Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-28
WITNESS CREATES SENSATION
When lie Tells of Mrs. Brown Attacking
Mrs. Bradley and Brown Calling
His Wife UnfaithfuI,

Washington, Nov. 27-Throughout
today the testimony offered in the trial
of Mrs. Annie NJ. Bradley, charged
It'll the murder of Former Senator
Brown Of Utah. was most damaging to
the defendant. Many witnesses testi-
fled who saw her shortly after the
shooting and others who attended her
III Jail here. but none at any time had
doubted her sanity. Those witnesses
had been called by the government in
rl5uttal. They included practically
everyone VINO had come in contact with
Mrs. Bradley after the shooting. At
tentiantS at the hotel where the shoot
ing occurred. officials az the police sta
ton. and at the house of detention.
ncWSpa per men, doctors and attendants
at the Jail declared their belief that she
was rational in manner and coherent
in language when they saw and talk
Ell to her. Several other witnesses who
had talked with her in Salt Lake City
and elsewhere prior to the shooting
gave evidence to the same effect.
A dramatic feature of the day was
tie description by Soren s. Christensen
o. salt Lake of an encounter between
Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Brown ut Il
hotel in Pocatello, Idaho, in the sum-
mer of 1896 ON that OCCASION Mrs.
Brown discovered Mrs. Bradley in the
hotel with Senator Brown, and attack
ing her. attempted to choke her and
asked to ne allowed to kill her. Cries
Of Mrs. Bradley brought the senator to
her rescue and then the entire party,
including the witness. had an all-night
discussion of the difficulty, during
which Grown. turning fiercely upon his
wife denied that he was the father of
her son. Max Brown. and at the same
of two oi Mrs. Eradley's children. An
Outburst of denunciatiOn of her hu;,-
band and Mrs. Bradley by Mrs. Brown
followed, after which the senator and
the defendant went to another hotel,
where they called for drinks.
A new phase Of the testimony WAS
the admission by Archibald Livingston.
tire senator's stcnographcr. that he had
often told fa!SehondS to Mrs. Bradley
in order to quiet her and to avoid
trouble for either the Senatr or him
self
Justice Stafford rebuked Il couple Of
spectators, IL man and II woman. who
brought into the court room with them
girl about II years of age When the
justice saw the child. he stopped the
proceedings and ordered the attendant
to escort the couple and child from the
courtroom. The testimony today. as
on every day since the trial began. in
cluded many allusions unfit for the ears
of a child.
1t was expected that all the testi-'
irony in the case would be in today
but at the last moment the district at
torney Subpoeaned three additional
witnesses in rebuttal Another witness
testify for the government. 1t is now
almost a certainty that the testimony
will be concluded on Friday. to which
day the court adjourned.
Washington. Nov. 27.-The abrupt
ness with which the defence rested it's
case Tuesday i'll the trial of Mrs. Annie
NJ Bradley for the killing of Former
Senator Arthur Brown of Utah, COM
bined with the fact that already four
witnesses out Of the Is summoned by
the government in rebuttal have testi-
fled, leads to the belief that the case
will go to the jury possibly Monday or
Tuesday of next week. 1t is the pres
ent purpose of the defence not to cross
examine at length. Doctors Jelliffe. and
Brush the government insanity experts.
or to place on the stand any witnesses