Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-28
JURORS IN RESTRAINT
Tried and True" Men in
Bradley Case Detained.
NOT ALLOWED TO GO HOME
Partake of Thanksgiving Dinner at
Downtown Cafe.
SEPARATED FROM FAMILIES
Testimony Of Witnesses Called Late
Yesterday Afternoon-Evidence
May Be Concluded Tomorrow.
SEPARATED FROM FAMILIES

Held under guard for fourteen days. the
festal Thanksgiving season brought no
change of environment to the jury in
the case Of Mrs. Annie NJ Bradley. All
of today the jurors are spending within
the dull precincts of the city hall. Eleven
Of the jurors are married, and in just
that many homes the day will be Thanks
giving in name only, with the husbands
and fathers absent from the places of
honor in front of the respective family
turkeys. The jurymen may not even
exchange the compliments of the season
| with their families, and more or less
earnest wig-wagging, smiles and other
signals passing between the jury box and
members of the audience. are the nearest
any members of the panel have come to
communicating with their families for
two weeks.
When Mrs. Bradley was placed on trial
November IA for the murder of former
Senator Brown it was confidently pre-
dicted that the case would go to the jury
in ample time for verdict on or before
Thanksgiving day, but the sometimes
protracted croSs-eXamination of witnesses
and the production of newly discovered
evidence have sufficed to extend the pro-
ceedings far beyond the allotted time.
Anniversary Of Homicide.
Given few more delays next week and
it might even be that the defendant will
learn her fate on the anniversary of
the day she shot Senator Brown-De-
cember s.
Thanksgiving turkey and stuffin' and
cranberry sauce and other accompani
ments Of the holiday feast were placed
before the Bradley jurors shortly after
noon today in cafe at 7th and G streets.
or a
taken for a walk this afternoon. but if
not their only entertainment will Con-
sist of walks to apd from the cafe for
the three meals of the day.
Most jures are fortunate in having in
cluded in their number at least one men,
Der endowed with ability as an entertain
er, sometimes songster or again an ex-
'cellent story teller, but the Bradley jury is
lacking in that respect, and according to
reports from their room in the north wing
of the city hall the playing of games and
sleeping are the principal diversions.
Quiet Day in Jail.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Bradley had a quiet
Thanksgiving Day in the Jail. She arose
at the usual time and expressed her graf
ifcation that she would be able to have a
day of rest, as the constant attendance
upon the sessions of the court has been
very wearing upon her. Early in the day
the condition of her son, Martin Mont
gomery Brown, who is suffering from an
attack of Group. The boy Is with his
grandmother in a boarding house not far
from the courthouse in which the mother
is being tried.
A rumor has been circulated to the
effect that Mrs. Annie Adams, mother of
Maud Adams, the actress, whose letters
to Senator Brown were read by Mrs.
Bradley just before she shot the Senator,
no witness
against Mrs. Bradley. There is said to be
no intention on the part of any of the
parties in the case to call Mrs. Adams,
as it is not considered necessary to in
volve her in the trial to any greater ex-
tent than has been done. The entire case
hinges on the question of the mental con-
dition of Mrs Bradley. and the jury
will merely be asked to determine whether
at the time of the shooting she was men
tally capable of knowing right from
wrong and Of choosing the right course.
1t is expected that five witnesses will
be present tomorrow to give their testi-
mony Two of them will be the allenists
who have been called by the government
and three will be witnesses who have
some knowledge of Mrs. Bradley and the
shooting affair
Not Regarded as Insane.
81 did not consider her insane he
said in reply to a question.
l.
the District Jail. said when Mrs. Bradley
was received there she was rational and
talked coherently. For two or three weeks
after her arrival at the Jail he saw her
daily.
She was nervous, he declared. but l
thought she was in a normal state.
Opinion Of DR.. Shute.
DR.. D. K. Shute, physician at the jail,
testified that he found Mrs. Bradley tran
quill, composed and rational. He made no
special examination to ascertain her
physical condition. as there was no reason
to suggest the necessity for it. 1t was
month after she reached the Jail that it
was suggested to him that she needed
treatment and then he advised that an
operation be performed on her but 1t
was three or four months before it was
done.
Dr. Shute said he had never found any
evidence that the defendant was insane.