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was in frightful state of mind,
though.
The witness chung 10 this statement
on the e-cross-examination although
stating that he formed no opinion in
regard 10 the mater at the time.
Mr.. COttreil was handed several mem
orandum sheets made at the time and
asked to read their contents, which
We're IN shorthand. and he interpreted
his notes as follows.
She said that BroWS had been the
cause of the divorce betv cen herself and
husband and now that Browns wife
had dled he could do the right thing by
her. which ad positively refused TO
do
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the purpose Of killing Brown, and she
said No.
I asked her next If she had any
friends and she said No, what right
have ! 10 have friends. How can 1 ex-
pect anyone to be a friend Of mine.
help me, have no right to ask anyone
TO help me-.
Her Statements Rambling.
The witness said that Mrs. Bradley did
not respond to q number Of questions
ana that he with difficulty persuaded
her to talk Of any one subject long.
He detailed her rambling statements. but
said that ne was unable to say whether
she was sane or insane.
Pressed upon the denomination
he described her actions as unnatural
Odd YOU publish at that time in
the Washington Times a story Of what
she mad told YOU, as Hed Mr.. Baker.
Q.-And did YOU not publish a con-
nectsd story, although you say she
talked diScOnenCtly.
A.-Yes. it was my business to PUT
her story connectedly.
Odd II occur to you at that time
that you were publishing the story Of
an insane person.
Al had a suspicion at the time that
she was insane.
Mr.. Had COuobOrated.
Charles A. COttreil was another news
PAPER man called. he said IlsLt he had
seen Mrs. Bradley twice on the even
ins Of the tragedy, once at 5:i5 and once
about $50 He described Mrs Bradley's
actions very much as did FIR. Hay, say
ing that she walked the floor, appeared
restless, and rolled her eyes. throwing
her head in different directions. He said
that she appeared Iistless in answering
questions at times.
She appeared frail. heggard, and
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careworn." he said She told me Of her
long journey across the continent and
Of her arriving here practically penni-
less. She seemed in a frightful state OF
Icnd throughout
Il asked her many questions, some
she would answer and some she did not.
She told me that she reached Washing
ton with only S1-25 in her pocket, and
that she had paid cabman . cents OF
this"
Long Pauses and Slow Talk.
pearance and manner Mr. Cottrell said
that her answers when made were lucid
and frank, but that she frequently
paused a long time and answered slow
~, leaning heavily upon a chair during
the time.
Q.-What about the expression in her
eyes2
A.-Her eyes seemed to have a vacant
stare in them Witness illustrated her
wild lOOkl
The witness Identified a memorandum
made at the time. and refreshed his
mind concerning certain details OF the
interview. On cross-eXamination the
witness said that during his visit news
was phoned from the hospital that for
mer Senator Brown was better, and that
Mrs. Bradley said:
Il am very glad to heart that" He
said she also continued. in substance:
Il I-ave a horror Of this kind OF thing,
but in this instance IL was justified"
She also said that former Senator
Brown had been the cause OF her get
ting her divorce.
BY Mr.. Baker:
Q Did you have any opinion at that
time whether she was sane or insane?
Al did not.
Q.-What is your opinion now. based
upon what you saw there on your two
visits and what you have just related,
as TO whether she was sane or insane?
Al did rot think her insane. She
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To QUICKLY CURE a
COUGH on COLD

A never failing homo remedy for
coughs and colds is made from the I
following formula 20 be mixed al
, home:
Two ounces Of glyceTine. one
half ounce Of Concentrated oil OF
pine, one-half pint Of good whiskey.
mix and shake thoroughly; use IN
doses Of a teaspoonful 10 a table
spoonful every four hours"
This, II followed up, viii cure
any cough that is durable or break .
up an acute cold in tWCnty-fOur .
hours The ingredients ali can be .
gotten at any drug store. Concen-
trated o4 OF pine comes put Up for &.
for medicinal use only In half I
ounce walls enclosed In small. tin
scTewtOp cases designed 10 protect Z
II from heat and light The bulk I
oils and the patelat medicine imi-
tattous sometimes put up in wooden
boxes should be avoided as they
contain resin and other impurities
that produce nausea and perma-
rent kidney trouble Ic get the
right article be sure It Is the Con
centrated" OF Of pine as this Is
really the only soluble Pine prep :
aratton known TO science and is the
result Of the experiments made in
the pine forests OF Maine where
camps were established for the
treatment OF throat ana lung dis
eases and where so many remark q,
able cures were effected.
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Deaths

