The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-21
(Snecial to Nc Herald.)


Washington, Nov. 20.-In the Bradley
trial today the entire gamut of emotion
was played, from tragedy and pathos
20 comedy. At one time the jurors and
audience were on the verge of tears,
and at another the school girl and
school boy ebullitiOns of love-sick let
ter-writing between Brown and Mrs.
Bradley revealed by reading some of
their letters caused such laughter in
the court room as to bring forth re-
prevail from the bench.
Trying Day for Mrs. Bradley.
The day was a hard one for Mrs.
Bradley, physically and mentally. To
help her husband her strength, Judge
Powers devoted the earlier part of the
day to having the witness identify sew
Sz8l hundred letters and upward of
fifty kilograms she had received at diff
ferent times from Senator Brown. This
was tiresome for the witness and unin-
teresting for the large audience, IS per
cent women, waiting with eNpectant
appetite for sensational testimony.
Finally, when Mrs. Bradley told of her
journey to Washington and the actual
details of the shooting, the ordeal
seemed TO be greater than she could
bear. and it was feared she would col
lapse. When her examination in chief
closed. she was apparently worn out
and weary beyond power of reeupera-
ton.
Alert on Cross-Examination.
District Attorney Baker conducted
cross-examination, and under the slim
illus of having to parry his questions,
Mrs. Bradley became alert and made
the fact evident that at present she is
far from being insane, no matter what
her condition may have been when She
did the shooting She explained in a
reasonable manner the presence of a
whip found in her trunk VIXEN asked
why she brought il to Washington,
saying it had been presented to her by
Brown. and as she intended going TO
Los Angeles when she packed it in her
trunk, she could not have contemplated
using it TO assault Brown.
Tried to Win Brown From His Wife
Under cross examination of Baker,
Mrs. Bradley admitted she had sought
TO win Brown away from his wife, and
that at the time when che and Mrs.
Brown ostensibly We're friends she
wrote Brown uncomplimentary things
about Mrs. Brown. Calling attention to
some Of the letters she had written
Brown, Attorney Baker asked Mrs.
Bradley if she had written one to him
HA6ilSu L. " J. oIle dNliIllLl6Q SHE UdQs
and when asked what the initials
meant, said they referred to a pet term
Brown sometimes applied TO her of
Little Mint JuleP. This answer raised
laughter in the court room, and even
the witness INDUCED in a wan smile.
Prosecuting Attorney Severe.
At times during the cross-examina-
ton Attorney Baker seemed unneCeS-
sarily severe with the witness, and sew
eral times he was checked by Judge
Stafford. Counsel for defense, how
ever, opposed no objection. evidently
believing that harsh treatment of their
client by the prosecution would not in
jure her case with the jury, which ap-
peared TO be entirely in sympathy with
the witness.
Judge Powers is well satisfied with
the present status of the case, and
while the Oss-eXaminatiOn Of Mrs
Bradley mas made her admit some I'M
pleasant facts, the main contention of
the defense that Browns almost inhu-
man treatment of her, physically and
mentally, drove her to desperation ard
temporary insanity, has not been
shaken.