The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-28
mrs. BRADLEY
IS AGAIN WITH
HER CHILDREN
Comes to Salt Lake in Time to
Have Christmas Dinner
With Them.
WILL BEGIN LIFE ANEW
IN SOME FAR-0FF PLACE
is DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MANY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
KIND TO HER.

After all the sad, bitter experiences OF
her life, the outcome of the trial is OBJ
liberated for Mrs. Anna NJ. Bradley,
when she has reached her former home
and been surrounded once more by her
children. The one great thing that re-
mains for her is significant of her hope
full, cheerful. nature. 1t is the goodness
of the people who have befriended her.
And while reticent about talking. and in
no sense willing to pose before the pub
lie, her heart is overlooking with graft
tude for the treatment she has received
Mrs. Bradley reached home Christmas
day-in time to eat dinner with her chill
dren and to share in their delight at the
Christmas tree which kiRdly relatives had
prepared for them. And when the five
of them-the mother and the four chill
~edren-were united, all else seemed to be
forgotten. When asked how they re-
ceived her, Mrs. Bradley seemed taken
almost by surprise, thoroughly had
they taken her to themselves that she
had never even been allowed to ask how
they had received her.
Why they just climbed all over me
and Rugged and kissed me and almost
carried me with them. They were alone,
as it happened, at the station, the two
older ones being sent to meet the train
And their joy was as great as if l had
been on a pleasure trip
Thanks Her Attorneys.
Il feel that the outcome of the trial
was TO be expected, of course, but l am
none the less deeply sensible of the de-
voted and earnest work OF the attorneys
who worked so hard for the verdict. l
think Judge Powers represented all that
a man and an able attorney could be in
such case And ! feel that the careful
and conscientious work of MIR. Wells and
MIR. Hoover was = crowned by the elO-
quence and ability of Judge Powers OF
course there was much of the trial OF
which ] could not take notice, but when
any particularly bright spot from men
tai standpoint was reached, I could al
most come out of my own personality 10
enter into the cleverness of it. l have
never seen man who represented one 5
ideal of a judge better than Judge Stat
ford did And yet he is considered the
sternest and most severe judge in Wash
ington. / felt that everything he did was
in the real cause of justice, and his man
ner was so kindly and gentle that one
could but feel it was with a high sense
of his duty 10 aid mankind.
Il could never have known half the
kindness / have learned in any other
way. / would not name any of my
friends who have stood by me in this
for although they have imposed no re-
strictions as to their names, / have new
er connected them with the case at all.
But it has been a great comfort to me to
even from my childhood up, were the
nearest and dearest to me in all this long
trial.
Is Deeply Grateful.
IF | should talk all day I could not
express. nor could / in years of devo-
ton. the gratitude ] feel toward those
loyal friends who all over this broad
land have helped me to live through the
terrors of the past year. nave found
the most devoted and loyal friendships
that have ever developed on this earth
Not alone from those who had known
me before the course OF my life was
changed by this unhappy affair have
these proofs of devotion come but from
literally hundreds of others whose SYM
pathies have been aroused by my sorrow.
''Of the friendship of the press every
one already knows. But of the devotion
of the individuals who have stood by
me through all they know little And
this is the significant part of it. The
greatest sympathy. the most helpful
words OF comfort. have come from the
very good wOmen-the women who were
not alone above reprOach, but whose own
lives have been blessed with every hap
piness and every JOY that comes to the
ideal home
Receives Many Letters.
Letters from all over the continent
and from all classes have come to me-
aud most OF these have been only of the
kind that expressed sympathy for me
and hope for better future. OF these
some are among my dearest treasures. as
they can but breathe to me of all the best
that life now holds for me. From one
woman whom all Salt Lake loves TO hon
Or came the sweetest message of SYM
pathy one woman ever penned TO another
ard all because she had known me as a
girl and loved me. oh, this human love
of one good woman for another. whether
good or not, is the greatest saving grace
the whole earth holds. And I know that
The world is growing better and better
every day for IT,
..Of course there were men. too. many
Of them sincere true friends, I do not
doubt. who stood by me, but have
learned to value the friendship Of a true
woman more and at the same time to &C
cept il as a more significant thing. Men
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