The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-08
SENATOR BRADLEY is PUT
THROUGH SEVERE CHILLING


ter couldn't be hushed up and said
Iyush nothing.
did you say anything about suelng
for ten thousand dollars?
The first | heard about any SANDER
suit was when 0 pie-faced reporter
asked il would sue.
AT the conference in Ross ONCE
was mad and put II up strong TO
Townsend. don't know just what
old occur.
WAS there talk about the sIoF
asked Attorney General Chaser
II suppose so. | merely happened
% be in the ol,ce when Townsend
came IN"
Bradley was hazy as to what any
one sad
THAT was rather an important
meeting for both you and Mr.. Town
send" suggested Chase significantly.
81 didn't consider II so.
did Ross ask any questions!
81 presume he did. In Ross office
the question put to Townsend was
Are you going to go out and say TO
the senator that the charges are false
u he does not sue for SANDER!
don't remember VINO asked ii. l think
Townsend agreed TO do So"
What did he say the second time!
81 think among other things he said,
How will that leave me? don't re-
member what else was said. but the
meeting broke Up in disgust that ne
was willing to save himself by making
another statement under oath thai
his statement was false.
did you hear Townsend insist that
the statements In the affidavit were
true?'
81 think he did. | don't think he
admitted IL was false
Bradley was even hazy as To the
method taken 20 have Townsend DIS
missed.
IT requested the state affairs com
mittee TO dismiss him as he had been
circulating reports about me- he said
Bradley contradicted former
statement In this as the action was
taken early last week and Bradley
had said before that he did not hear
of the charges till told by Lieut-Gov
Ross. He said he told Townsend Jan
Is that he would have to go. This
was lust one day before Townsend
talk with Arthur Loomis.
Those times YOU called Townsend
two miles into Ionia just to assure
aim you were working for him, why
couldn't you tell him as we'll over the
telephone?
II really don't know
"Why did you spread the news
around the capitol when you heard
Of the Townsend charges?'
81 thought they were wrong and
ought not to be hushed up.
In cross-examination James Scully
rownsend's counsel tried to get defin
tie rfetaiis- OF seEefaleenxersations
Bradley said ne didn't think Town
send was honest when he offered to
make II right for getting the Job. He
admitted that he was not offended
lie SAID:
Il called Townsend to Ionia to study
his character" He denied that he
told Townsend ne was going around
'he state to see the senators.
Scully asked: why did you write
Townsend that you would see Col
Inns and Leidlein: that things were
looking pretty good but there was
another candidate? Wasn't Ii to i'm
press on him that he had to help
out on the expenses?
Bradley denied this but could give
no good explanation.
Then why didn't you tell Judge
Davis who Endorsed Townsend that
you couldn't stand for him and drop
him?"
II don't know"
why did you take Townsend up
TO your room when you met him In
the Downey house,"
II thought he had something con.
fidential to say TO me but he just
kept hammering about that JOB"
why did you lock the door and
close the ransom
at was a lifelong habit
Bradley fixed the date OF first tell
ing Townsend that he would have 10
go as January eighteenth. decided
TO let one of my men 20 because
had stood in WITH the governor.
had done so from the start and want
ed to continue" he said.
ibid you stand with the governor,
I'm backing ChiIson for secretary
81 didn't think that was up TO him.
Bradley fixed the date when Ross
told him Of Townsend's bribe stories
as last Wednesday.
Thea hearing was adjourned till 4