The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21


Asked about visits to Senator
| Browns house. Mrs. Bradley said:
Immediately after Mrs. Browns
death Max went to the farm and the
senator took me to the house fire.
Quently."
Mrs. Bradley said that she had first
learned that Mrs. Brown was suffer-
ing from an incurable disease in
January, 1905. Coming to her trip to
Washington in Decem ber, 1906, Mrs.
Bradley told of her conversation with
Mr.. Livingstone, pretious to starting,
when she said that gentleman had told
her she need not expect any more;
thar Brown was merely trying to keep
her where she was.
Another Promise of Marriage.
Asked if she had not tried to come
to Washington with Brown when he
came here in the summer of 1906, the
witness said she had only gone with
him to Ogden and had no thought of
going further, although she had told
him such was her intention.
HE ranted. ragged and chafed,'
she said "but said if I did not go we
should be married as soon as he re-
turned"
She admitted she had told Mr..
Livingstone of this incident and that
she had laughed over it. why, I did
not even have handbag with me- -
she said. in explanation of her lack
of motive.
Mr.. Baker recalled the Cain mur-
der trial in Salt Lake City in Septem-
b4r. 1902. and asked Mrs. Bradley if
she was in attendance regularly. She
said she had gone there with Sena-
tor Brown.
Didn't you each day at recess take
the senator away from his associ-
ates?" asked Mr.. Baker.
With a sparkle in her eye and a
snap in her voice. she denied this. 81
never took him away" she said. HE
a
she leaned back in HEIR chair, appar-
emily satisfied with her answer.
An extract from a letter written by
Mrs. Bradley to Senator Brown in
1902, was shown to her. 1t read:
about my drinking. Let us get
through with our great task and then
the world will forgive and 1 will not
drink. We then can arrange for any
thing we WISH
On a letter in which the addressed
Mrs. Bradley as my hearts IDEAL"
Mrs. Bradley said: "The senator came
Me tSen ~ent re st %Heks fo
and to. the hospital. Was there
MONTH
September so is the date of a note
from the senator which evidently re-
Mrs. Bradley's cases. He says:
Grounds for Divorce.
"a day of wretchedness and fight,
but on the whole we are victorious.
The papers of arrest are fatally defec-
tive. On the dismissal which is in
evitable we have additional grounds
for divorce. We have world of
friends. Let us hold together and all
will be right. Madam has overshot the
mark. She can not convict and the
failure will be additional grounds
In a letter of October 1, Senator
Brown. speaks of the publication of in
terviews by Mrs. Brown regarding the
case against her and he makes the pre-
diction that she will find that her in
cessant gable will come back to
plague her. He adds:
'EI have not changed towards you i'll
love or purpose, but will press
steadily on, loving and caring for you
until we can be united and then 1 viii
love you forever. Don't doubt. I have
shown my fidelity to you until no one
else doubts
October 8, Mr.. Brown tells Mrs.
that he has made no compro-
mise and adds:
Madam says she will send us both
to the penitentiary. She is very bitter.
The only talk about compromise is the
of the reporters"
Writing November 5, Mr.. Brown said:
'T have written letter after letter to-
day and now destroy them all. 1 love
you 1 love you too much to even send
the bitterness of my thought about the
T. and w. Will you get divorce from
them ?' He then demonstrated with
her about failing to write about the af
was staying, saying:
You seem to have forgotten the
farm, your duty, children and every
thing else What has come over you.
Why don't you look after things and |
advise me and help me? I am tired
Of this everlasting evasion, but the
same passionate love always drives me
mad"
Extracts of letters of Mrs. Bradley
to Senator Brown were read in which
he names Of Schroeder Evans, Ma |
yuire and 'the priest were mentioned. |
Mrs. Brown declared that Senator |
Justified. She added that she knew |
.hese gentlemen would be astOnished |
% learn that their names had been re-
erred to. When the relations between
herself and Senator Brown first became !
Known to Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Bradley |
;aid that the senator instantly advised |
Ter to say nothing and deny every
hing.
The first witness at the afternoon
session of the Bradley trial was DR..
Whitney of Salt Lake, Mrs. Bradley'S
physician, who testified that Senator
Brown came to him regarding the |
reatment to be given Mrs. Bradley in
of criminal operations per-
ormed on her.
Wednesday Afternoon.
Washington. Nov. 21-That Mrs.
Bradley did not come to Washington
With any intention of killing former
senator Arthur NJ. Brown of Utah, and
hat she did not even remember shoot
ng him, she told the jury in her trial
afternoon.
Examination of the letters which
'assed between her and Brown brought
'ut code word used by the pair, it
vas aluminium" written in one of Mrs.
3radley's letters and she said it meant
I love you" Transparent cloth was
'astcd over the writing of many of
he letters.
Resuming her story Mrs. Bradley said
he had gone to the Brown home on
he night of November 10, last and re-
NAMED five days. She told Brown she
lad come to return some of his calls.
He seemed sort of paralyzed.' said