Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-25

nothing more from Brown. and proceeded:
1.-THE patient had always felt that If
Senator Brown was away from influences
Of the many people who were anxious to
persuade him not to marry her he
would marry her. and says that the i'm
pulse seized her that II she went on to
Washington perhaps he would marry her
there. The senator had asked her to meet
him in Denver on his return trip and she
had refused to do 1t, and he had been an
cry about 1t, and so she thought she
would go on to Washington: but she says
that she did not have this thought at Salt
Lake City when she accepted the ticket
OF the morning Of December 4, 1905 She
had been Ill all the week. She had suf-
fered much from loss Of blood. She had
risen from her sick bed in a physical con-
dition that required absolute quiet. and
she took the ticket with $50 in money and
started upon the train, fully intending to
go to Los Angeles She says that she had
at that time one feeling one minute and
another feeling another minute, and that
she felt as though she could never go
impulse to go to Washington seized her
when she neared the city OF Ogden. that
was about thirty-six miles north from
Salt Lake City. which was The parting
point between the railroad to the east and
the west
Tragedy in Washington.
The particulars OF the trip from Og-
cen to Washington and OF the arrival in
this city given, the narrative proceeded
to detail Mrs. Bradleys movements be-
fore the shooting. which occurred in
Senator Browns room at the Raleigh Ho-
| lei about o'clock in the afternoon. The
finding of Mrs. Adams letter, the full
| text Of which is given, Is the subject of
minute presentation, and Mrs. Bradleys
mental condition after reading it is de-
scribed.
''She went into her room and went out
upon the street and walked around the
| streets. She don't know what her purpose
| and did not know what to do. She can
not recall that she had any purpose in her
| mind She felt wretched. She does not
| know how long she was out of the hotel.
| She knows she went back. but sha does
not know at what time of day. She ate
nothing at noontime. and all that she
can recall of having seen when out upon
| the streets was people and houses"
| Mrs. Bradley's version of the subse-
| quent happening is then given as follows:
at one time. while lying in her room.
| and went out again; that the senator's
room was but a short distance away. and
at one time, while lying in here room,
| she heard his footsteps and she went to
| senator looked upon her and turned pale
| and said: What are you doing here?
And the patient replied: 4 have come here
! to ask II you won't carry out your prom
| isss to me- She says she don't know
what he then said; that he just rushed
upon her; that she don't know what she
| then did: that she does not remember
| that he said anything when he rushed
rpon her; that she does not know any
thing about 1t until she heard a shot,
| which seemed to rouse her; that she then
did nothing; that she did not do any
| thing; that the senator called for help;
that after the senator called for help sh
did not do anything. She could not do
| ,nything.
Does Not Remember.
| when asked If she shot the senator
she says she does not know whether she
| did it or not. that she did not go there for
the purpose Of shooting him, that she did
not take the gun out Of her bag. That
| when she went into the room she had no
| purpose of doing him any physical in
| jury. She did not go there because she
| was animated with any feeling of VEN
geance or revenge or jealousy. When he
| called for help she did not do anything;
| she did not know that he was hurt until
| the doctor came. When she heard the
does not know upon what part of the
| body he had hold Of her, nor how long
he held her. She says she does not know
of anything she did before the people
after she heard the sound of the gun.
| The senator walked the floor in a rage
and called for help. and swore. She does
now know what her feelings were at that
| time. She does not know that she rem
| dered him any assistance. She does not
| know what she did with her gun; that
she took no aim; that she never remem-
bered the gun, and has no recollection of
| having pulled the trigger: that she never
had fired a gun before that day in her
| life. She is unable to give any reason
| why she shot Senator Brown"
The testimony concerning Mrs. Brad
leys condition, mental and physical, after
| the tragedy is followed by long citations
| from DR.. Whitney's statements regarding
Mrs. Bradley's miscarriages in Salt Lake,
and the consequent blood poisoning and
| mental anguish, and from Washington
physicians. concerning her condition since
| the killing.
Judge Powers summarized the foregoing
as follows:
1.-THE patient was not naturally Of
vicious nature; she was not angry when
| she fired the fatal shot: she was not ami
| mated by jealousy; Sc was not animated
by any feeling of revenge she had not
| formed previous to the shooting any pur-
pose to kill or injure Senator Brown
The questions were then asked, as pre-
scented, numbered 1, 2, 3.