The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

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an Like Mr.. Taft.
ling together as man and wife they were
not so in fact. They occupied different
parts of their residence and that he
could not break with her or have q
scandal while he was an aspirant for
the senate, but that as soon as that
! was settled one way or the other Mrs
vorce and that there would be a divis-
ION or property; that he was drawn to
her more than to any other woman
She said, He has promised to marry
| me and l know he Will as soon as he
cam"
?, During that conversation describe
| her appearance"
| The thing that impressed me most" "
| said Mr.. Keighn, was her terrible
earnestness, her nervousness and when
she would speak of Brown her face took
on a tenderness; there was tremor in
| it,
AT this juncture Mrs. Bradley buried
her head in her hands and wept.
DO you remember any occasion when
she said she must talk to you or some
| body or go insane?" asked Mr.. Powers.
Yes, sir. 1t was some time before
she went to Ogdon, the time her child
was born"
A few moments after that Mr.. Kaighn
said Mrs. Bradley was in a frightful
state. She was very pale" he said.
'She got up and walked back and forth
said to her: Woman you are going
crazy. What is it?'"
''She said: Oh the senator, the SEN
atorp Then she said: Colonel Kaighn
you are friend of Arthur Browns. 1
mad I said had heard enough of the
matter. She said: You must listen to
me. He has been abusing me fright
fully, horribly. Myself and whole fam
lily. That man has performed three OPP
erations on me and because 1 won't
consent to the fourth he is saying all
kinds of scandalous things about me-
She wheeled, sat down, and sobbed and
cried"
The Signed Acknowledgement.
The witness recalled that in the spring
Of 1906, Mrs. Bradley called on him in
good spirits and presented him a paper,
saying: Arthur has acknowledged the
children and we are to be married"
This paper was presented and Mr..
Kaighn identified 1t.
Did you observe Mrs. Bradley's face
when she seized hold of your desk?"
Yes, her face was alternately flush
ed and pale, her voice was shrill and
her hand cold. Two or three times she
gave a strange laugh and was hysteri-
cal and nervous"
Witness thought there was a notice
able progress in her hysteria after that
interval.
Mr.. Kaighn told Of another interview
with Mrs. Bradley when she came into
his office in a state of collapse, with
eyes red and features distraught and
said: II am going to end all this; I
can't endure 1T any longer. I am going
to take my own life. Arthur is cruel
and says he will never do anything
more for me; and have nothing to live
for"
1T demonstrated and tried to cheer
her up" said Mr.. Katghn. "She said:
No; it's no use. I am going to do it
She handed me a deed and told me to
give it to her sister when she was gone
I asked her if she had seen Arthur and
she replied: Yes, I've just left him
and I'll never see him again She
added: I hope my death will cause him
to be kind to the children.
''I was so much impressed with what
she said,' said the witness, that Invent
to see Senator Brown"
Mr.. Kaign told of other interviews
and said he had had a hundred or more
with her. The witness was present at
an interview in 1906, between Brown
and Mrs. Bradley. Brown, at first sur
ly, said afterwards: Dolly, you
know I love you and 1 want to do
right by you, but you know my Difficult
ties He assured her putting his arm
around her that I will redeem my
pledges and make you a happy woman
Her face beamed.'' continued the
witness. land after the senator left she
pirouetted around and exclaimed: oh.
colonel, it is all right"
AS to Mrs. Bradley's mental condi-
ton, Mr.. Kaighn said: 81 thought then
that while she was not absolutely in
sane, her mental condition was dis
turbed. She could not think logically
nor reason consistently, especially on
the subject of Brown and the children.
She was a monomaniac on that sub
ject."
Cross determination.
Mr.. Turner, who conducted the
asked:
DO you think her mind was dis
eased on the subject of Brown"
1T was little colored on that sub
ject''
At this reply Mrs. Bradley broadly
smiled.
"At any time did you regard her as
dangerous"
1T was at that stage that thought |
she would become dangerous and 1 told |
Senator Brown that she was mentally |
excited, she was liable to become VIC
lent and might do him HARM
After she threatened suicide Mr.
Kaighn told Mr.. Brown that he must |
go to see the woman. adding that by s., /
doing he would save a life.
THAT night 1 saw them on the street |
together" said the witness. The con |
clusion caused general laughter in |
which Mrs Bra ley Joined. Albert r, |
Barnes, assistant attorney general of
Utah. testified to appearing for both /
Brown and rars. Bradley at the times /
of their arrest. After Brown had been