Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-02

way with her own life when she entered
there. One Of them says:
lone week ago Sunday and Monday
you could not love enough. I see now
why you were 50 inconstant.'
portion of letter that she had endeav-
ored to write and to send to Arthur
Brown. One does not write a letter to
another when they are intending to kill
him.
Meant to Take Her Life.
'Tne other scraps Of paper in substance
said, I send you some letters and they
were letters Of Mrs. Annie Adams. that
you may use in my defense in the event of
any rashness upon my part The rashness
that she referred to was the taking Of her
own life. and at the moment that these
scraps Of paper were written this woman
was thinking Of ending her own life. Sc
she went to the room for that purpose
She produced the gun: there was a strug-
gle for It; 1t was double-action gun, and
the course of the bullet, and the wound
that was found upon Browns hand show
that at the time the gun was discharged
they were In close proximity. The bullet
entered about four inches above the pubic
bone, and was superficial, as it took its
course directly downward, showing that
the gun must have been pointed down
ward when it was fired. The wound upon
his hand had a powder mark two inches
in diameter. showing that the parties were
IN close proximity when the gun was dis
cherked: ....
"Manifestly Brown secured possession of
the gun in the course Of the struggle, for
when they asked her for the gun after the
shooting, she handed them the handbag,
and Brown. lying upon the floor, said,
The gune is upon the dresser and there
1t was found. She did not know that she
man was shot. she did not know that she
had fired any gun. Clearly this was a
case Of accidental shooting. She says, He
the course of the bullet and the mark
upon the hand, and the fact that the over
coat is not produced. absolutely contra
Dict and wipe out of this case the story
that was told by this woman that night
at the police station to the effect that
Brown put on his overcoat and was at
tempting to leave the room when the shot
was fired. because had that been done
there would have been direct wound into
the body OF glancing wound across the
body.
Killed During a Struggle.
This woman, distressed beyond all I'M
derstanding, went to that room to end her
own life. A struggle ensued, and Brown
was shot and killed by; the gun that he
purchased in Pocatello and told this
woman to use upon his WIFE.
Judge Powers then took up the discus
sion of the different witnesses, and called
attention to the testimony on the part Of
the police and others as to the expression
upon the countenance of the defendant
after the shooting He then compared
the expert witnesses. and showed that
those for the defendant came, gave their
testimony and departed. while those upon
the part of the prosecution have been as
sistant counsel for the prosecution.
And then he said: But they say you
ought to punish this woman. They as
sumo. on behalf Of this great government,
that society will be endangered and that
anarchy will begin its reign II this wom-
an goes free. Punish her! No sentence
that this court can infiict will cause her
to suffer as she has suffered"