Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-14
JURY FOR BRADLEY
TRIAL Is SECURED.
Case is Begun After Tedious
Delays in Getting Accept
able Jurymen
GOVERNMENTS CASE PRESENTED
Mrs. Bradley is visibIy Affected by
Arraisnment Of District Attorney
Turner-First Witness Examined
She Heard Shots and Cries for Help
Coming From Browns Room.

washington, Nov. 14.--The jury in
the Bradley case was completed at
11:15, and Assistant District attorney
Turner Immediately began the presen-
tation of the case for the government.
Fe first read the Indictment, and then
in direct language, he detailed the
facts of the tragedy which resulted In
the death of former United States
Senator Brown.
He told how Mrs. Bradley had gone
to the hotel, registered as Browns
Wife and how she had sought him out
al this room. Upon the second visit
she had fired two shots which. five
ds.ys afterwards, sent the man to his
grave, and of the two chambermaids
end proprietor of the hotel entering
The room after hearing the shots fired,
snd findingSthe wounded man lying on
the floor.
Tells Of Accusation.
The hotel proprietor asked who shot
him and he replied by pointing to Mrs.
there" Brown was then asked if she
vas his wife and both he and Mrs.
Eradley replied in the negative, she
adding that while she was not his
wife. he was the father of her child
len.
Turner said It would be shown also
that Mrs. Bradley had said that her
oct was deliberate, .'If,' he said in con-
clusion, "the government succeeds in
proving these things, and If you believe
1t was deliberate murder. we think it
would be your duty to return verdict
Of guilty as indicted"
Mrs. Bradley visibly Affected.
Mrs. Bradley was visibly affected
as the recital proceeded. She closed
her eyes, but did not approach breal.-
ing down.
The first witness was David T. Nell
sen, the clerk on duty when Mrs. Brad
ley went to the hotel December Sth
last, and asked for Mr.. A. Brown, say
ine she was Mrs. Brown. His testi-
nlony contained little information be-
yend the fact that he had given Mrs.
Yradley "a separate room from that oc-
Scupied by Brown.
Chambermaid Hears Shots.
Josephine Kidwell, a chambermafd Of
the hotel, told Of two visits Of Mrs.
Bradley to Senator Browns room. She
said Mrs. Bradley first came to the
room about 9 o'clock in the morning.
Finding the senator out she had taken
seat and remained a few minutes.
About 2:30 of the same day while oc-
cupied in an adjoining room Miss Kid
well heard two shots, distinguished a
male voice erying Help! Help" Upon
sntering Browns room she saw Brown
lying on the floor and Mrs. Bradley
standing near him.
Mrs. Bradley Breaks Down.
s. On cross examination Hoover
brought out the more detailed state
3Lnert of the occurrences in connection
with the tragedy than Miss Kidwell
had hitherto given and he required her
To illustrate by tapping with a mallet
on the desk the time between the two
shots. The incident seemed to touch
Mrs. Bradley deeply. Her frame shook
with emotion and she wept bitterly
Edward Cruitt, the elevator man at
on the floor after the shooting and the
ls.tter's making an appeal to him to get
help for him.
He said Mrs. Bradley was standing
by the bed. Edward A. Parker, a
btllman Of the hotel. said Mrs. Brad
ley was standing at Browns feet when
ht entered, and that Brown had ap-
pc aled to him to stay with him. Later
when the hotel manager entered,
Brown expressed the fear that Mrs.
BRADLEY would shoot him again, but
she replied she had nothing to shoot
aim with. Parker said he took the
pistol from the dresser, and when the
weapon was handed him for identifica-
.ic,n, Mrs Bradley again hid her eyes
and shuddered.
Tells Story Of Shooting.
Manager T. j. Tally, of the hotel,
his oft-told story of the kill
ing of Brown. In response to a ques-
ticn from Hoover as to Mrs. Bradley's
condition at the time, Tally said: Her
expression was that of extreme pity,
lnlxed with slight tinge for ven
condition" He added that as Brown
was being taken out of the hotel to
a hospital he had adm onished them
Not to let that woman escape"
Securing Jurymen Tedious.
Mrs. Bradley again accompanied her
mother, but, as on yesterday, the two
sat apart, the elder lady taking seat
ten or twelve feet distant from the
younger.
The proceedings in securing the
jury was resumed as soon as Judge
Stanford took his seat. 1t proved even
mere tedious than on yesterday, be-
cause one after another of the tailsmea
indicated such bias that but one of the
first fourteen could be accepted Some
of them had formed an opinion upon
reading the account of the shooting
of Senator Brown. ALI of those who so
expressed themselves stated their con-
victions were so strong as to constitute
! fixed prejudice.
Oppose Capital Punishment.
Others based their objection to sit
y