The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-26
CONTINUANCE NOW
ASKED BY DEFENSE
Another Delay Is Threatened i'll
the Bradley-BrOwn Will
Contest Case.
DEkD SENATOR SEVERELY
ARRAIGNED BY POWERS
Saws Brown Was Past Master in
Art of Seduction, and Drank
Too Many Cocktails.

followed by q request iol 'oH'ii"ih'e
upon the denial OF tho motion. the hear
ing Of the Bradley Brown will contest
action was suddenly postponed until
Monday morning in Judge Ritchie's di-
vision OF the Third district court at 4
o'clock Friday afternoon.
In making the dismissal motion The
defense. spranS a surprise. The motion
came immediately at the conclusion of
The opening statement OF Judge Powers,
caicf counsel for the Bradley children,
TO the jury. being made by Judge William
j.. storey OF Denver. associate counsel ior
the defense. The request for continu-
ancc was made by Judge King. chief
counsel for the defense.
The motion Tor dismissal was based on
The allegation that the compla int stated
action under common law. i'll that
it does not set out that tho Bradley chill
dren are the ilegllimatc oflsprlnSs NJ
senator Brown. but merely says they are
The children Of the late senator. while
Judge Powers. i'm his opening statement
10 The jury, stated an action under the
Sl5tutes.
Judge Storey. in making the motion
made some allusiou 10 his forty Of ifty
years of practice OF law. and Judge King,
i'm his argument TO the motion, said that
IT could not be told from the complaint
whether the Bradley children were the
legitimate or illcgltimntc offsprtngs of
senator Brown, but that child. or
children" as used in the complaint
usually carried with il the presumption
ri legitimacy The status of inherila-
hility OF the Bradley children was not
shown, he argued. and the complaint
therefore. did not properly state Il cause
Of action and should he dismissed.
Judge Powers's Retort
When tho motion was denied. n con-
Jinu1nca was asked on the ground that
the motion had been relied upon by the
defense aud that il hsd subpoenad no
Witnesses and therefore was not pre-
pared 10 meet the issues. and 10 pro-
coed with the hearing. Judge Powers
was on his feet I'm an instant with
hot rctort for both Judge King and Judge
storey.
u object to any more delay in this
case protested Judge Powers. Il
haven't praCticc0 law for tIty years yet.
but hope that ] VIII never have To sit
by until case comes 10 trial and then
admit that ] am pnpreparcd. Further
is NOT made In good faith. II can't be
made in good faith, for Judge King. with
everybody else. knew today and yesterday
ana months gone by. MS much as he
issues in the case and the situation as
10 the Bradley children. He, with 9TH
crs. knew thai Mrs. Bradley and Senator
Brown were arrested and rearrcsted in
adultery proceedings, and counsel for the
defense also knew that the court
wouldn't dismiss the complaint without
giving MS II chance TO amend IT.
Caesar ~ Roberts of Denver. repre-
scutng Alice Brown. then entered OBJ
lection 10 further proceeding for his
client and Judge Powers said that he
Was willing that the continuance should
hc granted II the defense could show
good grounds for IL. The court then sug
scsted that the attorneys get together
and Try 10 reach an amicablc agreement
following which the hearing was ad
iourncd until Monday morning. Judge
King. Judge storey and Judge Roberts
Will decide this morning whether they
will insist upon continuance Monday
Dead Senator Arraigned.
In his opening speech 10 the jury,
Judge Powers made n rather severe ar
'aisnment of senator Brown. The sena-
tor not only drank too MANY cocktails,
Dul was a past master in The art Of Sc
ductiou. asserted Judge Powers When
Mrs Bradley resisted him in his PROPOSE
tion that shc should bear him a child
hc pledged himself 10 properly recognize
both her and the child the judge de-
clsrcd and considerable length of time
after the birth OF the child the senator
not only acknowledged this and the later
child, but went so FAR as To denounce
and disavoW his children by Mrs. Brown
When the doors OF the penitentiary
seemed 10 be yawnins for him on account
Powers said. he stood by the woinau
declared that he would continue to stand
by her against the world. and aCllnowl-
edged the paternity OF the elder child.
In opening Judge Powers said that the
establishing Of their paternity means
more 10 the future of the Bradley chill
'll'N dIiu Is OF moro importance 10 tlem
Than is the money question involved in
the suit. The breaking OF the Will lie
said. would give them the stamp Of le-
gitimacy.
The action. he admitted. was brought
for the double purpose OF establishing
the chidrcps parentaGe and securing q
part OF The Brown estate. The petition
ers. ne said, will be able TO prove that
they arc the children Of Senator Brown
that he acknowledged that they were his
children. and that the senator was drunk
when lac made his last will cutting them
OF without Il cent
Senator Brown first met Mrs Bradley
in 1882, when ne was one OF the leaders
Of the Republican party in Utah and
committee. She WAS woman OF educa-
lion and refinement. and the senator VAS
attracted toward her. Being attract
cd, he bent his efforts To possess her
Judge Powers said. but she resisted. ii
was in this connection that he charged
senator Brown with being past master
of the art Of seduction.
At thai time Mrs. Bradley was the
wife of Clarence Bradley bat their mar
rcd life was unhappy and they we're not
and their two children no ono was left
To Interfere with Senator Brown, and as
he stood high IN the state and the ma
non. Mrs. BradleN naturally was. fiat
tered and somewhat dazzlcd by his al
tcntions. and finally yielded. but not uu-
III after a struggle.
Peculiar Proposal,
Senator Browns proposition was d pc
"uliar one. said Judge Powers. 1t sYas
that Mrs. Bradley bear him child. Mrs
Bradley pointed out that he Was mar
ricd and az nlSt declined To enter into
the proposal. Then Senator Brown
pledged himself 10 recognize her and the
child properly, and as n result Arthur
Brown Bradley. sometimes called Arthur
Brown. Jr.. was born. Judge Powers
said it viii be, shown. sena tor Brown
was so pleased over the birth of the
child That he sent telegram OF thanks
10 the mother and followed this With n
letter
This was about 1901 and these rcla-
lions continued between the senator and
the woman. sometimes Interrupted by
their Own differences. but always filled
IN again With the renewal OF their Illicit
love. said Judge Powers. criminal on
Grafton intervencd and another child wss
horn, but soon died. Then another child
was born that was named after Martin
NontEonory.' noted Michigan attorney
who was friend OF Senator Brown
said Judge Powers
In the interim. Judge Powers went on
Mrs. Bradley and Brown lived together
1s man and wife first at Grand Junction
Colo; then they went to Washington
and Senator Brown introduced Mrs
BRADLEY "A MT- T,r1Esp. oil,