The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-20


1902, went to Los Angeles. and soon re-
turned to Salt Lake to go on the SEN
ator's farm. She heard from him fire.
quently during their separation. Brown
| had over and again reiterated his affec-
| ton, declaring whenever the divorce
/ was mentioned that all obstacles would
be swept away and that she would GER
| tainly become Mrs. Brown. He said,
Mrs. Bradley declared, that he would
lay down his life for her. From the
farm Mrs. Bradley went to POcatello
| and Shoshone, Ida, in one OF which
| places, she said Brown had performed
a second criminal operation on her
when he again found she was about to
! become a mother.
She has been very sick on the trip
from Idaho back to Salt Lake, and
after she arrived in that city.
Action of Mrs. Brown.
THAT day." she continued, referring
TO a time soon after her arrival, Mrs.
Brown came TO the room. when Brown
told her he would get a divorce and
marry Mrs. Bradley. Mrs. Brown then
asked him TO come to the Office and
say that. Mr.. Livingston, Judge Hen
derson and Mr.. Tatlock, who was not
| friendly with Mr.. Brown. were there
and he dictated this statement, ad-
dressing 1t to Mr.. Tatlock:
81 say TO you that I win make Mrs
Brown get a divorce. and if she does
not do 1t, will get one. will marry
Mrs. Bradley; 1 will stand by her as
long as live"
Mrs. Bradley then told of her arrest,
/ together with Mr.. Brown. on the
charge of adultery. She told of a visit
to her by her pastor. Rev. DR.. Utter
who urged her to sever her relations
with Brown, but the latter dissuaded
her, saying he would throw every
thing else down for her" Mrs. Bradley
declared that Brown repeatedly said
i to her:
Don't be led away from me by what
anyone says to you"
Arrested Second Time.
Relating the particulars of a second
arrest in Salt Lake in 1903. Mrs Brad
| ley said that Brown vehemently re-
pudiated the efforts of third party TO
make a financial arrangement with
| her.
Mrs. Bradley told Of the senator's
presenting her with a revolver in Po-
catello in 1903. 'He told me-" she said,
in a mere whisper, that he had bought
1t for me to protect myself with from
Mrs. Brown" After that time Mrs
| Bradley said she carried the weapon
in hand bag. She told Of an encoun-
ter in the hotel at POcatello with Mrs.
! Brown, whom she found sitting at the
| head of the stairs, when she said Mrs.
Brown grabbed her and tried to take
her into her (Mrs. Brown's) room,
when She told Mrs. Brown that she
had no quarrel with her That night
she and Mrs. Brown and Mr. Brown
had held an all-night conference, at
which it was arranged that the Browns
be divorced.
Trip to Browns Farm.
Resuming her narrative this after
noon, Mrs. Bradley told Of several trips
TO Mr.. Browns farm in Idaho, and said
Brown spent much time there with
her. Once, in 1903. she suddenly left
the farm and went to Salt Lake on
reading in the papers that Brown had
forsaken her and become reconciled TO
/ his wife. Mr.. Baker made objection to
the reference to the 7 ewspaper, but the
court held II admissible, saying the
entire testimony was intended only TO
show the effect on the prisoners mind.
Mrs. Bradley said she old not see the
| senator for g. month. Then she up
/ braided him, and asked him why he
had not allowed her TO save herself
/ before sinking to the last depths of
| despair and degradation"
Excuse Of the Senator.
He replied, she said, that he had
/ only taken this course to get rid of the
criminal prosecutions against them,
and that when they were at an end
he would keep all his pledges to marry
/ her and protect the children. Mrs.
/ Bradley said she asked nothing more
than that he acknowledge the children,
I but he replied that if he did so the re-
suit would be TO send him TO the peni-
tertiary, She then told him that if he
did not make the acknowledgment she
would plead guilty at her trial, as she
| afterward did. She said he had again
promised to marry her within a year,
when in 1904, in connection with Mr..
Browns trial on the charge of adultery
I she was summoned to appear against
/ him, and had refused to testify. II
said TO the Judge" she continued, that
he was the father Of my children and
/ could not testify against him" At
| that time he was frequently very bit
/ ter toward her, she said. but she still
! believed in him and thought there
would be a change when his troubles
were ended. After her refusal to tes-
/ tify he telephoned her:
You are the best woman in the
world, and I will repay you for your
lifelong devotion"
Third Criminal Operation.
MIS- bradley SeId lHdL IN ISOo BIOWu
performed a third criminal operation
on her, with the result that she was
very III and greatly depressed, Again
he renewed his promises.
Soon afterward he told her OF Mrs.
Browns Illness. adding that she would
not live a month, and that when il
was over he would fulfill his pledge.
Mrs. Brown died in August, 1905, and
the very next day Brown came to Mrs.
Bradley's house and told her she should
procure a divorce, adding he would
then make everything all right. After
she got the divorce his manner was
sometimes encouraging, at others dis
appointing.
At last he said:
IF l do not marry you Uen, may
God avenge me"
The senator's daughter Alice came to
visit her father, and the latter seemed
much changed towards Mrs. Bradley
He persuaded her to go away. and in
the February following she went to
Ogden, where she remained until Au-
gust.
AT times he was so kind and then
he would say such bitter, bitter
things" said Mrs. Bradley. She con-
tradicted the testimony Of A. H. KEEL
| ly, who quoted her as having said If
Brown did NOT apknOWledera fba ma