The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-21
HER MIND CONFUSED.
Again on the Verge Of Breakdown. But
She controls Her Emotion and
Goes 0n-The Court Room
still Crowded.

/ A"iA part "t hNf story on the witness
stand Tuesday, breaking down At th,
crucial point, resumed her recital yeslcr.
day. She had described the scene Ia "a,
Hotel Raleigh last winter preceding n,
string 81 the shots that ended the IN,
q tho man who, she say, had promised
70 marry her and then east her on
Then. having reached The point where
she vas 10 have told the details Of In,
shooting, she began 70 show signs Of
collapse, and che session was abruptly
closed for the day
The accused woman was more calm
when she entered the court room yestef.
day morning. and she told her story
with greater compo1ure She described
how she had made a last earnest appeal
20 the senator 10 10 Justice 10 her ard
her children, how be bad refused. and
even went 20 far a. 10 threaten her that
unless sho stopped annoying him he
would reialiate. Then came words Of
angry reProaeh from her and a struggle.
during which she lost all knowledge Of
what was taking place When she re.
gained her senses the senator was living
with a bullet wound IN his body.
AZ the prisoner rccouuted the tragic
details she was again overcome. but after
short rest she fegained her composifrc
and went on with her testimony.
There was q larger crowd in the court
room than Tuesday. and every word of
the prisoners story WAS listeued TO with
intense interest, She again spoke h
voice that was at times inaudible, and
her words had TO be repeated By the
stcnographcr.
Judge Stafford bad no sooner taken
his seat than Mrs. Bradley resumed her
place IN the witness chair. She was FIRST
asked 70 Identify a number Of letters
written her ut different times BIZ Senator
Brown, and she did 20. There were so
many Of these documents that forty Ave
minutes was consumed IN the mere eN.
hibition Of them. They covered the time
from 1901 10 1905. and WIRE presented
Tor the purpose Of showing the relations
between Mrs. Bradley and Brown. but
no effort was made 70 read thcm a. they
were introduced. II was evident that
the sight Of the letters aroused conflict.
ing memories in the witness, for she
sobbed audibly as many Of them were
presented 10 her
Many OF her replies to questions were
again in an indistinct tone OF voice, and
the stenographer WAS compelled TO re.
peat many Of her statements Tor the
benefit Of the jury
There were more than a hundred Of
the letters, and when their presentation
had been completed Judge Powers said
that some Of them would be read 10 the
jury at a later date
He then called upon the prosecuting
attorney to produce letters 10 his posses.
sion written to Brown by Mrs. Bradley,
which was done There were mot so
many Of these letters as Of Browns, but
they covered the same period Of time.
The witness took time to read some Of
these letters before accepting them, but
in each instance replied in quiverinf,
faltering voice, Eyes, ] wrote t."
The reading Of Mrs. Bradley's letters
by herself necessarily consumed much
time and caused the proceedings to drag
in interest This fact did not, however,
deter her. and she continued to read de
IN each ease
The examination OF the letters did not
develop many interesting facts, but they
served to bring out one Of the code words /
used by Senator Brown and Mrs Brad |
ley. II was aluminium" written in one
Of Mrs. BradIey's letters. and she said
it meant i love you." Transparent
cloth was pasted over the writing Of
many Of the letters.
Mrs Bradley told Of reaching Wash
ington on the morning OF December /
and Of registering at the Raleigh after
Brown was stopping there |
AT the time you formed your purpose
Of going TO Washington, did You intend I
to do violence to Senator Brown" she
was asked
Il did not"
when you went to his room did you
have any such intention:"
q did not"
She said that it took her nearly an
hour to locate Browns room She did
not know her room was but two doors
from Browns. Entering the senator's
room she found maid who told her
Brown would be back soon and she pre-
pared to wait a letter lying open on
The dresser attracted her attention. She
read it and it caused her great anguish,
she said. She left the hotel and walked
The streets distracted She ate no lunch
,on and returned to the hotel in the
afternoon
A pause Of several minutes was nee
,ssarv before she could resume
The letter Mrs Bradley read in
Browns room was then presented for
Identification
Yes, guess that's the one / don't
know It had something in it about
me, she testified.
The letter was one written to the sen
ltor by Mrs. Minnie Adams
Mrs Bradley. continuing, said she
vent to her room and threw herself on
he bed. She heard someone walking in
he hail. It was Senator Brown. and
ihe went a second time to his room.
What did he say?7 she was asked
"IEe said. sWhas are you doing hereg
said ! came to see you. Why don't
rou carry out your promiseg
What did lie do?"
He rushed at me. I don't know what
le said
What did you next do@
II didn't know ANYTHING until heard
shot. That seemed 70 arouse me-
What did he do4n
Gle called for help.s