The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-25
DOCTOR ASKED
QUESTION OF
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OF undying affection and his almost as fire.
quent promises Of marriage with the de-
fendant after getting divorce from his
| wife: OF her own indispostion TO break
up the mans home. to which she only
consented after the relations between
| them had become public; Of the birth OF
tho second and third children: of his let
ters of love numbering sometimes five a
day; of her admiration for Brown because
OF his intellectual superiority; Of the fact
that he dominated everybody around
him: of his interest in the children. the
Oldest of which he said he would put on
the bench of the supreme court OF the
United States; of his acknowledgment of
the children as his own: of his efforts TO
procure a divorce In order to marry her
tMrs. Bradley; of the fact that he gave
her a wedding ring in 1901: of the many
miscarriages and abortions she is alleged
TO have undergone. and of various other
facts in the case. the narrative goes on
from one stage to another. showing that
Brown would not consent to the wo-
mans returning 10 her husband although
she manifested disposition to do So but
insisted upon maintaining his relations
with her.
THE FATAL DAY.
The particulars of the trip from Ogden
TO Washington and of the arrival in this
city given. the narrative proceeded to de-
tail Mrs. Bradeys movements before the
shooting. which occurred in Senator
Browns room at the Raleigh hotel about
3 O'Clock in the afternoon. The finding of
Mrs Adams letter. the full text Of which |
Is given, is the subject OF minute presen- |
tation, and Mrs. Bradley's version of the |
subsequent happening is then given, as
follows:
"she knows that she went to her room
and went out again; that the senator's |
room was but short distance away, and
at one time while lying in her room she !
heard his footsteps and she went TO his /,
door and raped. and entering the SELL |
ator looked upon her and turned pals. |
and said: what are you doing herei
And the patient replied 81 have come |
here TO ask IL you won't carry out your
promises 10 me?' She says she don't /
know what he then said that he rushed 1
upon her: that she don't know what she
then did, that she does not remember
that he said anything when he rushed
upon her; that she does not know any
thing about II 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 Tor help; T
that after the senator called for hSlp |
she did not do anything. she could not y
anything. When asked IL she shot the
senator she says she does not know
whether she did IL 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 tho
room she had no purpose Of doing him
any physical injury. She did not go |
there because she was animated with any
feeling OF vengeance or revenge or ieal-
ousy. 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 shot the senator had hold
OF her, but she 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 came into the room. She was
powerless after she heard the sound of
the gun. The senator walked the floor !
in rage and called for help and swore.
She does not know what her feelings
were at that time She does not know
that she rendered him any assistance, |
She does not know what she did with her
gun; that she took no aim: that she new
er remembered the gun. and has no recol-
lection OF having pulled the trigger; that
she never had fired a gun before that
day In her life. She IL unable to give
any reason why she shot Senator
Brown"
The testimony concerning Mrs. Brad
ley's condition. mental and physical. af-
ter the tragedy. Is followed by long cita-
tions from Dr. Whitncys statements re-
garding Mrs Bradlcv's miscarriages in
Salt Lake city and the consequent blood
poisoning and mental anguish and from
physicians concerning her
since the killing
After the following summing up, the
questions were put.
The patient was not naturally OF a
vicious nature; she was not angry when
she fred the fatal shot; she was not ami |
mated by Jealousy: she was not animat-
ed by any feeling OF revenge she had
not formed previous 20 the shooting any
purpose 10 kill or injure senator Brown"
Tho hypothetical question was still be-
Ink read 10 Dr. Barton when al 1890
o'clock the usual recess for luncheon was
taken The reading then had consumed