The Washington herald., 1907-11-14

Annie NJ Bradley's trial on charge or
murder. first degree. in the shooting of
Senator Brown last December. was be-
gun in earnest yesterday. Promptly at
10 o'clock, when court convened, the Sc
lection OF jury began. and when court
had adjourned, there were eleven men
who had qualified in the box
However. the government has remain
ing nine peremptOry challenges, and the
defense three. so that the complexion of
the jury may yet be materially changed.
The regular panel Of twenty-six was ex-
hausted little before recess was taken.
and Clerk Hawken then called upon the
extra panel OF 10 talesmen. specially or
dered by Justice Stafford on Monday.
Sixty-one men were examined in all. OF
these. eleven We're accepted. twenty-five
were excused for cause. eleven were per-
emptorially challenged by the govern
ment and seventeen by the defense.
There are now remaining thirty-nine
talesmen from which the jury may be
completed.
Eleven Men in the Box.
| With one exception. the eleven men
who have been temporarily accepted. are
married, the exception being Smith Adam.
a young colored man. an undertaken. The
eleven men occupying seats in the box
are
/ JAMES L. FEENEY. publisher. forty-eight years
old Mr. Feeney said he was a native Of New York
aad had lived in this city a number Of years
WILLIAM L REIss. bookkeeper. fifty years old.
who has lived IN Washington practically all bis LIE
SMITH ADAM. colored. undertaken. He is twen-
/ ty-sght years old.
DANIEL A NEWMAN, grocer. and native oS
Prince George County. Nd.
! ALEXANDER NJ. COLE. business man
/ JOSEPH c. F. HARTLEY, tea and ooToe mer-
chant, who is about thirty-hTe years old.
JULIUS vIEDT, grocer. hfty-tlree years old
JOHN SWEENEY, painter. forry-s,veu years old.
and native Of ,Ae District
H. CLAY JONES. si1ty.tvo years old. fertilizer
dealer. who said he came from the Valley Of VIZ
ginia.
JULIUS A PRIGG. bookkeeper. native Of
Maryland
JAMES L wHlTEsIDE. builder.
Every seat in the courtroom was taken
at 10 o'clock. when a slim little figure
dressed in black walked up the steps
leading from below. and noiselessly
moved 10 where her counsel Judge Pow
ers, George p. Hoover, and Robert W.
Wells. We're seated. She looked neither
TO the left nor the right Her face was
pale and haggard, her eyes sunken. and
she presented a pathetic figure as she
took her seat All eyes in the room we're
riveted on her. Justice Stafford then en-
tered the room. and Court Crier Maurice
| Joyce announced that court was open.
Prisoner Pale aud HaEgard.
Although pale and wearing a look OF
! almost extreme exhaustion on her face
/ Mrs. Bradley was more at ease than
when she appeared in court Monday.
! During the entire day she spoke TO her
I counsel not more than three times. and
these briefly. Each time her remarks
were with reference to a juror whose ex-
animation had been completed, and once
when she leaned forward and spoke 10
| Mr.. Hoover, he peremptorily challenged
| the talesmen under consideration. Ac-
| cording> to lawyers. she made fewer sug-
gestions and took less interest in the Jury
than any one Oh trial for a capital offense
/ in Washington in long time.
The proceedings opened by District At
torney Baker announcing that. to save
| time, the government would make p state
ment Of the offense for which Mrs. Brad
| ley was on trial in, order to prevent repe-
| titiOn TO each juryman. Assistant Dis
| trict Attorney Turner then stated briefly
| that Mrs Bradley was indicted for muir
| der, first degree; that on December S
| 1896. she shot Arthur NJ Brown, Of Salt
/ Lake, inflicting a wound that caused
| Browns death on December 13. If found
! guilty. Mr. Turner said. the penalty was
| death by hanging.
Mr.. Feeney was the first talesman called
After answering the usual questions as
to whether he had conscientious scrupIes
/ against capital punishment, even If the
! defendant was a woman. to which he
answered he had not Mr.. Baker asked
him:
/ do you believe in the right of any
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