The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-26
MRS. BRADLEY
 WAS INSANE So Declares Expert on
 Insanity. DR. BARRON A GOOD WITNESS Reading of Hypothetical Questions Consumed Many Hours. Continued Assaults Upon Her Nervous system Due to Abortions. Were
 Reasons Advanced for wo-
 mans Mental Condition.
DR. BARRON A GOOD WITNESS

| Wasnlngton, NOV. z5.--That Mrs. An. nie M Bradley was insane at the time she shot former Senator Arthur Brown of Utah in this city on December s. last was the opinion of Doctor wilfred ! NJ. Barton of Georgetown University, | and a specialist in nervous diseases, ex- pressed at the trial of Mrs. Bradley to- | day.
 Dr. Barton's testimony followed the | reading to him of a hypothetical ques- | tion of l3.000 words. covering the his- tory of Mrs. Bradley's relations with | Senator Brown from the day she met him to the day of the tragedy. Dr. Barton diagnosed Mrs. Bradley's ailment as being puerpural insanity. | caused by what he described as the continued assaults upon her nervous l system duesto the abortions which she | had had performed upon her. In ex- plaining why he looked upon her as an | abnormal woman, he said she was fn- terested in things that do not usually attract women. and instanced the fact that she was Secretary of a political club as an evidence of her abnormaIity. Dr. Barton was on the stand practically | the entire day and was subjected to a severe cross-examination by the Dis- | trict Attorney. aided by the government insanity experts. pr. Smith Ely Jelliffef. of New York. and Dr. Edward s. Bruce of Baltimore.
 Dr. Barton proved to be good wit- ness for the defense. His testimony | showing his conclusions as to Mrs. Bradley's insanity was unshaken. l Pale and Depressed.
 Mrs. Bradley came into court very quietly appearing depressed and paler than usual. She took seat with her lawyers with eyes cast down. At | times she closed her eyes, Heavy black rings around them showed plainly. and remained for several min utes as if in a stupor. Occasionally she caught her breath quickly as if on the verge of fainting. She was at- tired in the dark gown sne has worr since the beginning of her trial with a fur collar thrown carelessiy over her shoulders. She talked to one of bar lawyers and bent forward when he spoke as if she heard with difficuIty
 There were numerous conferences between counsel and the prosecuting judge before the proceedings were be. gun.
 Detective Charles MilIen was the first witness called. He was asked te Identify scraps of torn letters found in a waste paper basket in Mrs. Brad ley's room at the hotel where the shooting took place. One of these let ters referred to other letters written by the prisoner.
 "win you kindly keep these." she wrote.
 l nave WTttIen yOus may HS1Q them and in case there Is need for de- fense of any rashness. publish them. Mrs. Lufton. 25 South Second Street, or Mrs. Carry could see that they were published"
 Everett L. Phillips. policeman. In charge of the records of the Police Department, said that 1t was he who had pasted together the scraps of pa- per found in the waste basket. He | identified all the letters which he said had been handed him by the police property clerk.
 Dr. Wilfred NJ. Barton. sanity ex- pert, called by the defense. was sques. tioned as to his experience in the prac- tice of medicine and especially in ner- vous and mental diseases. He had been In practice fifteen years, he said. having been a graduate of Georgetown University Medical School. He had made a speciality of neurology. He 4 had been a member of many medical H associations and Is now member of the medical faculty of the medical school of Georgetown University. Dur ing the last few years he has conduct ed a private sanitarium in this city for the treatment of nervous and mem tai diseases. but he had never been connected with any hospital for ths care of insanity.
 pr. Barton's Experiences. | He had been a house physician for Columbia Hospital for women and had ofiiciated In 1000 confinement cases there and In that way had observed the | connection between sepsis and nervous diseases. Sepsis in females especially. he considered as closely connected with nervousness. He had been so strong ly impressed by that connection that he had looked up the literature on the sub- ject very extensively. When he began to give the result of his examinations | i..sa aI for eha uef.s ernment objected and he was instructed by Judge Stafford to confine his testi- mony 10 his own experience.
 He declared that the direct connec- tion fs found in persons who have a predisposition to insanity and whose organization Is generally regarded as unstable, and the constant assaults where made upon the central nervous l system by the continual absorption of septic material in the sexual organs of the female, were sufficient to supply the necessary mental stress or strain to bring about a derangement of the mind.
 'Is that regarded as a causation of insanity?"
 Without any question"
 Without any doubtY
 Without any doubt" was the reply.
 The witness also declared that hes | reditary insanity Is regarded as one Of
  ment of insanity. Asked regarding the effect of frequent pregnancies and ahor= tions on the nervous system. the witt ness said they had a tremendous ef-, feet. and had often produced insanity
 Tt is generally accepted that repeat ed miscarriages tend to produce ner. vous troubles and to induce insanity" he added.
 The long hypothetical questions pre-. pared by the defense was then read fn the witness.
 And as the reading of the questions referred to her close relations with late Senator Brown and his declaration of love for her. she raised her handkeT. chief to her eyes. Many of the jurors observed her closely but sne appeared to be oblivious to everything about her Counsel for the government objected te having Mrs. Bradley referred to in . part of the question as the patient and in instances concerning her confinement