The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-27

ths~e or four times a day In the fall
of 1901 his mother left the city to at
tend the bedside Of a dying sister, and
during her absence Mrs. Bradley was
at their home.
! When he was returning home one
night, Brown said he found his father
and Mrs. Bradley in the kitchen.
They had several fruit jars which
they were bringing from the cellar.
Mrs. Bradley laughed heartily at this
reference
The witness also said he saw his ia
| Their and Mrs. Bradley at the ranch.
They were sitting on bed together.
Judge Wenger's Testimony.
D. H. Wenger, former judge of the
police court of Salt Lake City, testified
to having known Mrs. Bradley for ten
years.
He said that in March. 1905. Mrs.
Bradley came to his office and said:
I want you to see Mrs. Brown and
have her get a divorce so I can marry
the senator I said: Mrs. Bradley,
I am not in the business of breaking
up families. and I certainly will not
"She said: One thing I want to
know. Is the public with me or Mrs.
Brown I said: Mrs. Bradley. | don't
have heard too much of it | arose and
she left the room
From all the various interviews you
, have had with her. did you at the time
form any opinion as to her sanity or
| insanity?
II did not"
Looking back now. have you any
opinion?"
Counsel for the defendant objected
to this. and the court remarked that
if the jury should fail to draw a con
clusion as to her sanity from the testi-
mony already Civ IN. they had very diff
ferent minds from his own. IF a man
says he never considered the sanity OF
a person, If l was on jury ! would not
want anything else" remarked the
court.
The witness. in reply to the question,
said Mrs. Bradley acted nationally.
Judge William King, the Salt Lake
attorney who offered a money settle
ment to Mrs. Bradley to induce her to
leave Mr. Brown, was called.
Il told her." said the witness that
was authorized by MIR. and Mrs
Brown to make proposition to pur-
chase for her home for no more than
$1,000, and to arrange to give her 500
a month until her youngest child
should be q years old. / told her a
mortgage would be given on everything
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown owned to secure
the payment Of the 800 per month
She said she would not accept the
proposition; that Mr.. Brown had to
leave the old lady, or the madam on
the hill, and marry her. I told her Mr.
Brown could not marry her because he
was married man and there was no
ground on which to get a divorce. She
said Mr.. Brown and she would leave
the state and go elsewhere. l stated
that in my opinion if they did that
Mrs Brown would have them extra
dited. She said she would not accept
the proposition, and that Mr.. Brown
would have to leave Mrs. Brown and
come to live with her"
The witness said the defendant talked
nationally on that occasion.
rOss-eXaminatiOn developed the fact
did not need money for herself, but
only wanted Brown to marry her and
give the children a name
5owen's Story Retoid.
James Bowen, who had previously
testified, said that in 1906 he talked with
Mrs. Bradley. and she was perfectly
rational.
He related the story of Mrs Brad
ICY , dllSStu Throwing OF stones at the
windows Of Senator Browns house.
and said that when he tried to stop her
she said she would "Iet him get one"
Mrs. Bradley, I'm her testimony, de-
MED throwing stones.
The witness on discrimination
said that when Mrs. Bradley spoke of
hitting him with a stone, she laughed /
She also laughed when she told him she
had a pistol with which to shoot SEN |
ator Brown.
A. H. Kelly of Salt Lake was also re- |
called, and said that during the seven !
years he knew Mrs. Bradley she ap-
peared rational and affable.
Stenographer's Testimony.
r. G. Livingston. a stenographer Of
the late Senator Brown, testified to
having seen Mrs. Bradley in Mr..
Browns law office on many occasions. !
In the fall Of 1906. he said, she wanted
him to get her satchel from Senator
Browns house. and cautioned him not
to open it. She finally admitted she
had "a gun" in #. He went to the
house to get it, saying he would turn
the gun over to Mrs. Brown, but he |
found that Mrs. Bradley had preceded |
him and had the satcheI. He was still |
on the stand when, at o'clock, court |
adjourned.
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