The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-28

sO~AAAL L11AL I1ILl
with Mrs. Bradley. Mrs. Thornburgh
said she asked her:
How did you get up the nerve to
shoot a man? You must have been
crazy" She said:
On, l was not crazy. 1 am far
from being insane"
Mrs. Thornburgh said she asked Mrs.
P BIauIey what determined her to shoot
DtoMh' ana MRS. Bradley replied:
by ms" ''
The witness said she asked: ..wbv
was mat! Are you married to him ?''
ana her reply was that Brown rushed
across me room to a chair where his
coat was and started to leave the
room, whereuDOn she shot him. n
asked, said the witness, "if she came
mere to shoot him, and she said:
wen IL he refused to do what was
Calm at Times.
The witness. describing Mrs. Brad
ley s state of mind, said that when she
was alone with her Mrs. Bradley was
cam but that she became agitated in
taiklhg TO newspaper men. Witness
DeileVed Mrs. Bradley at that time was
perfectly sane.
Cross-examined. witness said she
ana Mrs. Bradley were together the
night Following the shooting until 10
CLOCK Sunday morning. Four or FIVE
uInes during the night Mrs. Bradley
walk al the room wringing her hands.
she inquired after the condition of Mr.
Brown, saying she loved the ground on
which he walked
remember she said she hoped he
would get well, said the witness.
Mrs. Bradley told the witness that II
was to set her two sons right before
the world and to give them name
mat she had come here to see Senator
Brown.
Mrs. ThOrnburgh identified letters
she had taken from Mrs. Bradlev's
reticule, They were written bv Mrs
Anna Adams to Senator Brown. These
were exhibited to the jury, but were
not read
Appeared Well When She Arrived.
Clayton Holtzclaw. hotel empIove
testified that he saw Mrs. Bradley
when she arrived at the hotel Dec 3
and that she appeared TO be well. Sim
lar testimony was given by David
Nelson, clerk, and Edward Parker.
4 bellman. NJ
Josephine Kidwell. a maid. was re-
allied. She saw Mrs. Bradley pick IN /
letter in Browns room and read it /
lfter which she returned to her room |
'he appeared rational but very pale |
md haEgard
Howard Brooks. a reporter who in
erviewed Mrs. Bradley the night fol- /
owing the tragedy. saw nothing suo-
resting that she was insane.
Carl Sheppart, a newspaper man
tat9d that after having seen Hrs !
Bradley at the station house he formed
ne opinion that she was not insane.
Hal c. Smith, a newspaper man. tes-
flied to- having told Mrs. Bradley that
enator Brown had sent a Telegram
o Mrs. Adams IN New York telling her
OF TO come to this city, and Mrs
sradIey said she was not surprised.
'r. smith said she appeared rational
nd talked cOherent1y.
Lucy Bernshaw. a natron at Tho
ouse of detention, said Mrs. Bradley
ppeaTed sane
Visit of Annie Adams.
The idea that she was insane did not
lggest itself. She told of the visit of {
lrs. Adams to Mrs. Bradley, and the {
liter said she would see her If she I
alled at the house of detention. She
aid Mrs. Bradley often ASKED after {
ne ccrdition of Senator Brown.
DR.. Louis H. Taylor of Georgetown I
University hospital who was for I
ear connected with the government I
ospital for the insane in the District Z
Columbia, testified that he examined
Lrs. Bradley after the shooting, on re
1est OF her counsel.
The defense objected TO the question {
lg of DR.. Taylor concerning his visits
Mrs Bradley on the ground that
made by her to a phy-
clan were privileged. The district at
'rnay read the statute providing that
lch statements could not be consid
ed confidential in murder cases. Jus
&c Stafford admitted the testimony.
T. Taylor said Mrs. Bradley's physical | c
,ndition was very good.
Did Not Consider Her insane. a
Il did not consider her insane" he L
id.
DR.. Taylor found no evidence that an
'eration had recently been performed
! the defendant. S
DR.. Henry 1. Stout. steward of the {
strict jail. said when Mrs Bradley .
as brought there she was rational "
Id talked coherently. For two or
rec weeks he saw her there daily. L
ne opinion he formed then was that
e was sane.
ung6 Powers crOSS-eXamined the
Itness concerning the methods he en-
Dyed to ascertain the temperature oil
e defendant and the evidences of dis IL
Sc as indicated by Thermometers a
adings, but nothing new was de- II
Hoped In Mrs. Bradley's case. he Il
Id, there was no evidence of disease. V
Tranquil and Rational. +,
Dr. D. H. Shute, physician at the b
II, testified that he found Mrs. Brad c.
7 tranquil, composed and rational.
> made no special examination to as n
rtain her physical condition, as there
Is no reason for it. 1t was a month OF
ter she reached the Jail that it was gi
ggested to him that she needed II
and then he advised that II
operation be performed upon her. | CO
[ 1t was three or four months before r
was done. DR.. Shute said he had Ia
ver found any evidence that she was tr
'ane- On cross-examination the Wit m
SIS said he found she had a lacerated So
'ViX. He had found her pulse fairy re
ong. There were times when she
S in quite a weak condition, and she
s placed on tonics several times
lie In jail. Her weight went down
ninety-four pounds.
)r. Shute was being questioned whan
lrt adjourned at $40 D. m. until =:
day morning
HAD SLIM PLURALITY. "
r. l., Nov. 27.-Ralph G !.
irons Of Warwick Re0ubIfoa1 - | .