The Washington herald., 1907-11-10

Tomorrow morning in Criminal Court
No. /. before Justice Stafford, the be-
ginning Of the impaneling OF a jury will
take place in a case that promises to
become one OF the most famous ever
tried here. In this case the private life
Of an ex-senator Of the United States.
and leader Of the bar Of his State. and
that of his parsmour, who deserted home
and friends for him. viii be laid bare
For nearly a year Mrs. Annie NJ
Bradley mas occupied "A cell in the Dis
trict jail charged with the murder of
Arthur N. Brown. the man whom she
declared she loved better than any one
else in the world. and whom. though he
lies now in "A grave in Salt Lake city.
sent there by her hand she still de-
clares she loved.
Mrs Bradley tourneyed almost across
the continent. from Salt Lake 20 Wash
ington. and on her arrival in this city
took a cab at the railroad station and
went TO the Raleigh Hotel. where Brown
was stopping. and registered as Mrs.
A Brown arriving about O'Clock in
the morning. She was assigned 10 a
room. and that afternoon the hotel man.
ager. who had been attracted by hear
ing two shots. found Senator Brown
wounded in his apartments with Mrs
Bradley standing by a table upon which
lay a revolver. Brown was PROSTATE on
the floor. his head resting on a pillow.
He had a wound in the lower part of his
stomach and one in his right hand.
Not Browns Wife.
The manager of the hotel, Mr.. Taltv.
asked the woman if she was the stricken
mans wife.
NO" she replied, and started TO say
something, when the manager ordered her
TO leave the room.
But" continued the small. shabbily
dressed woman with disheveled hair. 'T
am the mother of his children"
Then, said Mr. Tally, you may
stay
The reason that led Manager Tally to
allow the woman to remain in the room
may exercise a powerful influence over
tine jury that viii be called upon 10 saw
whether Mrs Bradley shall go free or
pay the extreme penalty Of the law. She
has been indicted for murder in the first
degree, the penalty for which is death by
the hangman
The conditions that brought about and
led up TO the fatal meeting Of Mrs. Brad
ley and Senator Brown in the latter.s
apartments in the Raleigh will be aired
In full at the trial From what has al
ready been published. It is certain the
liaison which existed between Brown and
Mrs. Bradley was notorious in Salt Lake
City, and once brought both before a
criminal court
Senator Brown went TO Salt Lake c,itv
in the early SOS, and it has always been
common gossip that he went there 10 OBJ
tain Utah divorce" from his Michigan
wife. a woman Of the most estimate
character. Some time after. Miss isabel
Cameron. the woman who became mis-
second wife. left Kalamazoo and went IN
salt Lake. where the marriage took place
Brown left a lucrative law practice in
Kalamazoo. and established another in
Utah He identified himself with politics
and. as Republican, was elected as one
Of the States first Senators when Utah
entered the Union. lie drew the short
term. however. and only occupied the
seat in the Senate about one year. enter
ing some time in January. 1896. and was
succeeded in March, 1897, by Senator
Rawlins. a Democrat
Mrs. BradIey's GirIhOOd.
Mrs. Bradley. when a girl, went 10 salt
Lake with her parents, they having lived
in Denver and Kansas City When young.
she married a man by the name of Brad
ley, by whom she had children. This
match seemed 70 have proved unhappy,
for it was not long before she and her
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.