The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-26
Complete Collapse of Mrs. Bradley

ture OF It, what would you say as TO
whether from mental disease she was
/ capable Of choosing the right?
| Al do not think that she was cap
! able OF choosing.
| Estate your reasons Tor arriving
| at those conclusions;
A.-First, you have in this person an
! insane hereditary faint on the side OF
| the maternal grandfather and two OF
! the maternal aunts, the same blood as
| that OF her mother. In addition to this
we have the history OF a blow upon
! the head In this there Is laid the foun-
dalton Cor susceptibility. a natural cul-
| ture bed I'm which strain and stress and
agony OF mind and mental disease or
mental alterations or insanity would
develop. We come on until we fnd the
| history OF headaches in the early life
OF the subject. habitual and regular
headaches until about the sixteenth
year, when smallpox ard pneumonia
develop.
We nave then the history or her mar
TlaEe and an unhappy married lie. We
have added to that the meeting of a
| man Of influence and strong personality
| whose dominating influence controlled
and swayeS every act and affection
practically Of the subject
Basis for Mental Break.
We find the subject In frequent deli
! cate condition. We find this man fol-
lowing the unreasonable and dangerous
practice OF performing criminal oper-
atlUns upon her, poisoning the circula-
ton OF the blood and introducing germs
into the body and brain Of the person.
| We lind him making her promises and
tEen breaking them. making her at one
| time see IN him the idol OF her life and
then tearing down that idol By acts
| that violate every principle OF mother
hood and womanhood
Dr. Evans was interrupted here by the
! Government and asked not to continue
any criticism Of Brown. who was not.
as stated by Judge Stafford on trial
He was requested 10 confine his opinion
| only 10 the probable effect OF such &C
! lions upon Mrs Bradley's mind and not
10 give any opinion as 10 what he be-
heved about the matter.
DR.. Barton a Good Witness.
DR.. wHfred NJ. Barton. professor Of
gynccolcgy at Georgetown University.
who was uIon the witness stand for
almost all OF yesterday. testified as an
expert after hearing the lengthy hyp0-
thercal question that Mrs Bradley was
insane at the time Of The shot
DR.. Barton described Mrs. Bradley's
insanity as "puerpecal insanity" super
Induced by the criminal operations per-
formed upon her and by the hereditary
insanity IN her family. He did not be-
Ieve that she was mentally responsible
or realized the consequences Of her act.
Dr.. Parton described In technical
terms the effect unon the nerves ana
brain OF Oft recurring operations such
as Mrs. Bradley suffered stating that
insanity resulting therefrom might last
anywhere from few weeks TO several
months. He afteTward designated such
insanity as toxic or durable"
He was under REORGANIZATION for
an hour. but chung TO his belief that
Mrs Bradley was insane He was
pressed to state when this insanity be-
gun and ended by the District Attorney
to say that from the hypothetical qUes-
ton II was apparent that Mrs Bradlsy's
mind was weakening IN the summer Of
1906.
The cross fire between the District At
tOrney end DR.. Barton was rapid and
, highly Interesting at times. At its con
clusiOn many We're Of the opinion that
I the District Attorney himself had quail
ltled as an expert as ne showed thor
ou6h knowledge CT the subject.
Motherhood Dearest Principle"
II merely wished TO state" said the
witness, that the principle OF mother
hood is the dearest principle known TO
woman. and any act that affects this
state affects the mentality and the emo
lions far more than any other condition.
This is not a mere principle; II is a
recognized fact
Added TO these disappointments we
have the positive evidence as set forth
in the question OF the infection, the
loss Of and the poisoning OF the blood
time and time again; these with her
toxic agencies, her SORROWS; the stress
and strain of her relations with this
man and incident to her going into the
room of this man at the hotel and see
ing there a love letter from another
woman, which denoted that he was vio-
lating every promise made her; I say
that there was enough agitation in all
these circumstances to denote mental
alteration which IS unmistakable In my
mind"
DR.. Evans then went into e technical
description Of sepsls. or blood poisoning.
upon the mind. stating that Il undoubt-
edly had great effect.
LAS I have said. with the culture bed
for insanity, with the infection OF the
germs and poisons sent through the
body and into the brain. which is the
organ OF the mind, there was a de-
thrOnement OF VIII power and the won.
an was undoubtedly insane and beside
herself"
Illness Had Effect.
DR.. Evans was asked II he thought
Mrs Bradley's severe illness of Decem-
Der l. just before she started East in
quest OF former Senator Brown, had a
detrimental effect. He replied that It
was a most abnormal condition, which
operated upon the physical makeup Of
the subject. and adding to that her
mental stress and strain. II seems to
me that nothing less than divine inter-
T. I'll
OF her mental equilibrium al this time. -
He said that no weight had been given
in his opinion as to whether the act
was intentional or not. as Il was en-
tirely consistent for an insane person
TO act nationally in some things and
commit a sane act. IAN insane person
may devolVe and execute a proposition
which has its basis IN an abnormal
mind. just as person Of intelligence