Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-21

received a message from Brown to gel
off the farm. and she left Immediately
Next day she saw a statement published
in newspaper that Senator Brown had
been reconcled to Mrs. Brown, and wen,
to Salt Lake City at once and attempted
TO find Brown at his house and at his
office. but he was in the east and she die
not see him for a month.
Was IL not your purpose to get hold
OF Senator Brown and keep him from his
wife, the United States attorney ques-
toned.
Certainly Mrs Bradley answered
Finally. witness admitted. she heard
Brown was on his farm and she went
there. The senator promised to see her
next day. but he left early and returned
to Salt Lake City, and she followed.
Questioned about Senator Browns hab-
its. Mrs. Bradley said she supposed he
was steady drinker, but declared she
never kept liquors at her house for him,
though Brown often brought bottles with
him and consumed the contents. Witness
also testified Brown was a very nervous
man. and he suffered from rheumatism.
Assault on Brown.
do you remember an incident when
you struck Senator Brown in the mouth
with your umbrella and knocked out his
front teeth?" Mr. Baker suddenly in.
Quired, and the question furnished a new
sensation in the already remarkable case
Mrs. Bradley hesitated for a. moment
and her FIRST attempt at answer drew an
objection from the prosecutor. and he in.
sisted that the question be answered d.
rectly.
.'Yes-I did strike him. I went to his
office by appointment, and he was very
bitter. abusing every one-me, the children
Mrs. Brown. Max-and.I raised 10y para
sol and struck him. His teeth were
mere shells and they were broken off,
Prior to the summer of 1903. Mrs. Brad.
ley asserted, she went to Senator Browns
very rarely; after that frequently in con.
tinued effort to compel him to acknowl-
edge the paternity of the boy, Arthur She
denied that Judge Henderson. the sena-
tors law partner. had ever ordered her
from the office. She spent a night in the
office In May, 1906.
You remember going to the senator's
Brigham street house late In November.
1902" the United States attorney oueried
Yes. went to see Mr.. Brown
And you asked Mr.. Livingstone to
carry your satchei and asked him not to
look into it,
II do not RENE mber making any such
request"
'Is it not a fact. that you had the re-
volv"r in the satchel and you did not
want Livingstone to tell the senator about
it?'
1 do not think So"
As to Being Desperate.
During August. 1906. defendant admitted
sne - r:"--y- conversations with Living
stone IN Nh" subject Of the senator mar
rying H. She denied vehemently that
she evr said TO Livingstone that unless
the senator would redeem his promise
to marry her she would blow his head
Off"
Mrs. Bradley also denied that she ever
sail TO the senator's secretary that she
was so desperate she was afraid some
desperate thing would happen"
Taking another backward leap in the
case, United States Attorney Baker ques-
toned Mrs. Bradley about the number of
times she stayed at the Brown house
often, almost every night after Mrs.
Browns death" the defendant said MAX
was at the farm then"
She was also at the house frequently
when Mrs. Brown was absent in the east
to consult physicians. Defendant stated
she knew In January. 1908. that Mrs.
Brown was Ill of cancer, and would not
recover. go, ... .
How did your trunk happen to reach
you In Washington queried Mr.. Baker.
MI Livingstone sent it from Salt Lake
City and 1t came on aEtrain or two after
] reached Ogden"
Relating a conversation with Living
stone the day she left Salt Lake City,
Mrs Bradley said Livingstone assured
her she need never expect anything more
that Brown neither wished to marry her
nor wished her to succeed. She quoted
Livingstone as saying Brown wanted to
keep her in just the same position al
ways.
The defendant resented the insinuation
In the United States attorneys next
question that she conceived the idea of
coming on to Washington before she ar
rived at Ogden. - ..<s. ~ = -
Question of Monopoly.
Referring TO the Kane trial in Salt
Lake in 1902 Mr.. Baker asked Mrs Brad
ley II 1T was not true that she attended
almost every session of the court, and at
recess took the senator away with her,
away from his associates.
never took the senator with me. he
torted
The United States attorney took I'D a
number of letters said to have been writ.
Ten by Mrs. Bradley and questioned her
regarding the significance Of various pas
sages Part of a letter, which the de-
IL ndant thought was written In 1885,, was
quoted as follows: Keep away from the
enemy. and We will prosper in love and
happiness. Get you a good ROBIN, or have
q bed set up in your big back Office"
Mrs. Bradley was positive 1.-The enemy
did not mean Mrs. Brown.
The United States attorney also read an
extract from another letter, dated May,
1SG2: do not talk or speak to Madame
Aou have done all the compromising Sc
TAR. ana It never has helped, has it?"
Would Have Scorned Offer.
Referring to a visit said to have been
made to Mrs. Bradley by Judge Samuel
King. acting as emissary for Mr. and
MIS-. Brown. the United States attor-
ney asked the defendant If 1t was not
true King had offered her a s., 900 house
In Ogden or Los Angeles and SIS to
800 Il month until the youngest boy was
fwenty-one years Of age.
Il remember nothing of the sort" Mrs.
Bradley said. Il would have scorned
the offer. II made
'Didn't you tell King that Brown
must secure a divorce. must put aside
the old woman on the hill and marry
your -. .. r...s.a
Il don't think you can find any one
to whom i have ever said anything dis
respectful of Mrs. Brown. Madame told
mamma that II everything would cease
ehe would forgive me and never let II
make any difference in friendship"
In Redirect examination Judge Powers
eAked and was granted permission tG
cead in full to the Jury the letters from