The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-03

LiStencfS to Arguments IOr anu
Against the Defendant.
Washington, November 30.-ElO-
quent lawyers today made effective
addresses before the jury in the case
of Mrs Annie M. Bradley, on trial
for the shooting and killing Of former
Senator Arthur M. Brown, of Utah, In
this city last December.
There was a large gathering IN
Judge Stafford's court room, and all
were eager listeners to the arguments
for and against the defendant AS
sistant District Attorney Turner OPP
ened the final proceedings with care
full review of the testimony, analyzinS
In a masterful manner many conflict
ing statements. He frequently grew
eloquent and evidently affected the
defendant by his powerful review OF
he case. r,,.,,.
- He was followed by Robert Wells
of counsel for the defendant, who con-
cluded his impassioned address by
,,aeclaring that Arthur Brown himself
Was responsible for the fatal shot as
it was his acts that had fired the
overwrought brain of the defendant
and brought on his own destruction.
Court then took a recess until Mon
dav morning, when four more hours
will be devoted to arguments
conclusion of which and the Judges
charge. the case will be given to the
jury.
Mrs. Bradley collapsed under the
strain which she has suffered since
her trial began and when she reached
her room in the lower corridor OF
the court house at the end Of the
session today it was necessary for at
tendants to administer restoratives. 1t
was some time before she was able to
return to the Jail.
e While Mr.. Turner was describing the
scene of the killing of Senator Brown
an attendant delivered to the district
attorney a small package containing
the pistol that had been used by Mrs.
Bradley The defendant evidently
recognized the weapon as 1t was un-
covered and laid at a convenient place
near the speaker. She lowered he~
head and her frame was shaken with
convulsive sobbing. Closing her eyes
she remained as if in stupor, onl J
occasionally looking toward the jury
and watching their faces.
The attorney insisted that the jury
should cast tside all sentiment and
treat the case exactly as if man had
done the shooting. He exhibited the
defendants pistol to the jury, to-
gether with the hand bag in which
it had been carried from Salt Lake
City until Senator Brown was shot
He reviewed the evidence of insanity
and declared that only the most tri-
vial incidents could be cited to justify
such a theory He insisted that the
jury should discard all thought of the
mistreatments she had received frOGT
Senator Brown, as it/could have moth
ing to do with their decision.
Mr.. Turner strongly appealed to the
emotions Of the jury. He declared
that Mrs. Brown was an outraged wo-
man, and that Clarence Bradley was
not a very bad husband and Mrs
kadley should not have been unhap
pE with him. The case, he said, was
worse than a scandal and stencil Il
was a pretty dangerous woman that
thinks a man who is not her husband
more sacred than does his wife. Hf
did not care whether she was brilliant
Or not When we take Gods Law
into our own hands, he said. Eve be
come pretty dangerous creatures"
He recalled Mrs. Bradley's efforts tt
induce Senator Brown to secure di
vorce from his wife at a time whe1
the wife w3e stricken with cameo
and said that that act involved cr'.ol
ty even greater than that shown il
the shooting of Mr.. Brown.
He ridiculed the idea that tho d"
fendant had had sepsis. ''SeDs;s'. n
said,'' sets the blood boiling and SGT
the pulse to beating. Whv even
horse doctor could have told if sh
had sepsis' He continued to ridi
cule the testimmony that she suffer
ed from toxic insanity.
Mr.. Turner concluded his argumen
shortly after IL o'clock and was a