The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-03
NOT GUILTY.
Jury Sitting in Judgment on
Mrs. Bradley's Case
Returned a Verdict of Acquittal
at 1905 This Morning.
WAS OUT ALL NIGHT.
A Demonstration of Applause
Greeted the Announcement.
The Defendant Was Promptly
Discharged From Custody.
ONE MAN HELD OUT.
The Ballot Stood IL to / From
the First Poll.
Odd Juror Stood Out for Some
Form of Punishment.
A Demonstration Of Applause
Greeted the Announcement.
The Defendant Was Promptly
Discharged From Custody.
ONE MAN HELD OUT.
The Ballot Stood IL to From
the First POLL.
Odd Juror Stood Out for Some
Form of Punishment.

Form of Punishment.
Washington, Dec 3-sNot guilty.
was the verdict rendered today by the
jury in the case of Mrs Annie M Brad
ley, charged with the murder of former
United States Senator Arthur M.
Brown of Utah, at a hotel in this city
on December 8, last. Amid the ap-
plause of q crowd that filed the court
room, Mrs. Bradley, with tear dimmed
eyes, was discharged from custody and
trial that has evoked national atten-
ton during the past three weeks was
at an end.
into whose hands the case was deliver
ed by Justice Stafford at 44:17 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon practically stood
at IL to 1 for acquittal until the final
ballot when the lone juror, who was
holding out for some form of punish
ment, Juror julius H. Prigg gave in
and the verdict Of acquittal was agreed
on.
Almost three-quarters of an hour be-
fore the time for the opening of court,
at 10 o'clock the court began to fill
with spectators, the majority of them
women. A few minutes before 10 o'clock
word reached the court room that the
jury was ready to report. AS the judge
entered the crowd stood while the court
crier announced the opening of the
court with the customary God save the
government There was a brief sus
pense, the door opened and the jury
filed in. The room was so quiet that
a pin could have been heard to drop.
All eyes were fastened on the jury and
all necks were craned in that direc-
tiOc.
Justice Stafford admonished those
present to avoid any demonstration.
Meantime the jury waited to deliver its
verdict, Foreman James L. Feeney
nervously clutching in his hand the doc
hot ant co y, 70 1n fr-of
and nerve wracked woman in the pris-
oners chair.
Verdict Announced.
Gentlemen of the jury" asked the
clerk, have you reached verdict?"
I'VE have" answered the foreman.
what is your verdict; is the defend
ant guilty or not guilty?"s Ir
Every person in the court room,
from judge to spectator. almost
breathlessly awaited the answer.
mot guilty" replied the foreman.
and mot guilty" echoed every one of
the jurors.
For a moment in the tenseness of
the excitement, not word could be
heard, then the suspense was over and
a murmuring Thank God" from q
group of women who sat on the front
bench was heard through the court
room and was the signal for demon
stration.
The prisoner, who had arrived at
her cell in the city hall-a dark, i'll
ventilated room directly under the
criminal court-an hour before and
remained there with her eldest son,
Arthur, until just before court con-
vened, sat directly back Of Attorney
Hoover, her counsel. She was dressed
in black and with suppressed excite
ment watched the jury. There were
tears in her eyes, but she bore up
bravely.
immediately after the jury deliver
ed its verdict the court thanked the
jury for the manner in which 1t
had performed its duty and the
pressed to the court and counsel its
thanks for the consideration and
courtesy shown them.
She Is Pleased.
The jury was then discharged and
Mrs. Bradley was released from GUS
tody. She was Immediately surround
ed by men and women from among
the spectators who pressed upon her
their congratulations. She returned
to the cell from which she had como
to hear the verdict and there she re-
ceived a few visitors. She thanked
them for their congratulations and ex-
pressed her relief at the conclusion Of
her trial. Meantime an automobile
a lane of curious spectators |
she was escorted to the car, where. |
Joined by her counsel and several |
woman friends, smiling and bowling to !
the court house The party returned |
shortly afterward but remained out |
side the building only few minutes
and then left for the home of some OF
Mrs. Bradley's friends.
Mrs. Bradley herself had little to |
say. She expressed gratitude over the |
outcome of the trial, which she had |
anticipated and when ask |
ed what plans she had, replied that |
there was very little mapped out. At |
torney George Hoover of her counsel |
said that he felt the verdict was in |
accordance with the law and the evil
dence He began work on the case |
almost a year ago, and the result, he
said, was the elimination that he and |
his associates had expected. He had !
not had at any time, he added, any
fear of the outcome. Judge Powers.
the senior counsel for the defense, left
last night for Salt Lake City.
United States District Attorney
Baker in discussing the verdict said:
Mrs. Bradley was given fair ana
impartial trial. Twelve men on the
Jury have declared her not guilty and
hat ends the case so far as the gov
ernment is concerned"
Mrs. Bradley will leave here shortly
'or Goldfield. Nevada, there to Join
her sister.
The final ballot of the jury was
aiken shortly before midnight.
Story of the Tragedy.
The facts in the complicated domes-
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