Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-02

left Salt Lake City with the already
| formed purpose Of following Brown to
nony Of Livingstone-that he put Mrs.
Bradley on the train and went away
| forgetting to give her the balance OF the
money after purchasing ticket TOT nef
to Los Angeles, running back and giving
| the money to her only moment De-
| fore the train started.
''1f she intended to come toSWashing-
| ton would she have permitted Livingstone
| to leave her without the money. Il she
did not get that money she could not
Mr. Hoover quoted from the testimony
! Of DR.. Isaac Rich Of New York, who had
| seen Mrs. Bradley In the Raleigh Hotel
| shortly before the shooting. and laid
much stress on Richs statement that he
| believed her to be funatic.
'It Is not. for the defense to prove the
existence of that insanity beyond rea-
! sonable doubt" Mr.. Hoover declared.
"but 1t is for the government to prove her
sane beyond a reasonable doubt when the
I'm conclusion the attorney referred to
the testimony OF many OF the witnesses
who saw Mrs. Bradley the day OF her ar
rest, and who had testified regarding her
appearance.
Judge Powers Before the Jury.
Dramatic in the extreme was the az
eument Of ex-Judge Orlando Powers, who
made the final appeal to the jury tn be-
half Of Mrs. Bradley, and as she heard
her attorney draw a vivid word picture
of her years OF suffering the defendant
could not restrain her tears. and the eyes
OF more than one member OF the jury
were seen to be swimming. Before Judge
Powers began. the jury was excused Tor
q few moments. SO there would be no
necessity for an interruption Of his ad-
Dress.
der in the first degree. involving DELHI
Grafton and foresight" the, attorney said.
Such charge against frail. refined
woman Is not the same as against
strong man. and I regret that the gov
eminent has found 1t necessary to use
language concerning her, condemning her,
that cut her to the SOUL
This woman cannot be convicted until
every man Of the Jury Is convinced that
this gentle, tinnid, shrinking mother of
that she should be hustled to the gallows
and strangled until she is dead"
Judge Powers spoke Of the high charac-
ter of the men from Salt Lake City who
testified to the excellent reputation of the
defendant for peace and good order prior
to her relations with Brown.
Let him that Is without sin cast the
first stone, Judge Powers quoted.
II object" United States Attorney Baker
interrupted.
ut is proper reply to the argument Of
the government" Justice Stafford ruled.
Not a Case of Greed.
"Mrs. Bradley waa not a wanten,r
Judge Powers declared. ut was not a
case Of greed. 1t Is not an outgrowth Of
the gayety. laugh ter and champagne Of
the Great White Way. It is case OF an
Intellectual woman's admiration for an in
tellectual man. a dominating man, who
made bondw'oman Of her"
Judge Powers referred to the glory
face when. on the witness stand. she
lived over again the best hours OF the
golden past. The attorney compared In.
sanity to electricity. whose results we can
see. which we can sometimes control, but
which we do not understand.
Don't tell me that this little woman
fastened herself like q leech upon BPown,''
Judge Powers said. Her friend tried
to save her. Her pastor tried, but Brown
begged and pleaded. and she stayed with
in truth was In fault? Mrs. Bradley has
blamed no one in her story-nobody ex-
cept herself.
One after another men went on the
stand and told how they had dangIed be-
fore her eyes the golden apple. ana how
she had spurned their Offers OF wealth.
II she had been q bad woman, a wsnton,
she would have taken the money and
lived IN ease. She spurned the offers be-
name for her children"
The speaker reviewed the many disap-
pointments which Brown caused Mrs
Bradley. and he quoted: Hope deferred
maketh sick heart and mad BRAIN
Not q Strange Story.
In the concluding periods Of his address,
Judge Powers said:
I'm determining the condition Of this
woman's mind when the shot was fired,
we have to consider all her early life. We
have to consider her unfortunate mar
riase, and the efforts that were made by
Senator Brown to possess her. She has
told you the story. how she yielded. 1t
was not strange story, although 50 de-
cisred BY the government. It is the old
an. She loved. She fell She may won
der now why. You may condemn her
and say why. but remember she was a
woman. she loved: she fell.
9Th Browns that there came to them a
.Hld. and he said: This is my son In
whom am well pleased It resembled
him. and 1t was christened with his own
was possible that q man could ask .
woman to bear child and not love her.
This woman was poisoned IN body
and brain by the hand Of the man
whom SAe lOVeO. ne committed upon
her awful crimes, and he forced her to
be . party to those crimes. There can
be no more terrible effect upon the
material mind than to know that she
has been party to the death OF living
child of her own flesh apd blood. There
can be no more horrible crime COM
mitted by man or by woman. And yet
In 1901. 1902 and 1905 this woman was
compelled by that dominating nature
to submit and be party to such
crimes, and In 1905, in March, and in
1906 in December. and as the result Of
the sepsis. that poison which had been
introduced into her blood by reason Of
these operations, she suffered again."
Change Of Plans.
Judge Powers then took up the sub.
ject Of the defendants journey from
Salt Lake City to Washington, and dis
cussed the change OF plans upon her
part. her paying her fare instead Of
using her ticket to California, her
reaching Washington and going to the
Raleigh Hotel. He then called attep-
ton to the fact that II is in testimony
that about IL o'clock OF that day, De-
cember s. she was at the clerks desk
at the Raleigh, and said she would go
to the Ebbitt House for some letters.
That was q peculiar thing to do. be-
cause she could not have expected let
tiers at the Ebbitt House. But assum-
ing that she did so. that was prior to
her seeing the Adams letter in Browns
room. She said that 1t was some time