Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-11-21

aud again to brig Mrs. Bradley TO The
point OF admitting vindictiyeness against
Mrs. Brown, or Brown hmsel, she
saved herelf by lucid explanation of
circumstances. "You sought out the
Senator, did you mott" fsked Attorney
Baker, with the purpose of taking aud
keeping MIN from his wife3" "CerIaiDly
did," she replied distinctly.
'Did you ever hit the Senator Ia the
mouth with an umbrella, knocking out
several Of his teeib?" "Yes," was the
whispered admission.
During August, 1906 Mrs. Bradley
said that she had many conferences with
Senator Browns secretary on the cub
ject of her marriage.
"Did you at any time say that If the
Senator did not marry you, you would
blow his head ofi?' she was asked. The
witness replied that she was in des.
perate state of mind, but denied making
the threat. Attempts of the District |
Attorney 10 show that Mrs. Bradley |
goaded Brown to fury, met with denials.
There wss q murder trial in Salt Lake |
10 which Senator Brown was counsel.
Mrs. Bradley was asked: "Tsn't it
true that at the noon recess of this trial.
you waited for Senator Brown and took
him away with you, instead of letting
him remain with bis ass 7ciates!" 81
never took the Senator away with me.
He Away took me away with him." was
the quick response.
Mrs. Bradley denied that Senator and
Mrs. Brown, after their reconciliation,
offered her So, 600 house 10 Les Anse-
les or Ogden, and an annuity of 500 a
month, until the youngest child WAS 81
years of age. ''If the offer had been +
made," she exclaimed, 81 would have
scorned it. There was only one way to
night the wrong; everybody knew what
that way was" L
District Attorney Baker dropped the A
cross examination OF Mrs, Bradley, as /,
Unexpectedly SIS he rested the case OF I,
he government. Mrs. Bradley, not
oDly answered all questions promptly, but D
persisted in explaining situations b
shch might have Injured her case as v
hey we're first presented. Al
Upon redirect examination, Judge 4
'owers took up a number of Mrs.
3radiey's love letters to Brown as they d,
Eere read. IL
Called upon 10 explain her relations OF
With certain men whose names were h
mentioned in one of her letters, Mrs. Ar
Bradley went into every detail. 81 am +,
cry sorry," she said, "tbal these names do
hould have been mentioned in this to
Dnrection. It is not just 10 them" G.
TIE pictures Gale | up in the letters Ia,
ere those of a GtfulIy happy existeGca h
n the farm pear Salt Lake City. Mrs. sh
radley's excursions with the children, en-
or interest In the ranch, the gathering wi
fruit there and the planting of trees ,al
le desperate, indiscriminatipg devotion
Brown-all was presented in these he
d.,
Interest in the trial today centered On
ION the Efforts of the government al pre
Ineys to shatter the effect OF the ps- AL
etlc story Mrs. Bradley has told Of her cas-
1e, her disgrace and the catastrophe she
which it led. This completed. the 10.
pert alienists will come forward to int
ouounce upon The validity of the plea lou
insanity. In this phase of The trial TIN
u appear The hypothetical question pre-
red BY Judge Powers and which is
d to be Of greater length even than Y
i pronounced in TIE Thsw trial, | 60 n
'ians review Of practically all the de.I
timouy thus far adduced including ban
8. Brsdlty's life history. The defend. to n
begins to see, therefore, the begin OF q
g of The end. At the physiological I
ment her children and Brown's who wer,
e not yet appeared in the court room, arm
be brought to her; aud the juror to h
10 they retire for elaboration, will, mob
he opinion of tho defense, thus have toir
ressed upon their minds q concrete or n
nre of the results Of Senator Browns orde
idy. FL