The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-19

narrative which was so mingled with
sobs and tears and told in SO low
was compelled to repeat the story,
which he did as follows:
THE senator told me he was very
unhappy, very wretched. I had told
result in grief and sorrow and he re-
piled that he would stay by me all my
life. Finally he came to me and said:
Darling, we are going on together all
through life. You can't avoid me and
1 want you to have a son. Finally
after several months I consented
Consented to what?" asked Mr..
Powers,
ITO his proposition" responded the
witness.
Child Given Browns Name.
She said the son was christened in
Browns presence and it had been
given the senator's name. He had
wanted to get a divorce and marry her.
she said, but she would not consent to
break up his home and had tried to
break the relationship, but he would
not have 1T SO, and would frequently
come to her saying she was the only
bright spot in his life.
Did you believe in his protestations
of affection?"
Il didn't believe it possible for any
one to ask woman to have a. child
and not be fond of her."
Mrs Bradley then told Of the birth
of her second child and of a criminal op-
GRAFTON which she said had been per
formed in 1901, by Mr.. Brown himself
after which she was very i'll for two
weeks. She declared she had not sug-
gested the operation, but that at that
time the intimacy between them had
become known and neither of them
knew what to do. After this incident
she said she was not we'll for a long
time and her doctor had said she could
not expect = to be well. She had felt
She had cried, she said, when Mr.
Brown had made his race for the Uni
ted states senate and had been defeat
ed, but he had cheered her with the
would stay together. He had written
her as many as five letters a day, she
continued and she then loved him as
deeply as 1T was possible to love.
Relating the incident of the birth of
hers and Senator Browns second son,
she said Brown was in California and
returning to Salt Lake two weeks af-
terwards, came to see her and the boy,
appearing greatly delighted.
''This Is My Beloved Son.
He said,' she went on, this is my
beloved son, in whom 1 am well pleas
ed
Then she told of Mr.. Browns intel
lectual attainments and said that he
dominated her He had
been very fond of the Oldest boy, had
often noticed his resemblance to him
self and said of the boy:
L must make him a supreme judge
Of the United States"
Mrs. Bradley said she had agreed in
1901 that Brown should get a divorce
and marry her. and when she had
warned him that it would cost him his
position he declared that he cared for
nothing but her. She had gone to
Grand Junction, Colo, in that year, she
said, and Notwithstanding the place
was 300 miles from Salt Lake City, the
senator came to see her every few days.
He then consulted her about everything
including his financial affairs and his
aw cases, Mrs. Bradley testified. They
'ead Burns, Tennyson and Chaucer to-
yether and the witness seemed to find
n this phase of their life together an
,ther green spot, the memory of which |
delighted her. She smiled continually |
as she related it.
While they were at Grand Junction |
Mrs. Bradley continued Mr.. Brown had |
assured her that his arrangements for |
L divorce were progressing and that a |
with Mrs. Brown had been |
agreed on. Mrs. Bradley said she had |
old him to give the wife and his chill |
lren all his property. He then gave a
ing to Mrs. Bradley.