The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-19
VENERABLE MOTHER Of
MRS. BRADLEY ON STAND
Tells Story of an Accident to Daughter in Child
hood at the Hands of One of Her
Playmates.
Salt Lake Physicians Testify to Occurrences in This City
in Recent Years.

for the defense, who were asked 10 be
present today in view of the prospect
of the beginning of testimony in her
favor, and several of them had come
all the way from her former home Ill
Salt Lake City for that purpose. In
| this class were included:
/ DR.. Eugene Whitney, who is expected
| to support Attorney HOOver's statement
that Mr. Brown had been responsible
| for criminal operations on the woman;
| Lyon Shrewsbury, the husband OF an
aunt of Mrs Bradley, who became in
sane: Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Bradley S
mother, and Judge NJ. NJ. Kaighn, Judge
H. P. Henderson, Arthur Barnes and
Colonel Samuel King, all of whom are
attorneys of Salt Lake City, and are
said to be familiar with different phases
of the relationship between Brown and
Mrs. Bradley.
1t was stated before the trial began
that the first witness introduced in Mrs.
Bradley's behalf would be Washington
ians, mostly newspapermen and police
men who saw the woman soon after the
tragedy, and who will be questioned
concerning the demeanOr and appear
ance at the time of the woman, in the
hope of creating the impression that
she was not responsible for her actions.
Reporter First Called.
James Hay, a reporter, who inter
viewed Mrs. Bradley at the police sta
ton on the night of the tragedy. was
the first witness of the day. The de-
PENDANT, he said, appeared pale, bag
gard and very much agitated. She was
constantly moving about the room at
the station, wrung her hands and re-
marked that she felt she was far away
from everything"
He had cautioned her that anything
she said would be printed. She did
not talk cOnnectedly and he had to
question her repeatedly. She told him
she had two children and that Sena-
tor Brown was their father. She denied
that she came to this city to kill Brown.
She declared she was disgraced wO-
man, ruined and an outcast. and there
fore should not expect to bave any
friends or any help. Once during the
interview she turned to the police ma
iron, called attention to some noise in
another part of the station, and told
the matron she would go mad if the
noise did not stop.
Did you form any opinion as to her
mental condition." asked Judge Pow
ers for the defense.
Il could not say whether she was
sane or insane. She evidently, how
ever, was in a pretty bad fix"
Did you suspect that she was in
sane?" asked District Attorney Baker.
Eyes, I had my suspicion, but I
could not say whether she was in
sane"
Associated Press Witness.
Charles Cottrell of the Associated
Press. who interviewed Mrs. Bradley
Immediately after the tragedy, testified
that the prisoner seemed unable to col
lect her thoughts. She told him she ar
rived here from Salt Lake practically
penniless. She did not volunteer any
thing. merely answering questions.
Asked by the defense IL he had no
ticed anything peculiar about her eyes,
witness stated that he observed she had
vacant stare.
Mr.. Cottrell testified he asked Mrs.
Bradley if she had. just before the
tragedy, asked former Senator Brown
to marry her. She replied that she had,
but that Browns only answer was to
put on his overcoat and start to leave
the room. Mrs Bradley told the wit
ness that she abhorred acts of this
kind, meaning the shooting, but in this
case she believed it was justified. The
witness testified that he did not think
Mrs. Bradley was insane.
Police Sergeant on the Stand.
Sergeant Harry Lohnman, in charge
of the police station when Mrs. Bradley
was brought there after her arrest, tes-
titled that she talked in a rambling
manner. She was very anxious to know
Senator Browns condition.
Witness stated Mrs. Bradley told him
she did not intend to shoot Brown; that
she loved the ground he walked on. She
discussed her relations with Brown,
said she was not married OF him, but
that he was the father of her two chill
dren and she wanted him to make her
his wife.
He did not then form an opinion as to
her sanity. She was nervous and ex-
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