The Washington herald., 1907-11-21
Senator Turns Pale.

W men lue senator saw me he turned
pale. and said: What are YOU doing
here? I said to him, 7 have come 10
ask YOU II you would not keep your
promise 10 me-"
What did he do them"
i do not remember clearly-evervtbing
was a mist 20 me. He rushed at me ana
grabbed me-"
Did he say anything"
I DO not remember" said the witness
shaking her head, tears flowing from her
eyes.
What did you do next?"
I do not remember anything. I heard a
shot. which seemed 10 arouse me-"
She said she remembered someone call
ing for help.
Did you shoot Senator Brown" asked
Judge Powers.
i DO not know" said Mrs. Bradley.
Did you go 70 his room for the pur-
pose Of vengeance or revenge?"
No"
How close was he when the shot was
fred?"
Il think he had hold OF me. but I do not
know. / don't know anything I did
What was Senator Brown doing?"
When l heard the shot Senator Brown
was walking the floor. He ragged. and
Court Crier Joyce. who was close 10
Mrs Bradley, stepped forward at this
point as II looked as If the fraiI little
woman would fall 20 the floor. She lean
ed forward and rested heavily on the
stand in front Of her. For "A moment she
appeared TO have tainted
Indistinct Recollection.
Mrs. Bradley said she had an indis-
tinct recollection OF Mr Tally. manager
OF the hotel coming in and OF something
being said about her being Browns wife
She detailed being taken from the room
ana OF having an indistinct recollection
Of putting on her hat She said she did
not recollect talking to herself. She re-
called accompanying a policeman down
the street.
Judge Powers then turning to District
Attorney Baker said:
You may take the witness"
District Attorney Baker began what
promises to be the most trying ordeal
Mrs. Bradley viii encounters gruelling
cross-examination, calculated 10 bring
out the whole Of her liaison with Brown.
Mrs. Bradley began the District at
torney' was the pistol in your hand
bag in the journey from Salt Lake to
Washington
1T was"
You say that you did not aim the pis-
tol at Senator Brown"
4 did"
How do you know you did not aim it
at him?"
The witness family articulated that she
did not know.
You also brought a whip a cat-of-
nine-tails, did you not?"
1t may have been in my trunk"
In direct examination Mrs. Bradley said
her baggage consisted of a grip. her
handbag. and a trunk
Asked If she loaded the revolver. the
witness replied she did not; that it had
been loaded about two years.
Between the time you heard Senator
Browns footsteps and the time you left
the room, did you destroy any letters?"
do not remember. l do not think l
Mrs Bradley said she had not written
any letters during the day She was
asked II she had written letters to two
persons whom the District Attorney
named. one of them a Mrs. Lufkin. She
said she had not
Letters Are Torn.
District Attorney Baker then handed 10
Mrs Bradley several letters which had
been torn up and pasted together with
transparent cloth, and asked her If they
We're in her handwriting She identified
some Of them and they were offered in
evidence.
Now. as matter OF fact, did you
not write these letters while you were
Ia your room at the Raleigh?" asked the
District Attorney.
I am sure" said the witness wearilv,
that l have not the least recollection. -
You were shown one letter here.
Whom do you think wrote that letter.
Mrs. Annie z. Adams"
She was asked if she knew Mrs.