Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-22
IN SANITY PLEA Is.
HER DEFENSE
FRENZY OVER WRONGS FROM
BROWN AFFECTED HER MIND
CRAZY WHEN SHE KILLED
Prosecution, However, Shows She
Hounded Him at Various Times. and
Places. Possessed Pistol for Long
Time Before Committing Deed.

Washington.-The prosecution rest
ed its case in the trial of Mrs. Annie
NJ. Bradley, charged with the murder
of former United States Senator Ar
thur Brown in this city last winter,
Despite the protest of the defense
that the confession was involuntary;
the court admitted the evidence of
Detective Grant that Mrs. Bradley
told him she had meditated the deed
for a long time and had decided that
if Brown did not do right by her, she
would kill him.
Mrs. Bradley preceded both Judge
Stafford and the jury into the court
room and thus obtained a few mo-
ments of private conversation with
her counsel, Judge Powers, to whom
she seems to turn instinctively in her
emergency. She was again dressed in
black which was relieved only by
tracing of white ruching around the
neck.
The first witness of the day was
Mrs. Marilla ThOrnberg matron at the
police station where Mrs. Bradley was
taken Immediately after the tragedy.
She told of visit to the prisoner by
United States Senator Sutherland,
whose conversation was not heard by
the witness, and also of a visit by
Detective Grant Of the local police
force. She said she had heard the de-
tective tell Mrs. Bradley that any
thing she might say would be used
against her. Mrs. Bradley had free
ly consented to talk and no difficulty
had been experienced by the detective
in procuring a statement from her.
Chief Hartley of the police force
corroborated Mrs. Thornberg's testi-
mony concerning the visit. of Mr..
Grant and his warning, but he said
that Mrs. Bradley had told the de-
tective she did not wish to make a
statement.
Detective Grant was called to the
stand but before he could proceed,
Mr.. Hoover made objection. on the
ground that Mrs. Bradley's statement
to the detective was not voluntary
and therefore not admissible. Judge
Stafford decided, however, that it was
proper and Grant proceeded. He Said:
''Mrs. Bradley told me that She
was a companion Of Mr.. Brown S
that she had lived with him for a
long time, and had children by him. |
asked her how she came to- shoot him
but she would not answer that She
said she had not acted on impulse. but
had thought over the deed for long
time and had made up her mind that
if Mr.. Brown did not do right by her
she was going to kill him.
Policeman Lam also testified that
Mrs. Bradley had told him that she
had the revolver long time and had
brought it with her to Washington.
He said that at the time Mrs. Brad-
ley was very nervous and her face
was distorted.
DR.. Charles S. White, who dressed
Senator Browp s wounds at the emer-
gency hospital, testified that the
wound on the patients hand was pow
der burned This fact was brought
out by the defense, evidently for the
purpose of showing possibility Of
self defense.
Albert HI. Kelly, of Salt Lake, was
introduced for the purpose of showing
premeditation on Mrs. Bradley's part.
He said he had known Mrs. Bradley
for twenty years, and that when he
had met her on a street in Salt Lake
City in June or July, 1906, she had
told him that she was making her own
living by keeping rooming house.
81 asked her if Brown was not put
ting up for her expenses and she re-
piled that he was only paying for
her what he felt like paying. She
said she did not want his money but
wanted Brown himself, and if he did
not acknowledge the parentage of her
second boy she would kill him. I adj
yised her against that course, adding
that the children were sufficiently
handicapped by the fact that she was
the mistress of the man and that she
should not add the crime of murder;
but she persisted, and declared she
would shoot him. Her exact words
were that she would put hole
through him." Kelly said he advised
her to take the money if Brown refus-
ed to keep his contract to marry.