The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-20


come 4 mother.
she had beer very sicis ofi Tie trfa
from Idaho back to SAT- Lake ana al
ter she arrived in that city.
Divorce Talk.
That day, she continued. referring
to- time soon after her arrival. ..Mrs.
Brown came to the room, when Brown
told her he would get divorce and
marry Mrs. Bradley. Mrs, Brown then
asked him to come to the ONCE and
say that. Mr.. Livingstone. Judge Hen,
derson and Mr.. Tatloch. who was no,
friendly with Mr.. Brown were there
and he dictated this statement, ad.
dressing 1t to Mr. Tatloch:
Il say to you that I will make Mrs.
Brown get a divorce and ~ she does
not do 1t, l will myself get one. / will
marry Mrs. Bradley: I will stand by
her as long as / live"
Mrs. Bradley then told OF her ar.
rest together with Mr.. Brown on the
charge Of adultery. She told Of a visit
to her by her pastor Rev. DR.. Utter,
who made an effort. to get her to sever
her relations with Brown. but the lat.
ter had deserted her, saying he would
throw everything else down for her.
The particulars OF various other sim.
liar Pr%otestatioBs Of love and endeav:
ors to hold her to him were also re.
lated in detail. Mrs. Bradley declar.
ed Mr.. Brown repeatedly said to her:
Don't be led away from me by
what any one says to you"
Relating the particulars OF a second
arrest, which took place in Salt Lake
in 1903, Mrs. Bradley said that she
and the senator had both been bouni
over. Brown had then vehemently re.
pudiatei the efforts Of a third party
to make a financial arrangement with
her.
Brown Gave Her Revolver.
Mrs. Bradley told of Senator
Browns presenting her with a reyol.
ser In 1908. HE told me-" She said
In a mere whisper, that he had bought
It for me to protect myself with from
Mrs. Brown" After that time Mrs.
Bradley said she carried the weapon
in a handbag in accordance with thu
senator's request that she keep II by
her. She told of onc occasion on which
she had an encounter In the hotel al
Pocateiio with Mrs. Brown, whom she
found sitting at the head OF the stairs
where she said Mrs. Brown had grab
bed her and tried TO take her into hei
Mrs. Brown's) room. when she (Mrs
Bradley told Mrs. Brown that sh.
had no quarrel with her. That nigh
she and Mr.. and Mrs. Brown had held
nm all.night conference In which they
had gone over the intended divorce be
tween the Browns.
Court then took a recess for lunch
con.
The Afternoon Session.
When. at lis p. ~, Mrs. Bradle,
resumed her narrative. she said tina
at the P0cateli0 conference with Mrs
Brown 1t vas arranged that tn,
Browns should be divorced. She toll,
of the several trips to Mr.. Brown
farm in Idaho and said that when slit
was there Brown spent much TIM
with. her. She told Of one occasion
In 1908, when she suddenly left tn,
farm and went TO Salt Lake City, upo;
reading In the papers that Brown har
forsaken her and become reconcile,
to his wife.
Mr.. Baker made objection to the rel
erehce to the newspaper, but Judg,
Stafford held II admissible, saying tn,
entire testimony a intended for n,
other purpose than to show the eli
feet on the prisoners mind. Mrs. Brad
ley said she did not see the senator
for n month. Then she upbralded hin
for his desertion and asked him VIII,
he had not allowed her to save her
self before sinking her to "the las
depths of despair and degradation"
"He had replied. she testified. tina
he had only taken his present cours,
to get rid of the criminal prosecution!
against him and that when they wer,
at an end. he would keep all his pledg
cs TO mnrry her. and protect the chill
dren. He declared that Mrs. Brow
was determined to send him to tn
penitentiary. Mrs. Bradley said sh,
had told that she asked nothing NOR,
than TINT he acknowledge the children
but he had replied that II he did :,
the result would be to send him to tn
peu!tentiary. She then told him tia
II he did not make the acknowledge
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