Evening star., 1907-11-14

the indictment, charging Mrs Bradley
| with murder in the first degree for caus-
! ing the death of former Senator Brown,
| and declared the government will call
, witnesses to testify that Mrs. Bradley
| had intended to shoot Senator Brown
even before she came to this city.
| We will show You, by witnesses from
| Salt Lake City, that Mrs Bradley was
| seen in the vicinity of Browns residence
| with a revolver in her possession Mr..
| Turner said.
The speaker gave a detailed outline OF
! the events in the Raleigh Hotel leading
up to and following the shooting.
| Objections to Capital Punishment.
More opposition to the infliction of capi-
tai punishment was voiced during the
first hour of the proceedings today than
was uttered by all of the talesmen exam
med yesterday. Still other prospective
jurors came into court with unalterable
opinions concerning the guilt or innocence
| of the defendant, and they. too. were
| thereby disqualified. The talesmen who
confessed to conscientious scruples re-
garding capital punishment generally, OF
part .cularly to the death penalty for
women. included Fred W. Chartron. W.
| Wallace Nairn, Edwin R: Hart. Murray
Lee, James J. Crowley. Morris Fitzgerald,
Randall H. Hagner. James 7. Harrison
Charles A. Apple, jr., Charles w. Hen
derson, James R. Wynne and Abraham H.
Levy.
! Those excused from service because Of
| formed or expressed opinions were Mil
| lard Metzger, George w. Tolbert, David
| Wolf, Fred s. Gichner, Otto Rupert and
William J. Madigan. w. Albert Fen
wick sixty-six years of age, and George
c. Henning. seventy-ive years of age,
were excused because their age was in
excess of the legal age for jury service.
| Adolph w. Seiverlng, a jeweler at 1710
! H street northeast; Edward Simmons Of
the Department of Agriculture and John
L. Earnshaw. superintendent of the Con-
| gressonal cemetery. were excused from
service because of the exigencies Of their
business.
The government challenged H. Clay
Jones, who was seated with the Jury late
yesterday afternoon Immediately follow
4! ing the acceptance of George w. Iurn-
burke. painter, resid ng at 4O3 street
W lillian II. Rupertus decorator and pa
perhanger at 1872 18th street, was exam
ined and seated, and Mr.. Turnburke chal-
lenged by the defense. Samuel r. Cover
fifty-tive years of age, a grocer's clerk
employed at 1901 H street northeast was
finally accepted, and botn sides an
nounced themselves satisfied with the
jury.
The oath was administered to the Jurors
and Deputy Marshals Roberts, Hawkins
and Stutler were put under oath also.
binding themselves not to speak to the
jury in relation to the case nor permit any
on else to speak to 1t until the case
is concluded.
Without further prelim'naries Assistant
! United States Attorney Turner began his
| opening statement.
! Witnesses Heard.
! David T. Nelson of 1902 X street was
| the tirst witness. He stated he was en-
| ployed as a clerk in the Raleigh Hotel last
| year and he was in the hotel December 8,
| 1906 The witness identified Mrs. Bradley
! in the court room, and testified she en-
/ tered the hotel about o'clock, the morn
/ ing of December last, and registered as
/ "A. M Brown"
! Il asked her If she was Mrs Brown
! and she said Yes" witness continued.
| And then ! inquired If she wanted to be
! assigned to the same room with her hus-
/ band. but she said No.
/ What room did you give herr" Mr..
/ Turner inquired.
/ mo. 227."
And what room did Mr.. Brown have?''
/ No. 26S.''
! On cross-examination Attorney Hoover
! drew from Nelson that he did not ask
! Mrs Brown If she was the wife of tine
! former senator, but on If she was Mrs
! Brown. The fact that Mrs. Bradley
! was assigned to room 227, near the room
{ of Mr.. Brown, witness said, was merely
a coincidence, and not at Mrs. Bradley's S
/ request.
Josephine Kidwell, maid at the Ra-
/ leigh Hotel last December, also identi-
| fed Mrs. Bradley as she sat In the court
room, and said the same woman ap-
! preached her in the hallway in the hotel
/ december and asked how to find room
/ 26s,
Miss kidwell was in the room adjoin-
/ ing 26S, she testified, between and 3
| O'clock when she heard two shots ring
I ipS 10 a 70
! crying:
! Help! Help! For Gods sake get
! help!
Witness ran and gave the alarm. and
! led Manager Tally to the room. Miss
kidwell identified battered piece of
lead. evidently bullet, which she
found later beneath the radiator in
/ room 26S.
Cross-Examination.
| Attorney Hoover cross-examined Miss
Kidwel, establishing that Mrs. Bradley
first appeared in room 26s about O'Clock
in the morning. Mrs. Bradley occupied a
| chair while Miss kidwell performed her
daily duties in the room.
! Who left the room flrst?" Mr.. Hoover
inquired.
Mrs Bradley" witness replied.
You said Mrs Bradley asked You what
time Mr. Brown would be back?'
Yes sir; but told her I did not know"
Witness said she left the door of 26s
| unlocked
| Edward Cruit, elevator boy at the
Raleigh. stated Miss kidwell ran to his
! car and told about hearing shots and
cries for he Up from room 26S. Cruit went
to the room and saw a man lying on the
| floor and woman standing n arby
| Il asked what was the matter" Cruit
said, and the man said to me to get
| help, and the next instant begged not to
! be left alone with the woman"
| CrUit added that he went to the fifth
| floor of the hotel In his car to notify the
manager.
Testimony along the same line was
given by Edward A. Parker. a colorad
bellman at the hotel. He told about
finding the revolver on the bureau. wit
ness identified the weapon. which was
handed to him by Mr. Turner
The most important witness of the
morning was Theobald J. Tally. manager
of the Raleigh, who after telling about
being notified Of the shoati,,sE