The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-26
ANNA N, BRADLEY INSANE
WHEN SHE KILLED BROWN
Continued from Page I

affection. The prisoner first observed
marked attention upon the part OF the
senator after August, 1898, and after 9
time she was made aware that she
loved him very deeply. Previous
TO her awakening to that fact, he had
expressed great affection for her in
many ways, and was tender and kind
and courteous to her. He made to her
protestatiOns OF his love, and she be-
lieved him, and she came to love him
80 strongly that it was beyond descrip-
ton. There was a child born to them
IN February, 1900, and their relations
became thus intimate in January, 1899.
The senator told her a great deal of
his business, that he was unhappy, and
a very wretched man. He told her all
the Intimate things of his life. She
told him that this could only lead to
sorrow and grief. but he said Never,
never No matter what should come
he would always stay with her and
protect her to the end Of his life. And
finally, she said, after 1 had avoided
him for several months. for I feared
to be with him. in November. he came
at unseemly times, and / said he must
not do IT, but he would come and she
says he was a strange man. One day
he came to her and said: We are go
ing ON through life together: you can
not avoid me any longer. as we are
going on through life together. 50
Promises Of Marriage.
Proceeding then with the long nara
tive of the christening of the child; the
senator's oft-reiterated prOtestatiOns of
undying affection and his almost as
frequent promises of marriage to the
defendant, after getting a divorce from
MS wife; of her own indispOsitiOn 10
break up the mans home, to which she
only consented after the relations be-
tween them had become public; of the
birth Of the second and third children;
of MS letters Of love numbering some
times five day; of her admiration for
Thrown because of his intellectual su-
periority, a fact that he dominated
everybody around him." on his inter-
est in the children, the oldest of which
he said he would put on the bench of
the supreme court of the United States
after acknowledgment of him as his
own; OF his efforts TO procure a divorce
I'm order 10 marry her (Mrs. Bradley
of the fact that ~ gave her wedding
ring in 1901; and of various 9TH
er facts in the case. The narrative
goes or from one stage to another
showing that Brown would not con-
sent 70 the wOmans return to her hus-
bdA-As dllnOu6ll size manifested a us
position to do so, but insisted upon
maintaining his relations with her.
The visits to the farm in Idaho anC
The scenes there and in Salt Lake CITY
in which Mrs. Brown as yell as the
two principals participated, are SCI
forth in detail evidently for the Dur.
pose OF showing that Browns wife was
al one time practically a party to the
divorce proceeding. Much is also made
OF the efforts of M. Bradley's pastor
DR.. Utter, her aunt, Mrs. sweeney. and
of others to get her TO sever relation.
with Brown. and of his refusal to per-
nit her TO do so.
Arrests Set Forth.
All the facts of the various arrest.
of Brown and Mrs Bradley ar,
set forth. as is also the con
tentinn by the defense that Brown
bought for her the pistol will
which she shot him. telling her to USE
IL in protecting herself against Mrs
Brown The incident OF the senator:
driving her from his farm in 1903 soor
after visit of Mrs. Brown, when sh.
was abo!-t to become a mother for tn,
second time is also told. Previous t.
this time Mr.. and Mrs Brown haC
been separated, but they had then be
gun again TO live together. but the ties
timony goes on to show that he told
Mrs. Bradley that this reconciliation
was not one Of good faith and that h,
resumed his relations with Mrs. Brad
ley is quoted at length. The facts o.
Mrs. Browns death and of Mrs. Brad
ley's divorce from her husband. which
she procured at Browns instance, boil
in 1905, are narrated at length.
Verge of Suicide.
Much is made of the varying mood.
of Senator Brown: Of his extreme kind
ness at one time and-his bitterness anC
upbraiding at another. 1t is shown how
in 1905, Mrs. Bradley was plunged into
quite utter despair by his refusal Il
keep his promise and even was on the
verge OF suicide. The story of Brown.
efforts through mutual friends to gel
Mrs. Bradley TO accept a money SET.
Element, and how she repealed il wa,
pathetically set forth Mrs. Bradley de-
elaring even then that she knew Brown
would marry her as soon as he could.
A great deal of space is devoted II
the testimony given by the Salt Lake
witnesses. all of them friends and most
of them associates of Senator Browns
concerning Mrs. Bradley's eccentric and
hysterical conduct during the latter
years of the woman's relationship with
him.
Almost all the particulars of Mrs
Bradley's associations with Brown dur
ing the latter half of November, 1906
less than a month before the killing.
when he would promise her one day to
set her up in business in Goldfield
New, and the next would withdraw
the promise, was given. evidently for
the purpose of showing that he played
with her trust and affection.
Exhausted Mentally and Physically
Coming then to Senator Browns triI
TO Washington, to which city she fol
lowed and there slew him on Dec. 8
1906. the following is asserted TO have
been Mrs. Bradley's condition:
''She had learned that she was about
TO become a mother again, along about
the middle of October, and was in a
delicate condition during the month OF
November. and on the night of Dec.
she became i'll. her illness resulting in
a miscarriage, from which she suffered
during the succeeding days much loss
of blood. During the month of NOvem-
her she had not been able to sleep well
at nights. except at times. when thor