samuel Wooley, 70 years. Government
Hospital for Insane.
Martin p Breen, % years, 10 Fourth
street southeast.
Thomas d. allen, = years, JIG yViscon-
sin avenue northwest
Margorie L. Harper, ? years. rs Tween
ty-fOuTth street northwest
Anne Cngan, 81 years. 140S V street
northwest.
Hezekiah Naylor sS years, 1910 Girard
street northwest.
Benjamin p. Davis, 70 years, 1893 irving
street northwest.
Patrick w. CadY. - years, IlS9 Twenty
thitd street northwest
Anthony McNally, "a years, Providence
Hospital.
G9orgia Demeree. 2S years, col Callan
Street northeast
Julia ". Fracker, 50 years 1910 Eight
Centh street northwest
infant Of Carrie and Harry J. Steiner,
days 2235 Thirteenth street north
west.
Thomas Whalley. q years. steel plant.
GlCsbo-O Point.
Mary a. Boyer, 2 years, Bellevue, u. Q.
James r. Sullivan, . years, 305 c street
northeast.
Louise Dahler. 50 years. z35 New Jersey
avenue.
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brain Shaken at Base"

Q. From your observations and your
conversation with her. would you say
that she was sane or insane at that
timer
A. To me she appeared to be a per-
son whose brain had been shaken at
its base.
This answer being objected 20 the
witness framed it as follows;
MY opinion was that she was a
nervou, unstrung person on the brink
Of mental and physical collapse and
that a pun Of wind would blow her
into mental oblivion"
There was a stir OF excitement in the
room as this answer was finished, caus-
ing the bailin to rap loudly for order
Witness said further that his impression
was that she was woman who had
Just passed through some trying ordeal
and that any further shock would cause
her 10 rave
Mr.. MaeMahon said also that on nrst
seeing Mrs. Bradley she said 70 the
newspaper men:
Gentlemen, I am a newspaper woman.
know how eager you all are to get
all the news, but ali that I can say
Is that IN 50 far as a person could be
justified for what I have done ] was
justified"
Sergeant Lehman. who had been on
the stand twice before for the prosecu-
ton, was called by the defense. He
said that Mrs. BradIey's conversation
al the station was rambling.
Odd she say u was her intention
to kin Senator Brown?
A.-No she said, God knows / did
not intend 10 kin him. / love the very
ground he walked on I simply wanted
him 20 give my children his name" I
asked her II Brown, was her husband,
and she said. NO That is the trouble.
I have begged him many times 20 marry
On cross-examination. Lehman said
despite Mrs. Bradley's rambling state
ments he could not say that she was
insane. His impression was that she
was sane.
Onicer Emmert told OF his converse
ton with Mrs. Bradley. He said she
had a stare IN her eyes. vas nervous,
and evidently deeply troubled On cross
examination. however, he said that his
opinion was that she was saAle. He
added, however, that this opinion had
been formed subsequera 10 the time re
first talked with her.
DR.. y. K. shute. physician az the Jail.
testified that Mrs. Bradley was In a
weakened condition at the time she was
brought to the Jail, and was given a
tonic for many weeks. Noticing that the
tonics were doing her no good. DR.. Shute
made an examination and later informed
Mrs. Bradley that an operation was
necessary.
DR.. II. L. Johnson testified that he
reformed the operation He stated
that II was necessary because OF the
criminal operations Mrs bradley had
been subjected TO before coming TO
Washington
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Died.

