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line the opening OF the case for the
defense.
It must be said that a portion of the
Governments testimony has been favor
able TO Mrs. Bradley. considering. the
defense made, in that three witnesses
have testified that Mrs. Bradley seemed
either dazed, very nervous, or that her
face was distorted.
Governments Star Witness.
James Rowan, who may perhaps be
regarded as the star witness for the
Government, was the first witness OF
the day.
The usual questions were asked con-
corning his residence, which he gave as
Salt Lake saying that on November 2
last he was employed by Senator Brown
as Waterman 70 look after his grounds
and residence.
Q.-When did you go to work on that
date?
AT 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Odd any one come there on the
afternoon Of November q, 1906?
A.-Yes: Mrs. Bradley.
Q.-About what time2
A.-Between and Z O'Clock.
Q.-Tell what she did?
Accosted Mrs. Bradley.
Al heard her come through the
trent gate. and went up the front yard
to see what she wanted. saw her gCing
up the front steps, and stopped her,
asking what she wanted. I told her
that I had instructions not 10 let any
one in, and she said that she was Mrs.
Brown. and that IL was very strange
that she was not allowed 10 enter her
own home. ] told her thai she was not
Mrs. Brown, for Mrs Brown had been
dead for number OF years Then she
wanted 10 go up on the steps and sit
down, and 1 let her do this.
Q.-What did she do next?
A.-Then she rang the door bell and
man came 10 the door, and she asked to
see Mr. Brown. He told her that she
could not see Mr. Brown and shut the
door on her Then she went over and
sat on the railing.
Odd she have anything at that
time, and did you see Il?
Said He Saw a Pistol.
Ayes; I saw a pistol I saw her
take a pistol from out of her coat, or
somewhere, and put It in her muff. Soon
after this she started down the steps
and left the place.
ODD you ever see her about the
Yes on the 18th of November I
vent out and found her around the
back yard IN little alley between the
Brigham Young retaining wall and Mr.
Browns coal shed. I asked her what
wanted TO see Mr.. Brown through the
window Then she WeRt around to the
backyard gate and tried to get in, and
/ told her that she could not come in.
She said she would come over the coal
she'd which she did. I said, You got
down did you?" and she laughed, and
said YES"
ODD she ask you If you had told
Brown anything?
Talked About Pistol.
Ayes, she asked me II had not
tod Mr.. Brown that she hal had pis-
tol the other time she was there. and
aske me why did it. 1 told her that
I thought IL was my duty 70 tell him.
I asked her what she had a gun for
anyway, and she said that she had il
for Brown. I SAID, You woIid not hurt
a1l innocent party, would your and
she said that she would not unless some
ore came between Brown and herself.
md then II they did they would get
it for that she was "a vicious woman
Q.-When did you next see her, II at
Al saw her at the Flats on Deem
Ter 2, when she and the children were
Q.Ewhat did she say then, if any
thing2
A.-She asked me why I did not tell
her that Mr.. Brown was going 10 Wash
tngton. I told her that I did net know il,
md she said that she did. and that
things were coming her way now.
Attorney Powers Takes a Hand.
/ Attorney Powers, who assumed charge
of the examination as soon as the first
Western witness was called, reviewed
the ground gone over In the direct ex-
animation and in addition brought out
a number Of points not touched upon
by the witness before.
In reply to questions witness said he
thought that both Arthur Brown and
montgomery Brown were with Mrs
Bradley on December ?, when she was
out driving IN the Brown pony and cart.
He said the fact of her having a gun on
tire night OF the 9th was not mentioned
at this conversation, but only at the
/ second conversation on the 18th.
Witness said 1t was rather dark on the
porch the night OF her first visit, and
| that while there was light in the streets
none was shining upon the porch from
the windows Of Browns residence.
Cross Examined About Gun.
Q.-Can you describe the gun which
you say you saw in her hands?
Att seemed to be a dark gun.
OFT was not a nickel-plated gun.
/ Al DO not know exactly, l could not
sse it very well IL was all done so quick
/ ".
Q.-Who did she say she had the gun
/ for?
| Arthur Brown.
Q.-Did she say she had had the gun
| since she and Brown were at Pocatella,
| Idaho2
A.-No. she did not say how long.
| Tiufaund fnr Hic Uoiaa
o.-Now on the second visit after
/ Mrs. Brown had come into the back
/ yard, she went over to the window and
said she was listening for Mr. Brown S
voice, did she not7
A.-Yes. She stayed there about five
minutes.
| Odd she not say that ii was be-
| cause she loved to hear his voice?
| A-NO not that I remember.
/ O-Then what did she dor