The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-06

| cries Oh THANK God From Group
| OF Women Signal for DemOnstra-
tion-Nrs. Bradley Surrounded by
Men and Women and Congratulated.
Expressed Herself as Being Conf
dent OF Being Acquitted.
| Washington. D. c. December s.
mot guilty" was the verdict rendered
today by the jury in the case of Mrs
Annie n. Bradley charged with the
murder of former U. S. Senator Ar
thur NJ Brown of Utah. at a hotel
in this city in December last. Amid
the applause of a crowd that filled
the court room, Mrs. Bradley, with
tear-dimmed eyes was discharged from
national attention during the past
three weeks was at an end.
The jury into whose hands the case
was delivered by Justice Stafford IL
U. S. Criminal court No. !, at Ait
o'clock yesterday afternoon took its
first ballot 25 minutes after entering
the jury room. No agreement was
then reached, the vote being for ac-
quittal and 3 for manslaughter. Ar
guments followed and an hour later
two of the three joined those for &C
quittal. The one juror, julius H
Prigg, who stood out for mansaughter
finally yielded at 1:2O o'clock this
morning when the final ballot was
taken
About three quarters of an hour be-
l Of ho ~
at 10 o'clock, the court room began to
fill with spectators. The majority Of
the crowd during the brief session of
the court were women. A few minutes
before 10 o'clock news reached the
Icourt room that the jury was ready to
make a report. AS the judge entered
the crowd stood while the court cr1er
lannouncd the opening of the court
with the customary God Save the
Government" There was brief Sis
Ipense, the door opened and the Jury
filled in. The room was SO quiet that
a pin could have been heard to drop.
All eyes were fastened on the jury
all necks were craned in that direction
and every one in the crowd anxiOusly
awaited the jury's conclusion. JUS
tice Stafford admonished those present
to avoid any demonstration. Mean
time the jury waited to deliver the
verdict the foreman nervously clutch
ing in his hand the document that
meant so much to the defendant and
nerve-wrecked woman in the prisoners
chair.
"Gentlemen of the jury asked the
clerk, have you reached a verdict?'
I'VE have" answered the foreman.
What is your verdict? Is the defend
ant guilty or not guilty."
Every neck was craned, every per-
son il the court room, from the
judge to spectator, almost breath
lessly awaited the answer.
Not guilty" replied the foreman,
and mot guilty" echoed every one OF
the jurors who sat in the case.
For a moment in the tanseness or
the excitement not a word could be
heard, then the suspense was over anu
a murmuring thank Cod from
group of women who sat on the front
room and was the signal fer demon
stratiOn. The prisoner, who had ar
rived at her cell in the city hall, an
hour before, and remained there with
her eldest son, Arthur, until just be-
fore court convened sat directly back
of Attorney Hover, her counsel She
was dressed in black and with sup
pressed excitement watched the jury.
There were tears in her eyes, but
there was no indication Of a collapse.
Immediately after the jury delivered
its verdict. the court thanked the
jury for the manner in which IT had
performed its duty and the jury IN turn
through it's foreman, expressed to the
court and counsel its thanks for tha
consideration and courtesy shown
them. The jury was then discharged
and Mrs Bradley was released from
custody.
She was Immediately surrounded by
men and women from among the spec
tators who pressed upon her their
congratulations. She returned to the
cell from which she had come TO hear
the verdict and there she received z
few visitors. She thanked them fol
their congratulations and expressed
her relief at the conclusion Of the