The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-26
EXPERT SAYS MRS
BRADLEY WAS
CRAZY
Brown Murder Trial Draws
Near to Close
PRISONER ABNORMAL WOMAN
Or. Barton For Defense Tsstlfies That
Accused Seems to BE Out Of
Her Mind.
PRISONER ABNORMAL WOMAN

WASHINGTON Nov. 26.-That Mrs
Annie NJ. Bradley was insane at the
time she shot former Senator Arthur
Brown Of Utah in this city on Dec. I
last was the opinion Of DR.. W. NJ. Bar
ton of the medical department OF
Georgetown university and a specialist
in nervous diseases expressed at the
trial Of Mrs Bradley.
DR.. Barton's testimony followed the
reading to him Of hypothetical ques
ton Of 1900 words covering the his
tory of Mrs. Bradley's relations with
Senator Brown from the Gay she mel
him to the day Of the tragedy.
DR.. Barton diagnosed Mrs. Bradley's
ailment as being puerperal insanity
caused by what he described as the
continued assaults upon her nervous
system due to operations which had
been performed upon her. In explain
ing why she looked upon her as an
abnormal woman he said she was In
terested in things that do not usually
attract women and instanced the fact
that she was secretary Of political
club as an evidence of her abnormal
ity.
Dr. Barton was on the stand many
hours and was subjected to severe
cross examination by the district at
torney. aided by the government in.
sanity experts, DIR. Smith Ely Jellifs
of New York and Dr. Edward s. Brush
OF Baltimore. DR.. Barton proved to be
good witness for the defense. His
testimony showing his conclusions as
to Mrs. Bradleys insanity was un.
shaken.
The doctor said that his conclusion
had been the result of all circum.
stances In this case.
These diseases" he said, referring
TO epilepsy in an aunt of the prisoner,
ARE not inherited. The tendency to
them is inherited
she belonged to an abnormal type
of women" he added "She was an
intellectual woman, and yet she in
Guided in her duties that which we do
not expect women to be interested in.
think that was an evidence of abnor-
NAL condition"
Witness said she was secretary Of q
political club in Utah. and he reiter.
ated that her interest in such matters
marked her as an abnormal woman.
Mrs. Bradley's conduct seemed to be
that of an insane person, said the wit
ness, referring to her arrival In this
city. He said she had got off the train
and had sat down in the rain and that
in connection with all her conduct he
regarded this as evidence of insanity.
The fact that at Ogden she had Wis.
tied several railroad officials to ar.
range about her baggage did not con.
stitute evidence that she was sane, al.
though she had acted intelligently. He
was unable to state when the insanity
of the prisoner did begin.
The defendant came into court look
ing pale and haggard, evidently in an
ticlpation that, after all, the question
Of her sanity or insanity at the time
of the commission of the act was the
paramount issue in the case. While at
times she exhibited the keenest inter.
est In all that was said, she generally
seemed in condition Of mental de.
lection. AS has been the case through.
out the trial, she displayed much emo
ton upon hearing references to the
love that existed between her and
Senator Brown as made known through
their letters. While she shed no tears,
she frequently bowed her head and
closed her eyes for long periods, obliv.
ious to all that was going on around
her. When the session was over, her
face had distinct expression Of sad.
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