The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-11-20
CLIMAX OF BRADLEY TRIAL
Defendant Told of the Final Inter
view in the Raleigh Hotel Which
Ended in the Death of Brown
Some of Yesterdays Testimony.

Washington d. C. November 90
The climax of the Bradley trial was
reached today, when Mrs. Bradley
testfying in ler own behalf, related
the particulars of her fatal inter
view with Senator Brown in the Ra
leigh Hotel in this city last Decem
Der, and gave all the details she re,
lowed. She was prompt as usual in
entering the court room, and if any
one believed yesterdays ordeal would
render her unfit to proceed with her
narrative, it soon must have become
evident to such person that he had
not taken into sufficient account the
reserve power of the woman. She did
not look very brilliant, but she nev
er does, and it cannot be said there
was much change in her appearance.
Yesterday she related all the details
of her life with Senator Brown dur
ing their intimacy, and it is under
stood that after a few preliminary
statements today concerning the
time just preceding the entrance of
both parties to the tragedy in Wash
ington, She will be led up to tae kill
ing and asked as the only possible
witness to tell the storyy.
I'VE shall be brief" said Judge
Powers, her Salt Lake attorney, lin
1t will not take Mrs. Bradley long to
give us all she remembers. He ex-
pressed the opinion that not more
than an hours time would be neces
sary to recite the story. District At
torney Baker thought the cross-eX-
animation would consume hours
time, so that it was apparent from
the beginning of the day that the en-
tire sitting would be consumed by
Mrs. Bradley.
ed, and more were denied admittance
for lack of accommodations than
got in.
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 at different
times by Senator Brown, and she
documents that forty-five minutes
were consumed in the mere exhibi-
ton of them. They covered the time
from 1901 to 1906, and were present
ed for the purpose of showing the
relations between Mrs. Bradley and
Mr. Brown, but no effort was made
to read them, as they were not intro
duced in evidence. The sight of the
letters evidently aroused conflicting
emotions and memories in the mind
of the witness, for she sobbed audi
bly as many of them were presented
to her. Many of her replies to ques-
tioas were given in an indistinct tone
of voice and the stenographer was
compelled to repeat many of her
statements for the benefit of the
jury.
Some of Yesterdays Testimony.
Washington, D. C. Nov. 19.-With
Mrs. Bradley on the stand Judge Pow
ers asked:
Were you ever married?"
Yes sir; l was married TO Clar-
ence Bradley
Two children, a hoy and g girl, re-
suited from this union. She said that
she joined the Salt Lake Woman's
Club and the Poets Round Table. II
was during her connection with these
organizations that she became ac-
quainted with Senator Brown. She
was divorced from Mr. Bradley, she
said. in 1905 The witness then told
of being introduced to Senator Brown
by her uncle and afterwards coming
to know him well while she was sec
retary of the Republican committee,
The acquaintance continued to ripen
until 1898, she said. But when Mrs
Bradley was asked to give a descrip-
ton of this relationship she fell into
tears and appeared for a time quite
unable to proceed When she did open
her lips no one heard her except the
stenographer who stood at the desk
before her. He interpreted her an
swers that the acquaintance grew in.
to very intimate relations. The inquiry
brought out a long narrative. which
was so mingled with sobs and tears