The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-19
Attorney is Trying to Prove
That She Was Justified
in KILLING SEN. BROWN
Her Side et Story Is Bsgun-wisnsssss
Are Called 10 Tell q Hef Men
al coaaisioa At the Time
Of tie Tragedy.

washington. Nov, ip.-That the De
Tense 81 Mn. Annis bradley. charged
vlsh the murder 81 former senator Ar.
thur brown II Utah. Is 10 BE- insanity
and Justification was made plainly evi.
dent yesterday uAsn the hrat witness
Ia bar behalf VAS called. Her attorneys
laid particular stress On her mentsi
condition Immediately after the tragedy
aud also brought out II al possible
points her relations With the sietlm.
JAMES Hay, : reporter, who interview
sd Mr. Bradley &c the first precinct po-
ice station On the night 81 the tragedy.
vac the frat witness Of the day. The
defendant, be said. then appeared pale.
hsexard, and very much adtated She
was constantly moving about the room
At The station, wfiuging her hands. aud
remarked that che teit she ~was lsr
away from everything
he had cautioned Der that anything
she said would b. printci. She DID not
talk eonncete4iy and he had 70 question
her repeatedly. She told him that she
had tWo children and that Senator
Brown was their father. She denied she
came to this city to kill Brown. She
declared she was dixuaeed woman.
ruined and an outeast, and therefore
should net expect q have any friends o
any help Once during the interview
she turned 70 the police mAtron. called
attention 70 some noise IN another part
81 the station. and told the matron she
would 90 made Il the noise wasn't stop
ped.
did you form any opinion Of her men
tai condition. asked Judge Powers for
the defense.
Il couldn't say whether she was sane
OF insane. She evidently, however, was
IN 4 pretty bad fix
rDid y0a suspect that she was In.
sanef" asked District Attorney Baker.
"Yes. bad my suspicion, but ! could
not say whether she was sane or in
sane"
Charles A. CotterilI Of the Associated
Press, who interviewed Mrs. Bradley inn
Inediately after the tragedy, testified
That TIE prisoner seemed unable TO cot
lect her thoughts. She told him she ar
rived here from Salt Lake practically
penniless. She did not volunteer any
thing. merely answering questions.
Asked b. the defense il there was any
thing peculiar about her eyes, witness
stated that be observed that she had
vacant stare.
Mr.. CotterilI testified that he asked
Mrs. Bradley II she had just before the
tragedy asked former Senator Brown 20
marry her. She replied that she had,
but that Browns only answer was to
Immediately put on bis overeoat and
start to 70 out Of The room. Mrs. Brad
fey told witness that she abhored acts
Of this kind. meaning the shooting, but
in this case, she believed, II was justified.
The witness testified that he did not
think Mrs. Bradley was insane.
Sergeant Harry Lehman. ii charge %
the police when Mrs. Bradley was
brought there after her arrest, testified
that she talked in a rambling manner.
She was very anxious to know Senator
Browns condition.
Witness stated Mrs Bradley told him
she did not intend 10 shoot Brown that
she loved the ground be walked on. She
discussed her relations with Brown, said
1HhE hHE NAH lAt AtMAAAsA w fAtAAt HAt
that he was the father Of her two cb3l
dren. and she wanted him to make her
his wife. lie did not then form an
opinion as to her sanity.
She was nervous and excited. be said,
and realized she had killed Brown, She
didn't seem to him to be insane.
Policeman Enmert, who accompanied
Mrs. Bradley from the hotel to The po
lice station, said that at the hotel she
seemed bewildered and had stare.
look.o but afterward at the station ap
peafed rational and collected.
aAe expressed the opinion that Mrs.
Bradley was sane, though the court per
nnitted the noting of exceptions 70 this
testimony.
Dr. TIL M. Whitney Of Salt Lake City
testified that he attended Mrs. Bradley
when her two children were born, and
treated her at other times, but was not
permitted to tell who accompanied her
Ia his Office. He described case of
blood poisoning for which be had treated
her. and said that such j case would af
feet her whole system, including the
brain. and, like Ill poisoning, must
leave some permanent injury TO the sys-
tenn.