The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-02
TURNER, FOR PROSECUTION,
STARTS LONG ARGUMENT
SATURDAY MORNING.
ASSAIlS INSANITY PLEA
Declares to Jury That Mrs. Bradley
Was in Her Right Mind When
She Killed Former Senator
Brown OF Utah.

NhSuIHEtols DcNs 49, He lNSl
phase Of the struggle over the fats
-of Mrs. Bradley--thc forensic battle
between the attorneys--bcgan yester
day Assistant District Attorney
Turner opened the government ap
peal to the jury. He was succeeded
by Attorney Wells. who made the
opening address for the defense.
The govcrnmnt viii close with Dis.
trict Attorney Baker on tomorrow
and the defense with Attorneys Hoo
yer and Judge Lando Powers, the
case going to the Jury IN the after.
noon
II Is said the government attorneys
will pin their hope Of success to a
verdict Of manslaughter. This was
tho burden Of one cs their four pray.
ers which the court GRANTED In sub,
stance, covering the penalty for acct.
dentals or unintentional discharge Of
the pistol while the defendant was
the victim.
The defense. on the other hand, is
confident of acquittal. believing the
prayer relating to q reasonable doubt
of the sanity of the defendant, which
was granted by the court. will be a.
sufficient basis for a verdict of not
guilty.
Mrs. Bradley. nearing the end OF
her ordeal, was cheerful as she en-
tered the court room, but wholly
from an extraneous cause. This was
the improvement of her little son.
who suffered with membraneous
Group, and was threatened with. pneu
monia. The physicians now say. he
is out OF immediate danger. and his
recovery is looked fer Assistant Diss
trfct Attorney Turner, after a short
consultation of the lawyers, with
Justice Stafford. began his address
before the jury.
He drew attention to the lesser IN
,idents of the shooting to show de-
iberate purpose on the part OF Mrs. |
8radley--particularl her putting the
PISTOL In her handbag before going to
Browns room and the discovery
here OF the letter of Mrs. Annie |
Adams.
'The person who did these things
,c said. after reading the scraps Of
etters found In Mrs. Pradley's room
some rashness--some
ct that needs defense Suicide |
reeds no defense. Therefore, she |
must have, contemplated the killing |
4 Arth,f Brown 4s9f @s1& = ~
This case should be tried as an or
inary case--just as though 1t were a
nah defendant-just as though II
we're an ignorant woman instead OF
he woman with the brilliant mind be-
ore you" continued Tarner.
Mrs. Bradley's acts before her com.
ng to Washington: her threats. her
CELEBRATE movements in disposiug OF
he ticket to Los Angeles and pur-
hasing one to the east: her carrying
he heavy pistol In a handbag. we're
eiterated by Turner as evidence OF
he deliberate purpose she had
ormed to do the shooting.
He then attacked the insanity plea.
What did she do before the act to
how she was insane?" he asked.
And has she done anything since7
When a maniac kills he exrlts in his
r!me. II is a crime of good. The
act that this woman was pale and
xcited and dazed, if she was sane, is
ut natural"
Next. he assaiIed Mrs. Bradley's
wn story of the shooting in which
he declared in replying to many
uestions. that she did not remember.
'1s there anything easier?" con-
inued Turner, than to say I don't
If one stabbed another
a the back. can anything be easier
han to say he doesn't remember? "
he were insane. what evidence Is
here? We find her one of the most
rilllant women we ever met