The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-28
Prosecution Attacks In
sanity Plea With Re
blltt;ll Evidence.
STORMY SCENE 4,
WHEN WOMEN MET
Mrs. Brown Attacked Mrs. Brad
Icy, Who Called Mr.. Brown
to Protect Her from His
Wife ~ Brown Dis
owned Ills Own
Son.

1sl + i Va i
( WAS1llNGTON. = d. 3C.. November 27.z
to-day the testimony Of
fered in the trial of Mrs. Anna III.
Bradley. charged with having SHOT md
killed former Senator Brown. of Utah.S
In this city last Dccembsr, was most Z
damaging to the defendant. Tlicre
were many witnesses who had seen
her shortly after the shooting, and
others who had attended her while SHE
was in jail here. but none of them had
at any time doubted her sanity. III
These witnesses had been called by
the government In rebuttal. They tn-
Guided practically every one who had
come in contact with Mrs. Bradley al
ter the shooting of Senator Brown. At
at the hotel. where the shoot
Ing occurred, officials at the police sta
tion and at the house of detention, In
which she wass at first confined. news
paper men, doctors and attendants at
the jail declared their belief that size
was rational In manner and coherent
In language when they saw and talked
to her.
Several other witnesses. who had
talked with her in Salt Lake and clse-
where prior to the shooting, gave evil
dence to the same effect.
Dramatic Feature OF Day.
a dramatic feature of the day was
the description by Soren s. Christen. y.
son. of Salt Lake. of an encounter be-
tween Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Brown al
n hotel in Pocatcllo, Idaho. In the sum-
mer. of 1906. On that occasion Mrs.
Brown discovered AIrs. Bradley in tha
hotel with Senator Brown, and at
lacking her. attempted to choke her
aud asked to be allowed to kill her.
The Senator came to her rescue, and
then fIlp entire nn ~ Inn Ity,er n.
witness, had an all-night discussion OF
the difficulty, during which Brown.
turning fierccly upon his wife. denied
that he was the father of her son,
Max Brown, and at the same time ad :
mitteI that ahe wss the IA ther. .oca two
of Mrs. Brad ~ children. An out
hurst of dcnunciation by Mrs. BrowIi
of her husband aud Mrs. Bradley foI-
lowed. after which the Senator anil
the defendant went to another hotel.
where they called for drinks.
The witness gave graphic descrfp-
ton OF the meeting Of Mrs. Brown and
Mrs. Bradley at the liotel in Pocatello.
Ite said Mrs. Brown told Mrs. Bradley
she wanted to say something to llers
Mrs. Brown advanced toward Mrs.
Bradley and took her by the throat
and she seemed MS II she We're going
to do her violence. They separated a
moment, and then Mrs Brown again
took hold of Mrs. Bradley. Mrs. Brown
said: Let me kill herr
Came to His Darling.
Mr.. Brown was in a room about sfx
feet away, and Mrs. Bradley called to
him: Come here, Mr.. Brown: they are
trying to kill your darling" She
rushed to Mr.. Browns door and asked Z
to be let In. The door was opened
and Mr.. Brown came out. They all
went into small room and sat down
and had a conversation lasting several
hours. "At the end of the converse.
tion," said the witness. Mr.. Brown de-
MED that he was the father of MaN
Brown, and said he was the father OF
two of Mrs. Bradley's children."
Mrs. Brown turned to Senator Brown
and. pointing to Mrs. Bradley, said
you low vile degenerate. Think OF
a man who would deny his own son
and admit he is the father OF your
children" There We're suggestions
Brown said she would grant divorces
ifGthe Senator would deed the farm IN
Idaho andi the house on Brigham Street
to Max Brown. Keeping the rest oe
his property. The Senator said lie
would not do that, as he would not
have enough money left to pay Ills
debts. She then said lie could keep
the farm and the house and deed the
rest Of his property to Max, hut fa
.versation Mrs. Brown told the Senator
he could go, but that she never want
ed to see him come back.
After leaving the hotel at sPocatellO,s
where this meeting took place, Browns
Mrs. Bradley and tho witness went out
and to another hotel. where the Sem
tor and Mrs. Bradley had a cocktail or
two.
Mrs. bradley Was Calm. sssss
'sWhat was Mrs. Bradley's den,eanor
on this occasion?'' asked the assistant
district attorney.
Same as I have always seen her
calnl.'' The witness said that In all
his acquaintance With Mrs. bradley, {
sho appeared to him perfectly sane
Y A new phase of the testimony to-day
was the; admission of Archibald Lty.H
ingston. the Senator's stenorGrapher,
that he had often told falsehoods ts
Mrs. Bradley in order to quiet her and
avoid trouble for either the Senator
or himself. l
Justice Stafford rcbuked a couple Df
spectators,a a man and a woman, III the
who brought With hem q
young girl OF about eleven years %
age. B-3 g lg s .ss
When tho justice saw the cEild, he 4
stopped the proceedings and ordered /;
an attendant to escort the couple and n
the child from the conrtroonl
AS tho day Wore on Mrs. Brad 10y i
appeared to feel the fatigue OF hot
long trial 1t was With more eftort
than usual that she gave attention ~ n
the statements OF witnesses. She closed
her eyes for several minutes, leaning 4
her head on her right hand. VA ssss
h 1t was expected that all the tcstt-Ss
smony In tho case would be In to-daX,S
but at the last moment the district al ~
torney suhpoenaed additional Witnesses N
In rehutal. Another witness " row Il
on his way here from Utah to stesttfy &
for the government. IT Ia now almost
IA certainty that the testimony Will Ne Il Il
concluded Friday. To which dan me NJ
.rnnrt aflinl,rned atMtha close nk toe