Omaha daily bee., 1907-11-30
WOMAN SANE, SAY EXPERTS
Alienistt for Government Testify as to
Mrs. Brsdley's Mind.
THREATS PARTIALLY EXPLAINED
DIR. utter Understood Her Not to In
tend to shoot Drown Her
self on His Refusal 20
Marry.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2s.-Two
government experts testified today in the
trial Of Mrs. Annie NJ. Bradley, charged
With having killed ex-senator Brown OF
Utah last December. They we're Edward
NJ Brush of Baltimore and Dr. Smith Ely
Jelliffe Of New York
Dr. Brush testified that Mrs. Bradley
was sane when she shot Senator Brown.
He said he could find nothing in her fam
lily history, her acts or her physical or
mental condition to suggest that she was
insane at that time.
Dr. Jellifre declared the defendant was
able at the time she shot Brown to choose
between right and wrong and was can
scious Of her act. Rev. DR.. David II.
Utter, Mrs Bradley's pastor. who has been
referred to In the testimony as "the
priest" testified concerning conversations
he had with the defendant in Salt Lake
when she told him that Senator Brown
would marry her II he faced pistol, but
she did not say she would shoot him; she
spoke as If somebody else would force him
to marry her
The government rested it's case at 2:03
p. m, following which the defense an
nounced that It had three witnesses ready
to testify In sur-rebuttal. The defense
rested at 2:14 p. m.
Justice Stafford announced that the case
would 60 to the jury Monday. Arguments
will be begun tomorrow.
Government Asks Instructions.
District Attorney Baker submitted TO the
court the governments prayers in the case,
saying that they did not cover the case Of
murder in the first or second degree. that
point being left for the instruction Of the
court. The prayers were not read.
Rev. David H. Utter. pastor OF the Uni
tartan church OF Denver, Colo, formerly
of Salt Lake City, who performed the
marriage ceremony between Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradley took the stand. Following long
! conference between counsel and the court
| counsel retired from the room for q fur
| ther conference, after which DR.. Utter
/ testified that during a conversation with
! Mrs. Bradley he expressed to her his be-
LIEF that Brown would not marry her He
| urged her TO give up her idea Of marrying
| Brown She replied: when it comes to a
test and the gun is pointed at him, Brown
will accede."
! DR. Utter said that during q conversation
with Mrs. Bradley in 1905 he expressed the
| opinion that Brown would not marry her
and he said that Mrs. Bradley declared
she would force him to do so. Mrs. Brad-
ley did not say she would shoot Brown
| herself, and the witness got the impress
sion that in order to justify the children
either Mrs. Bradley's brother, father or
somebody else would do Brown bodily
harm. Mrs. Bradley's reputation for peace
and good order he testified was good.
! After leaving the stand DR.. Utter took a
seat beside Mrs. Bradley and comforted
! her. They freely conversed. Mrs. Bradley
often smiling at something he said.
Woman sune ut Shooting.
DR.. Edward s. Brush of Baltimore, a
government expert, declared that in his
/ opinion when Mrs. Bradley shot Brown she
! was perfectly sane The torn letters Of
Mrs. Bradley found in the room in the hotel
! where the shooting occurred and which
/ were pasted together, DR., Brush said, dis
! closed no inferences of insanity. The whole
j of the circumstances leading up TO the
| shooting and the occurrences afterwards,
! DR.. Brush said, were not consistent with
! insanity. DIR. Brush admitted that puer-
! peral insanity was we'll known in medical
science, but said It was rapidly disappear
ing because of the introduction of aseptic
methods Mrs. Bradley's case, he said.
presented no symptoms OF puerperal in
| sanity nor any of the symptoms of gen.
! eral infection that had been testified to.
| DR.. Brush further testified that had an
! illegal operation been performed on Mrs.
/ Bradley one week before the shooting the
! symptoms would have manifested them
! selves. on the contrary, he said she was
/ up and around and very active and that
| II such an operation had been performed
! she had gotten along remarkably we'll The
physicians Wednesday testified that there
! were present none Of the symptoms Of an
! Illegal operation when they examined Mrs.
/ Bradley two days after the shooting.
Nothing in HeredIty.
Dr. Brush said he could not see any con-
| nection between the insanity OF Mrs. Brad
! leys two aunts and that claimed to exist
! IN Mrs. Bradley. On cross-examination DR..
Brush admitted that no did not volunteer
as a witness. but was sent for by the dis
! trict attorney and expected pay for his
! time and services. He denied coming to
Washington to aid the government all he
! could but said he came to get an honest
| opinion as to the status Of this woman"
! His testimony he said. would have been
the same. no matter who called him.
DR.. Smith Ely Jelline Of New York,
another government expert, was the next
| witness called
Angered at a man in the audience for
getting up and craning his neck Justice
Stafford rebuked him and ordered expelled
| from the room any person who repeated
the offense, saying This is not a show,
nor IL II a theater."
! District Attorney Baker propounded a
long hypothetical question 10 Dr. Jelline
covering various threats alleged to have
been made by Mrs. Bradley toward SEN
ator Brown and her movements and acts
up to the time the shot was fired.
! At It's conclusion Dr. Jeiffe said that at
/ the time Of the shooting OF Senator Brown.
Mrs. Brady, IN hts opinion, was sane.
/ DIT. Jellhe testified that Mrs, Bradley
had neither puerpural nor toxic insanity
when she shot Brown.
The government rested its case and the
defense finished sur-rebuttal by 2:l4 p. m