Suddenly, on Sunday. Novembsr II.
1907, az his residence. 100 street nOIth-
east. HENRY L SACR. the BELOVED son
Of Charles i. and the late George SaUr, IN
the twenty-third year OF his age
Relatives and friends are invited TO attend
the funeral from his late residence On
terUlent AT Prospect Hin Cemetery.
Chicago and Detroit papers please copy
GI.Ass-At midnight on Saturday. November
I6, 1907, ANDREW GLASS. aged seventy
four years.
Funeral services at late residence, 1G27
Fafrmont street northwest, Tuesday afr
noon az o'clock. Burial al Glenwood- e
GLAss-A special communication Of Leba-
held Tuesday November 1s. at I.s0 2. M
for the purpose Of attending the funeral
Of ANDREW GLASS, n. Members OF
other lodges are invited 70 be present. BY
order Of the Master, ". ". LUDLOW,
Secretary. IL
sANFoRD2--onn November II. 1901. BUCUIEs
Funeral from his late residence. s62 @
street southwest az . O'clock November l9,
1907 Friends and relatives respectfully in
vlted 70 attend. IL
WILVEEN-On Sunday. November II. 1871.
SAMUEL MTLYEEN, aged fifty years.
Mr. NJ Tween was born IN Ireland and came
10 this country with his parents At an
gagged as the travelling representative OF
publishing house. He leaves a wife. Mrs.
Mabel MIlyeen. and two daughters, Fran
Ces and Royal n Tween.
HAAfMERsLEY-On Sunday. November II.
1907. at her residence. 1903 Ninth street
northwest. CATHERINE HAMMERS Ely.
Body is at the chapel OF J. William Lee,
20 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
Miss Catherine Hammersley the last
Of three daughters OF the late Edward
IIammersley Tor half a century one Of
WashiugtOn's prominent business men. en-
gagged in the manufacture OF coufecti0ns in
South washington She was slxty-0ne
years old and a native OF this city. She
was a member OF the Church OF the I'm
maculate Conception. David Hammerslsy
engaged In business In this city, Is the only
survivor Of the family.
ERMOLD-On Sunday. November Il, 1907 at
a m, 81 her residence. 1921 street
southeast. WTLHELMISA c.. widow Of
the late John Ermold
Mrs Ermoid was born in Blttenburg
Germany. EiXty-eiEht years ago. Shortly
after her marriage IN 1872 she and her nus
banG came 10 Washington. Since the death
Of her husband she made her home with
her daughter Mrs. Jacob @ Mueller
BriEhrs disease was the immediate cause
OF her death. She Is survived By seven
children and two grandchildren.
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DAZED GIRL CONSCIOUS
AFTER THIRTY-TNO DAYS

BOSTON, Now 1s.-A number OF prom
inent physicians today are investigating
the case OF Miss Mary y. Anthony, who
has suddenly regained her faculties
after lying for thirty-two dayE IN a
state Of coma following an automobfle
accident. The girl was struck BIZ a mo-
tor car October 16 and all tho efforts to
revive her proved fruitiess. She was
given ncuT1shment through q rubber
tube, however, and to this fact ths doc
tors aScr1be her survival While the
nurse was feeding her yesterday she
suddenly opened her eyes and asked:
Where am 2 Who are you2"
II Is believed she VIII soon recover.
The Washington times., 1907-11-18
NEW ROW OF HOUSES
FINISHED BY WARDiaAN

Stone & FaiVfax today announced the
completion Of a row Of seven houses on
Columbia Heights, which have been
under construction by Harry Wardman.
The houses are located Just north Of
Park road, The first house Is at Four
teenth and Quincy streets.
They are twenty-foOt fronts, two
story bricks, with vide porch, and with
q cellar under the entire house.
The Washington times., 1907-11-18
GREATER PITTSBURG
UPHELD BY COURT

