| Show J ATOR BROWN DIES AT MIDNIGHT Mrs Bradley Takes News Mews of Her Victims Death Calmly BODY TO BE BROUGHT HERE MRS ANNIE ADAMS ON WAY TO WASHINGTON Special to The Herald Washington Dec 12 lAt At 12 tonight former Senator Arthur Brown after a brief brier but vain yain struggle of or oer hours since the time he ho re rc received elred his mortal wound at the tho hands handsor of Pr Mrs Anna Bradley With Senator Brown at the tile time of or his death were his son Max and daughter Alice who hay have been constantly with him since their arrival here Sunday Sunda and Dr W WI V VI I Sheet of the staff of the Emergency hospital Senator Brown was con coil conscious at the tho time of or his death but for several hours prior to the last moment hr he h was wa as unable to speak The immediate cause of his death was given Riven by b his physician as acute urae urne uraemia uraemia mia by the wound of or the bladder badder Senator Brown died without making any statement concerning the shooting or other causes cau es which led to his death and so far as can be learned he made madeno no mention at any time of the woman Aho ho shot him United States District t Attorney Baker Bakel called at the tIle hospital L at 6 this evening intending to I secure fEure if possible an statement but ut was informed that Sen Seti Senator Senator ator atol Brown while conscious was be 5 3 oud Ond the power to speak connectedly or ormalee make malee any statement s and Attorney er Baker did not see him Immediately upon Senator Browns death th the th coroner of the District of Columbia was wan notified and the body bod placed at his hits disposition Arrangement Arrangements for tho thin inquest will be made early to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow morning The Tie of Senator Browns death was also sent to Sergeant in Ii charge harge of the house of detention He stated in answer to an inquiry that Mr Mrs Ir Bradley had gone to sleep about 10 and he would not awaken her to give sive her the news n ws of Senator Browns death It will Avill be the last sound sleep she v 1 ill III hav lav for some oine time he lie said and andI I 1 wont awaken her Took Death De th News News Calmly But Hut about 1 Mrs Bradley was awakened n by aloud a loud ring ringi ringing ing of the t b lI in the corridor corridori i tu lUr far her cell and apparently surmising that it was a call from the tho newspaper I v porters at the hospital demanded to Know if Senator tor Brown was dead The oTner in m charge said Xo So but she heard 1 pome onu om one in the lower hall hail say Brown lied died at midnight She uttered a cry ery er of anguish and fell fellon fellon on her cot saying SRi I knew it would tome orne to this The matron of the tho in institution institution Institution took charge of her and in a short time she hc recovered her equanimity ity making no further demonstrations of Ir grief or other emotions A few minutes after Senator Browns his son and daughter came from his room and took a cab for their hotels Mss Brown at the Ebbitt house and Max rax at ut the Raleigh Miss Brown who ap appeared very ver and worn retired Im Max ta Brown was questioned as asto ast to t the th arrangements for the funeral but to give out any an information to toi i Ight as to where the interment would be made or any of his plans There were W ff no callers at nt the th hospital today toda other biller than Senator S Browns son and daughter but this afternoon a special de delivery dellver livery Jt r postmarked Station II H IL New Nev York City Oiti It came Max read it to his father but declined to give any Information con concerning ruing its iLo contents excepting to say sar sa It was an private matter and of no concern to the newspapers or to the public Evidence Evidene e Collected I c I Since the shooting of Senator Brown It ItIs Ith II h Is I a s be het ii noticeable hero that the district r Orneys office has not been particularly live In its efforts to collect evidence against Mr Mrs Bradley Bradle The apparent las lassitude lassitude of the office had led Icil Ic to the belief that th t Mrs Bradley Bradle Is not to be prosecuted and Inquiry was made today If the government would prosecute irre irrespective of or Senator Browns attitude Olt the matter mattor should ho recover or orMI MI wish he might make concerning it rr r to his death In response District Attorney Baker as asH fc H t tu d that the case would be he vigorously pushed push saying that the much quoted un S law is not part purt of the District of l law The dropping of the case caseI li I Said or failure to prosecute to the limit would virtually give ghe every vor woman who has hi a grudge rud e against a man license I t tl tome come to Washington and shoot that in inC int ct t C We have hav no intention of oC granting any such uh indulgence he continued Mrs Irs Bradley has lias not aoL only violated the law by ising a weaken on a well known states statesman man nai but she has also infringed on the district ordinances which prohibit the bringing of firearms into the city eit with in intent intent tent to use them Early Trial Assured I A District t Attorney Ralph RalphJ J t s sass a s he will call caU the case against jr Ir Bradley at nt the earliest moment The Information against her will charge mur murr 1 r in the first degree Whether or not the she sh will be admitted to bail after aCter her ar arraignment arraignment will be he left Iet entirely to Judge presiding over the time States branch of or the police court The h delay In commencing legal pro proceedings proceedings was as due itne to a desire to await the tile outcome of oC Senator Browns s Mrs Irs Bradley s a attorneys were not ni jU nic n c lined to make any move mOe toward having havin the cas CitE taken up lii or the prisoner re on bond hond She Is comfortably quartered quartered at the House of oC Detention The In the matter of counsel has been partially straightened up and an the firms of Leckie Fulton and Wells Veils Hoover lis probably will act in conjunction a In n fl Sirs Mrs Bradleys defense The prisoner 1 today received re a telegram from her sis tr Louise Garnett of or Salt Lake City her to make no change chan e In coun pel Jel but to retain tain Leekie Leckie ulton Fulton This telegram was waa shown by Mrs Irs Brad Bradley BradI ley I y lo to Attorney Leckie this morning and arni arnishe she Rhe Informed him she wishes him to ke keep p her case associating with him as addi additional additional additional counsel Attorney Hoover whom U 4 she sto st called in yesterday esterday Mrs Bradley arly aly today toda recovered from tie shock of the unfavorable news that Senator Brown would not live hivo and was reasonably calm and composed during tat Ull greater part of oC the lie day da expressing ng Continued on Page 2 I I IDIES SENATOR BROWN DIES AT MIDNIGHT Continued from Page 1 a It great desire however hOlcer that Senator Brown might recover despite the th apparent apparent ent hopelessness of ot his 1118 case Sho She con constantly looked for or sonia pome word worl from him And was sorely orlly disappointed pointed as S the hours went by II and an lore nore tame came Jealous to the Last While grieving over the probable death of o Senator Brown Mrs Bradley Bradl did lid not edt lose hose her feeling f of resentment and Jeal Jealousy OilS over his hi attention to and apparent affection for tor Mrs Irs Annie Adams In one of her frequent bursts of or confidence Bradley confided to one of her friends that should Senator Brown get well she sho would sec s c to It that he never kept his New York appointment with Mrs Adams Mrs Ir Bradley Is deeply concerned about the tho future of or her two younger children She asserts that In a t paper which Sea Sen Senator ator Brown Drown kept in III his sate safe he formally acknowledged d his parentage of ot these den and made some provision lon for then This paper Mrs Bradley fears will fall fail into tile the hands of persons interested hi I destroying destro it and the possibility of f this I Is la causing her great worry I |
