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were nut on the stand to Identify GER
tain scraps OF letters alleged 10 nave
baen written By Mrs. Bradley the same
day she slew former Senator Brown.
These letters were In the possession
OF the Government, but Judge Powers
Immediately upon the opening Of court
asked that they be produced. ana II
IS a mater Of conjecture whether tney
viii aid the defense or the Government.
These scraps OF writing, found in the
waste basket In Mrs Bradley's room on
the day of the shooting. mad been
patched up in SO far as possible, ana
read as follows.
"A week ago Sunday and Monday you
could not love me --gh see why
and how - so incOnstant.
Extracts From Others.
Another scrap read:
These letters are from Annie
Adams. Maud Adams mother. Please
take them and use them If you have
win you kindly keep these7 have
written you - j may need them
and IN case there Is need Tor defense OF
any rasnnGss, publish them.
Mrs. Lufkln, - s. IND West lthls mas
a line drawn through III or Mrs Cor
ley would see that they are published.
There was introduced IN evidence as
Bradley exhibits 4 10 IS, inclusive,
number of letters. which were not Te4U,
purporting 10 be the letters from Mrs.
Adams referred TO by Mrs. Bradley IN
the letter which was pasted together.
Judge Powers called attention in his
hypothetical question, III which Ihls
Parliamentary letter was embraced, 10
the fact that Mrs. adams name had
been spelled with Two "Cs
Detective Charles Mullen Identified the
scraps of letters as being similar 10
those given 10 him On the day OF the
shooting. He also identified some very
fine scraps OF writing contained III an
envelope handed him by Attorney
Hoover, which We're not pasted together. /
Policeman Edward l. Phillips testified !
that he pasted the torn portions Of the /
letter together as best ne could ana /
identified those offered in evidence. /
Clerk HOltsClaw, Of the Raleigh, toid
Of finding the scraps in and around the |
WCsIe basket in Mrs. BTadley's room
Immediately after the shooting
Dr.. Barton First Alienist
DR.. William NJ. Barton. professor of |
gyuecology at Georgetown University, |
ana for nTIeen years d practiclng phys /
ician and specialist in nervous diseases, |
was the nTst expert put upon the stand /
by the defense he qualified as 20 his I
medical experience, staung Ihat 1oi /
eight or ten years ne had devoted spe- !
cial attention 10 the subject Of neurOI- /
Ogy and gynecOlogy.
He gave thc names OF eight or ten /
medical societies Of which he was .
member and after otherwise satisfying T!
the court as 10 his Cdpabihty as an eN-
pert witness he was asked by Judge
Powers If IN his fifteen years expert 4
euCe he had come IN contact with any 4
insane persons lie replied that he nad. /
He said that he had come IN contact I
with a number of insanity cases while /
in Chicago connected with the Marine I
Hospital Corps there, and as house 4
physician Tor TWO years OF the CoiuIn-
bian College for Women
O-ATts kgT familiar With the action /
OF sepsis, OF blood poisoning, upon the
nervous system, and how II AFFECTS the l
nerves and DraIn2
Al have always noted and been
impressed with the profound influence
sepsis has upon the nerves and brain /
OF the female.
Has DeleteHous Effect.
DIT. Barton said that he had been pres
ent probably upon 1000 occasions OF
births and began aGoUt eight years ago
10 note particularly the deleterious et- /
sects upUn the brain ami nerves in those l
cases where blood poisoning occurred. 1
He said that sepsIs undoubtedly had a 1
bsI effect upon the brain "a every in I
stance.
Gan you state whether IL is I
CausaJiOu u insanity:
A.-WitHOut doubt
On cases where there was heredi- I
tary insanity, not In the parents, but III
would you consider that fact of value 1
in determining whether a person was |
sane or iusane2
Ayes; IL is not material whether tho |
insanity is direct or collateral.
Q.-WhaJ two agencies are mainly re-
sponsihle for insanity?
A.-Heredity and stress or strain Of
mind.
Q.-Would a blow upon the head in
early childhood have any effect in de-
rf.r-r fri Haf 10 40
not exist and does physician take this
into consideration,
A.-Yes: always.
Q.-What effect would criminal opera
uOns have upon the nervous system /
and mind OF a Womdn4s
Al should think that Il would have
q bad effect upon the mental condition. /
On what way?
An my own experience il has pro-
duced insanity.
Q.-What is the learning Of your pro- /
fessiOn in regard 70 the subject
Al should say that 1t is accept |
ed as true that frequent opera
tsiJns of this kind are sufficient causes !
for insanity where hereditary ante 4
cedeuts have already been laid out, es-
peCially.
At this juncture Judge Powers an |
nOunCCd that he would begin the read /
ing of the hypothetical question and the 4
Government attorneys were allowed to /
make objections as the reading pro-
would not materially affect the ques-
ton. Mrs Bradley in the question was !
at the Government s request. referred to /
as person rather than q patient" /
as originally written by attorneys for |
the defense.
I5,oOo-WOId Question.
The 15.O00-word hypothetical question
which Judge Powers read to the expert
alenists comes near holding a record
for length, being 1900 or 1900 words
longer than that prOpOunded in the
ThaW trial
II was fun summary of all the events
narrated In the testimony of the many
witnesses arranged in orderly and logical
sense. beginning with the remote evil
dences Of insanity in Mrs. Bradley's
family and ending with the shooting of
former Senator Brown
We viii assume the case Of a woman
now thirty-five years Old" IL began,
who at the age of five years was
struck on the head, about two inches
back from the frontal bone. a severe
blow which rendered her unconscious.
confining her to her bed for two or
three weeks. Thereafter she suffered
from headaches until sixteen or seven
teen years OF age, when. after an at
tack OF smallpox and pneumonia COM
bined, the headaches became less fire.
quent
Her grandfather upon the maternal
side was at times insane. Two Of her
aunts upon the maternal side became