Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-20
Mrs. Bradley Viii! be
! Asked to Describe
Killing of Brown.
TAKES STAND WEAK
Much of the Day Put in ldenti-
tying Letters to Prove Re-
lations of the Pair.

Washington. Nov. 20.-The climax
of the Bradley trial was reached TO-
day when Mrs. Bradley testifring in
her own behalf. related particulars of
the final interview with former Sena-
tor Brown at the Raleigh hotel in this
city last December and gave all the
details she could remember of the
shooting which followed.
Leads Up To Murder.
She had yesterday related practically
all the details of her life with Brown
during an intimacy of nine years. and
it was understood generally after a
few preliminary statements concerning
the time preceding the entrance of
both parties to the tragedy at Wash
ington she would be led up to that
affair and asked as the only witness
10 tell the story.
1--WE shall be brief" said her attor-
ney. lin dealing with this phase OF
the case; twill not take Mrs Bradley
long TO give us all she remembers of
it,"
Introduces Browns Letters.
Judge Stafford had no sooner taken
his seat than Mrs. Bradley resumed
her place in the witness chair. She
was first asked TO identify a number
of letters written her ar different
n
were so many OF these documents
that IS minutes was Sonsumed in the
mere exhibition of them They COW
cred the time from 1907 to 1906 and
were presented for the purpose of
showing the relations between Mrs
Bradley and Brown. but no effort was
made to read them as they were in
trodnced.
Causes Witness Grief.
1t was evident the sight of the let
ters aroused conflicting memories i'll
the witness for she sobbed audibly
as many of them were presented to
her Many of her replies to question
were given in an indistinct tone of
voice. and the stenographer was COM
PEELED TO repeat many OF her state
ments for the benefit of the jury.
Ask state 10 Produce others.
There was more than 100 of these
letters and when their presentation
was concluded the defense called upon
the prosecuting attorney to produce
the letters in his possession written
by Mrs Bradley to Brown. Witness
took her time and read some of these
letters before accepting them. but in
each instance replied in a quivering
voice. Yes, wrote it, The reading
of Mrs. Bradley's letters consumed
much time.
Encountered Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. Bradley yesterday afternoon
told OF one occasion on which she had
an encounter in the hotel at Pocatello
with Mrs. Brown. whom she found sit
ting at the head of the stairs, where
she said Mrs. Brown had grabbed her
and tried to take her into Mrs Browns
room
That night Mrs. Bradley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown had an all night confer
ence, in which they had gone over the
intended divorce between the Browns
AT times after this he was so kind
and then he would act so dreadfully
and say such bitter, bitter things" saiC
Mrs. Bradley. She contradicted the
testimony of A. H. Kelley, in which
she was represented as having sale
that if Brown did not acknowledge th'
paternity OF her child she woul;
shoot him full of holes She did no
need such an acknowledgment, be
cause she already had it in his owl
handwriting. The note was shown. bu
not read In Ogden third child wa
born. Mrs. Brown testified, but it di,
not live.
Grew Wrcfched and Hopeless.
Mrs. Brown said that her healt
gradually had failed during her rela
tions with Brown and that by 1906 sh
had grown to be wretcned. She wa
10 have been married on June 2, 1906
but the senator was i'll then and sh
only talked with him over the telC
phone.
Asked what she did after a convers;
tion with Brown in May, she said: &C
| don't know: just cried. | hoped
would die and felt at times as if
should kill myself. -
When court adjourned Mrs. Bradle
almost had completed her recital {
her relations with the former senate