The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-26

sSenoHrapher gave her money to go t
 Los Angeles and told her she coul
 expect nothing more from Brown, an
 proceeded: ]
 The patient had always felt that 1
 senator Brown was away from influ
 ences of the many people who wer snxious to persuade him not to marr, ner thaEhe would marry her and say
 that impulse seized her that if sh I went to Washington perhaps he woul.
 marry her there The Senator had askc, her to meet him in Denver on his re
 turn trip and she had refused to do il
 and he had been angry about it and $,
 she thought she would go on to Wash | lngton; but she says that she dii no
 nave this thought at Salt Lake wi,ei she accepted the ticket on the morn
 Ing of December 1. 1906. She had beer | III all the week.
 She was suffering from much los. oi blood. She had risen from hel Esick bed with $S0 in money and start ca upon the train fully intending tt go to St. Louis. She says that she had at that time one feeling one minute ant another feeling another minute. ant she felt as though she never could gt
 away from Salt Lake City and thal the impulse to go to Washington seizef her when she neared the City of Og. den, that was about thirty-six miles north from Salt Lake City, which was
 the parting point between the East | and the West"
 Before, the Shooting, The particulafs of the trip from Og-
 den to Washington and of the arrival in this city given. the narrative pro. ceeded to detail Mrs Bradley's moye-
 ments before the shooting which oc- cured in Senator Browns room at the Raleigh Hotel about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The finding of Mrs. Adams g letter. the full ltext of which. it's sub- ject minute presentation and Mrs. Brad ley's mental condition after it Is, de- scrihed:
 She went into her room and went out upon the street and walking around the streets. She was distracted and did not know what to do. She cannot recall that she had any purpose in her mind"
 She went back but she does not know at what time of day. She ate nothing at noontime and all that she can re- call of having seen when out upon the streets was people and houses.
 Mrs Bradley's remembrance of the subsequent happenings is then given as follows:
 She knew that she went to her room and went out again, she knew that the Senator's was only a short dis tance away and that while lying in her room she heard his footsteps and she went to his door and rapped and enter- ing the Senator looked upon her and turned pale and said: What are you do- ing hereT and the patient replied: I have come here to ask if you won't carry out your promises to me-
 She says she does not know what he then said. that he just rushed upon her; that she does not know what she then did! that she does not remember that he said anything when he rushed upon her; that she does not know any thing about 1t until she heard ihot which seemed to rouse her.
 State of Hysteria.
 When asked if she shot the Senator, she says she does not know whether she did or not; that she did not 80 there for the purpose of shooting him; that she did not take a gun out Of her bag. She did not go there because she was animated with any feeling of ven- geance or revenge or injury. When he called for help she did not do any thing, she did not know that he was hurt until the doctor came. When she heard the shot the Senator had hold of her. She does not know what she did with the gun. that she took no aim; that she never remembered the gun; and has no recollection of having pull ed the trigger: that she never had fired a gun before that day in her life. She is unable to give any req son why she shot Senator Brown.
 The testimony concerning Mrs. Brad leys condition. mental and physical, at- ter the tragedy is followed by long citations from Dr. Whitney's state ment regarding Mrs. Bradley's mis- seuuent blood poisoning and mental an- suish and from Washington physicians her condition since the kill Ing. following questions were put:
 "The patient was not naturally of vicious nature; she was not angry when she made the fatal shot. she was not animated by jealousy; she was not an- mated by any feeling of revenge; she had not formed previous to the shoot In gany purpose to kill or injure Sem ator Brown?"
 During the reading of the hypotheti- ,al question. Mrs. Bradley closed her eyes and bowed her head. breathing heavily at times as if suffering deep | ,motion.
 suuuorts Insanity Plea.
 The reading of the hypothetical ques- ion was concluded at o'clock The | witness declared in answer to ques- tions by the defense that at the time | the fatal shot was fired, Mrs. Bradley | did not understand the nature of her | lct. nor was she able to distinguish right from wrong and that therefore she was not able to choose the right and avoid the wrong.
 Cross examined by District Attorney Baker witness said he was unable to ,ay when Mrs. Bradley's insanity com nenced.
 "WilI you make any positive state nent as to when her insanity ended?" lsked the District Attorney.
 "Yes. Toxic or puerpural insanity lsually lasts anywhere from Few weeks to several months"
 'So that If this woman was insane 1t the time the fatal shot was fired, according to your opinion, she ought o have remained insane for several 
 some times they recover in few weeks and sometimes last on an Iverage of a few months"
 At least" inquired MT. Baker, "she ught to be insane, for few days or few weeks?'
 Yes"
 As these questions were asked, Mrs. Bradley sat up in her chair for time nd followed the testimony with keen interest, Then she relapsed into her pparent stupor in which she had been n the most of the day.
 ''There is in this hypothetical ques- ion," said pr. Barton, strong evidence f hereditary insanity as she had two unts who were insane and her grand mother was insane"
 Witness based his opinion of Mrs. sradley's insanity largely upon the act of her having abortions perform I, having been impregnated seven ines. She had been made to suffer much mental anguish and had suffered ymptoms of septic affection he said
 From my own experience" he said, ! and from my knowledge of authori-