The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-15
BRADLEY PROSECUTION RESTS.
AND DEFENSE BEGINS Hight

when she was not talking upon such
-rIbteet2
A.-No; she seemed more determined.
Add you say that you advised her
10 Ia = the money?
A. Yes: I told her / thought that
would be the better way. II the man
would not stand up 70 their contract Is
she wished
Q.-Did you gather from her converse
ton that there was a contract
A.-Only by common repute. CThis
answer was ruled out by the COURT
Police Matron on Stand
Mrs Marina Thornburg. police matron
at the House OF Detention, told OF haV-
ing been with Mrs Bradley the night
Of the tragedy and OF the visit Of De-
tecuve Grant aud other officers who
came 20 ~et a statement She told Of
the conferences Of Senator Sutherland.
Her impression WIS that after this Mrs.
Bradley had said that she would talk 10
some OF the officers, but did not re-
member her words
Lieut. James Hartley testified that he
had also been pTese4t q short while
and that ne remembered that Mrs.
Bradley had said that she did not want
20 have anything 10 say about The case.
Detective Tells Story.
Detective Grant. who was not allow
ed to testify yesterday afternoon, was
then put upon the stand and told OF
his interview with Mrs. Bradley He
said:
she laid that she was Mrs. Bradley,
og Sal Ike. and had been a companion
Of Br IN and had lived with MIN for a
numL..r ~ ears. l asked her why she
shot him. I'd she would not answer.
] asked her where she had got the pistol
rerfrH tr Ea
from Utah IN er satchel. ] asked her II
she had shot Brown on the impulse OF
the moment and she said ''No" that
she had thought about II for a long
time. and b ad made up her mind that IL
he did not 10 the right thing by her she
would Kill him"
Memory Unreliable.
Witness admitted on cross-examIna-
ton that nc did not remember Mrs.
Bradley saying she did not want to
talk. He was pressed by Mr.. Hoover
to tell how he remembered other things
She did say and did not remember this.
Asked by DIR. Hoover for the notes
taken upon the occasion he said that
they had Deen destroyed.
DR.. Charles S. White, Of the EmeTE-
Grey Hospital. described the two
wounds IN the abdomen % Senator
Brown, also the operation performed
fourth day on account Of congestion
Of the kidneys and uraemiC poison
Sergeant Lehman, Of no precinct
station, and Officer Lamb were also
given yesterday afternoon which was
not admitted at that time.
Court AdjOuTns Early.
Court adjourned at $40 O'Clock, as
counsel for the defense were not pre-,
pared Cor testimony-taldng today.
Attorney Hoover outlined the defense
as soon as the afternoon session began.
he declared the defense OF the little
woman would be insanity Mr.. Hoover
said that Mrs. Bradley was struck a
stunning blow when FIVE years old and
her mind had been affected ever since
He said Mrs. Bradley became a mother
IN the spring Of 1895 and that Brown was
the father Of the child which lived only
two days. Counsel for the defense de-
clared former Senator Brown had per
formed three cTiul!nal operations on
Mrs. BTadley's life from The cradle to
the present time BE told OF the Tela-
tons between the Cefeudant and former
Senator Brown an,. declared emphaticai-
ly that Mrs. Bradley spu-l ed his atten-
tons but Brown wormed his way into
her life against her viii.
Lured on by Promises.
when Mrs Brown" died said Mr.
Hoover, Senator Brown told Mrs.
Bradley to go and procure a divorce.
She did this, and tne wedding was set
! for June, 1906. When that time came
Brown put her of. She begged him TO
keep his promise, but he kept putting
! her of. In December he came TO Wash
ington, giving her 40 reason whatever
for coming.
'Hegaveher 500 before leaving, telling
ne. that was the last she'd get from
. a. - Al
men, that Mrs. Bradley's injury at an
early age and her physical suffering an
mental torture at the hands of this man
who lured her to her ruin unhinged her
mind dethroned her reason, and made
her utterly incapable Of Realizing the
quality Of her act"
Policeman Lamb testified that Mrs.
/ Bradley appeared nervous after the
shooting. Tier eyes had an unnatural
| look" said the witness, "aud her face
was distorted" Lamb said Mrs Brad
I ley told him on the day Of the shooting
/ that she brought the revolver with her.
Controversy of Counsel.
After tne closing Of The Times report
yesterday afternoon. the few moments
remaining before the adjournment Of
court were mainly consumed IN a con-
/ tfoversy between counsel as 10 the ad-
nissibiiitv as evidence Of the state
ments alleged to have been made by
Mrs Bradley just AFTER lhe shoOung-
These admissions are said to have
been made at the police station, the
/ contention Of the Government being
| that 1hey were voluntary on Mrs. Brad
( lev's part. while the defense claims
| that the officers insisted that she tell
about the affair
Sergeant Lehman said Mrs. Bradley
admitted she had shot a man, but that
she refused to tell anything about her
self She wanted TO know now Senator
/ Brown was and he telephOned the
| Emergency Hospital. He asCertained
over the phone also the Identity Of the
| prisoner, and she see1leJ surprised
when he called her by ns.ne. II was
! then, he said. that he Questioned her,
| but told her frankly tina everything
she said would be used against her.
Officers Don't Agree.
The testimony of Policeman Lamb,
--l-o r--estaa NJ Rra-dIau and Lie "a.