The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-20
PATHETIC STORY
OF MRS. S BRADLEY ! ! DL|..E|:Y
Accused Murderess Tells
Of Deception blythe
Man She Shot.
HIS PROMISES
WERE IGNORED
Utah Senator Made Love and AS
stunned Intimate Relations With
Her While Both Were Mar
ried to Others, but
Would Not Wed
Her.

WASHINGTON, d. c., November 49,
u am so tired said Mrs. Annie Brad
ley, the defendant In the trial now In
progress In the criminal court In this
city. a few minutes before o'clock
to-day, after she had spent about four
hours on the witness stand relating the
details OF her acquaintanceship and In
timacy with former United States SEN
ator Brown. of whose murder she
stands accused, and Judge Stafford im-
mediately gave orders for the adjourn
ment OF the court.
She had not reached the events di-
rectly connected with the tragedy in
which Brown was Killed. but had very
closely approached them, and they Will
be the subject OF her first testimony
to be given Tomorrow.
Z To-day's story dealt with the first
acquaintance OF Mrs. Bradley with
Brown. and told how that acquaint-
ance gradually ripened into friendship
and finally into love. 1t was long
and pathetic narrative of Illicit affec-
ton. Of promises OF marriage which
could at first be made only on the con-
sdition of divorce on both sides. and
then of disappointment and grief when
both became free and could have been
ing.
Mrs. Bradley gave the particulars OF
many pledges made to her, told how
Brown had introduced her as his wife
and of how he had given his name to
one of their children. and also OF how
he had aided her in no less than
three criminal operations. She related
also many pleasant incidents Of their
life together. She wore smile when
she spoke of her. pride In his intel
tectual attainments. and told OF their
reading together the principal poets.
She said he told her over and again
that she was the only woman he had
ever loved and a,yerred that by his
manner towards her and his superior
attainments he had gained complete
mastery over her.
{ Even Jurors Shed Teara.
The courtroom was crowded the en-
tire day, and many OF the spectators
were women. Tears we're frequently
shed. not only by the general audience.
but once or twice by members of the
tional at times. and her voice was
scarcely audible at other times.
Her attorneys were, however. quite
satisfied with her condition when she
concluded. Notwithstanding her confess
ed fatigue, and they expressed conf
dence after the witness left the stand
that she would be able to proceed to
the end without DredKoOWu. tt{1s
Mrs. Bradley said her health had
failed during her association with
Brown, and she told OF one occasion
when she was tempted to commit sui
eide.
Judge Powers asked the questions.
and they were at first directed to de-
veloping a history OF the defendant.
who said that she was thirty five years
OF age: that sse 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 child. She went TO Salt
Lake City in 1890. she said, and had
lived there ever since. She had occu-
pied a clerical position in the Salt Lake
water works for three years and eight
months.
Were you ever married?.'
"Yes, sir: < was married to Clarence
Bradley a week after l left the water
works. Two children-a boy and q
girl-resulted from this union, she
said. Her { relations with her hus-
band were unhappy. and she was d.
vorced in 1905.
Tells of Meeting Brown.
The witness then told OF being intro
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