The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-03
Mrs. Bradley" Shot the
Thing She Loved"
AND A WOMAN SOBS
\ Day OF Powerful and Scathjnp .d.
dresses by Eloquent LAWYERS
III Hours of Argument To-
morrow Defendant Col

(By the Associated Press.l

Washington, d. G. Nov. 3O.-Flo-
quent lawyers today made effective
addresses before the jury in the case
Of Mrse. Anne NJ. Bradley on trial for
the shooting and killing of former
Senator Arthur NJ. Brown. of Utah. in
this city last December.
There was a large gathering in
Judge Slafford's court room. and ali
were eager listeners to the
for and against the defendant. Assis-
tant District Attorney Turner opened
the final proceedings with q careful
review e the testimony, anaIy2ing in
a masterful manner many conflicting
statements. He frequently grew elo-
quent and evidently affected the de-
PENDANT b. his powerful review Of the
case He was followed by Robert
Wells, OF counsel for the defendant,
who concluded his imprisoned adj
dress by declaring that Arthur Brown
himself was responsible for the fatal
shot as it was his acts that had fired
the over wrought brain Of the de-
PENDANT and brought on his own de-
structf0n
Court then tool a resess until Mon
day morning. when four more hours
Will be devoted to arguments, at the
conclusion of which and the Judges
charge The case viii be given to the
jury.
Mrs. Bradley collapsed under the
strain under which she has suffered
since her trial began and when she
reached her room in the lower CORR
dor of the court house at the end OF
session today it was necessary for
attendants to administer restoratives
1t was sometime before she was able
to return TO the Jail.
While Mr.. Turner was describing the
scene of the killing of Senator Brown
an a~ttanEt3n nj 6p1ivarad To the lict~jot
attorney a small package containing
the pistol that had been used by Mrs.
Bradley. The defendant evidently
recognized the weapon as it was I'M
near the speaker. She lowered her
head and her frame vas shaken with
~convu1sive sobbing. Closing her .yes
she remained as if in a stupor, only
occasionally looking toward the jury
and watching their faces.
The ATTORNEY insisted that the Jury
should cast aside all sentiment and
treat the case exactly as if a man had
done the shooting.
He exhibited the defendants pistol
to the jury together with the hand
bag in which it had been carried from
salt Lake City until Senator Brown
was shot.
. He reviewed the evidence of irsan-
ity and declared that only the most
trivial incidents could be cited to justi-
fy sUch a theory. He insisted that
tn jury should discard all thought of
tn mistreatments h had received
from senator Brown. as it could nave
nothing to do with their decision.
Mr.. Turner strongly appealed to the
emotions Of the jury. He declared
that Mrs. Brown was an outraged Wo-
man. and that Clarence bradley was
not Il very bad husband and Mrs. Brad
ley should not ave heen unhappy with
him. The case. he said, was worse
than q Sc&ndal and a stencil. 1t was a
pretty dangerous woman that thinks
a man who IS not her husband nor
sacred than does his wife. He did
not care whether she was brilliant or
moi. when We take Gods law into
our own hand he said, I'VE become
pretty dangerous creatures
He recalled Mrs. Bradley's efforts
to induce Senator Brown 10 SECURE a
divorce from his wife at a time When
the wife was stricken with cancer and
said that that act involved cruelty
even greater than that shown IN the
shooting OF Mr.. Brown.
He ridiculed the idea that Defend
art had had sepsis. "Sepsis,' he said.
sets the blood boiling and sets the
pulse TO beating. Why even a horse
doctor could have told if she had
seDsis." He continued to ridicule the
testimony that she suffered from toxic
insanity. Mr.. Turner concluded his
argument shortly after II o'clock and
was at once followed by Mr.. Robert
Wells. >of counsel for the defense.
Mir. Wells spoke with great force
and at cnce tool up the plea Of in
sanity. saying hat if Mrs. Bradley
had been sane and wished to Kill Ar
thur Brown she had thousands of op-
portunities to accomplish that pur-
pose and cover up her crime.
"When she shot Arthur Brown she
sho the thing she loved, declared the
attorney in tragic tone, "ar& she still
loves him today" The defendant was
so greatly overcome that Judge Pow
ers. of her counsel, moved his chair to
ner side to save her from falling for
ward.
Mr.. Wells concluded his address
with quotations from HaWtnornc's
Scarlet Letter" md declared THAI
Arthur Brown himself was as much
responsible for that fatal shot as was
Annie Bradley, because it was he who
had caused to be planted within her
the fatal disease that had resulted in
the Shot.
Whatsoever a man soWeth. that
shall ne also reap" quoted n attor-
ney as he took his Seat.6
The court took a reccss at 1850
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