The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-19
MRS BRADLEYS
LIFE OF Shame
WAS TOLD OF BY WITNESSES
DR.. WHITNEY ON THE
STAND.

STAND.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Iudgs
Powers and Attorney Hoover, defend.
ing Mrs. Bradley. taking the hint OF
certain suggestions made in the test.
mony OF the governments witnesses
last week. have wldened the scope OF
the plan with which they first breach,
ed the case and when court opened
yesterday began her defense accord
ingly. The list OF their witnesses hss
been heightened to thirty. Mrs. Bral'
ley, who is loath to assail the charac'
ter OF the nan she shot and killed. has
been persuaded. when she goes on the
stand, to lay bare many details not
known before. Also additional evi
dence Strengthening the insanity dc,
tense has been obtained.
The unexpected shortness Of the
governments case has been an adyan'
tage for Mrs. Bradley.
Given time to rest. she has recov,
cred somewhat from the nervous shock
OF the opening ordeal and nerved her
self for her own examination. When
not in court, she now spends her tim.
as quietly as possible and sees few
persons besides her attorneys. Every
effort Is being made TO conserve her
strength for the supreme test-thc
narration of her own life story with
all its tragic details.
When the frafi defendant entered
the dismal court room, she was more
animated than usual. She chattel
with the bailIfr, beside her and con.
suited with her counsel. Judge Powers
before the opening of court.
Woman Acted Strangely.
James Hay, reported, was the first
witness called.
He testified that Mrs. Bradley dur.
ing an interview shortly after the
tragedy. acted in n peculiar manner
and put her hands to her head say.
ing:
Il feel as II | were far away from
her." He also said that Mrs. Brad.
ley who he was about to leave, begged
him to remain. declaring that she
would go mad II left alone with her
thoughts.
The witness strenthened the i'm.
preston hat the defendant, either
from extreme agitation OF mental I'M.
soundness, was erratic in her behav.
Tor. That the government proposes
to contest every attempt of the de.
Tense to fortify the insanity plea. was
evident that the grilling cross-exam,.
nation of this witness, conducted by
District Attorney Baker.
Charles Cottrell, also a reporter.
confirmed Hays testimony.
Cottrell made reference to the wild
look" or vacant stare" which charac.
terized Mrs. Bradley's attitude after
the shooting.
This building up OF evidence on the
part Of the defense is looked upon as
preparation for the hypothetical ques.
tion which will be %propounded later to
TIE ~nlienists, who will testify for Mrs.
Bradley.
It will be one of the two important
points of the detense-the appeal to
science, as Mrs. Bradlcy's own story
will be IN appeal to human nature.
Don't Believe Her Insane.
C%ottrell, when pressed upon o
examination, said he did not believe
Mrs. Bradley to he insane. For the
first time since the trial opened, evl.
dence Of what occurred In Browns
iefore the shooting was intro
duced. 1t was embodied in Cottrell's
statement Of Mrs. Bradley's own en-
plcnatioa. 81 abhor things OF this
sort" he reported Mrs. Bradley as
Saying. But In my case It is iustifI.
able. I asked him II he meant to do
the right thing by ME. Instead he put
on his coat and started to leave the
room. and | shot him."
Mrs. Bradley's checrfulness vanish
ed shortly after the fencing Of the at.
torneys in the cross.cxaminatIon Of
witnesses. which is well under way.
She concentrated her attention upon
the witness, the wan, haggard look OF
nervous depression, her usual appear.
ance in the court room, coming over