The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-26

Oughly exhausted Dy worry, Sne would
sleep soundly for many hours"
Mr. Powers then told of the inter-
view with Browns stenographerf when
the stenographer gave her money to go
TO Los Angeles, and told her she could
expect nothing more from Brown, and
proceeded:
Why She Went to Washington.
THE patient had always felt that if
Senator Brown was away from influ-
ences of the many people who were
anxious to persuade him not to marry
her. that he would marry her, and
says that the impulse seized her that if
she went on to Washington perhaps he
would marry her. The senator had
asked her to meet him i'm Denver on
his return trip. and she had refused to
do it. and he had been angry about it
and so she thought she would go on to
Washington; but she says that she did
not have this thought at Salt Lake City
when she accepted the ticket on the
morning of Dec. 4, 1906. She had been
| i'll all the week. She had suffered
much from loss of blood She had risen
from her sickbed in a physical condi-
ton that required absolute quiet, and
she took the ticket with $50 in money
and started upon the train, fully in
tending to go to Los Angeles She
says that she had at that time one
feeling one minute and another feeling
another minute, and that she felt as
though she could never go away from
Salt Lake City, and that the impulse
to go to Washington seized her when
she neared the city of Ogden, that was
about thirty-six miles north from Salt
Lake City, which was the parting
point between the railroad to the east
and the west"
Movements Before the Shooting.
The particulars of the trip from
Ogden to Washington and of the ar
rival in this city given, the narrative
proceeded to detail Mrs. Bradley
movements before the shooting which
occurred in Senator Browns room at
the Raleigh hotel about O'Clock in
the afternoon. The finding of Mrs. Ad-
ans letter, the full text of which is
/ given, is the subject of minute presen-
tation, and Mrs. Bradley's mental con-
/ dition after reading it is described.
She went into her room and went
out upon the street and walked around
the streets She don't know what her
purpose was In going out. She was
| distracted and did not know what to
do. She cannot recall that she had any
purpose in her mind. She felt wretched.
| She does not know how long she was
out of the hotel. She went back but
she does not know at what time of
day. She ate nothing at noon time and
all that she can recall of having seen
when out upon the streets was people
and houses"
Mrs. Bradley's version Of the subse-
quent happenings is then given, as fol-
lows:
Does Not Know What Happened.
'She knows that she went to her
lroOm and went out again; she knew
that the senator's room was only a
short distance away, and that while
| lying in her room she heard his foot
steps and she went to his door and
raped, and entering, the senator
looked upon her and turned pale and
said: What are you doing here?' And
the patient replied: I have come here
to ask if you won't carry out your
promises to me- She says she does
not know what he then said, that he
just rushed at her; that she does not
know what she then did; that she does
not remember that he said anything
when he rushed upon her; that she does
not know anything about it until she
heard a shot which seemed to rouse
her. That she then did nothing; that
| she did not do anything: that the SEN
atOr called for help: that after the
senator called for help she did not do
anything, she could not do anything
! When asked If she shot the senator,
she says she does not know whether
she did it or not, that she did not go
there for the purpose of shooting him,
! that she did not take the gun out of
her bag. That when she went into the
room she had no purpose of doing him
any physical injury. She did not go
because she was animated by any feel
ing of vengeance or revenge or Jeal-
Ousy. When he called for help she did
rot do anything, she did not know that
he was hurt until the doctor came.
When she heard the shot the senator
had hold of her. but she does not know
upon what part of the body he had
hold Of her, nor how long he held her.
Brown Called for Help and Swore.
she says she\dOes not know of any,
thing she did before the people came
/ into the room. She was powerless after
/ she heard the sound Of the gun. The
/ senator walked the floor in a rage and
/ called for help and swore. She does
] not know what her feelings were at
/ that time. She does not know that she
rendered him assistance. She does not
| hltOW WHAT size ulu WIFI TIE uiis lDdl
| she took no aim; that she never re-
membered the gun, and has no recOl-
! lection of having pulled the trigger;
/ that she never had fired a gun before
/ that day I'm her life. She is unable to
| give any reason why she shot Senator
| Brown"
The testimony concerning Mrs. Brad
| ley's condition. mental and physical.
after the tragedy, is followed by long
citations from DR.. Whitneys state
ments regarding Mrs. Bradley's mis-
| carriage i'm Salt Lake City and the
| consequent blood poisoning and men
tai anguish, and from Washington
physicians concerning her condition
stree the killing.
After the following summing up the
/ questions were put:
| The patient was not naturally of a
vicious nature; she was not angry when
she fired the fatal shot: she was not
animated by jealousy; she was not an
mated by any feeling of revenge, she
had not formed previous to the shoot
ing any purpose to kill or injure SEN
| ator Brown"
Mrs, Bradley Undoubtedly insane.