The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-11-28
HAD NO Intention
Of killing BROWN
MRS. BRADLEY SAYS THAT SHE
DID NOT EVEN REMEMBER
SHOOTING HIM.
Tells Jury Of Tragedy-District Attor.
ney Tries to Show She Planned to
Break Up Senator'S H~ome-Annle
Adams Letter Read.

Washington, Nov. 21.-That Mrs.
Bradley did not come to Washington
with any intention Of killing former
Senator Arthur M. Brown Of Utah, and
that she did not even remember shoot
ing him, she told the jury in her trial
Wednesday.
The statement was not reached until
the afternoon session Of the court, the
first half Of the day being given large
ly to the Identification of letters from
MI. Brown to Mrs. Bradley and from
her to him, very few of which were
read.
The real tragedy formed the subject
of the afternoon sitting. At that time
Judge Powers brought out the full
statement in his examination-in-chief.
This consumed only a few minutes Of
time, and as oon as he concluded
District Attorney Baker entered upon
his cross-examination.
Trend of cross-Examination.
He devoted comparatively little at
tention to the shooting itself, but,
going back to the early days of the re-
lationship between Senator Brown
and Mrs. Bradley, sought to show, by
reading letters and questioning the
witness, that she had deliberately IN
dertaken to break up Senator Browns
home and that she a at enmity with
Mrs. Brown as early as 1901. He also
brought out the fact that Mrs. Bradley
and Mrs. Brown had originally hsen
strong friends and that this friendship
even extended beyond the time of the
birth of Mrs. Bradley's first child by
Brown.
The fact that upon first going to
Senator Browns room at the Raleigh
hotel Mrs. Bradley found there a let
ter from Mrs. Annie Adams, the
actress, to the senator, was dwelt on
at some length by Judge Powers, max
ing it evident that it Is his intention
to attempt to show that the discovery
of this letter supplied the immediate
motive for the killing of Mr.. Brown.
That letter was read at length by Mr..
Wells.
The only other letters read during
the day were three from Mrs. Bradley
to Brown, which were introduced by
Mr.. Baker as a part Of his cross-exam
ination.
Brown Acknowledged the Children.
Washington, Nov. 22.-The story Of
former United States Senator Browns
acknowledgment of the paternity Of
the two youngest of Mrs. Bradley's
children was told Thursday in Judge
Stafford's court by other lips than
hers.
II acknowledge Arthur Brown and
Martin Montgomery as my children
by Annie M. Bradley" Such was Mr..
Browns own method of expressing
himself on the subject, and the legend
was inscribed on a soiled and blotted
piece Of writing paper. It was dated
February 10, 1905, and was brought
to light by Col. Maurice M. Kaighn,
an attorney Of Salt Lake City, the
present receiver in the United States
land Office in that city and a friend of
Senator Brown of 80 years standing.
Good Witness for Defendant.
Col. Kaighn vas on the witness
stand for about an hour during the
afternoon session Of the Bradley trial
and testified that Mrs. Bradley
brought the tell-tale slip of paper to
his office Just after she received it
from Mr.. Brown with the ink not yet
dry; how she fairly danced into his
DON and how she beamed with joy
as she held the paper aloft and told
him that now all would be well. Col.
Kaighn related many interesting facts
concerning his association with both
Senator Brown. and Mrs. Bradley, and
upon the whole made by far the best
witness for the little woman that has
yet taken the stand, herself excepted.
FIGHT DESPITE Gov. cUMMINs.