The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-20
Mrs. Annie Bradley Relates Her
 Pathetic Narrative
MANS PROMISES BROKEN
The Trial of Mrs. Bradley Reaches a Dramatic Climax as She Tells of Long Years of Relationship
 With Brown.

Washington, November 19.-"Tm SO tired" said Mrs Annie NJ. Bradley, tho defendant in the trial now in progress in tho criminal court in this city, few minutes before 3 o'clock today, after she had spent about four hours on the wit ness stand, relating the details of her ac- quaintanceship and intimacy with former United States Senator Brown, with whose murder she stands charged, and Judge Stafford immediately gave orders for the adjournment of the court. She had not reached the events directly connected with the tragedy in which Brown was killed, but had very closely approached them and they will be the subject of the first testimony to be given tomorrow.
 Todays story dealt with the first ae- quaintance of Mrs. Bradley with Brown and told how that acquaintance gradu- ally ripened into friendship and illicit af- fections; of promises, majority of which at first be made only on the condition of divorce on both sides and then of dis appointment and grief when both became free and could have been legally united if Brown had been willing. Mrs. Bradley told the particulars of many pledges made to her, told how Brown had ad- dressed her as his wife and how he had given his name to one of their children and also how he had aided her in no less than three criminal operations.
 Pride In Attachments.
 She related also many pleasant inci- dents of their life together, She byoEes q. ssFT Ne wlleh ssiA sSsl.1 s,s 1esitiR lA isti ifeSiiecuuai attainnents and told Of tlielr reading together the principal poets. Shs said that he told her over and oyer. again that she was the only women he had ever loved and averred that by his manner toward her and his superior at tainments he had gained a complete mas tery over her
 The court room was crowded during the entire day and many of the spectators were women. Tears were frequently shed not only by the general audience, but once or twice by members Of tho jury. Mrs. Bradley was quite emotional and her voice was scarcely audible at times. Her attorneys, however expressed conf dence after the witness left the stand that she would be able to proceed to the end without breakdown. Mrs. Brad ley said her health had failed during her association with Brown and she told of one occasion when she was tempted to commit suicide.
 Crowded Court Room.
 The fact that Mrs Bradleys story was to be heard under oath had become gen. erally known and the court room, of lim- ited capacity at best, was crowded long before the incoming of the court, for In addition to the crowd of regulars" fin at tendance. there were many whose faces are unfamiliar in the court and these in- cluded much larger percentage of mem bers of Mrs. Bradley's own sex than has heretofore been seen there. Much interest was manifested when the prisoner entered the court room a few minutes after 10 o'clock She was much agitated and seemed almost devoid of courage and strength as she took her customary seat. Fortunately for her she was not the first witness called and she was given time to compose herself, while Mrs. Josephine Tighe, a local newspaper woman, related the particulars of q call upon Mrs. Brad ley in the house of detention on December 10 last. when Mrs. Adams also made 8 call Taking all conditions into consid- eration, the witness said, she had reached tho conclusion that Mrs. Bradley was in- sane.
 It was 10:15 a. m.. when Mrs. Bradley was called and she immediately faced the jury. "I call Mrs. Annie Adams said Judge Powers. and the interest was intensified. He Immediately corrected his mistake. announcing that he meant Mrs. Annie Bradley. Then interest took on another phase of intensity. By the time the first question had been put the witness had gathered herself together and her nervousness had well nigh left her. Her voice was low and indistinct but the tone was firm, so that while the stenographer was at first compelled to repeat her responses to the jury, she soon gained sufficient confidence and strength of voice to make herself heard
 Life Story Begun.
 Judge Powers asked the questions and they were at first directed to developing history of the defendant, who said that she was 35 years of age. that she was born in Kansas City, and educated in Denver, that she had had smallpox and pneumonia and had been badly hurt by blow on the head while a child She went to Salt Lake City in 1890, she said, and had lived there ever since. She had occupied clerical position in the Salt Lake Water Works office for three years and eight months.
 Were you ever married?'
 ''Yes. sir; I was married to Clarence Bradley a week after I left the water works
 Two children. boy and girl, re- suited from this union, she said She joined the Salt Lake Women's club. and later became member of the Woman's Press club and the Poets Round Table
 It was through her connection with these and political organizations that she became acquainted with Senator Brown.
 Judge Powers then developed the fact that Mrs. Bradley had taken an active part in the affairs of tlSa republican party in Utah, where women vote, and that she had been secretary of taA state committee.
 Were your relations with your hus- band happy or unhappy" she was asked.
 Unhappy" was the reply, spoken in a low tone.
 She was divorced from Mir. Bradley, she said, in 1905.
 Meeting With Brown.
 The witness then told of being intro-