Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-27
DRAMATIC SCENES MARK MUIR
DER TRIAL
THAw CASE EXPERT SAYS SHE
WAS INSANE
Or. Britton Evans, Who Pronounced
Slayer of Stanford White Crazy,
Declares Woman Was Not
Responsible
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he said, produced melanchoia, while 9TH
ers developed hallucinations.
Cross examined he said he was in
fluenced IN his opinion by the TACT tnat
fhe hypothetical question described
very decided tendency toward insanity.
81 Discusses Hereditary Taint
srhese conditions" he added, always
predispose mental weakness. One is not
necessarily insane because an aunt was
insane, but they are more liable 10 DC
insane than another person who mas not
such hereditary taint, added TO tnat
the conditions existing several years
previous to this tended to unbalance her
mind.
sShe had many anxieties and many
slisappojntments In treating the insane
nothing is more liable to create mental
disorder than intcrse emotion, especially
when associated with many disappoint-
1nents, as In this instance. Add TO that
another condition--that Is, the erect OF
her treatment on the occasions or oper-
ations. During these operations the con-
dition Of sepsis. which means that poison
in the blood existed and induced mental
alteration My conclusion is formed be-
cause of all Of these conditions
DR.. fill believed that Mrs. Bradley
shot Senator Brown Intentionally, but
that in her alteration she believed tnat
she was doing right. a person IN such
a frame of mind will, he said, consider
the wrong thing Is the right thing.
He did not find any connection between
the nature of her insanity and that of
her relatives The hereditary taint
merely predisposed her toward insanity,
but there would not necessarily be any
connection between the kinds of insanity.
Evans Says She Is Crazy
When Dr. Hill left the stand Dr.. Brit
ton Evans of New York was called.
Dr Evans testified in the Thaw case
that Thaw was insane when he shot
stanford White.
When Judge Powers read the hypothet-
ieal question DR.. Evans replied;
II am of the opinion she was insane,
as she was not able to distinguish be-
tween right and wrong, and was not
able to avoid the wrong and choose the
right as a sane person does
DR. Evans recital of the reasons which
led him to his conclusion was dramatic
in the extreme He spoke with the ut
most sympathy for the defendant ana
his remarks were so uttered as to appeal
to the emotion of all present. He spoke
of the hereditary taint in Mrs. Bradleys
family, the blow on her head when she
was "a child. her attack of smallpox ana
her unhappy marriage, the domination
of Senator Brown and finally his COM
plete possession of her. Referring to the
several operations which Mrs. Bradley
had undergone DR. Evans, speaking OF
Brown. said:
And then. after all, this man Brown
destroyed the child he had begotten,
poisoning the circulation of this woman
by introd icing germs of infection into
the body of the woman he had sworn
TO love, protect and care for
He then spoke of the circumstances III
the marriage and finally casting Mrs
Bradley adrift-
1--WE see him." referring to Senator
Brown in dramatic tones, violating
every principle of society and mother
hood" At this point counsel for the
defense objected.
Evans Is Cautioned
"Remember," remarked the court, that
we are not trying Mr.. Brown. He is
not here to defend himself We are not
to characterize his conduct any further
than it may have affected her mind.
think your last expressions az open to
objection" Continuing. DIR. Evans said
Mrs. Bradley had had positive infection
and had suffered loss of blood time and
time again.
1T is well recognized that a loss of
blood or anemia upsets the mind, he |
said "She was subjected to the erect
of toxic agencies and going to the
room Of this man and seeing the letters
that showed he had violated all obliga-
tions he had made to her her mind
could not stand the strain
"What weight do you give to the IN
tentions she formed to shoot?
II give this weight; The intentions
may be sane or insane. The insane
person may have intentions and carry
them into execution. but these inten-
Lai ha qie in a 1hnnrfnll |
brain or mind"
DR. Evans was not cross examined. |
After he left the stand Judge Powers |
read the letters which Mrs. Bradley |
tore up and which were pasted to- |
gether by the postoffice department
They were filed with protestatlons |
or love for Senator Brown and certain |
passages caused the defendant to
weep. 1t was manifest that she was
struggling with herself to keep from
crying aloud. Between tears and sup
pressed sobs she nervously clutched
her hands, her whole frame shook and |
only the high arms of her chair kept |
her from toppling over. She again |
controlled herself, but was the picture
Of abject despair.
Mrs. Bradley on Stand
on returning from luncheon she ap-
peared much refreshed. She was re-
called to the stand. and being ques- |
toned said she ceased to live with her
about December 1, 1900. when |
left her.
Up to that time she had been a duti-
full wife and gave him no cause for de-
sertion. She was very pale and her
replies could be heard only a few feet
away.
Max Brown. a son of the late senator
was called by the government in re-
buttat. He said he first saw Mrs
bradley in 1899 in st. Louis and saw
more of her in 1897 and 1898 at their
home in Salt Lake City. In 1898 and
1899 he saw her frequently. After 1900
she frequently brought her child Ar
thur with her.
"How would your father act with
YOUR mother in the presence of Mrs.
Very affectionate.''
The disclosure of his fathers reia-
Eions with Mrs. Bradley came in 1901
and after that she came to the house
three or four times dav. In the fail
of 1901 his mother left the city to at
lend the bedsida OF a dying sister and
Turing her absence Mrs. Bradley was
n fnafr h0rna