Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-26
DEFENSE RESTS
IN BRADLEY CASE
Max Brown Called by Prose-
cution in RebuttaI.
SON OF SENATOR TEsTIFIEs
Tenth Day of the Trial Marked by
Surprises.
SON OF SENATOR TESTIFIES
UNEXPECTED WITNESS THERE
Governments Attorneys Fail to
Cross-Examine DR.. Evans at
Length-Letters Read.

In the trial of Mrs. Annie M. {.
Bradley for. the murder of former
Senator Arthur Brown the de-
tense rested at AS o'clock this
afternoon. Max Brown, son of
the deceased, was the first wit
ness called by the prosecution in
rebuttal.
Many surprises occurred at the opening
hours of this. the tenth day of the trial
In the first place. the defense presented an
entirely new and unexpected witness in
the person of DR.: Isaac Rich of New York,
who was guest at the Raleigh Hotel
December 8, 1906, and who saw the de-
fendant only a short time before the
shooting. DR.. Rich was probably the last
person to remark Mrs. Bradley's appear
ance before the tragedy occurred. and
his testimony was undoubtedly of vital
Importance to the defense. He declared
the woman seemed to be laboring under
the stress of some strong emotion. and
he said her eyes were wild and staring,
and seemed almost to protrude from her
head.
She brushed against me and past me,
and went to the windows of the writing
room. and then from one window to an
other, though it was obvious that she was
simply staring vacantly into space" the
witness said. Her hair was disheveled,
and / thought she was lunatic."
Cross-examination failed to shake Dr.
Rich's story and the tale he told was
afterward woven into an additional para
graph in the hypothetical question which
was placed before the experts by Judge
Orlando Powers, in assisting them to
arrive at conclusion as to Mrs. Brad
ley's sanity or insanity.
Still another surprise was at the con-
clusion OF the direct testimony of DIR.
Britton d. Evans, superintendent of the
New Jersey State Asylum for the Insane.
who. was one Of the strongest alienists to
appear for the defense. when United
States Attorney Baker permitted the wit
ness to go practically without cross-ex-
animation.
Belief Of DR.. Evans.
DIR. Evans stated positively his belief
that Mrs. Bradley was insane when she
fired the fatal shots and mentally in
capable of disting uishing between right
and wrong. In giving his reasons for de-
claring the defendant insane, DR.. Evans
reviewed all the events of her lifetime.
giving weight to the hereditary predispo-
sition of Mrs. Bradley to insanity and to
the many shocks to her nervous system
incident to the operations dsappoint-
ments. ETC.. which she says she suffered at
the hands of Senator Brown. At the be-
ginning OF the afternoon session Mrs.
Bradley was recalled to the stand for
Iew moments for further cross-examina-
hon by United States Attorney Baker
Several letters written by Mrs Bradley
TO Senator Brown when she was residing
On his farm about 800 miles from Salt
lake CITY, were read to the jury, and
their geenral tone seemed to be the en-
booinHnt OF w.fely devotion and solicit
tude for the interests of the man to whom
spe mad given the best Of her life The
te1ers apparently served to carry the de-
Iehoant again over the time of her great
est happiness. because she broke down
and weDt unreservediy while they were
being read aloud to the twelve men who
are TO decide her fate.
Defense Springs Surprise.
A surprise was sprung by the defense
at the opening of court this morning.
when DR.. Isaac Rich of New York, who
happened to be guest at the Raleigh
Hotel. December 8, 1906, was called to the
stand. Witness said he is not practicing
as physician, but is engaged as a con-
tracing salesman. In the Raleigh. De-
cember 8 last. DR.. Rich was in the writing
Toom, and he identified Mrs Bradley as
the woman he saw in the room about
noon. the day of the shooting.
She looked drawn and worn,' the wit
ness asserted, .'and II seemed as though
she did not know what she was doing.
She would wander ffOm window to win
dow, draw the curtains aside from each,
but it was apparent she was gazing into
space. In fact, she looked like a lunatic.
She was muttering and talking to herself
Her eyes were buiging and dilated.'
Under cross-examination by Assistant
United States Attorney Turner the state
ments of DIR. Rich were practically un-
shaken.
The battle of the alienis,s was resumed
Immediately after DR. Rich left the stand
Dr.. Charles S. Hill of the Mount Hope
tify. After DIR. Hill had qualified as an
expert and stated he had heard the read
Ing of the hypothetical question yester-
dsy. Judge, Powers added to that query a
description of the peculiar actions of 1.-THE
person" as testified by DR.. Rich.
Considered Her insane.
Assuming all the conditions stated in
the hypothetical question were true. woule
you say the person was insane Decem-
ber s. 1906, at the time of the shooting?'
Judge Powers asked.
answered
Would you say she was able to distin
guish right from wrong and able to choos;
the right from the wrong"
Il believe she could not distinguish be-
tween the two, and choose the right from
the wrong"
Giving the reasons for his belief DIR
Hill said: The hypothetical case de
scribes person of a decided hereditary
tendency to insanity. The conditions ex
listing for several years previous to the
act, tumultuous life, full of anxietie:
and disappointments. also tended to pro
duce a mental confusion. and added Il
this were physical occurrences and re
sulting sepsis. This would constitute al
almost continuous drain upon the vitalt,
and would be likely to affect every nerv,
cell in the persons organization. 1 an
forced to the conclusion that the person
was insane especially since the conditions
described as existing about the 1st o
December were necessarily septic.
II realize that, according to the hypo
thetical question. the defendant inten
tionally shot some one. But / do not be