The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-10
POWERS GIVES
A NEW VERSION
OF DEATH SCENE
That Mrs. Bradley Was Bent
on Suicide Is His Firm
Belief.
DIRECTION OF BULLET
EVIDENCE OF STRUGGLE
DEFENSE OF BROWNS SLAYER
WAS BASED ON STRICTLY
LEGAL GROUNDS.

Judge o. w. Powers. chief counsel
for Mrs. Anna Bradley. returned home
last night after an absence Of six
weeks, during which time he brought to
a satisfactory termination from the
standpoint of the defense, the famous
trial Judge Powers prepared the ny
pothetical question about which 50
much has been written. Judge Powers
also delivered an argument to the jury
which was a powerful factor in the
victory of the defense
The trial was full of hard work
from the time it began on Nov. II IN
til it closed. on Dec. :" said Judge
Powers We were handicapped in
that we were not SO well prepared
with money TO bring witnesses as tho
government was, but throughout the
trial was a fair and impartial one. L
want to say word for Judge Star
ford His rulings were quickly made
and were eminently fair and at no
time was there. any wrangling; indeed,
the tIial was free from long cOntea-
tons of any kind.
"A number of newspapers seem to
have gained the impression that we
went to trial on the principle of the
unwritten law. That is not so. We
had a legal defense and we knew il.
and besides Judge Stafford is known
to be a strict cOnstructionist. We asked
asked for verdict OH the legal defense
which we would put in, and although
the jurors individually might have
been impressed with Mrs. Bradley5
story of Browns treatment of her,
there was no appeal to the unwritten
law. My associates. Messrs- Wells
and Hoover, are both indefatigable
workers, and that is what we needed
in view of our limited means other
wise"
Evidences Of insanity.
Judge Powers tells a graphic story
of what might have taken place in tho
Arlington hotel on the night when Mrs.
Bradley shot Senator Brown. Judge
Powers believes that Brown was NOR
tally wounded while attempting to
wrest a pistol from the woman. Her
aim, it is his firm belief, was to go TO
the room and commit suicide. This
theory is borne out by some of the
circumstances of the trial.
The most important discovery male
by the defense was that the bullet
which killed Arthur Brown did not en-
ter The body in a horizontal line, but
was fired in almost a perpendicular
course. The ball entered the body four
inches above the pubic bone and made
its way between the skin and the mus
cles until that bone was reached, when
| it was DETECTED. From this il was ar
gued that Mrs. Bradley went into the
room with the weapon in her hand.
A struggle for its possession followed,
| evidently, and the theory of the de-
tense is that in the scuffie the revolver
was discharged, the bullet taking d
downward course.
Under Strong Strain.
When the landlord of the hotel
rushed into the room and asked Mrs.
/ Bradley, Where is the gum eAe
| handed him a shopping bag. Brown.
who was lying on the floor, indicated
| that the revolver was on the bureau,
where it was found. The fact of the
powder burn in Browns hand indicated
| that the discharge was at close range
| This theory, however, does not fit the
story told by Mrs. Bradley Immediately
after the shooting when she said, in
! effect. 4 went to Senator Browns
| room to ask him if he was going to
keep his promises. He said he was not,
and started to put on his Overcoat. 1
then fired"
/ 1--WE discovered a witness at the last
moment" said Judge Powers, lin the
| person of DR.. Rich of New York, d
physician of unimpeachable character.
who saw Mrs. Bradley within an hour
after the shooting. 1t was his testi
mony that Mrs. Bradley gave unques
! toned signs of insanity.
I'VE were fortunate in securing the
/ attendance of medical experts of the
| first rank, among them DR.. Evans, DR..
/ Hill and others. DR.. Evans was paid
| the largest fee, I think, for like service
| i'm the Thaw trial, receiving $4,000,
yet he came to Washington voluntarily,
/
Sentiment for Defendant.
The sentiment in the community
I was ali with the defendant. One day
on the street / heard Admiral Schley
say Brown got what he deserved
/ Many like expressions were heard.
Judge Powers tells a good joke on
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