The Washington herald., 1907-11-16

terday's proceedings in Criminal Court
No. l. where Annie VI. Bradley is on
trial for her life. charged with the murder
OF Senator Brown, OF Utah
Witnesses from Salt Lake placed or. the
stand by the government told Of the re-
lations Of the dead man with Mrs. Brad
ley. and one, a night watchman. testified
that she came to Browns residence in
salt Lake City on TWO occasions after
dark less than two weeks before their
last meeting in the Raleigh Hotel. and on
one Of these occasions she stationed her
self at the front entrance and drew from
her bosom a pistol and concealed it in
her muf
On the other occasion. she slid down q
Wall AT the back Of the house and at
tempted 10 reach a window and ascertain
If Brown was within. On this visit she
carried a handbag.
Another salt Lake witness told Of hav-
ing met Mrs. Bradley on the street dur
/ ing the summer Of 1906 about six months
preceding the shooting, and that she then
threatened 10 kill Brown unless he ac-
kuowledged the paternity of the children
and agreed to take care Of them This
witness also said that Mrs. Bradley
sPurned money that Brown offered her
Jurors in Tears.
/ Attorney Hoover made the opening
/ statement for the defense. and before NJ
/ had finished three Of the jurors were in
/ tears. The statement was delivered amid
/ death-like silence. and IL spoke volumes
Of what the fran little creature before
\ the bar had suffered.
/ Women in the courtroom who heard It
I turned pale. and as Mr.. Hoover. IN a
clear. even voice. stated that the defense
would show by sworn testimony tba-
BioHu had. b. his persistent attentions.
enSnared AIRS. Bradley when she was
1 nothing but q girl living apaTs 'from a
husband who neglected her. had per
formed criminal operations upon her. had
induced her 70 secure a divorce. stating
that he would marry her. had refused 10
marry her. and. lastly. had offered her a
/ paitry sum OF money as an ilduCement
for her 10 leave him for good, impress
sicas were formed IN many minds THAI
4 can never b. removed
Throughout II all the little prisoner sat
with bowed head and a crushed spirit.
and when IL was all over she was whittier
than she has every Vet appeared in the
/ courtroom It was said last night that
she may De- placed on the stand to tell
her story with har own lips.
Defense states Intentions.
/ When court convened after recess. and
Mrs Bradley had taken her seat. Blr
! Hoover began the opening statement for
/ the defense Ar Hoover said. fra part
Gentlemen OF the jury: A. this time
I IL becomes proper for counsel for the de
/ fendant 10 outline 10 YOU the character
Of the defense which VIII be introduced
10 meet the case which has been pre-
I sented here by the government: and
viii endeavor 10 state 10 you as briefly
as possible what viii be the nature and
I character Of the testimony which will be
adduced on the part of the defendant so
I that. as We proceed. YOU viii have in
mind AZ the outset the end which is
I sought 10 De arrived at. and the bearing
which the various pieces Of evidence will
I have upon that point
| In the first place. il may he proper for
Z ne 20 say 10 ycu that we viii show that
! the defendant in this case is now thirty
/ five years old. that she was born in Kan
/ sas CITY Mo and that her early child
/ hood was spent there and I'm Denver
! Colo
Received Blow on Head
we VIII show you that when she was
! q girl five years old she received a blow
! upon her head. being struck by a hoe I'm
/ the hands of another child. that the
\ blow was struck about the center Of the
/ head. and that il inflicted an injury OF
1 such character that it became necessary
\ for q surgeon 10 be called in order %
! stitch the wound. and that thereafter she
/ suffered from the effects Of that injury.
| and il manifested itself in the fact that
/ she was troubled constantly With head
! aches.
we viii show that. as she pro-
/ ceeded along through childhood and into
\ wOmanhOod she was woman of cheer
/ ful dispOsition-thdt she was lively and
I vivaciOus. We VIII show you that she
married a man 10y the name of Clarence
/ Bradley about the 10th day OF September,
1888
] We Will show YOU that. while she was
1 living in Denver she went on a visit 90 her
I aunt WHO NNFu IN SdlL Lake NlLL. lOdL
\ she had an uncle who lived in that city
/ who was the superintendent OF the water
I works there; that his name was William
/ II. Ryan; that after she went to Salt
/ Lake and took up ner residence there she
| was employed as a clerk in the Office OF
/ her uncle.
/ We will show. aS / stated a moment
| ago that she was married in 1898 10 Clar-
ence Bradley We VIII show that as a
result OF that marriage she had two chill
dren. one child boy. Matthew Bradley.
I born in 1894 and Eirl. Martha Bradley.
/ born about l>s5- We viii show that her
/ married lile was very unhappy. and thx-
\ her husband was not dutifuI TO her.
] In lSs2 this defendant was introduced
/ 60 tae deceased by her uncle. At that
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