The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-11-28
HAD NO INTENTION
OF killing brown
MRS. BRADLEY SAYS THAT she
DID NOT EVEN REMEMBER
SHOOTING HIM.
Tells Jury Of Traoedy-District Attor-
ney Tries to Show She Planned to
Break Up Senator'S Home--Annie
Adams Letter Read.

Washington, Nov. 21.-That Mrs.
Bradley did not come to Washington
with any intention of killing former
Senator Arthur M. Brown of Utah. and
that she did not even remember shoot
ing him, she told the jury In her trial
Wednesday.
The statement was not reached until
the afternoon session Of the court, the
first half of the day being given large
ly to the Identification Of letters from
Mr.. Brown to Mrs. Bradley and from
her to him, very few of which were
read.
The real tragedy formed the subject
of the afternoon sitting. At that time
Judge Powers brought out the full
statement In his examination-in-chief.
This consumed only few minutes OF
time, and as soon as he concluded
District Attorney Baker entered upon
his cross.examination.
Trend Of cross-Exanination.
He devoted comparatively little at
tention to the shooting itself, but,
going back to the early days Of the re-
ationship between Senator Brown
and Mrs. Bradley, sought to show, by
reading letters and questioning the
witness, that she had deliberately un.
dertaken to break up Senator Browns
home and that she was at enmity with
Mrs. Brown as early as 1901. He also
brought out the fact that Mrs. Bradley
and Mrs. Brown had originally been
strong friends and that this friendship
even extended beyond the time of the
birth of Mrs Bradley's first child by
Brown.
The fact that upon first going to
senator Browns room at the Raleigh
lotel Mrs. Bradley found there a let
er from Mrs. Annie Adams, the
ictress. to the senator, was dwelt on
L some length by Judge Powers. max
ng II evident that II is his intention
o attempt to show that the discovery
this letter supplied the immediate
lotive for the killing Of Mr.. Brown.
hat letter was read at length by Mr..
Wells.
The only other letters read during
he day we're three from Mrs. Bradley
O Brown, which were introduced by
lr. Baker as a part of his cross-exam-
nation.
Brown Acknowledged the Children.
Washington, Nov. 22.-The story Of
.ormer United States Senator Browns
acknowledgment of the paternity of
he two youngest of Mrs. Bradley's
hildren was told Thursday In Judge
staffords court by other lips than
hers.
Il acknowledge Arthur Brown and
iartin Montgomery as my children
by Annie NJ Bradley Such was Mr..
3rowns own method Of expressing
himself on the subject, and the legend
vas inscribed on a soiled and blotted
iece of writing paper. 1t was dated
'ebruary 10, 1906, and was brought
20 light by Col. Maurice M. Kaighn,
attorney of Salt Lake City, the
resent receiver in the United States
and office in that city and friend Of
enator Brown of 30 years. standing.
Good Witness for Defendant.
Col. kaighn was ON the witness
tand for about an hour during the
afternoon session of the Bradley trial
and testified that Mrs. Bradley
brought the tell-tale ship of paper to
his Office just after she received 1t
rom Mr., Brown with the ink not yet
lry how she fairly danced into his
DOM and how she beamed with JOY
IS she held the paper aloft and told
i'm that now all would be well. Col.
iaighn related many interesting facts
concerning his association with both
senator Brown and Mrs. Bradley. and
upon the whole made by far the best
witness for the little woman that has
vet taken the stand, herself excepted.