/ The Greater Plttsburg law was today
declared constitutional by the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
Justice Moody, announcing the opin-
Ion, said that it was hard to answer tie
argument that the law uniting Pitts
burg and Allegheny. violated a contract
arising out o. the relations of the cit
liens Of Allegheny, in any other way
tnan 10 say 1t isn't true" II property
had been taken without due process OF
law, he said. the citizens must charge
the loss 10 the legislators alone.
The Washington times., 1907-11-18
ALMOST FOOLED JUDGE,
NEGRO GETS. MAXIMUM

Walter West. a colored youth OF
eighteen years. win probably tell the
truth the next time he appears before
Judge Kfmball
Walter appeared before his honor this
morning charged with stealing a bicycle
valued at SIS from Fred s. Billiard
The boy had practically convinced the
Judge that he had purchased the wheel
three years ago when BulIerd proved
posed the limit-SlOo fine or nine months.
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Didn't Talk Commercially.

Mr.. Hay said that he experienced diff
feulty in getting Mrs. Bradley to talk
upon any one subject, that she would
answer a portion Of his question and
then switch 10 something else. He
asked her what happened over at the
hotel and she said
" Oh don't ask me that. so many men
came running into the room and got me
and took me out on the streets and
brOugk. me a long way I asked her if
she had any childrn and her name. and
she told Mrs. Bradley. and said that
she had two cildren, that they were
Senator Browns cildren. then asked
her II she had come to Washington for
The Washington times., 1907-11-18
Mertzand Mertz Co.
Special Notices.

EXPERT BOOK BINDERS
You can rely on getting faultisss work
when you have Bookbin5ing done here.
Charges moderate.
Hodges Big BOokbindery, non uth: next
The Washington times., 1907-11-18
VITAL RECORDS
Births

Charles l. woolard and Mary E. wool
ard, boy.
Emil E. and Efie A. Sperser. girl
Wiley r and Mamie r. Roberts. girl.
John L. and Rosa Humphrey, boy,
Joseph and Ernesta Pasquan, boy
John =, and Jessie Y. Phillips. boy
Arthur and May Minnick, girl
Mels and Ella J. knutson. girl
James T. and Mary A. HanCy, boy.
William ". and Elsa II. Clarridge girl
Brady NJ. and Mary 7. Artley, girl.
Chinese
Charley and Nayme Bing. girl.
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Marriage Licenses.

James F. Hilton to Frances V. Bell.
Morris + Husband. Glen Echo, Nd, to
Bertha II. Perry, Cumberland, Md.
Arthur J.. Kitchen 10 Nellie A Rice.
Ernest ]. BarJarOW to Fannie Allen.
Richard II. Ashby TO Lucy Z. Holmes
NJ. Page Smith 10 Carrie 3. Robinson.
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Another Newspaper Ear.


Louis a. McAfaOn. another newspaper
man, was called next and told OF having
endesVored TO talk 10 Mrs Bradley
while she was being carried from the
Raleigh To the police station. He said
that at the time she was running ner
fingers through her lair as Sc crossed
the stress and had er cad buried upon
her chest"
Q.-What else DID you note?
A.-HeT eyes appeared 10 be misty
and the pupils dilated when I saw her
at the station. and she would FIRST look
up at the ceiling and then down Wit
ness said that she was nervOusly hit
ting spoon against q cup which she
held, and moving chairs back and forth.
Q.-What conversation did you have
with her?
Al asked her q number OF questions.
I asked her IL she realized what she
had done. and that she might have to
pay the penalty. She looked up at the
ceiling about thirty seconds and did not
answer I asked II she had come East
TO kill Mr.. Brown, and she said mo,
No "a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17

sit was principally upon her account
ventured to CALL" Wynkoop ex-
planned in sudden confidence. Might
I see herr"
Hampton's watchful eyes swept the
others face suspiciously, and his
hands clinched.
Relative?" he asked gravely.
The preacher shook his head.
Friend of the family. perhaps?"
mo. Mr.. Hampton. My purpose in
coming here is perfectly proper, yet
the request was not advanced as q
right, but merely as a special priv
Iege.''
A moment Hampton hesitated; then
he arose and quietly crossed the room,
holding open the door. Without q
word being spoken the minister fol-
lowed. and stood beside him. For
several minutes the eyes of both men
rested upon the girls sleeping form
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17
CHAPTER v.
A New Proposition.

