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THE MOKMMi OKEIHKVIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1907. E BY HIS CRUELTY Is Mrs. Bradley's Defense on Charge of Murdering Brown. HER VERSION OF SHOOTING Salt Luke Witnesses Tell of Her Haunting Former Lover's House. saj ISrown Hushed at Her Before She Fired the Gun. WASHINGTON. Nov. J5. That the de fense of Mrs. Annie Bradley, on trial in Criminal Court No. 1, on the charge of murdering ex-United States Senator Brown, would be insanity was made evident beyond question by the prelimi nary statement made to the court today by her attorney. Mr. Hoover. The prosecution consumed the entire forenoon in concluding the examination of its witnesses in chief to prove the facts of the killing and, when It rested the case, Mr. Hoover followed with his pre liminary outl.nc of the case for the de fense. He detailed the principal events of Mrs. Bradley's life and entered minutely Into the circumstances of her intimacy with Mr. Brown. According to Mr. Hoover's statement. It will be shown that there Is a taint of insanity in Mrs. Bradley's family. The testimony presented today by the prosecution was all Intended to show pre meditation on the part of Mrs. Bradley in killing Brown. The court adjourned at 2 o'clock until next Monday. It is understood that, when the trial is resumed, 'the Government will stubbornly antagonise Mrs. Bradley's plea of insanity and that much rebutting testimony will be Introduced. What She Told Hetectlve. The first witness of the day was Mrs. Marllia Thornburg, matron of the police station No. 1, where Mrs. Bradley was taken Immediately after the tragedy. She told of the visit to the prisoner by United Btateej Senator Sutherland, whose lan guage was not heard by tho witness, and also a visit by Detective Sergeant Grant, of the local police force. She says she heard the detective tell Mrs. Bradley that anything she might say would be used against her. Mrs. Bradley had freely consented to talk, and no difficulty had been encoun tered by the detective In procuring a statement from her. Lieutenant Hartley, of the police force, corroborated Mrs. Thornburg's testimony concerning the visit of Mr. Grant and his warning, but he said that Mrs. Bradley had told the detective she did not wish to make a statement. After further testimony to pave the way for Mr. Grant's statement, he was called to the stand, but before he could proceed Mr. Hoover made objection on the ground that Mrs. Bradley's state ment to the detective was not voluntary and therefore not admissible. Judge Stafford decided, however, that It was proper, and Mr. Grant proceeded. He said: "Mrs. Bradley told me that Bhe was a companion of Mr. Brown; that she .had lived with him for a long time and had children by him. I asked her how she came to shoot him, but she would not answer that. I asked her If she had brought the pistol with her In a red bag. She said she had not acted on Impulse, but had thought over the deed for a long time and had made up her mind that If Mr. Brown did not do right by her she was going to kill him." Wanted Brown to Marry Her. Policeman Umb also testified that Mrs. Bradley had told him she had had the revolver a long time, and had brought It with her to Washington. He said at the time Mrs. Bradley was very nervous and her face was distorted. Dr. Charles D. White, who dressed Sen ator Brown's wounds aX the Emergency Hospital, testllfed that the wounded pa tient's hand was powder-burned. This fact was brought out by the defense, evi dently for the purpose of showing a pos sibility of self-defense. Albert H. Kelley. of Salt Lake City, was introduced for the purpose of show ing premeditation on Mrs. Bradley's part. He said he had known Mrs. Bradley for 20 years, and that when he had met her on the street in Salt Like City In June or July. 1906. she told him she was mak ing her own living by keeping a rooming house. "I asked her If Senator Brown was not putting up for her expenses and she re plied that he was only paying for her what he felt like paying. She said she didn't want his money, but wanted Brown himself, and if he did not acknowledge the parentage of her second boy she'd kill him. I 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 commit the crime of murder: but she persisted and declared she would shoot him." Mr. Kelly said he advised Mrs. Bradley to take the money if Brown refused to keep his contract to marry her. He was cross-examined hy Judge Powers, who had not before taken active part In the proceedings. Carried Pistol In Muff. James H. Rowan, of Salt Lake City, who was employed as a watchman at Mr. Brown's residence, told of a scene created by Mrs. Bradley In November, 190.r', when she tried to gain admission to Mr. Brown's house. He said she car ried a pistol In her muff. He said that two nights afterward he found the woman In Brown's back yard, when she t-ld him that she had got the gun for Mr. Brown, but that If any one In terfered he would get "the same that Mr. Brown would get," adding, "I