Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03


case Of Mrs. Annie Bradley, charged
with killing Former Senator Brown, Of
Utah, returned a verdict Of mot gull.
ty," at 9 o'clock this morning.
When the court asked the jury e
they had reached verdict, the fors-
man answered.:
1--WE have"
"what is your verdict. gentlemen7S
mot guilty"
lowed the announcement Of the ver-
dict.
Mrs. Bradley was Immediately dis-
charged from custody and left the
court house in an automobile, follow
ing the ovation. She will leave in q
few days to join her sister at Goldfield,
Nevada.
Stood II to I From First.
Thruout its deliberations the jury
practically stood at II to for acQuit-
tai until the final ballot, when the lone
juror who was holding out for some
form Of punishment, Juror julius II.
Prigg, gave in and a verdict Of ac-
quittal was agreed on. When the
jurors were polled and each gave his
verdict Of mot guilty.. there was q
moment Of silence, followed by q mur-
muring Of THANK Cod" from group
of women who sat on the front bench.
which was the signal for demonstra-
I ton.
The prisoner sat directly back Of At.
J torney Hoover, her counsel. She was
dressed in black With suppressed
excitement she watched the jury There
were tears in her eyes, but she bore up
bravely. There was no indications OF
collapse. as might have been expected
at the crisis Of such an ordeal. She
was Immediately surrounded by men
and women from among the specta-
tors. who pressed upon her their con-
gratulations. She returned to the cell
from which she had come to hear the
verdict, and there she received few
visitors. She thanked them all for their
congratulate . and expressed her re-
lief at the conclusion of the trial.
Case Goes to Jury.
After trial which has attracted
widespread interest since it's inception
almost three weeks ago, with wit-.
, nesses brought nearly across the COM
| tinent, the case of Mrs. Annie NJ.
Bradley, charged with the murder. Of
former United States Senator Brown
Of Utah last night rested in the hands
oe the jury.
At 10 o'clock the word came from
the jury room that there was no pros-
pect Of reaching verdict last night,
Accordingly Judge Stafford ordered
that the jury be locked up until court
met this morning at 10 o'clock.
+, A new point brought out in the ar.
gument yesterday bore on Mrs. Brad
ley's intentions when she started on
the interrupted trip from Salt Lake
| to Ogden en- route to Los Angeles. The
government contended that the fact
| that on her arrival here she called at
hotel for her mail indicated that
when she left Salt Lake the last tfmes
which was the projected Los Angeles
! trip, she really purposed coming here
! to see Brown. The court permitted
the defense to refute this by quoting
| from the evidence to show that after
Mrs. Bradley started on that trip she
changed her mind, stopped at Ogden,
telephoned her sister at Salt Lake that
/ she had decided to go to Washington
and then proceeded here.
Judge Stafford occupied fifty-tw0
minutes in charging the jury. Tho
charge, among other things. set forth
that person is mentally responsible
in law when he is capable Of UNDER
standing the physical nature of his
act (as for instance the defendant II
found guilty must have been capable
Of understanding she was shooting
Brown), of understanding whether the
act is right or wrong; and must be
capable of controlling his action and
of choosing the right and refraining
from the wrong. Mental incapacity
must be the result of mental disease.
The law distinguishes sharply bes
tween disease and mere passion.