Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
WILL FIGHT FOR
WOMANS LIFE
JUDGE POWERS IS ILL IN A
HOSPITAL
Eminent Attorney Who VIII Defend
Mrs. Bradley, Who Shot Senator
Brown, Seeks Evidence
In Los Angeles

Judge c. w. Powers Of Salt Lake,
one of the most noted criminal attor-
neys of the west was yesterday re-
moved from the Hayward hotel and
taken to the Good Samaritan hospital,
where he is i'll with severe cold and
is threatened with pneumonia,
Judge Powers is counsel for Mrs.
! Annie M. Bradley, who shot Senator
! Arthur Brown of Utah in washington
| because, she declared, he refused 10 90
| his share toward righting the alleged
wrong he had done her. Judge Powers
came to Los Angeles nearly a month
ago chiefly for a rest, but incidentally
| to gather some evidence to be used in
the defense of the case, which will come
up for trial in a short time.
| Judge Powers has been run down in
health lately and he contracted severe
cold. At first he was cared for at the
hotel, but yesterday his condition grew
worse and It was thought best that
he go to a hospital, where he could re-
ceive better medical attention. Wheth-
er or not his illness will delay the trial
of Mrs. Bradley in washington can
not yet be determined.
Letters as Evidence
Mrs. Bradley will ask for acquittal
on the grounds that she shot Brown
only after he had refused to marry
her, as he had repeatedly promised to
do. She is pennilesS and 5000 miles
from her friends. The government will
be askcAl to bring her witnesses to
Washington and even her counsel Will
not be paid.
Letters which passed between Sena-
tor Brown and Mrs. Bradley and which
have just been made public show, it
Is claimed, that the woman had de-
sire to do right
The letters will be introduced as evil
dence and it is expected that they will
do much toward proving her moral
justification under the unwrltten law.
The shooting of the senator created
a sensation throughout the country.
The trial will be vastly different from
the one now going on In New York,
where Harry X. Thaw is making
fight for his life. In the case of Thaw
there is the combat of the best brains
that money can hire and fortune is
being used to save his life, but the
woman who killed to avenge the loss
of her honor must leave the battle for
her life to others. She has no money
and she has no one of influence backing
her.
Love Never FaIters
The letters show that every attempt
on her part to break with Brown and
try to go back to the path of right was
frustrated by him, even while he pro-
tested that he was only awaiting an
opportunity to make her his wife and
to atone in part for the wrong he did
her.
She begged him to support their two
children and to let her live as best she
could. He forced her to make herself
a part of his daily life by writing daily
and telephoning her even more fire.
quently.
Following is an extract from a let
ter written by Mrs. Bradley to Brown
while his wife was alive:
Il know that you love me. That is
all that makes life worth another days
strife. I am sure that you do not think
that I would desert you. l suggest
your making up with madame. I want
to be friends with Belle and with you.
You must decide for your happiness
and comfort, only you do not seem to
be willing. think, and think, and still
think / can make any sacrifice your
duty dictates. The impulse of nature
and my desires bespeak the life of love
with you. Is 1t too l1te to change? 1
would suggest 1t If 1 thought it was
not so.''
Answering this letter, Brown wrote:
You Against the World
Madame (his wife) swore falsely; I
love you, love you more and more; love
between us never fades, can never die.
Go on, my darling, be true and brave"
Senator Brown wrote again: "My
Darling Wife-The troubles of life
weigh heavily upon me tonight. 1t Is
for you against the world. Let us try
to face 1t as best we can and stand to-
gether, loving, loving, loving, and low
ing to a common end. Will you write
to me twice a day, for have not
changed to you in thought, in word, or
deed, or purpose, but press steadily on
to the consummation of our union, for I
love you forever. I will show my fidel-
ity until no one else doubts"
Cares Only for His Love
Another letter from Mrs. Bradley to
Senator Brown follows: "I love and
my prayer to heaven is for no greater
bliss than to be loved by you through
all eternity. l care not what sacrifice
what hardships and toll may be in
store for me, 1t will be love, labor,
whatever it is. 1t is for you, and you
are all there is for me, ALL all, all, my
heart, my love, and my life. The heart
will be glad and my back will round
to fit the burden"
Senator Brown wrote In May, 1902;
Don't worry, don't fret / will soon
right the great wrong I have done you.
Every step take is toward that goal.
will never cease until you are my
recognized wife"
LITTLE Girl E0RGETS