am a virtuous woman." She said then she wanted to see Mr. Brown through the window, or hear him, and remained for five minutes. Judge Powers questioned this wit ness minutely In response to prompt ings 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. Bradley had said that tho reason why she wanted to hear the Senator's voice was because she loved him. In reply to questions from Mr. Powers the witness saltl that on the occasion of Mrs. Bradley's visit she had to throw a number of stones against the house, saying that she wanted to annoy Brown all she could, "so that he would have a pleasant night's rest." Would Drive Brown Crazy. SWie then told tho witness that she was a poor woman and that Brown was the father of two of her children. She added that she had Brown about crazy and would soon have him In an Insane asylum. "I replied," said the witness, "that If he did not behave Brown would have her In the police station, whereupon she said: They will never get me In JsJi: They flW riven put me in an asylum, but If they do I'll get out." " The last witness called for the prosecu tion was Max Brown, son of the former Senator. He was called merely for Iden tifying the victim of the tragedy. When Mr. Brown left the stand the Government rested. Mr. Hoover, of Mrs. Bradley's coun sel, after outlining the defense, sketched the nine yeare' association of the two, and said: Wrongs Suffered From Brown. "We will show that she told her physician that with his own hands Ar thur Brown had performed more than one abortion on Mrs. Bradley, and that as late as the Spring of 1906 he had made another effort to have her re lieved of a 7-months-old child, which was born only to die." Mr. Hoover also declared that Mrs. Bradley was suffering from the effects of a miscarriage at the time of the kill ing of Brown on December 8. 1906. It wouM also be shown, he said, that two aunts of Mrs. Bradley have been insane and tiiat the Insanity of one of them, a Mrs. Shrewsbury, had homicidal tenden cies; also that after Brown had wormed himself Into Mrs. Bradley's affections he had her so ostracised that she could not go to her family, and maintained a complete domination over her. Brown, he declared, held her as his slave and she was utterly dependent upon him. Mr. Hoover declared that Brown had incited Mrs. Bradley to procure a divorce after the divorce of his own wife, promising to marry her. "We will show you that by reason of his treatment of her the wo man was absolutely crazy." Recognized Boys as His. He then proceeded to give the names of witnesses, including Mr. Henderson, a law partner of Brown, who had sev ered partnership with Brown because of the latter's treatment of Mrs. Bradley. Moreover, it would be shown, said Mr. Hoover, that Brown had recognized the paternity of her boys, and that t-he was in constant communication with him. Mr. Hoover said that Brown s private secretary had furnished Mrs. Bradley with 20O to take her to California, and that Instead of going there she had come to Washington. She had not pre viously known that Brown had come to Washington, Mr. Hoover said, and had changed her plan and had come to Wash ington with the purpose of persuading Brown to legitimatize the children by marrying her. Mr. Hoover con tended that there had been no premedi tation In the killing, but that Mrs. Brad ley had become much depressed when upon first entering Brown's room at 9 o'clock on December 8, she picked up and read a letter from a woman making an assignation in New York. Says Brown Hushed at Her. "We will show," he continued, "that when, that afternoon, Mrs. Bradley en tered the room Mr. Brown was pale and agitated and asked her what she was doing there. " T have come here,' she replied, 'to see if you will not do what you should do for my children.' "He said that he would not, and rushed upon her with curses. When he rushed at her, she fired the revolver, but whether once or twice she does not remember. Not until she heard the sound of the shots did she awaken from her dazed condition." Mr. Hoover said it would be shown that Brown had bought the pistol with which he was killed and had given it to Mrs. Bradley, telling her to use It on Mrs. Brown if she bothered her. Court then adjourned until Monday. MINING CONGRESS CLOSES Delegates Choose Columbus, O., as Next Meeting Place. JOPLIN, Mo., Nov. 15. The closing ses sion of the American mining congress today resulted in practically a unanimous vote for Columbus, O., as the next meeting place. It Is expected that the hoard of directors will recommend Colum bus. The entire morning session was devoted to a heated discussion concerning a reso lution presented thanking the State of Utah for the offer or its School of Mines as an experimental station and about noon a motion was made that the resolu tion be laid upon the table and not con sidered further at this meeting. Those opposed to the adoption of the resolution said It would not be policy for the congress to endorse any school In preference to any other school more than It