The Washington herald., 1907-12-04
MRS. BRADLEY FREE.
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many times in the past three weeks, but
her progress was retarded by a court at
tendant. calling out:
Mrs. Bradley may go out at this door, y
Indicating the door by which the court
lawyers. and favored spectators enter and
depart.
She Thanks the Jury.
The jurors were discharged by Justice
Stafford and had slowly filed out, when
Mrs. Bradley whispered something to
Mr.. Hoover, and he hurried out after the
jury and told them Mrs. Bradley wanted
TO meet them. They waited and Mrs.
Bradley was introduced and thanked each
man for returning the verdict, which
meant so much TO her and her children.
From the corridor Mrs. Bradley was
taken in charge by Mrs A. b. Hayes,
wife OF Hon. A. B. Hayes. of Utah. solici-
tor of the Internal Revenue Bureau. and
Mrs. s. J. Masters, aud led TO an auto
mobile that stood waiting i'm front of the
court. Just before she left the corridor
she said she wanted TO say good-by to
Deputy Marshal .'Jim" Springman. who
had escorted her TO and from the court
house each day. The deputy was sent
for. and when he arrived Mrs. Bradley
grasped him by the hand and thanked
him for his considerate treatment of her.
Mrs Bradley was taken direct 10 the
home of Mr.. Hayes. No. 1898 Sixteenth
street northwest where, with her chill
dren. she will make her home until plans
have been made FOR her future. IL is
not thought she will return 20 salt Lake
City. and she may carry out her original
purpose when she determined to leave
Senator Brown for good. and go 10 Gold
field and enter some business for the
support Of herself and her children.
The ordeal OF the past three weeks
has left her in n weakened condition,
and il viii be some time before she fully
recoVers-
Has SIeepIeSs Night,
When she arrived at the courthouse
yesterday morning. she told Mr.. Hoover
she had spent a sleepless night. Before
she left the court room she attempted.
amid tears, TO thank her attorneys,
Messrs. Hoover and Wells. for what they
and Judge Powers had done for~her. They
gently stopped her, and placed her in
the hands OF the women friends who had
gathered around her.
Attorneys Hoover and Wells were The
recipients OF many congratulations from
members Of the bar and spectators, and
while they were jubilant over the out
come. they declared they had felt GER
tain of an acquittal from the start,
When Mrs. Bradley reached the city OF
Washington, on December s last, she had
S1-25 in her possession. She spent > cents
of this money for a cab. 20 ride from the
station to the Raleigh Hotel. and the 81
remaining represented now all the money
she had
That she will now in behalf of her chill.
dren. attempt 10 break Senator Brown S
will is admitted Brown left an estate
estimated at about S125,0O0, and i'm his will
he devised it to his daughter by his first
wife. Miss Alice Brown, OF Columbus
Ohio, and Max Brown. his son by his sec
ond wife. He specifically repudiated Mrs
Bradley and the paternity of the children.
When IL was filed for probate. Judge
Powers filed a caveat. and this will De
prosecuted as under the laws OF the State
Of Utah all his children can inherit, il
paternity is proved.
How the Jury stood.
From a reliable source it is learned the
jury took its first vote twenty-five min
utes after they left the court room. and
il resulted nine for acquittal and three
for manslaughter. An argument ensued
until II O'Clock. and another vote was
taken. This showed eleven for acquittal
and one for manslaughter All eleven
then concentrated their arguments on the
lone juror, and at 1:30 O'Clock in the
morning he decided to vote for acquttaL
A formal ballot was taken. and twelve
ballots were cast for acquittal.
Foreman Feeny, who was authorized
to speak for the jury, says il was dis
tinctly agreed by the jury that the names
of the three men who stood for man.
slaughter should not be made public and
he summarizes the reasons that actuated
the jury as follows:
we based our verdict principally on
dence or positive proof that Mrs. Bradley
fired the fatal shot, and. If she did fire
the shot, the jury still believed she was
mentally unbalanced at the time she did
IL. and was. therefore. not responsible
for the act. In other words, we believed
she was temporarily insane"
District Attorney Baker declined 70 dis
cuss the verdict except to say the govern
ment presented its case to the jury. and
under the law they were the ones TO
decide il.