The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-03
.tt.mvfto Prove Bradley Tenn
.rsrily Unbalanced.
/. ri BETWEEN ATTORNEYS.
NV Of Trial Devoted 20 Dis
Ssssss Of 'he P"""'"''''ie" 81
s.I Alteration on the SIayer's
-nid He Know Right From
.grJks.-Brndfey and His o""sh-
- pearl and Lillian, on stand.

criminal court room was packed with
u...a of spectators when the third day
.as Bradley trial opened AT III O'clock
..rs.v morning. Within the bar sat or
.,.as two score Or 90 Of the city's proini-
=. attorneys, together with several from
=, town, and little sprinkI!ng OF law
--,.ssn.s Bradley sat By his counsel. With
.sars three OF his children. He looked
I'm and perfectly seif-possessed. though
..,y male. A man accustomed to a great
-, ~ WORK In the open. the close con-
s,.usrt and lack Of exercise o. his past
- months Of prison life have told heavily
spoa him
Ths morning court vas set for 10 o'clock.
>n. owing to the absence OF material
-.,sss for the defense, who was engaged
civil case IN Judge Bensons. court. the
sasnsry was delayed for an hour.
pal bradley, the B-year-old sister of
r..s.e Bradley. who testified on Wednes-
ssy xas the first witness called by the de-
ssnse. Frequently tho child broke down
ua,efly. buried her face Tn her handker-
sAley while her haIf-siified sobs could be
,a.ssasd 10 all the shameful circumstances
= nor alleged ruin by Schelderup. Mr..
pasaia produced a bCttie of medicine and
~ az nils. and Pear. Identified both az
tenants Of medicine Schelderup had
seven her and mos; Of which she had
aver They we're placed in evidence and
rarked exhibit No. 2. Prosecution OBJ
aetsd on the same grounds as when the
hand satehel was introduced or Wednes-
xxrsss y he II
Eouaid asked Pearl 10 describe her
fa,bers condition on the Sunday morning
snmpdiaiesy after her confession, she re-
sied chokingly: II can't tell. He looked
"a agfui~-lt was such an awful scene"
asked II he had spoken any unkind word
% her or showed anger against her in any ,
xay, she replied between sohs: mo"
On cross-examinatioB witness said her
father had made no threats against Schel-
aerup after her confession, Asked II she
eo,lG remember any words he had spoken
l. that time she replied she could not.
Court then adjourned at li.j0. the defense
oratnIs;ng To BE- ready 10 go on AT 80,
And, IL possible, re, into the argument be-
ssss tbs days close
Peints on Insanity.
Upon the opening of court al 40 the de-
fsase called Or. F. n. NJ. Miller TO the
stand as an expert witness. with the pur-
pose Of showing upon scientific medical
authority that at the time Bradley commit
ted the murder he WAS no, in a state Of
mind competent to discriminate between
tie probable right and wrong OF the deed,
ard that this condition had been produced
on him By the sudden acquiring OF the
kno&lsdge which ted 10 the commission OF
ssttss snu az a
witness by Mfr Ronald
rs there ever a condition Of the mind
Of a sane man which may be produced by
an Irresistible Impulse which VIII enable
HIN TO perform an act or acts. the action
Of which he Is fully cognizant of. but the
sahife OF which as regards right and
wrong he does not Feaiize?''
Mr. Hart for the prosecution, immedi-
saiely objected on the grounds of technical
siacnmpetency. rs the laws OF the state
Of Washington regulate what in law
may Constitute insanity Then follow
ed a long and exceedingly interesting dis
eussion between thu opposing sides on the
validity Of the evidence sough, 10 be In
sfoiaced. PondeFous and solemn looking
law hooks were opened and authorities
we're cited with a most remarkable aban-
don I, the attenp: 30 make them contra
diet Zach other. Mr. Ronald asked the
eoart AMI the counsel for the prosecution.
In > voice that rang in every corner of
the room. whether an American tnry had
eve convicted a man of murder in the first
degree for killing a seducer Of his family.
Lifting his index finger on high. he de-
cited that there have been a. o0 men tried
i'r murder IN the United States on lust
tese grounds and never had one been
convicted Ne claimed that certainly there
Nere such things rs ''irresfstibl.-or NOR