Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14
INSANITY WILL Be
THE ONLY DEFENSE
No Attempt to Plead the "UnWrit-
ten Law" viii be Made by
Her AttOrneyS--WitneSseS
From California to
Prove Heredity.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 1.-THE
jury i'm the Bradley trial was com
pleted at HIS this morning. At
this time District Attorney Turner
Immediately began his presentation
of evidence for the government.
When court opened today the eff
fort TO obtain the jury for Mrs.
sumed with eleven men in the box.
The defense still had three chal-
lenges TO it scredit and the prosecu-
ton nine.
There was little delay in securing
the jury and at exactly 11:I5 the
twelve men were sworn in.
The prosecution will not be OBJ
liged to prove that Mrs. Bradley
fired the shots that killed Brown as
her attorneys admit that fact and
will rest upon the ground of emo
tional insanity as their defense.
VIII Go On Stand.
1t is probable that she will be put
on the stand in her own defense with
the hope of influencing the jury in
reaching the conclusion that her
mind was so unsettled by the long
continued wrongs which it is alleged
she had suffered tliat she was not
responsible for her acts.
She has never made any statement
concerning the details of her pres
ence in the room when the tragedy
took place There is no other liv-
ing person who was present at that
time. 1t, is known, however, that
while the shooting occurred at 3
o'clock in the afternoon. she had ar
rived in the city early that morning,
having come direct from her home
in Salt Lake City.
The wounds on the senator's body
one of which was on his hand and
the other in his abdomen. showed
that two shots had been fired. OF
these the latter proved fatal within
five days.
Putting such information together
as they have been able to obtain it,
Mrs. Bradley's attorneys have reach
ed the conclusion that when she
went TO the senator's room, which
she did Immediately upon her arriv-
AL she found there certain letters
from Mrs. Anna Adams, mother of
Maude Adams, the actress, the read
ing of which greaptly incensed her.
She seemed then to have disappeared
and not to have returned until the
afternoon, when, finding Mr.. Brown
there, she upbraided him, and find
ing him unwilling TO marry her, fired
the shots which ended his life.
Kisses His Picture.
Every night she takes the sena-
her cell and kisses it fond good
night"
Judge Orlando Powers, chief coun-
sci for Mrs. Bradley, thus describes
the passionate affection that his
client still retains for the memory
of her victim.
"She still holds sacred the mem
ory of the man who caused her all
this trouble and anguish. / have
found it very difficult, even now,
when she Is on trial for her life, 10
get her to say anything that will
cause a reflection on him. Really
vital incidents, big enough to sway
the jury, she has kept from us up to
the last two days"
such is the complex nature of the
woman who did not hesitate, less
than a year ago to shoot down in
cold blood the man who refused her
honorable marriage after he had
visited upon her the deepest wrongs.
As to Mrs Bradley herself, this is
the view she takes of the matter.
IF my attorneys succeed in max
ing the jury see the case as l see It,"
she said today, Il shall have no
doubt as to the result"
The defense will be one of insan-
ity, not emotional insanity-nOr the
unwritten law, per Sc, nor any Of
the suberfuges that the lawyers are
wont 10 resort to in such cases.
No "Unwritten Law"
"There will be none Of that in this
trial" Mr. Powers said. I'VE are
prepared to prove that Mrs. Bradley
was insane-truly insane-and there
will be no mention Of the 'unwritten
law at least on our side of the case"
In this connection counsel for Mrs.
Bradley prevailed upon the govern
ment TO bear the expense of bringing
TO Washington-for the accused wo-
man is practically destute-lionel
Shrewsbury Of California. Mrs. Brad
ley's uncle by marriage, who will
swear that her fathers sister spent
the last years OF her life in the Cali
fornia state insane asylum This
witness will testify that Mrs. Brad
ley's paternal aunt had frequent
periods Of madness, during which
she would threaten the lives of those
near and dear to her.