Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-13
SELECTION OF JURY
IS NOW IN PROGRESS
Neither Side VIII Quibble Over
Jurors as Both Want Intelligent
and Fair Men Only--Hedr-
Ing May be Very
Short.

Washington, ID. G.. Nov. 13.-The
trial OF Mrs Annie NJ. Bradley,
charged with the murder Of former
United States Senator Brown, of
Utah, which was continued Monday
owing to the death OF Judge Nc
Conias, was resumed today in the
criminal court.
Mrs. Bradley appeared in court
dressed quietly and in good taste, and
without the presence of officers to
guard her, would not have been no
ticed among the attorneys and 9TH
ers who crowded the bar.
The court room was filled TO over
flowing and the doors were finally
closed to prevent disorder and jam
ming by the hundreds who were
eager to see the prisoner and hear
the evidence. Camera fiends were
barred by ordr of the judge and no
picture taking boxes win be allowed
to cross the Threshold of the court
room during the trial.
Mrs. Bradley though pale from her
long confinement fl Jail. appears
well and evidently mas profound
belief that she will soon be free.
The jury.
Counsel for Mrs. Bradley stated
today at the opening of the trial that
they Will not be over particular in
the selection Of jurs and do not in
tend to delay the tri' by petty diff
ferences over amy - e's ou4Iific1-
tons. The prosecution hopes to
complete the jury today and will
then turn IL over to the defense for
examination. All cif1er side appears
70 want is men of Intelligence aad
fairness.
The killing.
OF the tragedy itself there were
no Witnesses, and no details except
those furnished by Brown during
the 36 hours that he survived after
the shots, and what Mrs Bradley ad-
mitted at the coroner's inquest.
According to the manager of the
Hotel Raleigh, Brown arrived in the
morning and had gone out when a
quiet little woman, very plainly
dressed, asked for a room and while
she was signing her name on the
register asked casually, as it seemed,
If man named A. Brown of Salt
Lake City was stopping there.
The clerk said he was and then he
noted that she had written Mrs. A.
Brown, Salt Lake City He asked
If she were his wife. She replied
she was not but that she knew him.
Her manner was calm and lady
ike, and did not even arouse a sus-
picion in the clerks mind. The room
assigned her was but four removed
from Senator Browns, and it Is sup
posed that she took in the number
given him while she wrote in the
register.
When Senator Brown came in
from his walk she was in his room.
maid passing about o'clock (she
had arrived after 12) heard pistol
shots, and when the manager Mr.
Tally, broke in the door, the sena-
tor was lying on the floor and the
woman was Historically bewailing
~,
and the clerk were the only ones in
the hotel who had the slightest per-
sonal knowledge OF the tragedy.
Her Statement.
When Tally reached the room Mrs.
Brown told him that Brown was the
father of her children. he had sepa-
rated her from her husband, had
caused the latter TO secure a divorce
and had now left her and her two
children penniless.
Il have just 25 cents In my purse"
she said, "and when / asked that
man for justice for me and his chill
dren, his answer was TO take up his
hat and try to leave the room"
A pathetic feature OF the case re-
lates 10 Bradley, a man OF excellent
habits and character who. after the
association of his wife with Senator
Brown and his divorce from her,
married again and has a young fam
lily living IN Minnesota. Mrs. Brad
ley has again and again expressed
regret that the name Of this innocent
man and his family should be drag
ged into this case through associa-
ton with hers. She has spoken of
the high character OF her former
husband, and bewailed her sad lot
that she ever fell under the dire in
fluence Of Brown.
She Mas an Orator
Mrs. Bradley i'm the old days Of
politics in Utah was noted for her
oratory Her magnetism Is OF the
kind which brings all who come in
contact with her 10 her way of
thinking Her first association with
Brown and the methods he employ
ed for her undoing are dramatic ma
terial. and the kind which find favor
with a southern jury.
Witnesses for the trial are arriv-
Ing in Washington. There are sew
eral from Utah who will testify re-
garding the relations Of Mrs. Brad
ley and Brown while his wife was
still living and afterwards.
OF her previous life and her gem
eral high character Mrs. Bradley
can bring reams of testimony in
Salt Lake City as we'll as in Denver,
her former home. That she was a
woman who loved unwisely but too
well, seems generally admitted.