The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-06
MRS. BRADLEY MOT GUILTY.
Woman Will Return to Salk Lake
City, Where She Says Everyone
Knows Both Sides Of the
!; Tragedy Of Her Life.

" Tragedy Of Her Life.
Washington, Dec. 3.-Mrs. Annie
N. Bradley free!
This is the meaning OF the verdict
Of "Not Guilty" just returned by
the IL men who for days have listen
ed in the jury box to the pitiful story
of her relations with any Staying of
former Senator Arthur Brown, Of
Utah.
Almost year to the day from the
moment she walked into the Raleigh
hotel, December Sth last, and the
tragedy was enacted, she brcaths
once more the air Of freedom, Of vim
dication and comparative happiness.
She has been discharged by the court,
there being no charge against ner
aad she is told to go and "sin 10
more.' The moment was one for
which she has longed for Il year; it
is one she will remember to eternity,
for il holds her before the world as
d blamcless for the deed committed in
desperation when, after years Of
pleading, the man who wronged her
family refused to give a name to her
helpless children.
An Impressive Scene.
Never has there been in a WASH
ington court room 4 scene to equal
that attending the returning Of this
verdict Never. perhaps, has any
court Of justice ever furnished an eX-
hibition Of such dramatic intensity,
such graphic heart interest, so repletc
with pathos and withal SO happy in
its announcement as that Witnessed
when Annie NJ. Bradley heard the
words that vindicatcd her.
Life or Death.
Slowly. mcfhodically, with eyes set
straight before them. the - lurNmcn
filed in nnd took their seats for the
last time-mcsScngerS Of life OF death
for The prisoner at the bar. taltcr-
ingly, his hand trembling as he rca-
lizcd the import Of its hidden mes
sagc, Foreman Frnry handed TO :hc
clcrl; Of court bit Of paper. Upon
il the words that depended ihr life
.ar the woman---tnc ccntral figure in
Mt brca!hlcss thronS:
YHN'hc stiffness was that Of death.
The spectators. some IN sympathy,
some in morbid curiosity, sat with
baied breath.
Attorneys. accustomed to similar
\ scenes. palcd and turned their faces
EAway from the little prisoner, court
HMtcndants shifted mcasily, and in
Asey nervousness raped for quiet
Wien ,there was aught but quiet.
FUpoi1 the bench sat Justice Stat
{ord, his classic face the emhbodi-
ont of kindness, sympathy, and yet
d " and justice.
A A. Pathetic Picture.
sSsSsS Before him. her form bent, her
%Ssss$,ce pallid, her bosom heavin@, sat
Sfc central figure in one Of the most
ss small dramas ever portrayed upon
|SSs |S 'c's great stage. Tt was as the
ANtagilc figure Of Annie NJ. Bradley.
kbt the woman Of the halcyon days.
ben she charmed with her brilliant
tcllcct and captivatcd with her
kauty--but the Aanie Bradley of
Hay, a woman aged before her time,
drinking, pitiful, dcsolate shadow
Ter former self.
- last, the little acts of court
: Aality were over. Clerk Hawlcn
ed the verdict.
- Not Guilty.
i. y prly, deliberately, but with a
- ar trcmor in his voice he read
~! - prds, "Wc, the jury. find the
. ant, Annie VI. Bradley. not
- % was q stir. 4 hundred SIGNS
{. and thcn for a moment the
Rbrc,thcss silence rciGncd.
Fame semblance of impend-