Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-19
MRS. BRADLEY,
DAZED HEARS
TESTIMONY
Her Face Buried in Her Hands, Slayer
of Senator Brown Sits ImmobiIe.
Delay Follows Prosecu-
tlon,s objection
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1S.-Foundation
was laid today for the plea of the defense
in the trial of Mrs. Anna M. Bradley,
charged with the murder of former United
States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah.
That plea, hereafter made evident, will
be insanity, or, more accurately, mental
irresponSibility of the prisoner at the
time of the tragedy. A doctor today tes-
titled that the cells of her brain are prob
ably abnormal.
AS on previous days of the trial, the
court was thronged with interested spec
tators. Outside there was a steady
downpour of rain. Within, the dramatic
scene being enacted had setting dark
and somber. The prisoner frail and
weak almost to the point of collapse, sat
behind her counsel, manifesting compara-
lively little interest in the proceedings.
Occasionally she exchanged few words
with the attorneys, but only at rare in
tervals. During the afternon she sat
with her face buried in her hands with
out moving. She seemed dazed.
The evidence adduced today tended to
throw light upon Mrs Bradley's condition
at the time of the tragedy. Newspaper
men and physicians occupied the stand
during most of the two sessions of the
court In each instance the newspaper
men testified that at the time they saw
Mrs. Bradley shortly after the shooting.
she was greatly agitated, and two of
them declared she was wild and haggard
looking Physicians who knew her be-
fore the murder and who subsequently
examined and treated her, testified that
her physical condition was such as likely
to produce mental alteration, or at least
irresponsibility for her action.
Mrs. Bradley's aged mother, Mrs. M. e.
Madison, told of an accident which her
daughter had sustained when she was a
small girl. One OF her playmates acci-
dentally struck her upon the head with a
hoe. She was i'll for several weeks and
Mrs. Madison testified that subsequently
she suffered greatly from severe head
aches.
The last witness of the day.. Colonel M.
NJ Kaighn, a lawyer of Salt Lake, testi-
fled that Mrs. Bradley visited him at his
office in Salt Lake City and told him that
she must talk to somebody or she would
go crazy, and that she wanted to talk to
him because he was friend of Arthur
Brown.
Objection being made to the line Of tes-
timony being adduced. Justice Stafford
held a prolonged conference with the
attorneys of both sides, at the conclusion
of which he directed an adjournment of
the case until tomorrow Meantime an
understanding was reached that some
change would be made by counsel for
the defense in the order which they will
follow in presenting their case
The defense today sought to show that
the defendant was insane at the time she
shot the former senator. but while there
was ample evidence of an excited frame
or mind, rambling talk and denial of
coming to Washington with the intention
OF shooting and suspicion on the part
OF one of the witnesses that she was in
sane. there was no direct opinion ex-
PRESSED that she was insane at the time
the deed was committed.
James Hay, reporter who interviewed
Mrs. Bradley at the police station on the
night of the tragedy. declared she APP
peared pale, haggard and agitated. She
was constantly moving about the room
at the station, wrung her hands and re-
marked she felt she was far away from
everything"
Ibid you suspect that she was insane?'
asked District Attorney Baker,
Yes, ! had my suspicion, but could
not say whether she was insane"