The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-23
WILL CASE To BE
RESUMED TODAY
Hearing of Suit TO Break Sena-
tor Browns Will to Start
Again This Morning.
SECURING OF JURY MAY
TAKE CONSIDERABLE TIME
Deep Interest and Many Spec.
tators Are Expected Frem
Now On.

with hNc talesmcn passed and two re-
lectcd for cause by tho plaintiffs Mrs.
Anna NJ. Bradley viii renew her fight in
Judge Morris l.. RItchio's division of the
third district court at 10 o'clock this
morning TO break tho will of the late
former United States Senator Arthur
Brown and sccJYc "A part of the Brown
estate. worth anywhere . from $50. 900 TO
$l50.000, for her two children. Arthur
Brown Bradley and Martin Montgomery
Brown Bradley, aged and / years re-
SpcctiYely,
The spectators were few a the prelimI-
nary session of the hearing OF the case
Monday morning. but with the resumption
of the trial THIS morning Interest is cX-
pecicd TO deepen untn The end of the
hearing, reaching It's climax with tho TAX
ing OF the stand 10y Mrs. Bradley TO re-
cite h"r alleged wrongs At the hands or
room probably VIII he crowded 90 it's
capacity with the curious
Jury Hard Task.
The procuring Of a satisfactory Jury
nkcly VIII prove an impossible task for
both sides senator Brown possessed many
warm friends. In addition to which he won
q large circle of admirers by his dratori-
cal ahility, and the attorneys for Mrs
Bradley make no secret OF the fact tina Z
they fear the effect OF the senator's for
ensic powers even after the closing OF his
grave over him Tor more than three
years. Popular favor apparently is with
Mrs, Bradley and This the defense must
guard against in selecting jurors
lnasmuch as the Bradley children are
the ilIcEilimate offspring o; Senator
Brown. tho attorneys for Mrs. Bradley
must guard against prejudice in jurors
against the law permitting illogitimatc
Chlldrcn TO share in the property with
legitimate offspring
In view of these things both sides prob
aDlN VIII exercise many challenges for
cause besides using up all their peremp
,orT challenges, three apiece. and 1t may
he that a jury Will not be seated to hear
the case for a couple OF DAYS.
What Must Be Proved.
Besides establishing that Senator Grown
was the father of the children around
whom the fight centers, tho plaintiffs, to
set aside the viii and secure q shgre OF
the property. must show that the senator
was drunk. rs charged. when he eXcCut-
cd the instrument disaVowinz them and
cutting Them OFF without a cent and that
he therefore was not competent OF max =
ing a will and that the paper does not eX-
press his real intentions towards thcm.
In the matter OF the paternity OF the
children II is expected that Colonel Maur-
ice NJ. kaighn. receiver in the United
States land office here, Attorney General
Albert K. Barnes and Sorcn Y. ChrIstc en-
sen. attorney, VIII be the strongest wit
nesses. for the plaintiffs.
At to the allegation that Senator Brown
was drunk when he executed the will
Angus: "a, 1906 NJ. w. Ncwcomb Is cx.
pcctcd TO prove one OF the strongest wit.
nesses for the defense. while Justin r
Davis, court Stcnographcr who wit
messed the instrument with Newcomb and
William l.. Dunn, is relied upon heavily
by the plaintiffs