The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12

heard from her one bitter word of that
dead wife. You heard from her upon
the witness stand very little of con-
demnation of any person except her.
self. She has hot spared herself. She
has not hesitated to declare her wrong.
She has truthfully stated the way in
which she walked. But while they were
at Grand Junction was undoubtedly
one of the happiest periods of her life:
because, believing in him, believing
that the wrong she had done to herself,
to society. to her child, would be right
ed. she lived there in the love which
she was receiving from him and which
she had for him.
introduced as His Wife.
Later he took her to Washington,
brought her on the trip here with his
child, the daughter of his first Wife
whom he had abandoned in early life,
and who was living in Ohio: and she
Travelled here to this city and back to
Ohios and was introduced as his wife,
and had the privileges of wife. Then
she went on to Los Angeles. and from
Los Angeles she went back to Salt
Lake City, and went on up to the, farm
! that he had uD there in Idaho. Could
it be possible that man could treat a
woman any more affectionately any
ing this woman then? Was it not cal
culated to cause her to believe with all
her heart and soul that he would keep
the promises that he had made to her?
Can you say that she was engaged in
! breaking up his family. when she had
urged him not to break up his family
when she had opposed the thought OF
a divorce, when he had told her that q
divorce was inevitable, when he had
said to her that nothing could prevent
separation between himself and his
wife? She twas there then upon his
farm, living there; and then came 10
the farm that man of God whom YOU
have seen upon the witness stand, who
told her the position that she was in.
who appealed to her conscience and
urged her to separate from this man.
to cut loose, to live a better life, to 60
differently-who insisted to her that
Brown would never keep his promises.
And this man of God so worked upon
her feelings that she took that awful
drive OF fifty-twO miles to the railroad,
and hurried to Salt Lake City that she
might see her lover and talk with him
and advise with him and separate her
self apart from him. When she got
there, upon his knees he begged her to
stay with him. Upon his knees he
pleaded with her to be true TO him.
Then tell me that this little woman
was seeking to fasten herself like !
leech upon him. and was destroying his
family,
Yielded to Browns Pleading.
When she went TO him il was with
the firm conviction that she ought to
leave him, urged by her pastor, her re-
ligious sentiments appealed to. There
she found him upon mis- knees plead
ing; and she could not resist him. be-
cause she loved him. She went back
to the farm. And then, later that good
aunt who lived at Grand Junction, Mrs.
Swaney, saw her, and she saw her in
the presence of Arthur Brown, and she
told her that she would give her a
home. She urged her to leave him ami
go away. She asked her to open UP
new life, to abandon the old. And
then again he pleaded with her. He
said to her: Have 1 not shown every
devotion to you? Have I not made ey-
cry sacrifice for you? Have 1 not done
all in my power for you? l will never
be untrue" And she, then, believing
in him, loving him with the intensity of
an intense nature. said: IT will never.
never swerve." And she never did.
Then there was that other occasion
when he was defeated in his ambitions
ID represent his state again in the
United States senate. To whom did he
GO that night? To the wife whom he
had married. and to whom he should
have gone? No; he went to this Wo-
man whom ne had taught to love, and
there ne told of his defeated ambitions,
and she broke down and cried; she was
so sorry for him. She wept, and he
said: Now, I shall cast aside all am
bition for power. all desire for success.
Nov Oh,
HencefOrth you are mine. Henceforth
you are part of my life, and you can
not help yourself" And, after that.
her testimony is that he threw aside all
semblance of secrecy with regard to
their relations, and appeared with her
openly before the world
Who was the aggressor? Who was in
truth at fault? Was it this little wo-
man, trusting, loving? Was it this
little mother, trusting, loving; or vas
it the man who had sought to possess
her, and who did possess her, and who
had made her his bondwOman?
Story of Arrest.
In the fall of 1902 their relations had
become so public that they We're arrest
ed. They felt the strong arm Of the
law. She described how they went. to
the committing magistrate, and how
something was done by which, I'M
doubleday, they were released upon
bail. In January, 1903, they were again
arrested; and it was after that that
they had that celebrated interview at
Pocatello.
| thank the government for bringing
here Soren Christensen to tell us what
happened there at Pocatello. This wo-
man went upon the stand and was
careful, careful indeed, to shield the
memory of the dead. She made no
charges. She cast no imputation upon
the parentage of anyone.
Mr.. Baker, beg your pardon
Mr.. PowerS-Did she?
Mr.. Bakeries.
Mr.. POwers-What was il?
Mr.. Baker-SIe said that the senator
said that Max Brown was not his son.
Mr.. Powers-I beg your pardon; I co
not believe that she said it at any time
in this court room. 1 think you are
mistaken.
Mr.. Ba1er-We will be certain.
Mr.. Powers-We will have to leave
that for you. gentlemen of the jury
viii ask my associates to look the rec
ord through. But l firmly believe he is
mistaken. l do not claim infaIlibility.
claim simply to be erdeavoring to
state this testimony as we'll as l can.
as l recall it. But / thank them for
bringing here Soren Christensen; eor
he diSpIOSpS ma tiers and fhir1. tho