Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-30
COUNSEL ARGUE CASE
Address to Jury in the Trial of
Mrs. Bradley.
TURNER AND WELLS SPEAK
Other Attorneys Engaged to Speak
Monday.
PASSIONATE 0RAT0RY HEARD
Defendant Apparently Fully Alive
to Importance Of Proceedings.
Listens Closely.

Passionate oratory marked the proceed.
ings today in the trial of Mrs. Annie NJ.
Bradley charged with the fatal shooting
of former Senator Arthur NJ. Brown Of
Utah In this city last December. The
courtroom was unable to accommodate
the great number Of people on hand to
witness the last scenes In the tragedy
that has attracted national attention for
nearly a year. Many of the spectators
were women. and some of them arrived at
the city hall long before the doors Of the
courtroom were opened in order to secure
desirable positions from which to observe
the events Of today.
Mrs. Bradley entered court as IL fully
alive to the Importance Of the proceed
ings. She took her accustomed place
where she could be plainly seen by the
jurors and very near her counsel.
The day was devoted to hearing argu-
ments by attorneys on both sides OF the
| case Assistant United States Attorney
Turner opened for the government. and
he was followed by Mr.. Wells Of counsel
for the defense.
Evidence Of Insanity.
The assistant United States attorney re-
viewed the evidence Of insanity and de-
clared that only the most trivial incl
dents could be cited to justify such h
theory. He insisted that the jury should
| discard all thought Of the mistreatment
she had received from Senator Brown. az
| 1t would have nothing to do with the de-
| cision. AS he proceeded Mr.. Turner be-
| came slightly pale. and. leaning on
! ,Sr t,hf cd md hAv sat
He had, been temporarily overcome by
illness. Leaving the room for few mo-
ments with the United States attorney.
the court suspended the proceedings until
| he returned and resumed his. argument.
| While Mr.. Turner was describing the
scene of the killing Of Senator Brown
an attendant delivered to- the United
1 States attorney, a small package contain
| ing the pistol that had been used by Mrs.
Bradley. The defendant evidently rec
ognized the weapon az 1t was uncovered
and laid at a convenient. place near the
speaker. She lowered her head and her
frame was: shaken. by a convulsiye sob.
Closing her eyes she remained as. II In q
stupor, and occasionally looking toward
the jurors and watching their faces.
No Place for Sentiment.
The attorney insisted that the jury
should cast aside all sentiment and treat
| the case exactly as If a man had done
|
ants pistol to the jury. together with the
handbag with which it had been carried
from Salt Lake City until Senator Brown
was shot.
| The eyes of the jurors wandered at
times from the speaker to Mrs. Bradley,
| who sat with closed eyes and bowed head
| only a few feet beyond the advocate OF
| the government.
The courtroom throughout the speech
Of Mr.. Turner was hushed in silence. He
I! concluded his argument shortly after IL
| o'clock, and was at once followed by. Mr..
Wells. It was left with jurors to decide
| whether they would remain In session an
hour longer or take the usual recess. Al
ter brief consultation the jury decided to
| hear the attorney at once.
''She Still Loves Him"
Mr.. Wells spoke with great force. He
took I'D the plea of insanity, saying that
if Mrs. Bradley had been sane and wished
to kill Arthur Brown she had thousands
Of opportunities to accomplish that pur-
pose and cover up her crime.
''When she shot Arthur Brown she shot
the thing she loved the attorney de
clared in tragic tones, ''and she still loves
| him."
Mr.. Wells argument was so impressive
that Mrs. Bradley nearly tainted. Judge
| Powers, one of her counsel, sought to di-
vert her mind by talking to her. but she
!
| what Mr.. Wells was saying.
He told the jury that the defense had
not submitted its case on the unwritten
law. but on the law of the land which
| safeguards defenseless women.
Mr.. Wells concluded his address with
quotations from Hawthorne's Scarlet
Letter." and declared that Arthur Brown
| himself was as much responsible for that
fatal shot as was Annie Bradley. because
1t was he who had caused to be planted
| within her the fatal disease that had re-
| suited in the shot.
| Whatsoever a man soweth, that also
shall he reap" the attorney quoted as he
took his seat.
Court adjourned at the conclusion OF
Mr.. Wells address until next Monday
morning, when Attorney Hoover and
Judge Powers will close for the defense.
| United States Attorney Baker will con-
| clude for the government either Monday
afternoon or Tuesday morning.
Opening by Mr.. Turner.
The trial reached its climax and it's
crisis this morning when Assistant United
States Attorney Turner entered upon the
first of the summing-up arguments for
the government. Before entering upon
an exposition of the case itself Mr.. Tur-
ner informed the jury that 1t would be
possible for 1t to return any one of Ave
verdicts
IF YOU believe that the defendant did
| not shoot Arthur Brown you may well
say Mrs. Bradley is not guilty" the
speaker said. IF you believe she did
shoot him but was insane when she COM
mitted the deed, you may also say she
was not guilty. If you find that Mrs.
Bradley did the killing and did it after
careful planning, she is guilty, AS indict-
ed of murder in the first degree. IL
Brown was killed as the result of a sud-
den impulse. the verdict should be guilty
of murder in the second degree, and,
finally, If you believe she took the re-
| volver to Browns room intending to men
ace him and he was shot accidentally, she
would be guilty of the lesser crime OF
manslaughter.' After briefly reviewing
the events incident to the actual shoot
| ing Mr.. Turner devoted the first part of
his address to emphasizing the claim
that 1t was murder in the first degree. He
declared the defense could not possibly
allege self-defense. and also spoke crit
ically OF the evidence given by Mrs Brad
ley herself. declaring it should be taken
with a great deal of caution, because of
her manifest interest in the outcome
1T makes absolutely no difference how
badly this woman was treated by Brown
Mr.. Turner said. "A great mass of evil
dence on that point has crept into this
case, and it has no light here except that
II has hnen admitted fo Sbovv tho v,os.tt>I.