Show IMPASSIONED PLEAS Of L LAWYERS ON BOTH SIDES Mrs Annie M Bradley Scathingly Arraigned by Assistant District Attorney for Killing of Brown Browne e 0 Eloquently Defended by Mr Wells Prisoner on Verge lapse at End of the Ordeal I Special to The Herald Washington D C Nov 30 If her tory had been told by any other than thana a II matchless actress who sat upon the stand it would have had the honest con condemnation of or every man who loves his home and womanhood How far would you trust the oath of a woman who vho had committed crime and found it convenient to forget all alt about It These were a few of the points brought to the attention of the jury this morn mornIng mornIng mornIng Ing when Assistant District Attorney Turner made the opening argument for forthe forthe forthe the government In Iu the trial of Mrs Bradley Bradey As s Turner warmed up to his argument ho he drew a vivid picture of the misery and desolation she was Sup supposed up posed rosed to have brought to the Brown home borne through her illicit relations with Arthur Brown He called upon mem members members members bers of the Jury for tor their opinion of ot a woman who would come into the home of their sisters and take from them the husband and father He drew a sketch of Mrs Bradley as 09 he declared the evi evidence evIdence dence of the witnesses showed her to tobe tobe tobe be as a woman who pursued Brown planned trips that would keep them away together for weeks and schemed that his bia lawful wife should not win him tack back b k from her He held up to the Jur Jurors jurors ors ore the picture of a woman who knew the Joys happiness and blessings of motherhood casting to the winds thought of her own legitimate children and giving herself to another man manSat manSat manSat Sat White and Motionless During this arraignment Mrs Brad Bradley Bradley Bradley ley sat with eyes closed and head cast down She did not once look up while Mr Ir Turner was speaking but sat in her chair as white a ai a sheet the lines Jn n her face drawn deeper and evident eIdent evidently ly 33 I making a brave fight light to go through with this the most trying ordeal which has yet come to her herShe herShe herShe She heard Mr Turner tell how she had bad outraged the sanctity of ot her own home and broken up another she heard him thank heaven that other women were ere not as she a scathing arraign arraignment arraignment ment meat that must have pierced her very soul Boul Perhaps the hardest portion of Mr Turners argument so far as scathing scathing scathIng ing of the prisoner was concerned was that portion wherein she referred to conversations which Brown had had with ith her In March 1905 shortly before the death of Browns wife Scathing Arraignment Senator Brown came to this woman at this time and told her My wife has an incurable disease and I am trying to be good to her now I have been a bad husband to her And no noone noone noone one knew this any better than Mrs rs Bradley Would you not suppose gen gentlemen gentlemen n of 0 the Jury that this defendant would have been willing to wait walt a lit little little littie tle tie while that she s e would have taken pity on the dying wife But no we find her ber going to Judge Wenger a few days later and Insisting that he per persuade persuade suade fuade Mrs Brown to get a divorce from her ler husband Not Sot even the shadow of death not even racking pain not even the ravages of an incurable disease could QuId tear Isabella Cameron Brown from this defendants hands I tell you gentlemen of the Jury such cruelty as this such disregard for the tle approach of death for she was suffering from cancer the most painful horrible dis disease disease disease ease known to science I say by the side Bide of this cruelty an ordinary killing Is 15 mere pleasure and pastime During the course of his remarks Tur Turner Turner Turner ner was overcome by the long strain to which he had been subjected to In the prosecution of the case and was at attacked attacked attacked tacked by dizziness He was allowed to rest for lor a few tew moments by hy Justice Stafford and then continued his ad address address address dress Mrs Bradley also had slight fainting spells Two hours of denunciation and an hour of explanation proved too much for her and when she reached her room In the lower corridor of the courthouse she collapsed and restoratives had to be administered before she was able to re return return return turn to Jail Eloquence of Mr Wells Attorney Robert Wells of Mrs Brad Bradleys Bradleys Bradleys leys counsel made a profound impression sion slon in his opening argument for th the defense He spoke little more than tha minutes and reviewed th the testimony In the case briefly He was particularly eloquent when touching upon the great love of Mrs Bradley Bradle for Arthur Brown and the Influences influence which were brought to bear upon her he mind by the superior intellect of th the theman theman man He told of or her purity of heart hear hearin in spite of the great sin and the crime crimes which resulted It has been said that tha she was a bad woman said Mr r Wells Veils I That is not so It was her great love for tor this man a love for which h he schemed and begged and finally won that led her into terrible thing He told of how that idolatrous love had hac blinded her hep to all aU but him She would woul have made hime hI me a loving dutiful and faithful wife if he had not poisoned he her mind as he did her body Waiting for Powers The speech of Judge Powers in Mrs Bradleys Bradle s defense which will wili he De delivered delivered ered Monday Monda morning is looked for forward forward ward to with intense interest It is ex cx expected expected to be one of the greatest appeals to a Jury ever heard in Washington TWO ADDRESSES MADE Both Attorneys Eloquent and Impassioned Impassioned Impassioned to High Degree Washington Nov 30 law lawyers lawyers y rs today toda made effective addresses be tie before before fore the jury in the case of Mrs Annie AnnieM M Bradley on trial for the shooting and killing of or former Senator Sen tor Brown of ot Utah in this city last December There was waa a large gathering in Judge Staffords court room Assistant Dis District DIstrict District Attorney opened the final proceed proceedIng proceeding Ing with a careful