The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-27
ALIENISTS
 OCCUPY TIME. They Say Mrs. Bradley
 Was Insane. MANY. DRAMATIC SCENES Son of Dead Senator Called to the
 Stand. During the Dsy's Testomsny the wo- man wept aad sobbsa Aieua--she Gave Every Indication of Col

Washington, Nov. z6-Dramauc scenes marked the proceedings today m the trial of Mrs. Anna Bradley charg-. d with having killed former Senator Arthur NJ. Brown of Utah in this city last December. The defense resteo al { ter introducing the exAsrt testi"ons of two afienists.
 w pr. Britton D. Evans of New Iork. the alienist who testified In the InAW < ease moi only declared that Mrs Bradley was insane when she shot Sen atcr Brown, but entered with such VIZ or in defending his opinion and n Z denunciation Of the conduct or the ueao Senator that Judge stafford admonisn- ed him to refer to the dead man ohly when necessary to show the enect or his acts upon the mind of the defend-
 The appeararee on the stand of Max Brown, son of the dead Senator, who was called in rebuttal. was anecttnG in the extreme. The young man. tall. < slender and fragile of physique, tot tered as he made his way to the wtt+ ness stand. He carefully avoided looking toward the defendant. who sat within 2 ten feet of him. When he told o1 seeing hts father and Mrs. Bradley in the kitchen of their home with Jars of fruit they had brought from the x cellar. at time when his mother had been called away from the city to the bedside of her dying sister. the de. fendant laughed and lowered her head Z in confusion. j. Nervous and Mental Diseases in the Baltimore Medical College. declared that in his opinion Mrs. Bradley was insane when she did the shooting.
 A number of witnesses from Salt 7 Lake City. in addition 10 Max Brown. were introduced by the Government in [ Al sal <.f xrfta Ia that Mrs. Bradley, during their years of acquafntance with her. appeared at all times rational and affabte, During 2 the days testimony Mrs Bradley weps and sobbed. and in thA afternoon ssssion gave every nalsssien sass sns mustered such strength as she pos-s sessed and concluded the days ordeal In fair condition.
 The terrible ordeal through which Mrs. Bradley passed yesterday was not fully understood by the attendants of thes court until the close of the day. Then they learned that the de- fepdant had barely escaped fainting several times. When the court assem-, bied this. morning the thoughtfuiness of the attendants had provided for her comfortable arm chair in place of the straight back one which she oc- cupied yesterday and she was profuse in her thanks,
 She appeared to he fin better spirits shan yesterday. It was decided not to call Dr. Evans as a witness, and when Dr. Isaac Rich of New York was placed on the stand to testify in Mrs. Bradley's behalf she gave strict attention to his statement. The tes- timony of Dr. Rich was at first re- garded as of the highest importance, but as soon as 1t was shown that he na a n W q paid to 1t. pr. Rich testified that he was in Washington the day of the tragedy and stopped at the hotel where the shooting occurred. He saw Mrs. Bradley that day and. observed her in the ladies' sitting room. That was
 Some one rushed by me-" he said 4 looked up and saw this lady Qooking at Mrs. Bradley. She looked tolbe an intelligent woman, but said nothing to me. She bumped into first one per son and then another. She had & pe- cuIiar drawn face: talked to herself, muttering and wringing her hands. looked at her again and she changed expression. All of sudden she be- gan laughing. It was an idiotic laugh. looked at her and she stopped laugh Ing and appeared to cry. and she went away" 40
 The witness said he went down into the lobby and prepared to got out when he saw Mrs. Bradley enter the lobby. She made two or three trips in and out before deciding to leave the ho- tel.
 An Idiotie Laugh.
 On cross-examination witness said that later Mrs. Bradley appeared to be looney and that she had an idiotic laugh.
 pr. Charles G. Hill of Baltimore, call ed on behalf of the defendant, was placed on the stand and the various medical societies with which he Is con- nected were related by him in re- spending to questions. He said he had been for twenty-five years a special ist in various diseases and Ia now pro- lessor of nervous and mental diseases Iof the Baltimore Medical College. The witness stated that*he had heard the hypothetical question read yesterday I and assuming that the statements made in it are correct he had come to tha conclusion that the person named in 1t was insane on the night of Decem- Der 8.
 T do not" he said, think that the, party was capable of distinguishing between right and wrong at the time. do not think she was capable of controlling herself to avoid wrong." Crossed d-examined~bY District Attor- ney Baker as to the reasons for com ing to his conclusion, he said, he was influenced in that opinion because the Hypothetical question describes a very decided heriditary tendency to insan- ity.
 These conditions" he added ''aI- ways predlspose mental weakness. One is not necessarily Insane because an aunt was Insane: but they are more liable to be insane than'another per son who has no such a hereditary taint Add to that the conditions ex- isting for several years previous to this tended to unbalance her mind. She had many anxieties and many dis appointments. In treating the insane. nothing is more liable to create menta9 disorder than intense emotion. espe- ciaily when associated with many dis appointments. as in this instance. Add to that another condition. that Is the effect of her treatment on the occa- sions of frequent abortions. During these abortlons the conditions of sep sis, which means that person Is in the blood existed and that induces men,