The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17

said Judge Orlando Powers this after noon. "at the weakness of the govern- ment's case They have proved that Mrs. Bradley shot Brown, yes; but, in proving that, they have so powerfully assisted in proving our own contention that the woman was insane that there is really nothing left for us to do but piece out the case, which the prosecu- tion has put in.
 "Talke the evidence of their star wit ness, Rowan, who testified that he dis covered Mrs. Bradley climbing over fences at night and throwing stones at Browns house to give him quiet night; is not that evidence of insanity? She told Rowan she was a virtuous woman. Would sane woman go around talking that way?
 MT. Talty describes her appearance just after the shooting as 'agitated' and another of the governments witnesses said her face was distorted. What more is there for us to do than snow that insanity was hereditary in her family and to give the causes for the overthrow of her reason in this specific case
 Story of Passion.
 The forthcoming week will be one or surpassing dramatic interest In the case. It is an absorbing story of passion among persons lifted by rank and intellect lar above the ordinary ranks of crime.
 This man Brown was described by Judge Powers today-a man who knew nm welt a former legal associate-as one approach ing closely to genius in his profession. A sovereign state sent him to Washing to to represent it in the United states Senate. His eloonence had rung through the chamber of the supreme court or the Uunited States and held the justices there spellbound. He might have risen to the highest preferment In the land. His career was cut short by the averaging of q woman on whom he had wrought the fouest wrong that man can do wom- an. The whole tragedy might well form part of the plat of the as yet unwritten great American novel, though one may hope when that comes to be written there will be more of joy and sunshine and the better side of humanity displayed than are witnessed in this dark story of the human comedy of love and politics.
 It may be interesting to glance back over the life stories of the central fig ures in the tragedy, the final scenes of which are being enacted. before Justice Stafford and a jury in criminal court No. l.
 Browns Career.
 Arthur Brown was born of highly re- spected parents, farmer folks, on what IS known as Sehooleraft Prairie, Mich, not many more than bo years ago. Scnooi- craft Prairie Is abut 15 mile from kala- mazoo aJmes Fenimore Cooper made 1t the theatre of his novel "The Prairie and 1t is one of the garden spots of the Middle West, a spot it might be be- lieved that a man might breathe in nothing but love of his kind. His father was on old abolitionist and henchman of old zack Chandler. Brown had a college education and was graduated from H.q T-.,tt r5if nf Michigan, carrying off degrees of both bachelor of arts and doctor of laws. From the beginning he succeeded. and within short time he had the largest law practice of any attorney in Kalama- zoo.
 He married Miss Howard, talented lady. of well connected family who IS still living in Columbus, Ohio, where her daughter, the issue of the marriage With Brown. Is engaged in the profession of journalism Brown developed early, how ever, wayward tendencles-women and