Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-27
MRS. BRADLEY
is ON VERGE
OF COLLAPSE
DRAMATIC SCENES MARK MUIR
DEL. TRIAL
THAW CASE EXPERT SAYS SHE
WAS INSANE
DR.. Britton Evans, Who Pronounced
Slayer of Stanford White Crazy,
Declares Woman Was Not
Responsible
BY Associated press.

| By Associated press.
| WASHINGTON, Nov 26 = Dramatic
scenes marked the proceedings today III
the trial of Mrs. Annie M. Bradley,
charged with having murdered United
States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah in
this city last December. DR.. Britton d.
Evans of New York, the alienist who tes-
titled in the Thaw case not only declared
| that Mrs. Bradley was insane when she
shot Senator Brown but entered with
such vigor in defending his opinion into
denunciation of the conduct of the dead
senator that Judge Stafford reminded the
witness that the late Senator Brown was
not on trial and not there to defend him
self, and admonished Evans to refer to
the dead man only when necessary to
show the effect of his acts upon the mind
of the defendant.
The appearance on the stand of Max
Brown, of the dead senator, who
was called in rebuttal, was affecting in
| the extreme.
The young man, tall. slender and fragile
in physique, tottered as he made his way
to the witness stand. He carefully avoid
| ed looking toward the defendant who sat
within ten feet of him.
| When he told of seeing his father and
Mrs. Bradley in the kitchen of their home
with jars of fruit they had brought from
the cellar at time when his mother had
bedside of her dying sister the defend
ant laughed and lowered her head in
confusion.
But there was no sign of merriment
on the face of the witness. who replied
briefly to all questions put to him and
lowered his eyes during intervals in the
giving of his testimony.
Another Says She Was Crazy
DR.. Charles B. Hill. professor of ner-
vous and mental diseases in the Balti-
more medical college, declared that in his
opinion Mrs Bradley was insane when
she did the shooting The many opera
tions performed upon her. the suffering
and disappointment and hereditary taint
of insanity all combined to produce in
sanity in her.
He thought she shot Senator Brown in
tentionally, but while believing that she
was doing right in so doing.
| A number of witnesses from Salt Lake
City, in addition to Max Brown, were in
troduced by the government in rebuttal,
several of whom testified that Mrs. Brad
ley. during their years of acquaintance
with her. appeared at all times rational
and affable.
1t was brought CIT that Senator Brown
had made a proposition to Mrs. Bradley
to accept $4,000 house and 800 month
until her youngest child should be q
but she Indignantly declined the offer.
saying that she wanted to marry Brown
in order that her children by him might
be given name.
During today's testimony Mrs. Bradley
wept and sobbed and in the forenoon
session she gave every indication that she
was about to collapse. However, she
mustered such strength as she possessed
and concluded the days ordeal in fair
condition
The resting of the defense came in the
nature of a surprise. as it had been ex-
pected that the aliensts would be kept
on the stand for much longer period.
'',nsanev Says Expert Hill
| DIR. Charles c. Hill of Baltimore, called
in behalf of the defendant, was placed on
the stand. He said he had been for twen-
ty-five years specialist in nervous dis
eases and is now professor of nervous
and mental diseases of the Baltimore
medical college.
He stated that assuming the statements
made in the hypothetical question are cor
rect he had concluded that the person
named in 1t was insane on December s.
'I do not believe he said, that the
party was capable of distinguishing be-
tween right and wrong at that time I
don't believe she was capable of controls
ing herself to avert wrong.
"She was insane in the winter of 1906.
there having been some mental disturb
ance in December, 1905
DIR. Hill was closely questioned by Mr..
Baker as to his opinion of Mrs Bradley's
mind when. just before coming to Wash
ington, she started for Ogden
The witness declared that Mrs. Brad
ley was in a confused state of mind
The uncertainties of aim on her part,
he said, proved this He would not admit
that the trip to Ogden in December last
was but ruse.
Insane people," he said carry out
their purposes in the most ingenious man
ner. The idea of coming to Washington.
however, was firmly fixed in her mind.s
Declares She Was insane
DR.. Hill reiterated his statement that
Mrs. Bradley on December was insane
and said that she was still insane two
days afterward when on being inter
viewed she sprang from her cot at the
mention of the name of Mrs. Adams and
covered her head up.
DIR. Hill said Mrs. Bradley was suffer-
ing from toxic insanity as early as De-
cember, 1905, and he believed 1t was con-
tinued until she shot Senator Brown.
IF this was continuing insanity it would
be apt to continue on, would it not?'
witness was asked.
He replied that conditions might cause
this stoxic insanity to disappear. There
are times, he said. when the toxic in
sanity is thrown off. He did not know
what form of toxic insanity Mrs. Bradley
had. as there are many forms. He said
it frequently happens that a prisoner
when sentenced is more calm than at any
other time.
Some forms OF toxic insanity. he said
do not produce halluclnstions; 1t fre-
quently happens that melancholy only IS
the result
Mr. Baker. prompted BY Drs. Jelliffe
and Brush went at great length into the
subject OF insanity caused by toxic pol
.fConfinned ON Pnre Tvo.)