Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-15
BLAMES MOTHER
OF MRS. CURNEY
.FRIENDSAYS SHEENCOURAGED
BRIGHTMAN
GIVE HIM RING SENT TO GIRL
Said to Have Given Him impress
sion That Daughters Husband
Had Left His Wife
for Good
GIVE HIM RING SENT TO GIRL

Filial love on the part of Mrs. Charles
II. Gurney. slain by her former ad-
mirer, Adelbert Brightman. last Friday,
and the coldness of her mother, Mrs
M. F. Vincent, who in spite of her
daughters marriage still gave encour-
agement to Brightman, already once,
and perhaps twice married, became
public property yesterday through
friends of the murdered girl and her
mother.
II have no doubt that Mrs. Vincent
kept in constant touch with Bright
man. said a friend of the woman yes
terday, land that she raised false hopes
in his breast. Those who know the
mother blame her in part for Bright
mans actions.
1.-The day that l Was assisting Mrs.
Vincent to pack her trunk previous to
her departure for st. Paul she read me
extracts from Brightman's letters to
her. One of these was to the effect
that if it was possible Mr.. Gurney, who
left Los Angeles to seek home for his
wife and himself in San Francisco, had
deserted her, he (Brightman) would
iQ the hope of success.
From tho way the letter read 1 in
terpreted it to mean that it was reply
to one of Mrs. Vincent's letters leading
Brightman to believe Gurney had de-
parted from Los Angeles for good and
left his wife behind him.
Gurney Wrote Regularly
"If Mrs. Vincent gave such an inn
preston to the man she did it unfairly.
as she knew her daughter was receiv-
ing two and three letters a day from
Mr.. Gurney, some of which were read
to her and upon which she commented
favorably.
"That Mrs. Vincent was in eorre-
spondence with Brightman I know, be-
cause when Donna (Mrs. Gurney) re-
turned from her walk with him on the
day preceding the shooting she said
Brightman had offered to let her read
all the letters which her mother had
written. him, but she did not wish to
see them.
Mrs. Vincent carried with her at all
times a package of letters, which
Donna believed to have come from
Brightman, and which her mother kept
with her for fear they should be read
by her daughter
MRS. Vincent herself purchased a
valuable ring set with ruby, which
she sent to Brightman, who forwarded
it to Mrs. Gurney, a bride of week
Although the name of the donor did
not accompany the ring, Mrs, Gurney
felt confident Brightman had sent it to
her. She gave 1t to a girl friend, say
ing she felt sure she knew who had
sent the ring to her, and as she could
not accept such a gift from him, nor
under the conditions return 1t to him,
1t should belong to the friend.
Admitted She Sent Ring
"a week later Mrs Vincent asked
her daughter what had become of the
ring which had been sent her. Donna
told her she had given it away. Mrs
Vincent, as Donna told the story to me,
admitted having herself bought the
ring and sent 1t to Brightman, with the
injunction that he send 1t to Donna as
a gift from himself. She asked that
Donna should return the ring to her
MRS. Vincent received a registered
letter from Brightman the day before
she left Los Angeles to go to st. Paul
Donna told her of the arrival of the
letter here and said she would like tc