The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
NO PROSPECT
 OF A VERDICT Jury is Locked Up For Night.
 MRS. BRADLEY SHOWS STRAIN Woman's Attorneys Made Eloquent Pleas for Acquittal.
 Noted Murder Trial which Has Att trscted Widespread Attention, Comes to An End With Ex- ception of verdict. 
Rs. BRADLEY SHOWS STRAIN

waxhington,-At 10 o'clock tonight the word came from the jury room that there was no prospect of reaching . verdict tonight Jn the Bradley case. Accordingly Judge Stafford ordered that he jury be locked up until court
 Washington, Dec. 2-After trial which has attracted widespread inter est since It's inception almost three weeks age, the case of Mrs. Annie M. Bradley, charged with the murder Of former Senator Arthur M. Brown of Utah tonight rested in the hands of the jury. Throughout the earlier part of the day Attorneys Powers and Hoover with recitals of the episodes that led to the tragedy and pleading insanity of the defendant at the time she shot Brown in hotel here on December 3. last. argued for the defense and when court convened after recess district attorney Baker attacking the theory of insanity and arraigning the defendant in scathing language, made the closing address.
 Judge Stafford occupied fifty-two minutes in charging the jury. When Mrs. Bradley, nervous. trembling and anxious was led back to her cell under the court room, she was joined by her eldest boy. z,
 Judge Stafford at 5 o'clock left for his home and at $40 the jury had sup per. Meantime in the dingy, ill-lighted court room a small crowd of spectators. mostly women. sat waiting for the yer dict of the jury.
 Arguments Are Made.
 Both the defense and the prosecu- ton made their closing arguments to- day before the jury in the trial of Mrs Annie NJ. Bradley. Judge Powers of Salt Lake, senior counsel. and Att torney Hoover for the defense, occu- pied the morning session, District Att torney Baker following durging the af- ternoon The defense laid special stress .ipoll the evid&nce rogardiny insanity, sfad contended that 1t was former Sem ator Brown and not Mrs. Bradley who importuned for the illicit relations: that 1t was not a case of breaking up a home, but that with Mrs. Bradley it was an attempt to secure a name for her children.
 Several clashes occurred during the morning session between counsel Mir. Hoover, in opening his argument, referring tc the prisoners credultty, asked what would have been easier for her to have said than that Brown attacked her and that she shot in self defense He said that if through phys ical disease of the mind the defendant was unable to distinguish between right and wrong, and like the will power in the case she could~so dts tfnguish them, she was not amenable t6 the law Referring to alleged threats to kill Brown if he did not Acknowledge the paternity of the sec ond child. MT. Hoover said that no such threats were made, for Brown had already made written acknowi- she had the acknowledgement in her possession.
 MT. Hoover said the fact that the revolver was found on the bureau. while Mrs. Bradley when asked for shooting, pointed to her handbag showed that she did not knew what she was doing at the time.
 An Absurd Belief.
 MT. Hoover argued that Mrs Brae- lev. if she had any purpose of kill ing Brown, would have killed him at Salt Lake City, where she had thous- ands of opportunities to do SO, and 1t was absurd to believe that with the countless opportunities she would have come across the continent to kill him at a place where she was a stranger and had no friends.
 Mir. Hoover, III OA ShO charge that Mrs. Bradley had broken nm inc Brown home, declared that Brown repeatedly importuned her to assume illicit relations with him and hear him a child; that what she had said about the tragedy hads been cor rhhorated and that this had been ann He evidence of her insanity at the time of the shooting.
 MT. Hoover concluded with bril- liant peroration. admonishing them 10 so decide the case that they could later face their Maker with con- sciousness of having well performed their duty.
 Mir. Hoover finished at 1 o'clock. and atter i've minutes. intermission Judge n w Powers, senior counsel for the defense, began his argument.
 Let him that is without sin among vou cast the first stone,' said Judge Powers in burst or eloquence' quot ing the scriptures.
 q obiect to that" said District Att .orney Baker. Tt is not proper ar gument. Judge Powers said that Rrown. the dominating temnter, made Mrs Bradley his bond-wonlan. There ,s a flmy line between sanity and in- sanity" said Judge Powers
 Rody and Brain PoisOned.
 "rbis woman was poisoned in body
 
 she loved" Citing the events immedi- ately preceding the shooting Judge pouers said that nothing but the in- .s.,osition of Divine Providence could have prevented the woman from be- coming Insane. Counsel urged that sha had never reflected upon any one. District Attorney Baker interJected that she had intimated that Max Brown was not Senator Browns son.
 nNk halinVa she made such a remark" replied Judge Powers. Counsel read the letter Mrs. Bradley wrote Brown about seeing the light ,n Rrown's bedroom window. and in which she said. "I am mad"
 DO you claim that at that time she y.s insane?' asked the District Attor- ney. who cited an understanding that there would be no claim of insanity hefore January 1, 1864.
 "Xye do not claim she was insane then" Judge Powers replied Shc was in the very depths of despair and in such a condition of mtnd that she did not know what she would do."
 "Brown." continued Mir. Powers. kept
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