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AIIsDIst Expert Makes Dramatic
Recital Of Mental Condition Of
Accused Woman.
Max BROWN CALLED TO The STAND
San of the Dead Senator, Slender and
Fragile. To,tcred as He Made AIo
Way to the Witness chair-Dr. chas.
Hin Also Declares womnn's Mind
Was Unbalanced.
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Dramatic scenes marked tho proceed.
ings today In the trial OF Mrs Anna
NJ. bradley, charged with having kill.
cd former Senator Arthur NJ. brown
oi Utah, in this city. last December.
Dr. Triton ID. Evans OF New York.
the alienist. who testified In the
ihaw case, declared that Mrs. Brad.
icy was insane when she shot Sena.
Tor brown. but he entered with such
Vigor in defending his opinion and
IN dennnciation of the conduct of tho
dead Senator that Justice Stafford,
reminded the witness that tho lata
senator brown WAS not oil trial and
was not there 10 defend himself, and
admonished him to refer 10 the dead
man only when necessary 10 show tho
effect of his acts upon the mind Of
the defendant.
pr. Evans recital OF the rcasons
Wnich led him 10 reach his conclu.
sien was dramatic in the extreme
he spoke with feeling OF the ut
most sympathy for the defendant. a
death like silence peryaded tho court
ms remarks We're uttered In such n
way az 10 appeal TO the emotions OF
all present.
lie spoke OF the herldity tain, in
ATS Bradiey's family; the blow ON
her mead when child; her attack of
S,iiailpox and pneumonia: her unhappy
me- the domination of Senator brown
over her and finally his complete DO
session of her.
Witness Denounces Brown.
HGfefrtnp N tn,
which Mrs. Bradley had undergone,
DIR. Evans. speaking OF brown said:
And then after all this. that man
BY his own hand destroyed tho child
he had begotten. poisoning th. cir.
criation OF this woman. or introd,,.
eng germs of infection into the BODY
OF the woman be had sworn to love.
protect and care for"
The appearance on tho stand OF
AJAX brown, son OF tho dead Senator.
who was recalled In ,ebuttal was
Affecting ip the extreme Tho Young
man, tall. slender and fragile of phys-
. iqur, tottered as he mado hIs wny 10
, the witness stand.
lie carefully avoided looking toward
The defendant who sat within ten
.eet OF him. When he told OF seeing
ms father and Mira. Bradley In tho
Kitchen OF their home. with lara OF
iIuit they had brought from the eel.
lar nj time when his mothe,. han
tten called away from the city 10
me bedside of her dying sister. the
defendant laughed and lowered her
tend in CONFUSION. But there was
no signs of merriment on tho face
OF the witness. who replied briefly to
an questions put to him and lowered
MS eyes during intervals in the aiyinr
o. his testimony. q
Another Expert Declares Mrs. eraBiev
insane.
DR.. Charles ID. Hill professor of
nervous and mental diseases in the
baltimore Medical college. declaror
that in his opinion Mrs. Bradley was
Insane when abe did the shootjng
The many abortions performed upon
htr. her suffering Of disappointment
and the faint of insanity ali combined
| TO produce insanity In her.
lie thought she shot Senator Brown
while believing that she was doing
right in SO doing.
a number of witnesses from SoIt
Lake in addition to Max Brown were
introduced by the government In ro.
buttal. several of whom testifiad thot
Mrs' Bradley during their years OF
acquaintance with hcr always appear.
cd rational and dffable. II was brought
out mat Senator Brown had made n
proposition to Mrs. Bradley to accent
$1,000 house and 800 month
until her youngest child should he u
years of age. II she would leave Ar.
h,c~n alone. but she Indignantly dc
cilned The Offer. saying that che want.
cd to marry Brown in order TINT her
jchildrnn might be given name.
During todays testimony Mrs. brad.
lev went and sohbed and gave eyerv
indication that she was about 10 col.
lapse She. however. mustered such
strength as sho possessed and con.
Guided the days ordeal in fair con.
dition. The resting of the defense
came in tho nature OF surprise os
1t had been expected that the allenists
would be kept on the stand for n
much longer period.
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