The Washington times., 1907-12-01
GUILTY OR NOT?
FATE Of WOMAN
DUE TOMORROW
Bradley Case viii Go to
Jury by Close of
Day.
General Expectation Is
for Acquittal or Dis
agreement.

4 44le stage beLl4llBS 4OE LQe last scenes
in the dramatic trial of Mrs. Annie NJ.
Bradley for the staying of former Sena-
| tor Brown are being shifted. Tomorrow
/ afternoon will mark the beginning Of
the end and the curtain will descend for
the last time upon this pathetic drama
from real life which has engaged and
I entnralled the attention of a whole ma
ton for the past month.
There Will be a single curtain call
The twelve men upon whom depend Mrs
[ Bradley's fate are TO appear for the
last time and deliver a message TO the
waiting audience, and that message Is
- mean either punishment or freedom
tor the little woman who has stood so
/ long at the bar Of justice.
Perhaps this viii be Monday night,
perhaps Tuesday, but come when II
viii. there will. be sigh OF relief that
at last the suspense is over. The de-
! PENDANT herself is on the verge OF
collapse, the lawyers appear tired and
unstrung. the jury resigned, patient,
and yet anxious 10 end it aIl, and the
court officials and attendants DESTROYS
Of seeing the tOrturing ordeal ended.
The trial is to close IN q burst Of
| oratory. both for and against the pris-
oner at the bar.
Two Arguments Heard.
| Yesterday two arguments were heard
! a scathing arraigment OF Mrs. Bradley,
her deeds, and her relations with her
1 dead lover by Assistant District Attor-
ney Turner, and a mastery defense OF
her love. her sacrifice. and her WON
I anIy craving for a name for her IL
| legitimate children made BY Attorney
Robert Wells. Both arguments had
their weight with the jury, for it is not
/ conceded by either side that Inc Jury IS
not yet susceptible TO argument. and
/ tlat the twelve men arc OF one mind
/ one way or the otsssT.
Tomorrow Attorney George Hoover.
/ for the defense, opens in an address Of
an hour. He has conducted much OF
! the examination OF witnesses and upon
him has fallen much Of the detail work
in the case. His address is expected
/ to deal mainly with the evidence and
it's favorable phases. but he viii find
time even in the short period allotted
him 70 play upon the emotions. to ap-
! peal 10 the sympathies. TO the softer
natures Of the twelve men who are the
judges Of the evidence.
i He viii be followed by Judge Orlando
w. Powers, an orator. a pleader typicu;
of tie great open-hearted West He
has Travelled across continent without
money. and without price to defend a
lOnO and helpless woman. He comes
with almost an unbroken chain Of sue
cess Twics before mas he pleaded for
women indicted on the charge Of mur-
der. who Ike Mrs. Bradley were Unable
to pay him for his eloquence, and twice
before has he watched them walk from
the court room into the air OF freedom.
nation he may add another victory.
Judge Powers Eloquent.
Judge Powers is a man well advanced
in years. He Is a man Iauch older than
his associates. and has seen more of
life and it's sorrows and disappoint-
ments. He started as a poor boy, work
ed for months as a struggling lawyer
for little more than his board, and step
by step has laboriously worked his way
to the top. He will speak to a jury
| composed IN the main OF elderly men.
heads OF families and men who. like
himself, have seen both the seamy and
n
the elOquence. and the earnestness Of
this orator OF the West depends in a
large measure the fate Of the woman for
whom for the time being he has
abandoned his home, his practice. and
his personal interests.
The speech Of Judge Powers Will he
one OF the features Of the trial He
VIII review tho evidence. but it Will
I L., It'll
jury to look upon the better side, to
eliminate the dark side. the story of
sin and Illicit relationship, and to gaze
rather upon the love and devotion OF
4 woman who beside this one trans
fTessicn he'd been pure. From the Mest
comes natteFing tales of the eloqUence
of Orlando Powers, and certain it is
that never before in his long experience
has there been more golden opportunity
for playing upon the heart strings, the
synpathies. and the gentler natures
OF his audience. The field is golden
the harvest is here. and upon Judge
Powers does the lonely Mrs Brad
ley depend for the garnerinF of twelve
sympathetic hearts who would say to
her Go and sin no more
Baker Will Be Last.
District Attorney Baker is to close in
an argument which viii require two
hours. He has not outlined the tenor
of his address, but that il Will embrace
every feature Of the testimony goes
without saying. He win probably de-
vote the greater portion Of the argu-
ment to the dissection OF Mrs. Bradley
own story, the strongest card In the
plea OF the defense. Mrs. Bradley and
her sorrowful story exerted a wonder
ful influence upon the jury. No one
realizes this better than Mr.. Baker. who