Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-26
WOMAN DEEPLY AFFECTED BY
PROCEEDINGS
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS PUT
TO EXPERT
Or. William Barton Asserts Prisoner
Was Demented When She Slew
Former Senator from
Utah
By Associated Press.

! WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-That Mrs
Annie M. Bradley was insane at the time
she shot former Senator Brown of Utah
in this city on December s last was the
opinion of DR.. William Barton OF the
medical department of Georgetown uni
versity and a specialist in nervous dis
eases, expressed at the trial of Mrs.
Bradley today.
| DR.. Bartons testimony followed the
reading to him of a hypothetical question
of 1900 words, covering the history 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 puedperal insanity.
caused by what he described as the con-
tinued assaults upon her nervous system
due to the operations which she had had
performed on her.
! In explaining why he looked upon her
as an abnormal woman he said she was
interested in things that do not usually
attract women and instanced the fact
that she was secretary of a political club
as an instance of this abnormality.
DIR. Brown was on the stand practically
the entire day and was subjected to
severe examination by the district attor-
ney, aided by the governments insanity
experts, DR.. Smith Ely Jeliffe of New
York and DR.. Edward S. Brush of Bal
timore. Dr. Barton proved to he a good
witness for the defense. His testimony
showed his conclusions as to Mrs. Brad
leys insanity were unshaken by the ex-
animation.
Mrs. Bradley Haggard
The defendant came into court today
looking pale and haggard, evidently in an
ticipation that after all the question of
her sanity or insanity at the time Of
the commission of the act was the para
i mount issue in the case
\ While today she shed no tears she fire.
quently bowed her head and closed her
eyes for long periods, apparently obliv-
ious to all that was going on around her.
| When the session of the day was over
her face had distinct expression of sad
ness.
DR.. Britton D. Evans, medical director
Eof the New Jersey State Hospital for the
Insane, will go on the stand tomorrow.
and later DR.. Charles d. Hill of Balti-
more. medical officer of the Mount Hope
Retreat and st. Joseph's sanitarium of
that city, will be called. They will both
Testify for the defense.
For the prosecution DR.. Smith Ely Je-
life of New York and Dr. Edward s
Brush of Baltimore will give testimony
later. DIR. Evans and Dr. Jeliffe acted
for the defense in the Thaw case. but
they are on opposite sides for the Brad
/ ley case.
Powers Presents Questions
There were three questions which were
only propounded after Judge Powers had
| presented a complete analysis of the case
| bringing out especially the points indica-
| tive of mental unsoundness on the part of
the defendant. The questions were as fol-
| lows:
1. Assuming all these facts to be true,
what do you say as to whether or not at
| the time the fatal shot was fired the pa
| tient understood the nature of her act
was able to choose and distinguish right
from wrong, and was able to control her
self to choose the right and avoid the
wrong?
2. Assuming all these facts to be true.
what do you say as to whether or not
when the fatal shot was fired the pa
tient was mentally responsible for what
| she did?
| 8. Assuming all these facts to be true.
what do you say as to whether, when the
fatal shot was fred the patient was sane
or insane?
The statement of the case was read from
| typewriter data and was deliberately and
carefully presented. Mrs. Bradley's name
was not mentioned, but the facts were CIV
! en- as applying to woman. 50 years of
age, which is the age of Mrs. Bradley.
| 1--WE will assume" said Judge Powers,
| ''the case of a woman now 35 years of
/ age, who at the age of years was struck
on the head about two inches back from
the frontal bone sever blow, which rem
dered her unconscious, confning her to
her bed for two or three weeks. Thereaf-
ter she suffered from headaches until 16
| or II years Of age when after an attack
of smallpox and pneumonia combined, the
| headaches became less frequent. Her
| grandfather upon the maternal side was
at times insane Two of her aunts upon
the maternal side became insane. Both
had delusions of persecution and both de-
veloped homicidal tendencies; one died
insane, one is now living and Is much inn
| proved mentally. The father of the pa
tient is living, but is suffering from paral-
ysis and is unable to travel without as
sistance and is gradually growing worse
Tells Of Her Early Life
He proceeded then to relate the story Of
a supposition of ''woman's childhood.
young womanhood, early life In Colorado
and employment in Utah. and passed to
her participation in political and club life
| in Utah, through which and because of
her political affiliation with him, Mrs.
Bradley became acquainted with Senator
Brown. The particulars of her intimacy
with him from 1888 forward and reclted
minutely. The first evidences Of the mu-
tual infatuation are thus outlined
'As soon as the state elected Repub
| lican legislature. which was In the year
1900 Senator Brown became a candidate
for reelection, and during the campaign
of 1898 the prisoner and the senator were
| thrown together very intimately. They
worked together and travelled on cam
paign work through the state. Their ac-
quaintance ripened into affection. The
prisoner first observed marked attention
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