The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-27


that OF her relatives. The hereditary
faint merely predisposed her toward
insanity. but there was not necessarily
any connection between the kinds of
insanity. AS far as he could Judge,
she was insane in the winter of 1906,
there having been some mental dis
turbance in December. 1905. At her
premature birth. several months be-
fore her act, there was no evidence
of insanity, but there was great men,
tai disturbance.
Confused State Of Mird.
DR.. Hill was closely questioned by
Mr.. Baker as to his opinion of Mrs.
Bradley's mind when. just before COM
ing 10 Washington, she started for Og
den.
The witness declared that Mrs. Brad
ley was in a confused state of mind.
The uncertainties of aim on her
part, he said, proved this. He would
not ADMIT that the trip to Ogden in
December last was but a ruse. Insane
people, he said. carry out their pur-
poses in the most ingenious manner"
The idea of coming to Washington,
however. was firmly fixed in her mind
DR.. Hill reiterated his statement that
Mrs. Bradley, on Dec. G. was insane.
and said that she was still insane two
days afteTward, when. on being inter
viewed, she sprang from her cot at the
mention Of the name of Mrs. Adams
and covered up her head.
Toxic Insanity.
DR.. Hill said Mrs. Bradley was Suf-
fering from toxic insanity as early as
December, 1905, and he believed it was
continued until she shot Senator
Brown.
IF this was continuing insanity it
would be apt to continue on, would il
nOt?' witness was asked.
He replied that conditions might
cause this toxic insanity to disappear.
There are times, he said, when the
toxic insanity is thrown off. He did
not know what form of toxic insanity
Mrs. Bradley had. as there are many
forms. He said it frequently happens
that a prisoner when sentenced is
more calm than at any other time"
Some forms of toxic insanity. he
said, don't produce Authorizations; ii
frequently happens that melancholy
only is the result
Mr.. Baker, prompted by Drs. Jeliffe
and Brush, went at great length into
the subject of insanity caused by toxic
poisoning.
He said cocaine, morphine, delirium
of typhoid and pneumonia would cause
insanity Some forms Of toxemia, he
said. produced melancholy. while
others developed Authorizations.
Insane People Can Write Letters.
He was shown letters written six
months before the tragedy by the de-
PENDANT. and agreed with the district
attorney that the letters were well
written and that the handwriting was
good.
But" he added. some insane people
can write a better letter than l can"
He found some confusion in one let
ter and said that might have been the
result Of toxic insanity, but he said
the letters did not necessarily show any
insanity.
The district attorney placed before
the witness scraps of letters found I'm
a waste basket at the hotel and put to-
gether He found no evidence of toxic
insanity. but the eTasure of some words
and insertions of others indicated men,
tai confusion. The tearing up of the
letters showed mental confusion, as il
indicated an unsteadiness of purpose.
Might or Might Not Have Memory.
The district attorney narrated the
events connected with Mrs. Bradley's
journey from Utah to this city, and
asked whether such person could be
suffering from toxic insanity. A person
could do all that. replied the witness.
and yet be sane or insane. A sufferer
from toxic insanity might or might not
have memory.
Asked whether when a person of in
telligence has a private grievance
a gainst another, travels to where that
person is and before starting made the
statement that she was going to kill
that person. and after killing made a
statement that she had done what she
to do, would that person be
sane or insane?
DR.. Hill said she would be perfectly
sane, provided there was nothing I'M
usual in the individual.
Positive Opinion of Or. Evans.
DR.. Britton D. Evans of New York
then took the stand. DIR. Evans testi-
fled in the Thaw case that Thaw was
insane when he shot Stanford White.
When Judge Powers stated the hypo-
thetical question. DR.. Evans replied:
I am of the opinion she was insane;
she was not able to distinguish be-
tween right and wrong, and was not
able to avoid the wrong and choose the |
right as sane person does"
As the testimony was given Mrs /
III oNACy . loCC lDOh Oh a strange e3- /
preston. She closed her eyes nerv- /
ously and breathed heavily. As her /
hereditary faint of insanity was com /
rented on, she was under perceptibIe /
mental strain DIR. Evans recited rea-
sons which led him to his conclusion |
and was dramatic in the extreme He |
spoke with the utmost sympathy for /
The defendant, and his remarks were /
so uttered as to appeal to the emotion /
Of all present. He spoke of the hered- |
tary faint in Mrs. Bradleys family. |
the blow in her head when she was a |
child; her attack of smallpox and her |
unhappy married life: the domination /
Of Senator Brown, and finally his com |
plete possession of her. Referring to /
the several operations which Mrs /
Bradley had undergone, DR.. Evans, |
speaking of Brown, said:
Expert Grew Dramatic.
And then after all this man Brown |
destroyed the child he had begotten. /
poisoning the circulation of this wo-
nan, by introducing germs of infection |
into the body of the woman he had /
sworn to love. protect and care for"
He then spoke OF proposed promises
IF marriage. and finally casting Mrs.
Bradley adrift.
I'VE see him." referring to Senator
Brown, in dramatic tones, Violating
every principle of society and mother |
hood"
At this point counsel for the govern