Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13

DOIlccmpn Oh the ilrSt StlS Will LS
taken to The United States jail tomorrow IN
the custody of Policeman Emmert, who
made the arrest originally.
Crowd of Curious Persons.
Long before the hour set for ;fe inquest
a crowd OF curious persons gathered about
the entrance to the morgue. apparently in
tent upon securing a glimpse of Mrs. Brad
ley. who. it was reported. would be taken
to the little building on Water street TO
to listen to the recital of her tragic act by
the various witnesses. As many others as
the inquest room could possibly accommo-
date crowded Into It. and ST andjng room
was at premium when morguemaster
Schoenbe rEor refused to permit any except
those directly Interested to enter. The Jury
chosen b. Coroner ]. Ramsey hewitt to
pass upon the evidence WAS as follows:
Frank X Raymond, foreman: William A.
Fry. j. L. jesse. S. Porter House. James
Cunningham and David Moore, Having
viewed the body the six men were in their
seats shortly after IL o'clock. the time the
inqlIes, was scheduled 70 BEGIN. but it was
fully half an hour later before Coroner
Newt; assured the bench. 50 10 sreak. and
the inquiry into the circumstances sur
rounding taa shoe; ag and death OF former
Senator Brown YVES started.
Testimony of First Witness.
The first v:tress was Josephine Kidwell
of 1874; ....h street, the Raleigh Hotel cham
berma:d. In answer 70 preliminary queries
by the caroaer, she said she was in the next
room when the shots were fred, but that
she ran FOR assistance and did not enter
Senator Browns room. AT this point she
was excused temporarily and Theodore ].
Tally manager of the Raleigh, was called.
Mrs. lTadlcy WAS required TO lift her veil
and Mr.. Taty identified her as the woman
he found in Brown room. Similar identi-
ficat!on Of Mrs. Bradley was secured from
+. {. Owens, clerk al the Raleigh.
If tn.Q
also identified airs. Bradley as the woman
from whom he secured statement at No.
1 pole station after her arrest. Attorney
Leck'e said that he did not desire Mrs.
Bradley tn make statement The coroner
said il would not be necessary for her to sit
through the entire inquest and she was al
lowed To retire.
Calls for Assistance.
Josephine Kidwel was recalled. and she
said that at about 5 O'Clock last Saturday
afternoon she was in the room next to
Senator Browns when she hearu two shots,
ana Immediately afterward heard a man
calling loudly for assistance. She related
having met guest in the hallway and of
begging him to call assistance; also of hav-
ing called to an elevator boy to notify
Manager Tally. She said she had not seen
the wounded man until he was carried out
on a stretcher
who did the shooting?" Such was the
asked Brown when he reached the room.
He declared that Brown said That wom-
an over there" pointing to Mrs. Bradley.
Are you his wife, Mr. Tally said he
asked Mrs. Bradley. and when she replied
she not he ordered her to leave
she answered that Brown was the ia
thef OF two. of her chi!drsn ana this rather
appealed to me and l SAID nothing further
Report of Suicide.
MIR Tally said he had been called to the
room occupied by Mr.. Brown at about 3
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. the first in.
formation that reached him being to the eff
feet that man had committed suicide
there After his question as to who had
fired the shot had been answered and Mrs
Bradley had emphatically announced her
relations with the wounded man. Mr. Tally
said he remained by the side of Brown I'M
Ill the surgeons from the Emergency Hos
pital and the police arrived. =
When he was recalled to give direct tes-
tlmony Clerk Owens stated that the time
of the shooting was about ten minutes to
o clock. He said that he. too, had been
notified of the affair by an elevator boy
Il went to room 26S. reaching there prob
ably about three minutes after the shoot
ing. the witness continued. and as soon
as ! saw what had occurred ran to the
office and summoned the police and the
ambulance from the Emergency Hospital
Within probably seven minutes was back
III the r0ONl- Mr. Brown was fy1rE on the
floor and Mrs. Bradley stood Just at the
foot of the bed. l did not go away again
until the police had arrested Mrs. Bradley
and the wounded man was carried out on a
stretcher to the ambulance
1 Testimony of Detective.
Detective Burlingame, the next witness
said he had been sent from headquarters
to interview Mrs. Bradley while she was
prisoner at No. 1 police station. Under
instructions from Coroner hewitt the detec-
tive omitted all unnecessary details. The
principal point he brought out had to do
with the revolver with which Brown was
shot.
Il asked her where she got the pistol"
the witness remarked, and she told me
that she had owned it for long time.
II first former Senator Brown at
about o'clock Saturday afternoon" DIR.
Charles S. White. superintendent OF the
Emergency Hospital said. land upon ex-
animation l found his most serious injury
to be a wound in the abdomen. He was
Immediately placed on the operating table.
and the whole abdomen was explored for
possible punctures of the intestines. We
found a wound in the bottom of the blad-
der" DIR. White proceeded to describe to
the method followed in treatment of the
wound.
Condition Became Critical.
For about forty-eight hours, after rally
ing from the effects of the anesthetic," DR.
White continued. the patient seemed to be
In good condition, but on the third day his
condition became critical and continued so
until 12:o3 O'Clock this morning when death
occurred
Answering a question of Coroner hewitt
DIR. White said Brown had volunteered only
one statement to him, and that had to do
with what he should do to the woman
when he got WELL
DIR. L. w. Glazebrook, the deputy coro-
ner. offered the only other testimony. be-
cause. when he concluded the Jury an
nounced that 1t had heard sufficient to
enable the framing of a verdict
Il performed an autopsy upon the body
beginning at 10 o'clock this morning. DR.
Glazebrook explained. land found II to be
Ialrly well preserved. The deceased was
ABOUT siXty-three years of age, measured
nve rect eight inches in height and in
life weighed probably 1876 to 40 pounds"
Df Cilazebrook first described the slight
wound upon the ring finger of the left
hand or former Senator Brown and the
course the bullet had taken through the
little finger. This wound. he said, was
evidently caused by a shot fired at close
range, because the flesh for radius of
two inches was sprinkled with grains of
powder.
Death Due to Bullet Wound.