The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-25
MRS. BRADLEY MAY
Be FIRST WITNESS
Jury Is Secured to Hear Evil
denCe in Noted Will
Contest.
TRIAL TO BEGIN TODAY
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY is
LOOKED FOR.

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With the selection of a jury at $40
o o'clock yesterday afternoon. ali the pre-
liminary steps IN the suit to break the
will Of former United States Senator Ar
thur Brown were completed. and this
morning at 10 o'clock the legal battle
Will commence, probably with the calling
Of Mrs Anna Bradley, who is fighting
for a part of the $4,000 fortune left by
the man she killed in Washington on De
cember :. 1905.
Two propositions stand as a bar to the
breaking of the will, in which Senator
Brown willed all his property to Max
and Alice Brown, his oldest children. The
attorneys Tor Mrs. Bradley have to es-
tablish the fact that the two children
who are suing for q part OF the FOR
tuue-Arthur Brown Bradley and Martin
Montgomery BTadley-are both children
of Arthur Brown, and that he aCHnowl-
edged them as such will be one of the
strong points in their fight on this ques-
ton.
The other ground is that Senator Brown
was not competent to make a Will at
the time the instrument was drawn on
March IA, 1906, cutting OFF his two chill
dren by Mrs. Bradley. 1t is claimed by
the attorneys for Mrs. Bradley-O. w.
Powers and Thomas MaTiOneauX-that
Senator Brown was intoxicated at the
time the will was drawn, and, in addi-
ton to this, that he was insane 1t IS
further claimed that Senator Brown drew
d later will, which has not bee Il pub
ushed. this one giving to the Bradley
children an equal share OF the fortune
with his two children by former mar
riages.
VIII Bare Her Life.
For the second time in her life, Mrs.
Bradley, the little woman in black who
has sat constantly at the elbow Of her
counsel, zealOusly guarding the interests
Of her children, will bare to the world
events in her life which will cut her 70
the very heart
The position of the two attorneys-O.
". Powers and w. II. King-On the rela-
tons of former Senator Brown and MIS-
Bradley was brought out clearly yester-
day i'm a clash between the two in Ques-
tioning jurors As the hours went by
when it appeared more certain that the
jury would stand. the attorneys discard
ed many of the abstract questions which
had been asked of talesmen earlier IN
the week and dealt with questions which
they expect to bring out in the present
trial of the case.
to show" said Mr.. King in questioning
Rudolph p DumbeCk, that while Mrs
Bradley was the wife Of Clarence Brad
lev and living with him as his wite-llV-
ing with him-that she gave birth to a
child which she IS now trying to LOAD
onto Mr. Brown. Would you take that
into consideration
but" declared o. W. Powers, in ques-
tioning the same juror, "supposing 1t is
shOWn-and we will show it-that while
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band Senator Brown stepped in and broke
I'D the home and became the tather OF
the two children who are now mere ASK
ing for their fair share of the estate OF
that man. Would that be taken into con-
sideratiOn by your
II defined the attitude of the two sides
on this question. and Mr.. Dumbeck an
swered that he would take either point
into consideration in arriving at a YER
diet
Jury Is Accepted.
During the questioning of jurors yes
terdav the defense used up all three Of
It's peremptory challenges and the plain
tiff only two, and then the jury was
accepted shortly after $3.50 o'clock.
Joseph Z. Davis was the first juror eX-
c11sed bv the plaintiffs side, and VII
liam Mum, a teamster VINO hVeS IN
Farmers ward, was called in his place
The third challenge of the detense was
used i'm excusing Mr. Dunn.
Christian Berger was the first man eN-
cused on a peremptOry challenge by the
defense, as had been expected. he hdu
stated that he believed the father should
support his children. whether they were
legitimate or not James R. Asher was
called in place Of Mr.. Berger. lie sald
he had no prejudice against the chlId porn
out of wedlock, but that in the case OF
a contest he would take the word OF le-
ultimate children in preference TO those
not horn in lawful wedlock. He remained
on the jury.
oliver H0dgsOn, a councilman, was eX-
cused on the second peremptoTy ch4I-
lenEe of the plaintiff, and Rudolph u
Dumbeck. of the plumbing firm of Car
they & Dumbeck was called. lie Sald
he knew Brown slightly during MS me
time as he had seen him on the street,
but had never heard him speak nor had
he talked with him He said he had no
prejudice against an illeglumate chllu' ne
was accepted.
Third Juror Accepted.
Charles Archibald was the second man
excused on the challenge OF the defense,
and Thomas OCOnnOr was called In ms
pIace. MT O'COnnOr is % years old ana
a salesman in the clothing store or j.
p. Gardner. He has been in Salt Lake
eight years and said he knew senator
Brown by sight only. 49,,
A. II. Bagley a farmer OF East MI
Creek district, was called in place OF WI
liam Num-, and was accepted, making
the Jury complete. Mr.. Bagley is broth
er-in-laW TO sam King. a brother of w.
II King, who is the attorney in fight
ing against the breaking of the viii. lie
said he would act without pre1ud1ce,
however. and no fight was made against
him. ,,,..,i.
With the jury complete, Judge Richie
instructed the jury and then adjourned
court until this morning at 10 oclock;
when the first evidence in the case VIII
he taken. Ii is expected that the ulal
will last all of next week.
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