The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-21
HAZE IN Her MEMORY
HIDES BROWNS DEATH
Mrs. Bradley Disavows Con
seriousness Of Her Acts
During Shooting.
Love LETTERS IN EVIDENCE
Bundles Of Little Missives at the
Opening of Court-Defendant
Given Chance to Tell Story.

Washington. Nov. 21.-Mrs. Bradley
continued yesterday, in her trial for the
murder Of Arthur NJ. Brown, her story
Of the love affair in which the former
senator and herself were the principal
characters, and brought the direct re-
cital to a climax by describing her
feelings and emotions when she went
to Washington to make an appeal TO
Brown. OF the tragedy itself. she said,
she remembers nothing-that part OF
the story is blank in her mind.
When court opened bundles Of love
letters written by both the man and
the woman were introduced in evil
dence. These were not read, and the
mere marking of them for Identified
ton consumed two hours. When this
was done Mrs. Bradley took up the
thread Of her story.
She first told of her going to Browns
house in November, 1906. and saying
that she had come to return some of
his calls, and Of his endeavor to drive
her away She was in the lowest
depths of despair she said. At about
this time his manner was variable, she
declared. and at times he would be
loving and tender and at other times
Journeys TO Washington.
Leading up to her Washington visit
she said that she had become i'll in De-
cember, and when she learned of
Browns departure she did not care
whether she lived or died. Mr.. Living
stone told her of Browns departure
and gave her money which he said she
was to use in buying a ticket for any
n
go to Los Angeles, and did start, but
when she reached ogden she traded
her ticket and started for Washington.
The impulse to change seized me
when 1 got to Ogden and realized that
to be the parting of the ways" she
said. She was very i'll on the train.
Mrs Bradley said she had arrived in
this city Saturday morning, Dec. s,
after a night in which she had had
little sleep and several days of almost
complete fasting.
Had you formed any purpose, before
reaching Washington of doing violence
to Senator BROWNE"
4 had none-had formed none"
Some letters relating to this rupture
were then exhibited and identified by
Mrs. Bradley. One letter was signed
L. NJ. J.. ana MI. baker dSkSu the
meaning of those letters as a signature
The witness did not want to tell, say
ing that they had reference to a little
pleasantly between the senator and
herself At last she said that in his
first letter to her he had called her a
little mint julep," and she had
adopted the first letters of those words
as a signature.
In another letter Mrs. Bradley told
OF having met the madam" (meaning
Mrs. Brown on the street, and de-
scribed her as looking like an Indian
chief because of her head dress. Mrs.
bradley did not deny writing the letter.
but said it was dated after they had
broken off their friendship.
Mr.. Baker brought out the fact that
when the son, Arthur Brown, was
born Mrs. Bradley was living with her
husband, but she said that Brown was
paying her rent and Bradley was only
paying his board. No one but herself
and Senator Brown had. she said,
known Brown to be the father Of the
child. He was christened Arthur
Brown. not Arthur Brown Bradley
She continued. There were about forty
persons present at the christening, she
said. and while no one knew the facts
except her and the senator. some of
them had afterward told her they
suspected the truth.