Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-09
MRS. anna BRADLEY TO Be
PLACED ON TRIAL FOR MURDER

Against this Is tho statement OF
Mrs. Bradley, who declares that time
and again Brown promised to marry
her.
MIR, Brown was coward" says
Mrs. Bradley. "Iie was afraid OF
his chilSren, Max and Annie. They
did not want him to marry me be-
cause they did not want TO share
the family property VITA my littlc
children. Arthur Brown listened.
and wavered. and promised. and
ovaded. Now he IL dead. We hal
no quarrel Three weeks before Ar
&pur's death we ate our Thanksglv-
Ing dinner happily together. Then
wo walked up Main street. to Third
street, and there. on the most crows-
ed thoroughfare of the city, he took
me In his arms and kissed me- When
! oxpostulated. he exclaimed, 'All the
world knows love you. You're the
only woman In the world ever
loved, Dolly---tho only woman 7
could ever tolerate
He had promised that we would
be married last New Years day. Then
something made him change his
mind, and--then came the end. We
cannot always be self-controlled. The
wiscst are rash sometimes. I had
loved him so much, had been SO
true, l was the mother OF His chill
dren, but | knew he wanted TO cast
mo OFF, My one thought was and
always has been to put my children
right before tho world. He had tried
to deny that the children were his.
have proof that they were. think
only OF my poor little children. For
myself. | am not afraid. If there
Is n God. He understands"
The proof of the paternity OF her
children Mrs. Bradley VIII attempt
to furnish by means OF Love letters
written her by Senator Brown. The
letters are ardent fn character and
refer frequently to ghe children whom
Brown disowned In his will. Among
them Is the following expression OF
devotion TO tho woman he hal
wronGed:
Dolly NJ. my own dear wife: Ney-
or were you so near and dear as now.
Take good care OF little Arthur
Brown. He Is your special care.
Teach him, have him learn his let
ters. Keep at him until ne has the
| ugfl krt % III.
Is your charge. You remember thu
quotation, Your blood with mine
commingled. yet shall mount Che
] throne of kings My love, my lit
tic wcepy. / am today more deter
mined than ever that we shall be
! before the world what we are TO each
other. You are the one above all
nthrs who governs ana controls me.
| love you, owe you. Oh. now
/ want TO hold you I'm my arms for
! ever. ARTHUR"
In another letter Senator Brown
wrote
| 81 think only OF the duty owe
YOU, OF the wrong / have done you
ana yours. feel guilty that am
not always by your side, protecting
you from insult and from injury. but
| II not there in body ! will always be
| there I'm spirit. can not quite tell
| you how dearly and devotedly i
love you. need you every hour, to
help TO cheer you up and TO hold you
In my embrace You are my own
lear wife; mine by a true love-
your divine gift / will try to pro-
tect you. 10 deserve you and will al
ways be- your own Arthur"
Among tho imprisoned utterancos
contained In other letters written BY
Senator Brown 90 Mrs. Bradley were
h. following:
81 loye YOU In the truest. best
.ense a man can love woman, not
alone for tho passion that Is so warm
betwc IN us. bat in a higher and
ruer way. love % Zoe near you. to
hear you 10 be close TO you"
nov ! wish YOU and ] and our
boy were In n house OF our own. low
ng each her as we will in the fu-
furo. Kiss the boy and knox that
Z am loving you and have you eyer
IN my mind and heart"