review of the testimony testimony mony analyzing In a masterful manner many conflicting statements He fre frequently frequently frequently grew eloquent and evident evidently affected the defendant by his powerful review of the case He was followed by Robert Wells of ot counsel of the defense who made an impassioned address by declaring that Arthur Brown himself was responsible for the fatal shot as asIt asIt asit It was his acts that had fired the over overwrought overwrought overwrought wrought brain of the defendant and brought on his own destruction Whatsoever a man that also shall shaH he reap he quoted as he brought his argument to a close Court then took a recess until Mon Monday Monday Monday day morning when four more hours will be devoted to arguments at the close of which and the Judges charge the case will rIll be given glen to the Jury Assistant District Attorney Turner opened for the government and he was followed by Mr Wells ells of counsel for forthe forthe forthe the defense Mr Turners Address Mr Turner proceeded in a matter ff cf f fact way to define the law in relation to the crime committed and followed with a review of salient Incidents of the testimony While he was describing the scene of the killing of Brown an attendant de delivered delivered delivered livered to the district ct attorney a pack Continued on Page 2 IMPASSIONED PLEAS OF LAWYERS ON BOTH SIDES Continued from Page Pane 1 age containing the pistol which had been used by Mrs Bradley As the weapon was uncovered and laid aid in a conspicuous s place near the speaker Mrs Bradley lowered her head and her hor frame was shaken by a convulsive sob Closing her eyes she remained as If In Ina Ina ina a stupor only occasionally looking to toward toward toward ward the jury and watching their faces The attorney Insisted the tho Jury should east cast aside all sentiment and treat the case exactly as If it a man had done the shooting Ho exhibited the defendants pistol to the Jury and the handbag with it Reviewed Insanity Evidence The assistant district attorney re reviewed reviewed viewed the evidence of ot Insanity an and declared that only the most trivial In Incidents could be cited to justify such sucha a It theory He Insisted that the jury should discard all thought of the mis mistreatment mistreatment mistreatment treatment she had received from Sen Senator Senator ator Brown as It could have nothing to todo todo todo do with their decision As he proceed proceeded ed the attorney turned slightly pale and leaning on a nearby table paused and then sot sat down He had been over overcome overcome come caine by emotion and a nervous shock Leaving the room for tor a few moments with the district attorney the court suspended the proceedings until he re returned returned returned turned and resumed his argument which was eloquent and at times Im Impassioned Impassioned Mr Turner strongly appealed to the emotions of at the Jury j t Ho Bo R said Mrs Brown was an outraged woman and that Clarence Bradley BraIley was wan not a very bad husband and Mrs M Bradley should not have been unhappy with him Tho The case he said was worse than a scandal and a stench It was was wiLs a pretty dangerous woman that thinks a man who Is not her husband more sacred than does docs his wife Wife He did not care whether she was brilliant or not When we we tako take Gods G as law Jaw Into our hands he ho said we become be ome pretty dangerous creatures He Ha recalled Mrs Bradleys efforts to Induce Senator Brown to secure a di dl divorce divorce vorce from his wife at a time when the wife was wu stricken with cancer and said that that act Involved cruelty even greater than that shown In lit the shoot shootIng shootIng shootIng Ing of Mr Brown He referred to the Bradley affair as this miserable case Sneered at Experts for Defense He ridiculed the Idea that the de defendant fondant had sepsis Sepsis he ho said sets the blood boiling and sets the pulse to beating Why even even a horse doctor could have told if It she the had sep sepsis sep sepsis sis He continued to ridicule the tes testimony testimony ny that she suffered from toxic Insanity He referred to the testimony of ot Dr Evans who declared that Mrs Irs Brad Bradley Bradley Bradley ley was insane and asked the jury whether he impressed them as a doctor or as a stump speaker Did not nt t he appear like a gentleman who was mak making makIng makIng ing a speech and was mighty well wen pleased with himself and sound of his voice asked Mr Turner Mr Turner held the close attention of the Jury throughout his summing up The eyes of ot a number of the Jur Jurors jurors ors ore wandered at times from the speaker to Mrs Bradley who Eat with closed eyes and bowed head only a few tew feet teet beyond the tile advocate Plea of W Mr Wells Welts Mr Turner concluded shortly after 12 and was at once followed by Robert Wells Wens of ot the defense Mr Wells at once took up the plea of ot insanity saying that If it Mrs Bradley had been sane and wished to kill klU Ar Arthur Arthur Arthur thur Brown she had thousands of ot op opportunities opportunities opportunities to achieve that purpose and cover her crime When she shot Arthur Brown she shot the thing she loved declared the attorney In tragic tones and she ahe still sUU loves him today The Impressiveness of ot the argument of the tile attorney was evidently forcibly felt by the defendant who was so overcome that Judge Powers of her counsel moved his chair to her side to save her from falling forward Brown Himself Responsible Mr Wells Wena concluded his address with Quotations from Scarlet Letter and declared that Arthur Brown himself was as much responsible ble for tor that fatal shot as was Annie Bradley because it was he who had caused to be planted within hr h r the fatal disease that resulted In the shot Whatsoever a man that also shall he reap quoted the attorney as ashe ashe ashe he took his seat The court then took a recess until Monday morning Mrs Bradley collapsed under the strain under which she had suffered since her trial began and when she reached her room In the lower corridor of or the court house at the end of the session today It was necessary for at attendants attendants attendants to administer restoratives It was some time before she was able to return to the tho jail |