The Washington herald., 1907-11-28

and 500 a month provided she would
leave Salt Lake City. He said Mrs.
Bradley declined the Offer. saying she
wanted Brown TO marry her.
Il was present that night at the hotel
when Mrs. Bradley and Mrs, Brown met
in the hall near the door Of the Senator's
room, and Mrs. Brown said:
Mrs. Bradley. l have been waiting 10
speak TO you and jumped at Mrs. Brad
ley. caught her by the throat. and began
TO choke her. l pulled her away. hut a
moment later she grabbed her throat
again. and when 1 separated them Mrs
Brown said: Let me alone, let me alone
so that / can kill her l said to her: No
you cannot while 1 am here. Mrs. Brad
ley made no reply. but kept calling. near
the Senator's door. Arthur. they are kill
ing your Dolly; they are killing your
Dolly; let me in
Senator Brown finally opened the door,
Mr.. Christensen said. The four stayed in
conference all night. going over the
whole trouble. and it was I o'clock when
the conference broke up.
In the conversation" said the witness
Senator Brown admitted he was the
father of Mrs. Bradley's two children,
but denied being the father Of Max
Brown. This intensely angered Mrs.
Brown, and she said 10 him:
Moral Degenerate.
You low, vile. moral degenerste-a
man who would deny HE own son, and
admit being the father OF these two
children by this skunk of a woman
AT this Mrs. Bradley interrupted. and
said, Arthur, do 1 have TO stand this?'
and I replied TO her: Yes, you have to
stand it
Preceding this, Mr.. Christensen said.
the subject of a divorce was discussed
Mrs. Brown told the Senator she
would get a divorce if he would deed
Max the farm, and deed her the Brigham
street house Senator Brown said he
would not do ii, and that If he did he
would not have money enough to pay
his debts. Mrs. Brown said TO him:
Wei. you give me the balance Of your
property and take that and I will pay
your debts. This the Senator also re-
fused 10 do"
When they parted in the morning,
Mr.. Christensen testified, Mrs. Brown
said to the Senator:
" You take her and go your way. but
never come back TO me again. l never
want 20 see you"
Mrs Brown then left. he said. and he
accompanied Senator Brown and Mrs.
Bradley 20 a cafe, where Senator Brown
and Mrs Bradley had something TO
drink
Mr.. Hoover cross-examined the wit
ness, but the story was not changed in
any way.
The government then placed in evidence
what it considers one Of the most dam
aging pieces of evidence against Mrs.
Bradley, as Il contradicts her statement
that when she was given the railroad
ticket in Salt Lake she intended TO go 20
California. but changed her purpose at
Ogden and made up her mind TO come 70
Washington. This was the identical rail-
road ticket which Livingstone gave her
in. Salt Lake. and the portion that should
have been torn off as the slip for the ride
from Salt Lake 10 ogden was still at
tached. showing Mrs. Bradley paid a
cash fare from Salt Lake City TO Ogden.
Asa =. MOseley. who was on the stand
several days ago. identified the ticket as
being the one which Mrs. Bradley handed
to him.
Had Rebate Slip.
Mr.. Moseley also testified Mrs Bradley
cash fare between the two cities.
Capt. Williams, Lieut.. Hartley. and
Policeman Lamb. OF the First precinct.
sod that while Mrs Bradley was in the
s - N following the shooting she APP
peaS rational
Detective Burlngame said ne interview
ed Mrs. Bradley in the station-house and
that she admitted the shooting and said
Brown was the father of her two children,
and that he had frequently broken his
promises TO marry her.
she said'' testified the detective. "she
had followed Brown 10 Washington and
renewed her demands that be keep his
promise, but he refused and became in
sulting and abusive Then she shot him.
She told me that just prior 10 the shoot
ing she had found letters in the room
from another woman. l asked her If il
was these letters that made her do the
shooting. and she replied: 1 do not think
so have realized for several years that
this must end in this way"
The government recalled Detective
Grant, who supplemented his original tes-
timOny by saying that Mrs. Bradley had
told him when he interviewed her that
after Brown was shot she held his head
in her lap to make him comfortable.
Mrs. Marilla Thorrburg. matron at the
First precinct, testified that while Mrs.
Bradley was laboring under considerable
mental strain, she was otherwise rational
and normal.
You must have been crazy" said Mrs.
Thornburg. And to this Mrs. Bradley
replied: "Oh. 1 am far from insane. He
refused to do what was right by me. and
by my two children"
Mrs. Thornburg identified five envelopes,
containing letters signed by Mrs. Annie
Adams, and the address on each was read
to the jury. They were addressed to "Ex-
Senator Arthur Brown, Law Office, Main
Street, Salt Lake City, Utah"
She said on cross-examination that Mrs.
Bradley did not go TO sleep until about
4 O'Clock, and often in the night paced
the floor and WTung her hands, and sat
down. and got up, and paced the floor.
Clerks Holtzclaw and Nelson, Of the
Raleigh Hotel, testified they noted moth
ing unusual in Mrs Bradley's appearance
when they saw her at the hotel Howard
BROOKS, Carl d. Shepard, and Hal II.
Smith, reporters. testified Mrs. Bradley
was laboring under an intense mental
strain.
Dr. Louis II. Taylor testified he saw
Mrs. Bradley at the House Of Deten-
ton about five times, the first time be-
ing the day following the shooting. He
recalled her pulse was normal on the
occasion of his first visit. as was also
her temperature. At all times she talked
rational and in a coherent manner.
Question OF Her Pulse.
DR., Emery l. Stout, resident steward
OF the George Washington University
testified that he did not take
her temperature, and admitted that in
some diseases a persons pulse might
De normal and the temperature ab-
normal