Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-11-21
MRs. BRApLEY ON THE STAND.

;" Ol MIS-. Bradley IN washington close
% yesterday, Mr.. Adams letter was offere
c. in evidence. Mrs. Bradley says sit wa
st the letter she saw In Browns room.
:, 1t was dated at Philadelphia, Decembt
a 6, and was addressed. "Dearie, NJ
Dearie." 1t began:
a tine world seems to have taken Oh
n another hue, because | have heard fror
e you"
The letter then went on to speak c
the Visits of someone, supposedly Mrs
i Bradley, TO the Senator's house, an(
speaking Of her as "poor, misguided
!. soul, who should be behind bars. Th,
writer proceeded TO speak of her owl
engagements as an actress and said tina
: she would not be in the cast for som,
weeks, but would keep him advised. Tit
letter then entered upon a dissertation
upon love and hate, saying that she wss
"OvelhowiDg with love for you, the
, sweetest and dearest of all, and you and
! | are to become believers In the divine
' command TO love one another. Believest
thou this?'
The epistle continued, "Yea, verify"
At2 o'clock Mr. Powers concluded
the direct examination of Mrs. Bradley,
/ and District Attorney Baker began the
cross-examination, taking itup with the
prisoner leaving her room to go to
Senator Browns before the shooting.
"You said you did not aim the revolver.
care you very sure?"
II am" lr
Mrs. Bradley said she did not remsm-
Der taking the revolver out of the hand
bag, nor did she recall destroying any
letters or other papers in her room. She
said she had also found other letters
from Mrs. Adams in the room of Sens
tor Brown, but did not read them, "Did
you search the dresser for them and
find them?" 81 suppose did. took
the letters to the station with me, but
they took them away from me and dido
let me read them" Mrs. Bradley |
said she had never before read auy
letters from Mrs. Adams to the Senator.
81 knew of the old relation between
them" she said, "but thought 1t had |
been broken off," Going back to her
frat acquaintance with Senator Brown,
MIS-. Bradley said she had known Mrs.
Brown intimately.
Odd you go frequently to her house
from 1898 to 1907" "Not more fire.
quently than she came to mine" "Did
you take meals at her house," "No
more, than she took at mine" "Did
you frequently g there as often as two
or three times day Y,
81 did not"
The witness went on to say that the
friendship with Mrs. Brown had been
broken of in 1901, when her Mrs.
BIadley's) sisters had gone to Mrs. Brown {
and told that lady OF the relations be-
tween the witness ard Senator Brown.
Some letters relating TO this rupture we're d
hen exhibited and identified by Mrs.
Bradley. Qne letter was signed 'L. NJ.
T." She said that in his first letter 10 Il
Ter he had called her a "litlle mint 4
hleP," and ahe had adopted the first Il
etlers as a signature. t
Upon being read the letter proved TO e.
'e precautionary note to Senator Brown p
egardiDg their relationship. In another Of
etter written by Mrs. Bradley TO Brown W
n Jlly, 1901, and addressed "My life, p'
" alI.p Hrs, Bradley gaid- ~ shall ss
ill her or go mad" : IN
Did you refer to Mrs, Brown In that co
asked Mr.. Baker. te
81 don't know" was the reply. NJ
In another letter Mrs. Bradley told Of an
aving met "the madam (meanirg nj
RS. Brown on the street, and de- mt
ribed her IS looking like an Indian ba
lief becauseof her headdress. vi
Being asked ifshe remembered haying WI
fitten letter to Brown prior to Sep in
nber, 1909, in which she used the ex i'm
essiOn "the longer the madam stays pic
ere lin Senator Browns Brighsm pei
eet house, the more strongly entrench.
is the enemy" Mrs. Bradley re-
ed that she did not recall it. She
nitted that she had told Mr.. Brown An
1t his older children by bis wives did foil
need the attention that her children def
'erged from him. But she declared -
had never written BIN saying, 81 asS
ID the Brigham street house for our D"T
!e ones and our unborn children"
other letter written by Mrs. Bradley ms.
n the Brown farm was read. 1t was i 10,
of endearing terms. She insisted nO''
IN visit from Brown saying: o os"'
Our business shall be love" In "a
letter she advised the Senator to ~, .
by the Brigham street house of Mrs. &c ],
wn's effects. Che also spoke of q ~ :. =
spaper item in which she had seen J." ~ '
ference to Mrs. Brown. at aroused - a.
me the bitttrest resentment to see ~ -. :.
spoken of as Mrs, Brown" the let o 80 :.
gent on. at makes me a Whirl- ~ {
! Of fury when ] know that | ought =. e =,
ave your home and bear Jour name," u !"
eferriDg to the last sentence, Mr., Oh
% sskea Mrs. prauley II sue was sppll
iJi"e W oieaA up tne Dio"n none' 20 {
was not" she replied; "you have Timh
heard the other SIDE" The witr ess Com,
itted she was doing all she could to
Brown 10 keep his promises.
r. Baker brought out the fact that i
the son, Arthur Brown, was born Iowa y"
Bradley was living with her hus- King
, but she said Brown was paying seriou
ent aud Bradley was only paying o oens,
Oafo. NO one Out nerself aud Sena- quit b
rown bad, she said, knew Brown more
the father OF the child "He was has has, ev
iened Ailhur Brown, not Arthur G Guar
Bradley" she continued. Taal
ere we're about 40 persons present! ~
christening, she said, and while 1