Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-11-16
TASK OF SECURING TWELVE MEN
TO TRY THE CASE PROVED DIFF.
FicULT, OWING TO OPPOSITION
TO HANGING WOMAN.
WOMAN PRINCIPAL
WITNESS OF THE DAY
JOSEPHINE kIDWELL, WHO occu-
PIED ROOM ADJOINING ONE IN
WHICH MURDER OCCURRED,
TELLS OF TRAGIC DEED.

Washington, D. G., Nov, 14.-The
jury in the Bradley case was conIplet-
ed at 11:15 and Assistant District At
torney Turner Immediately began the
presentation of the case for the gov
eminent,
Mrs. Bradley was accompanied by
her mother, the elderly lady taking a
seat about twelve feet distant from
the younger. The proceeding of secur-
ing a jury was resumed as soon as
Judge Stafford took his seat and prov
ed even more tedious than yesterday,
because one after another talesmen
Indicated such bias that but one of
the first fourteen could be accepted.
Some stated convictions so strong as
to constitute fixed prejudice. Others
opposed capital punishment, a large
number expressed an objection to IL.
flicting the death penalty on a We
an.
Prosecutor Details Tragedy.
Assistant District Attorney Turner
first read the indictment and then in
the tragedy which resulted in the
death of Brown
He told how Mrs. Bradley had gone
to the hotel and registered as Browns
wife, how she had sought MIN out in
his room and upon the second visit
had fired two shots which five days
afterward sent the man to his grave
Turner said it would be shown that
Mrs. Bradley had said her act was
deliberate. eff he said in conclusion
the government succeeds in proving
these things and if you believe it was
| deliberate murder we think it your
duty to return verdict of guilty as
indicted. Mrs. Bradley was visibly af-
fected as the recital proceeded.
Two Witnesses Examined.
The first witness was David T. Mel
son, clerk on duty at the hotel when
Brown was shot His testimony was
Of little Importance. Josephine Kid.
well. the next witness told of two
visits of Mrs. Bradley's to Browns
| room. She said Mrs. Bradley first
came to the room at nine o'clock in
the morning and finding the senator
out, remained only few minutes. At
2:30 o'clock on the same day
while she occupied an adjoining room.
Miss Kidwell heard two shots and dis
| tinguished male voice crying help,
nelp." Entering Browns room she
saw Brown lying on the floor and Mrs.
| Bradley was standing near him. On
cross examination Attorney Hoover
brought out more detailed statement
of the occurrence in connection with
| the tragedy than Miss Kidwell had
hitherto given. He required her to
illustrate by tapping with mallet on
the desk the time between the two
shots. The incident seemed to touch
Mrs. Bradley deeply.
How Brown Was Killed.
The charge upon which Mrs. Brad
ley is being held is that of deliberately
numbering former United States Sena-
tor Arthur Brown of Utah in his room
at Motel in this city on the 9Th of
last December Mrs Bradley has ad-
mitted the killing
1t is probable that she will be put
on the stand in her own defense with
the hope of influencing the jury in
reaching the conclusion that ner mind
was unsettled by the long-continued
wrongs which it is alleged she had
suffered. There is no other living per-
son who was present at that time. The
wounds on the senator's body, one of
which was on his hand and the other
in his abdomen, showed that two shots
had been fired. Of these the latter
proved fatal within five days. Putting
such information together as they
have been able to obtain. Mrs. Brad
ley's attorney have reached the con-
clusion that when she went to the sen
ators room, in the morning, she found
there certain letters from Mrs Annie
Adams, the actress, the reading of
which greatly incensed her. She seem.
ed then to have disappeared and not
| to have returned until the afternoon
when, finding Mr.. Brown there, she
upbraided him and, finding him un,
willing to marry her, fired the shots
which ended his life.