Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-23
MADNESS IN FAMILY OF MRS.
BRADLEY
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION $4,000
WORDS IN LENGTH
Experts Ready to Testify That Wrongs
Unbalanced Mind Of Browns
sIayer--Case Postponed
Till Monday
tcontInued from PAGE oneD

timacy with the senator.
Il saw her as she came from the office
about dusk one night he said, land
told her she had no right to go to the
office. that she must go to his room If
she wanted to see the senator, and she
assentedH
''Wife Curse"
Witness told of an interview between
the senator and Mrs. Bradley in 1902,
at which Mrs. Brown was present. He
was then shown paper which said Mrs.
Bradley had tried Intellectually to get
Brown to sign. in which he was made to
say that he would compel Mrs. Brown
to get a divorce" He afterward told
Mrs. Bradley he would sign it, saying:
Dolly, l would do anything for you"
Judge Henderson related that later
Brown addressed his wife, saying, in
the presence of himself an Mrs Brad
ley. that Mrs Brown had been curse
to him and that he would not resume re-
1stiens NTH her
In another interview in 1903 with Mrs
Bradley, after her return from the Idaho
ranch" continued the witness. "she said
she understood 1 had advised Brown to
so away. I said 1 had She said she
thought l did not know all about their
difficulties. She then proceeded to tell
me that she was in delicate condition.
In substance I said to her if that were
true ! would have nothing more to do
with the matter nor with him. / then
told her that Brown had been telling me
for months that he was doing all he could
TO end the relationship. She broke down
and cried, and declared there was not a
word Of truth in his statement and it was
understood between her and Brown that
he and his wife were to be divorced, that
she and he were congenial and that she
I.
promise
.'She seemed to go from one emotion 20
another. At one time she would wiring
her hands and at another would appear
elated, saying it was all right and that
Arthur would do what he had said he
would.
Agreed to Wed
''She said that she had entered upon the
relationship with the understanding that
they should become man ana wife,"
Mrs. Bradley made complaint of the
fate that would befall her children in
case Brown did not marry her. he said.
She said,'' continued the witness. 81 OF
course everybody will blame me, and he
will escape, yet right here in Utah have
done nothing but what the whole people
of Utah have done by Arthur Brown.
They trusted him with their best office,
and I trusted him.
II said. But of course the results are
very different
That Is true she replied. A moment
after that she would build up the hope
that II was not true, and that 1t would be
all right
In reply to another question Judge Hen
derson said: Mrs Bradley seemed TO
be dominated by two absolutely incon-
sistent emotions during this interview. one
succeeding the other At one time she
appeared full of wretchedness, gloom and
despair, and at another she was all right
and full of hopefulness."
Judge Henderson said that at this in
terview Mrs. Bradley had seemed much |
agitated. He said that her reputation for
peace and good order was good,
On cross-examination Judge Henderson |
said that in her interviews with him Mrs.
Bradley had appeared to be rational,
though very emotional
Mr.. Baker read from a letter from Mrs.
Bradley. speaking of her interview with
Judge Henderson, in which she said:
"He sobhed"
'.He laid his head on his sdesk and
sobbed.''
Mr.. Henderson shrugged his shoulders
and replied tina; that was not at that in
terview.
you were a good deal agitated your
self. were you not?''
/ was SnOckSut Lne Witness TepUeQ |
Questioned concerning Browns habits, |
Judge Henderson said he was drinking
man. but that he did not drink constantly |
but would go for months without drink !
ing at all.
Have you ever seen him when he was
so drunk he was staggerng?"
"a few times, l have"
Brown frequently" witness said, |
would come into the office intoxicated
and lie down on lounge"
Speaking of Mr.. Browns handwriting,
Judge Henderson said it was like Browns
character. erratic.
Sometimes very bad and sometimes
better. When he was drinking it was
bad
Referring to exhibit No. l. In which
Brown is alleged to have acknowledged
inquired; what would you say? Was
he under the influence of liquor when he
wrote that or not?'
i don't know. said the witness, falter-
ing little.
He might have been. That might have
been one thing, and then he may have
been in the dark. His eyesight was not |
good. as he suffered from iritis'
Asked about Browns temperament wit
ness said: II never knew such a temper
amerit. He was a very odd man, eccen- |
tric to the last degree
did he ever get angry?"
He was angry at some one always"
was the quick reply, which amused Mrs.
Bradley very much. She broke out into
broad laugh and repressed it with diff |
Guilty.
On redirect examination Judge Hender- |
son reiterated his statement that when |
Brown signed the statement acknowledge |
ing the children by Mrs. Bradley he might |
have been intoxicated Lyman Shrews-
bury, postmaster at Bonn Doom, Califor- |
mia. an Uncle by marriage Of Mrs. Brad |
ley. said that her father is now paralyzed
and that her grandfather on the mother
side had been wrong in his mind. He also
said that his own wife, a sister OF Mrs.
Bradley. had been irrational whenever
worried for several years before her
death, which occurred In 1908
Continuing his testimony this afternoon,
Mr. Shrewsbury said that on one occa-
sion Mrs. Shrewsbury became so fierce
that it was necessary to take her to Los
Angeles At that time she was armed
with knife and revolver. He had no
doubt that at such time as this his wife
was insane. He said that another sister
of Mrs. Bradley's mother, a Mrs. Ryan.
had been sent to an asylum. In the
course Of his examination the Witness was