Of cross-Examinatipp.
Back and forth across the record of the
years of Mrs. Bradley's intimacy with
Senator Brown. United States Attorney
Baker carried the cross-examination of
the defendant at the morning session to-
day. Replying to his questions Mrs Brad
ley said she first went to Mr. Browns
farm in October, 1901. She met Max
Brown there in July, 1902, and Max OBJ
jected because she and the senator were
upstairs together. Max and his friends
went on a fishing trip for couple OF
weeks, and when he returned she left the
farm until he went away. About the end
of August, Mrs Bradley took her three
children and proceeded from the farm to
Salt Lake City,.
Defendant testified she and Brown were
first arrested in September. 1902 and they
were arrested three or four times later
that year. and in 1903. The arrests were
investigated, she declared, by Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. Bradley continued to live with the
senator. Notwithstanding the notoriety.
Tn, fPEfls
| fed Rev. DR.. Utter, the minister who
| christened Arthur Brown, jr., came out
| to the farm to see you, and that hes
urged you to break off the intimacy with
| the senator? United states Attorney
| Baker remarked.
That was in July 1902. and he came
at Mrs. Browns suggestion the de-
fendant said.
get the senator to return to her and
| lead an upright life?"
II suppose So"
when did you last see Rev. DR.. Ut
1.-TWO years ago last October" The
| witness added she told DR.. Utter about
| the senator's. frequent promises to marry
her.
Allegations of Threats.
Mr.. Baker took advantage of news
paper dispatch which was printed this
morning and which purported to be an
interview with Rev. DR.. Utter, to in
quire into another allegation Of threats
made by the defendant.
did you not tell DR.. Utter that you
| would compel Brown to marry your
the United States attorney queried.
II do not remember anything Of the
sort"
And didn't you tell him that Brown
| was coward at heart, and If he didn't
marry you you would press revolver to
his hearth
mo, 1 did not"
Jumping to another feature of the case
Mr. Baker inquired about the stormy in
terview at Pocatelo, Idaho, in which the
defendant Senator Brown, Mrs. Brown
and Soren Christensen participated.
1.-The senator and l went to Pocateilo
and Mrs. Brown and Christensen fol-
lowed" Mrs. Bradley explained. "Mr.
Brown told me they were coming and I
left the hotel. the senator promising to
check my baggage, but he failed to do SO.
returned to the hotel to see about IL
and started to the senator's room and en-
countered Mrs. Brown and Christensen
on the stairs"
All-NigAt Conference.
Mrs. Brown hailed her with the words:
well. I expected you would come
"She grabbed me and said she would
take me to her ROOM" Mrs. Bradley
added, "but Christensen intervened and
the result was that we all went to the
senator's room and we talked all night.
In the midst of the discussion Mrs. Brown
said: II will get divorce If the senator
will give me the Brigham street house
and Max the farm. 1 tod him to do II"
The next day, witness went on to say,
Brown gave her pistol to protect her
self against Mrs. Brown. who, he said,
was a very vicious woman, and against
any men who might think the notoriety
sufficient excuse for accosting her at
night.
Asked IL the senator did not accuse her
of indiscretion with a certain man, Mrs.
Bradley answered in the negative, but
admitted she might have written a letter
to him declaring her innocence of charges.
1.-The senator was furiously, insanely
jealous man. defendant declared, "al-
ways accusing both me and Mrs. Brown
with intimacy with various men,"
Identifying one Of her letters Of 1901.
Mrs. Bradley was asked to interpret the
meaning of a passage which read: en-
stead Of wasting our breath on Shraeder,
Evans, Mcguire, the priest Dr Utter) or
any one else, we should sip LIES sweetest
nectar together"
II do not think that needs explanations
Mrs.. Bradley said.