Evening journal., 1907-11-25
DECLARES MRS.
BRADLEY INSANE
Long Question Summing Up
the DefenCe'S S Testimony
Read at the Trial
DEFENDANT APPEARS
IN COURT CONFIDENT
BY THE JOURNALS Special wire.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25-A new
phase Of the trial Of Mrs. Bradley for
the shooting Of Ex-senator Brown.
which entered on its third week to-
day. has arisen as a source Of per-
plexity for the attorneys who are fight-
ing for her freedom. The greater part
of the week viii be given up TO the
experts who viii testify to Mrs. Brad
leys sanity when she did the shooting
III she Is acquitted on this ground it rs
possible, according to the district code,
that she VIII be held for another trial
when the judgment Of her present san-
ity win be determined. In number
OF cases, persons acquitted Of criminal
charges on the plea of insanity have
been tried for lunacy, and some are
now in the government asylum.
II Is expected that this week viii see
the end of the trial. The government
will bring forward a few witnesses in
retbuttal, but the major portion Of the
time win be taken up with the uestion
involving the hypothetical uestion and
the closing arguments 10 the jury.
Mrs. Bradley Confident
Mrs. Bradley entered the court room
to-day apparently fortified with strong
hopes Of success. Thoug she shows
traces of the struggle through which
she has passed. her attitude Is decided
I ly more confident than Il was a week
ago. and she s. more at ease DIT
Hill. one Of thee xperts who viii testi-
fy IN her behalf. sat directly opposite
the alicniats, who are assisting the
government. DR. Evans. the chief ex-
pert OF the Thaw trial. came in few
moments later. direct from the station
and seated himself next to Dr. Hill.
When court opened the scraps OF pa
per found in Mrs. Bradley's room IN
the Raleigh Hotel after the tragedy
We're FIRST read 10 the jury. One read.
"These are letters from Annie Adams
Maude Adams mother. Please pre-
serve them"
Another read; III there Is need IN
defense TO show rashness-"
These scraps We're placed in evidenc'
by the government. as indicating Mrs
Bradly's intent 70 do The shooting
Dr. w NJ Barton. cf this city. WA
the first alienist for the defense callo,
TO thes tand to-day. At 1850 o'clocl
the readin Of the 5000 word hypo
thetical question to DR.. Barton was be-
gun.
Then The experts were asked whether ii
view Of these facts they believed that Mrs
Bradley at the time OF the shooting wa
insane.
The question IN detail traced the IN
sanity In Mrs Bradieys family.
OF the actual shooting the questol
says;
"She knows that she went 10 her room
and went out again; that the Senator
room. was hut a short distance ava.
and al one time while lying in her room
she heard his footsteps and she went q
his door and raped and entering. th
Senator looked upon her and turned pale
and said; what are you doing heroy AM
the patient replied: 7 have come here t.
ask II you won't carry out your prom So
to me-"
She says she does not know what HI
then said; that he just rushed upon her
that she does not know what she then ala
that she does not remember that he sail
anything when he rushed upon her; tina
she does not know anything about It unit
she heard a shot which seemed to rous
her That she then did nothing; that IA
Senator called for help; that after IN
Senator called FOR help, she did not
anything; she could not do anything
The question described Mrs. Bradley
actions after the shooting her physica
exhaustion. her dazed mental condition
DR.. Barton said NE was impressed witt
the marked effect Of sepslo. or septI
poison, on the nervous system Of women
There Is a direct connection between /
and Insanity
"rhe absorption Of The septic poisonini
affects particularly the mental condition
OF those predisposed to insanity"
The defense in its evidence had lai
particular stress on the septic poisoniri
with which Mrs. Bradley had been affect
ed as result to large extent to variou
operations She had undergone The gov
ernments attorneys frequently in erposc
objections to Dr. Barton's testimony
fighting at every step the portions Of /
which were directly favorable TO Mrs
Bradley's case.
In my own experience. frequent opera
tons Of q criminal nature are a cause O
insanity" said Dr. Barton.