The Washington herald., 1907-12-01

preached her with his proposals, and that
she fought him off. until finally because
OF his logged persistence and his pro-
testations of love and his statement that
he was unhappy with his wife. Mr. Tur-
ner said:
I tell you there has never been
libertine braZen enough 10 whisper those
words in any mothers ears unless he
had before seen something in that moth
er's eye. And yet this woman says that
this man came 10 her when she had her
own home and was already the mother
OF two children with such a proposition
II the love Of her two Legitimate chill
dren drove her mad, what of the love Of
her two legitimate children whom she
shamed when she entered into these re-
lations?'
Mr. Turner read to the jury the scraps
Of paper found in Mrs. Bradley's room
AT the hotel following the shooting, in
which she referred TO letters written by
Mrs. Annie Adams. and asked that they
be kept and publish them II there is
need for defense on account of rash
ness" and said that .-she wrote the
headlines Of her defense OF insanity be-
fore she took the pistol into the room OF
Senator Brown"
During the course OF his remarksi
Mr. Turner referred TO the testimony
given by DR.. Britton d. Evans one OF
the alienists for the defense. as stump
speech,
Mr.. Wells Begins Argument.
When Mr.. Turner had completed his
argument, Attorney Robert NJ. Wells be-
gan the opening statement for the de-
Tense. Mr. Wells had not proceeded for
more than two or three minutes before
he drew from the District attorney an
objection. the latter Directing to a state
ment by Mr. Wells that the jury had
world to tears
Answering Mr. Turner'S statement that
Mrs- Bradley had come 20 Washington
TO XIII Arthur Brown. Mr. Wells said:
Gentlemen OF the jury. Mrs. Bradley
did not come 20 Washington prepared 10
make the defense of insanity. and no
man on this jury believes such a Wild
statement as that Why. il Mrs. Brad
! ley ad desired to kill Arthur Brown,
and wanted In her great intellectually
to plan murder and 70 escape unpUn-
| ished, how many thousand times did she
have that opportunity
The law In this case" said 8fr. Wells,
IS simple. pam, ana very easily cOmpre-
nended. You gentlemen when you went
into the jury box very frankly stated TO
the court and 10 all OF us that IL you had
q reasonable doubt Of the guilt or limo
cence Of the accused. you would resolve
that doubt in favor OF the defendant
Proceeding upon that theory ard going
upon that fact. which must be lodged IN
your minds, we have presented a case
which goes beyond a reasonable doubt
We have almost proven beyond a reason
able doubt. which Il does not rest upon
US 10 do, that Mrs. Bradley was mentally
/ deranged. unh:nged. unsOund. and unbal-
anced when she killed the thing she
loved"
Mr.. Wells reviewed the testimony OF
Col. NJ. NJ. Kaighn. Assistant Attorney
General Arthur Barnes. and others who
testified that in the course Of converse
tons with them Mrs. Bradley had acted
In such a manner as 10 lead them 20 be-
lievc that she was unbalanced. He also
referred to the story which Mrs. Bradley
related on the stand and which was cor
roborated not only by Col Kaighn and
Mr. Barnes, but by Judge Henderson.
Browns law partner, and others OF salt
Lake CITY