would lend Its Indorsement to any cer tain kind of machinery. BRIEF NEWS BY TELEGRAPH Havana To show the gratitude of the fiountry for good government, the Chamber of Commerce has decided to give a banquet to Governor Magoon. Lob Angeles Sewer-diggers in the Ingle wood hills have dug up fossils of an ele phant, a mastodon and a two-toed horse and scientists will dig for more. New York Walter Damrosch. the con ductor, announces that he will have the New York SSymphony Society give a concert in Carnegie Hall with the leader and the mu sicians Invisible. New York Henry Phiprs, of Pittsburg, proposes to erect a number of concrete houses near New York on the plans of Thomas A. Edison, who says they can be built In 12 hours for $1000 to $1200. New York The Duchess of Marlborough and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence have Inspected the immigrant station at Ellis Island and tasted the food sold them and found every thing good. New York .More than 6000 men of alien birth who have been working in this country have Just sailed from this port for their na tive shores aboard three liners. This exodus is due chiefly to the closing down of mills and factories. This Is three times the exo dus of last November. Louisville, Ky. Judge Miller Thursday night granted a temponary injunction re straining Sheriff Bullit .from carrying out the mandate of law by hanging Clarence 8turgeon, triple murderer. Friday. Counsel for Sturgeon held that It was not the duty of the Governor to flx the date of hanging and sign tho death warrant. New York Horace Fletcher, advocate of slow mastication of food, says it Is possible for a man more than 50 years old to In crease his muscular efficiency without syste matic physical exercise. On his 50th birth day Mr. Fletcher said he rode 190 miles on a bicycle and next morning he added 50 more, St. .Louis The plea in abatement of F. W. Prlesmeyer and Ferd. Warner, members of the House of Delegates, to the Indict ments charging bribery, was overruled by Circuit Judge Muench Friday and the prose cution of the two Councllmen will follow. They were Indicted on the charge of having accepted money to secure the passage of an ordinance. Enid, Okla. Four Incendiary fires early Friday morning destroyed $50,000 worth of property near the business center of the city. Among tho buildings burned were the Salvation Army barracks and several wom en and children barely escaped with their lives. Fireman Jack Walton was struck hy a live wire and his recovery Is doubtfui. One suspect has been arrested. Washington tSurgeon-General niter of the Navy, has reached the conclusion that the Ideal location for a tuberculosis sani tarium should meet the following require ments: Altitude from 2000 to ttOOO feet: a maximum amount of sunshine, a maximum amount of dryness and temperature condi tions without great extremes. but with variability rather then equability. These conditions were found on the Fort Lyon abandoned military reservation In Colorado. New York Ernest Thompson Seton. the author, who has Just returned to the United States from an exploration trip of several months through Northwest Canada Into the great plains of the Arctic region, Is en thusiastic over the part of Canada below the Arctic zone. Settlers by the thousands, he said, are pouring into the enormous area of high-class agricultural land and the rapidity with which It is now being developed he said. Is marvelous. Keep the liver and kidneys in order Hood's Sars.tparllla is tho remedy to regulate these organs. WALSH CLAIMS Tf BATH Because Raiircad's Books Were Used to Obtain Evidence. LAWYERS WILL ARGUE IT Running Fire of Objection Causes Judge to Bring Question to Issue. Whole Library of Books Is Taken to the Court. CHICAGO, Nov. 15. A long-drawn-out argument between opposing counsel. In which the court, took part from time to time, over what is regarded as prac tically a plea for Immunity, because the books of the defendant had been used In the Federal grand jury investigation of his affairs, consumed the afternoon ses sion of court In the trial of John R. Walsh, on a charge of having misappro priated funds of the bank with which he was associated. The question of immu nity was not settled when adjournment until Monday morning was taken. Judge Anderson announcing that he would re serve his decision until later. Basis of Immunity Plea. The immunity plea was based upon the fact that the books of the Southern In diana Railway Company were used as evidence by the Federal grand jury in its examination, which resulted In the In dictment of Mr. Walsh, and were about to be used by the Government in the present trial. The books were being ex amined and entries in them read by Na tional Bank Examiner H. P. Moxey un der a steady fire of objections from the other side, when the court Interrupted with the statement that no headway was being made. "Let the Jury be excluaed," be said, "and we will settle this question right now." John S. Miller, of counsel for Mr. Walsh, declared that he was not ready to meet