To one in the least inclined toward
fastidiousness, the Miners Home at
Glencaid would scarcely appeal as g
desirable place for long-continued res
idence. But such one would have
had small choice in the matter, as 1t
CHANGED to be the only hotel there.
The Miners Home was unquestionably
unique as regards architectural de-
tails, having been constructed by Sec
lions, in accordance with the rapid
development of the camp. and enjoyed
the further distinction-theFe being
only two others equally stylish In
town-of being built of sawn plank.
although, greatly to the regret of it's
unfortunate occupants, lack of season
ing had resulted in wide cracks in
both walls and stairway, while strict
privacy within the chambers was long
ago a mere "Reminiscences. Without
the Miners Home put up good front,
and was in reality the most preten-
tious structure grazing the single clut-
tered street of Glencaid. Directly
across the street. its front a perfect
Occidental saloon, but the Widow Cuff
fly, who operated the Miners Home
with a strong hand, possessed an an.
tipathy to strong liquor, which sue
cessfully kept all suspicion of intoxi-
eating drink absent from those sacred
ly guarded precincts, except as her
transient guests imported it internally.
Mr. Hampton during the course Of
his somewhat erratic career had pre-
viously passed several eventful weeks
in Glencaid He was neither unknown
nor unappreciated at the Miners
Home, and having on previous occa-
sions established his reputation as q
spender, experienced little difficulty
now in procuring promptly the very
best accommodation which the house
Afforded That this arrangement was
accomplished somewhat to the present
discomfort of two vociferous eastern
tourists did not greatly interfere with
his pleasurable interest in the situa.
ton.
Send those two fellows in here to
argue it out" he said, languidiy, after
listening diSguStedly to their loud Ia
mentations in the hallway. and ad
dressing his remarks to Mrs. Guffy
who had glanced into the room TO be
again assured regarding his comfort
and to express her deep regret oNv
the unseemly racket. The girl has
fallen asleep, and I'm getting tired Of
hearing so much noise"
No, be hivings. an We don't dc
nuthin' of tibet sort, Bob. returned the
widow, good-naturedly. busying her
/ self with a dust-rag This is me OWL
house. an Olive tended ter the loikes
Of them sort err fellers afore. Thereu
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17
Business Men Had No Kick
WILL CLAIM THE HONOR
Negress Army Nurse Who Belongs to
the G.. A. X. VIII Be Buried in
National Cemetery.

New Albany. Ind. July 17.-Lucy
Nichols, of this city, who has the dis
tinction of being the only colored
woman in the United States who is a
member of the G. A. r., and who a
few years ago was granted a pension
by special act Of congress, has signi-
fed her desire to be buried in the ma
tional cemetery in this city under a
recent order received by Captain
James Albertson, superintendent of
the cemetery, to the effect that here
after all army nurses who have been
In receipt OF pensions or who have
certificates of service, shall be entitled
to the privilege Of burial in the GENE
terry If they desire.
Aunt Lucy" as she is called by the
old soldiers of this city, joined thu
Twenty-third Indiana regiment, re
cruited In this city, at Bolivar, Tenn.
in 1868, and remained with the regl-
ment throughout the war, settling IL
this city when the regiment was mus
tered out of service.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17
lContinred.l

