The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16
|DISGRACEFUL DISCLOSURES Mrs. Bradley's Trial Promises Sensations. TIE PROSECUTION CONCLUDES Defense Will Re Based on Insanity
 Plea. Counsel for Mrs. Bradley Coatends that Brown,s Treatment of Woman Caused Her to Become Tenn
 porarily Insane.
 


 tion today rested it's case in the trial of Mrs. Annie M. Bradley. charged with murder of former United States Senator Arthur Brown in this city, last win ter, and recess was taken to permit the defense to begin the presentation of it's case.
 Despite the protest of the defense that the confession was involuntary. the court admitted the evidence of De- tective Grant that Mrs. Bradley told him she had meditated the deed for a long time and had decided that if Brown did not do right by her, she was going to kill him.
 Practically all the testimony brought out at the forenoon session was along the same line as MT. Grants statement and was intended to show premedita- ton on the part of Mrs. Bradley, Among the witnesses were two men from Salt Lake City, one of them an old friend of Mrs. Bradley, and the 0ther watchman at former Senator Browns house. who testified that they had heard her threaten to kill the Sem ator.
 Mrs. Bradley preceded both Judge Stafford and the jury in the court room and thus obtained few moments of private conversation with her counsel.
 
 turn instinctively in every emergency. She was again dressed in black. which was relieved only by a tracing of white ruching around the neck.
 Police Matron's Evidence.
 The first witness for the day was Mrs. Marilla Thornborg. matron at the police station, where Mrs. Bradley was taken immediately after the tragedy She told of a visit to the prisoner by United States Senator Sutherland, whose conversation was not heard by the witness. and also of a visit by Detective Grant of the local police force. she Aaid she had heard the de- tective tell Mrs. Bradley that anything she might aay would be used against her. Mrs Bradley had freely con- aenfesi to tsjk and no dlffieulty had aeet ekpx sanrd hs tises sie sccktvA ssira~ procuring q statement from her.
 Lieutenant Hartley Of the police force corroborated Mrs. Thornborg's testi- mony concerning the visit of Mfr Grant and his warning, but he said that Mrs. Bradley had told the detective she did not wish to make a statement. De- tective Grant was called to the stand. but before he could proceed. Mir. Hoo- yer made objection on the ground that Mrs. Bradley's statement to the de- tective was not voluntary and, there fore. not admissible. Judge Stafford decided, however. that it was proper, and Grant proceeded. He said:
 Mrs. Bradley told me that she was a companion of Mir. Browns, that she had lived with him for long time and had children by him. I asked her how she came to sshoot him. but she would not answer that. She said she had not acted on impulse, but had thought over the deed for long time and had made up her mind that if MT. Brown did not do right by her, she was going to kill him."
 Policeman Lamb also testified that Mrs. Bradley had told him that she had had the revolver a long time and had brought 1t with her to Washington. He said that at the time Mrs. Bradley was very nervous and her face was distorted.
 pr. Charles S. White, who dressed Senator Browns wounds at the Finer gencv Hospital. testified that the wound cn the patients hand was powder burned. This fact was brought out by the defense evidently for the purpose of showing a possibility of self de- fense Albert H. Kelly of Salt Lake. was introduced for the purpose Of showing reconciliation on Mrs. Brad ley's part. He said he had known Mrs. Bradley for twenty years and that when he had met her on street in Salt Lake in June or July, 1906. she had told him that she was making her own living by keeping rooming house.
 Brown Paid Expenses.
 "I asked her if Brown was not put ting up for her expenses and she re- piled that he was only paying for her what he felt like paving. She said she did not want his money, but want ed Brown himself and if he did not &C., knowledge the parentage of her second boy she'd kill him. He advised her against that course, adding that the children were sufficiently handicapped by the fact that she was the mistress of the man and that she should not add the crime of murder; put she per- sisted and declared she would shoot him. Her exact words were that she would put hole through him." Kel- ly said he advised her to take the money If Brown refused to keep his contract to marry her. He was cross- examined by Judge Powers.
 James F. Rowan. of Salt Lake City who was employed as watchman at Mir Browns residence. told of an un- successful effort made by Mrs. Bradley on November 27 1908. to gain admis- sion to Browns house. when he said she carried a pistol in her nun. He also said that two nights afterwards he had found the woman in Browns back yard. when she told him that she had got the gun for Mir. Brown. but that if anyone interfered he would "get the same that Mir. Brown would get" adding. "I am a vicious woman" She said then that she wanted to see Mir. Brown through the window or her him, and remained for five minutes.
 Judge Powers questioned this witt ness minutely in response to prompt ngs from Mrs. Bradley evidently with the purpose of showing that he had not seen a pistol in her possession, but the man maintained his position. He also refused to admit that Mrs. Brad ey had said that the reason why she wanted tc hear the Senator's voice was because she loved him.
 Threw Stone at House.
 In reply to questions from Mfr. Pow. ITS. the witness said that on the occa- ion of Mrs. Bradley's second visit. she lad thrown q mum Der of stones against he house. saying that she wanted to lnnoy Flown all she could "so that ,e would have A pleasant nights rest :" She then told ahe witness that she was l poor woman and that Brown was the ather of two of her children. She .ddad that she had Brown about crazsS