Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-28
Appeared in Her Senses


Bradley. had appeared perfectly sane
Mrs. Tiiiorai5urS, the station matron.
said Mrs. Bradley told her she shot Sem
IT said What for? and she said He
IT said What for and she said Ne
refused to do the right thing by ME and
my two children which are his
Mrs. Thornburg said she asked Mrs.
Bradley if she brought a revolver with
her to shoot him, adding, Did you in
tend to shoot him?' and the reply was,
Please excuse me, / don't care to
answer hat question.
During the night, when she was alone
with Mrs. Bradley. Mrs. Thornburg said
she asked her: How did you get up the
nerve to shoot a man? You must have
been crazy" She said 'Oh, / was not
crazy. ] was far from being insane"
Mrs Thornburg said she asked Mrs.
Bradley what determined her to shoot
Brown and Mrs. Bradley replied: ''Ho
refused to do what was right by me-"
The witness said she asked: why was
that; are you married to him?" Her re-
ply was that Brown rushed across the
room to a chair where his coat was and
started to leave the room, whereupon she
shot him.
II asked" said the witness. 'if she
came here to shoot him, and she said:
Well. if hee refused to do what was
right
In describing Mrs. Bradleys state of
mind she said that when she was alone
with her Mrs. Bradley was calm, but that
she became agitated in talking TO news
paper men. Witness believed Mrs. Brad
ley at that time was perfectly sane.
Cross examined, witness said she and
Mrs Bradley were together the night fol-
lowing the shooting and until 10 o'clock
Sunday morning. Four or five times
during the night Mrs. Bradley walked the
room wringing her hands. She inquired
after the condition of Brown, saying she
loved the ground on which he walked,
Hoped Brown Would Recover
at remember she said she hoped he
would get we'll" said the witness.
Clayton Holzeck. hotel employe. tes-
titled he saw Mrs. Bradley when she ar
rived at the hotel and she appeared to be
we'll. Howard Bronlks, Clark Sheppard
and Hal c. Smith, newspaper men, testi-
fed to having seen Mrs Bradley after the
tragedy and that she appeared rational
and talked coherently.
Lucy Bernshaw, a >matron at the house
of detention. said Mrs. Bradley appeared
sane.
DIR. Louis H. Taylor of Georgetown
University hospital, who was for year
connected with the government hospital
for the insane in the District of Column
bia, testified that he examined Mrs.
Bradley after the shooting, on request
of her counsel. DR.. Taylor said Mrs.
Bradley's condition was very good and
Re did not think her insane.
DR.. III. I. Stout, steward OF the district
jail, said when Mrs. Bradley was brought
there she was rational and talked coher-
emily. For two or three weeks he saw
her there daily. The opinion he formed
then was that she was sane.
DIR. IT. d. Shute, physician at the Jail,
testified that he found Mrs. Bradley tran
quill composed and rational. A month
after she reached the Jail he made an ex-
animation and advised that an operation
be performed. This was done three or
four months later
Dr. Shute said he had never found any
evidence that she was insane. On cross
examination the witness said he found
she had lacerated cervix- There were
times when she was very weak and she
was placed on tonics several times while
in jail. Her weight went down to ninety
four pounds.
DR.. Shute was being questioned when
court adjourned until Friday morning.