The deeply interested lieutenant re-
moved his watchful eyes from OF his
charge just long enough to glance in
Quiringly across his shoulder. Has
the man any signs of a wound, ser
geant?" he asked, loudly.
"A mighty ugly slug in the shoulder,
sir; has bled scandalous, but | guess
it's the very luck that's goin' to save
him: seems now to be comm out all
right"
The officers brows knitted savagely.
some of our business. What hap
pened? Indians?"
Yes"
How far away?"
Il don't know They caught us in
a canyon somewhere out yonder. may
be three or four days ago; there was
lot killed, some of them soldiers. My
dad was shot, and then that night he
he got me out up the rocks, and he
he was carrying me in his arms when
IL tainted. | saw there was blood
ON his shirt, and it was dripping down
on the grass as he walked. That's
about all know"
Who is the man? What's his
name?"
The girl looked squarely into the
ieutenant's eyes, and, for some rea-
son which she could never clearly ex-
plain even to herself, lied calmly. Il
don't know: l never asked"
Sergeant Carson rose stifiy from
his knees beside the extended figure
and strobe heavily across toward
where they were sitting, lifting his
hand In soldierly salute. his heels
clicking as he brought them sharply
together in military precision.
The fellow is getting his eyes open,
sir" he reported end is breathing
more regular Purity weak yit. but
he'll come round in time" He stared
curiously down at the girl now sitting
up unsupported. while a sudden look
of surprised recognition swept across
his face.
Great guns!' he exclaimed. eagerly.
but 1 know you. You're old man Gill
lis gal from Bethune. amt ye?"
Yes" she acknowledged simply,
but he's dead"
Never mind. little girl the lieu
tenant said, with boyish sympathy I
knew ellis, and, now the sergeant has
spoken, l remember you quite well.
Thought all the time your face was IA
miliar, but couldn't quite decide where
had seen you before. So poor old
ellis has gone. and you are left ali
alone in the world! Well, he was an
old soldier. could not have hoped TO
live much longer anyway. and would
rather go fighting at the end. Wen
take you back with US TO Bethune, and
the ladies of the garrison will look
after YOU"
The recumbent figure lying q few
yards away half lifted itself upon one
elbow. and Hampton's face, white and
haggard, stared uncertainty across the
open space. For an instant his gaze
dwelt upon the crossed sabers shield
ing the gilded -" on the front of the
leutenant's scouting hat. then settled
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17
INDIANA STATE NEWS

Anderson, Ind. July 1T.-"Has the
Attempted Enforcement OF the sun
day Law Interfered with the Material
Prosperity OF Anderson?" was the
theme of a discussion by Rev. Thomas
w Grafton, pastor of the Central
Christian congregation. in his pulpit in
this city Sunday evening. His con
clusion was that the attempt TO en-
force the law had not vitality affected
this city and, further, he asserted that
If the law were enforced in the most
rigid manner it still would not hurt
any interests of this city, with the
possible exception of the man or con-
Germs that would fail TO profit by be-
ing put out of business on Sunday.
Sent a Man Out for Beer.
Grafton said that in order to demon
strate that the lid was not on at
Anderson he had a man to visit Sa-
loon to see If beer or other liquor
could be bought The Christian church
is in the business district and within
a gunshot Of il. the minister said. the
man sent out bought beer. The mia
lister said he had full view Of the
place where the man went to get the
beer and he soon returned with Il
bottle.
Had the Booze Under the Pulpit.
The minister then startled his CON
gregatlon by reaching under his pull
pit and exhibiting the bottle of beer.
He held it up in full sight of the audi
ence Of nearly two thousand. He said
it was a glaring refutation of the as
sertion that the lid is on in this city
Grafton said that in the last few
days he had called on several mer-
chants and other business men and
asked them whether they believed thai
strict enforcement of the law, espe
cially as to saloons, had any effect or
the business interests in this city.
Business Men Had No Kick.
| The minister said the business mer
were unanimous in agreeing that TIT
| business interests are not and will no
be affected by compelling saloons t
observe the law. Grafton said th'
only people in this city who wer,
making much ado about saloons be
ing closed were saloonkeepers anC
"some old fossils whom he likene,
to frogs as being happiest when croak
ing.