the Issue, and It Is expected that he will be given an opportunity on Mon day to cite authorities in support of his contention. Many Books In Evidence. The early part of the day was occupied by the identification of the books of the Chicago National Bank. Ex-Cashier Jackson, of the bank, was on the stand and he named the books as they were presented to him. There were about 600 of them In court, and the Identification process was tedious and slow. Account books of various other institutions In which Mr. Walsh was interested were identified by witnesses. When all these had been rrrarked as ex hibits, Mr. Moxey produced an alleged memorandum note signed January 1, 1904, due June X, 1904, for $92,000. Witness showed that the collateral for this note was a bond of the Illinois Southern Rail road for $100,000. The collateral was re moved, according to the books, June 1, by J. S. Wilder. POETESS COMMITS SUICIDE Nora May French Takes Poison Without Apparent Cause. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. Nora May French, poetess, and tutor, ended her life yesterday by taking cyanide of potassium at the bungalow of the poet, George F. Sterling, at Carmel-by-the-Sea, a colony of artists and writers on the Pacific Ocean below Monterey. No reason Is assigned, and her friends say they seek In vain for some explanation. Miss French enjoyed good health, and her life to all appear-, ances ran smoothly, giving every promise of a very brilliant career. For some years past she had been a contributor to various Coast magazines, and some of her verse had found Its way Into Eastern publica tions. Miss French came here originally from Los Angeles, where her father now resides. She was 24 years of age. Stage Robbery Explained. DENVER. Colo., Nov. 15. The $22,000 worth of pay checks for the miners of MMUN Saturday ON SALE t. 89 PICTURES C 20x27 Inches Gilt Frame Regular Val. $2.50 Ret?. Val. $1.50 TEA KETTLE the Colorado Coal & Coke Co., lost a few days ago from the stage that runs be tween Longsdale and Cokedale, were found yesterday by a couple of boys and returned to the company, Charles Mac omber, driver of the stage, who was ar rested on suspicion of having stolen the package, has been released. JEVNE AND HORGAN WIN Score9 In Three-Cushion Billiard Tournament at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 15. Lloyd Jevne. of Chicago, defeated Horace B. Lean, of St. Louis, handily in today's game of the three-cushion billiard championship tour nament. The score was B0 to 44. Jovne's high run was 4, his average .57. safeties 11; Lean's high run was 4, average .50 and safeties 17. In the i5th game played tonight John G. Horgan, of Elmira, N. Y., defeated Joseph W. Capron, of Gait, Canada. 50 to 35. Horgan's high run was 4, his average .55 and safeties 19; Capron's high run was 4, average .40, safeties 15. PAPER CHASE THIS AFTERNOON Last Hunt Club Ride Until Thanks giving Day Cup Event. With the Horse Show a thing of pleasant history, the members of the Hunt Club will again take up their cross-country paperchases. The one which will be held this afternoon will start near the Clinton Kelly school house. East Twenty-sixth and Powell Keep a package on a low shelf. Let the children help themselves. Uneeda Biscuit are the most nutritious food made from flour. Always fresh, crisp, clean. In moisture and dust proof packages. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Specials ALL DAY 89 c Reg. Val. $1.50 Nickel Over Copper streets, at 2:45. The hares are Mrs. C. H. Edmunds and Dr. Emmet Drake. This will be the last ride until the run for the Thanksgiving cup, which will be held November 28. This Is the only open paperchase given by the club and Is always looked upon, next to the annual Spring meet, as the most Important In the club. The Thanks giving cup Is a perpetual affair, the winner retaining the handsome trophy until It Is won by another rider. The cup chase Is always a hard one, for the trail is long, the blinds plentiful and the Jumps many. Both rider and horse must be fit in order to stand the ride. CANAL IS FINALLY OPEN Steamer Makes Trip Through Illi nois & Michigan Canal. ROCK ISLAND, III., Nov. 15. The United States steamer Marine reached Rock Island this afternoon from Hen nepin, 111., completing the first trip through the recently opened Illinois & Michigan Canal. The steamship was met by a delegation of citizens and greeted by a chorus of whistles. A general Jollification followed. The canal, which Is the first ever built by the United States Government over land, Is 60 miles In length and -cost $500,000. Auto Company Goes Bankrupt. CHARLOTTE, Mich., Nov. 15. A volun tary petition in bankruptcy was filed to day at Grand Rapids by the Dodson Automobile Company of this city. The book value of the assets la $250,000; un secured debts $140,000. MS m JB J fefNNYDROCI THE PVM TOCO Wast fYonl-capricTfeuildirig- waspinstori.ui. Physicians Often Prescribe PURE OLD whiskey as an efficient tonic and stimulant. 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