Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-25
WILL NOT INTERFERE, /"
SAYS GOV. HARRINGTON

lis. found ihs wife lying on the bed
at their home, No. 2s Second street,
annapolis either dead or desperately
injured. and AT once sought aid from
his nearest neighbors and summoned
q doctor as quickly as possible
Mrs. Bnrch, who lived only two
doors from the Brandon home. was
the first to respond and Il was at
once discovered that Mrs. Brandon
was dead Brandon. with some other
Of the neighhors and with Or. Joyce
lof Annapolis, went Iii only d few Sec
londs behind Mrs. Burch and DR. Hop
kins and DR. NseIch also Of Annapo-
IFS. we're likewise called in The home
practically consisted OF three rooms
front room. middle room and kitchen,
ION the first floor, and Mrs Brandon
was found lying on the bed IN the mid
die room with her head towards the
foot of the bed and her feet toward
the head OF the bed, pool Of blood
was under her head which had come
from wound on the head. on the
right side front under her hair and
this blood had gone through The mat
trese and stained the floor Her neck
had been bruised and her face
scratched She was bare from the
waist down. her stockings had been
pulled on or down, one Of them hang
ing only By the toe, and bruises were
found iii several places on her arms
and on her legs Mira Brandon would
have become mother tn about two
months The doctors al agree that
Mrs Brandon was choked from behind.
thai the bruises Or scratches upon
her neck we're done By hngernails
which we're applied from the rear.
and that alle had been struck on the
head with some blunt instrument, and
that she furthermore had been raped
.or an attempt ST rape had been made
upon her
The Doctor's Verdict.
The doctors. VINO we're called iii
about $50 p. M, said that asrs Bran
don had been dead at leas, tive hours.
and that she had died from the COM
bined effects Of 4 blow. strangnla-
.tion and shock, that Mrs Brandon had
never moved after the blow had been
struck.
DR. Joyce. DR. Walch and Dr. Hop
.kins ali testified that ii their opinion
Mrs Brandon, beyond any doubt, had
been murdered and she had been raped
or an attempt at rape had been made
upon her, and In my opinion. the eYi-
dence in the case proves beyond 81
reasonable doubt the correctness of
their conclusion
Two defenses were put up In this
case First. that there was no murder
in the case but Mrs. Brandon died
from eclampsia. second. that II there
was murder Snowden il not the
guilty person.
do not think that the hrst con-
tention is entitled to any serious con-
sideration. The scars and scratches
on her neck, as we'll as the blood from
the blow on the head show conclusive
iy that Ii could not have been done BY.
4 woman even In Mrs Brandon's con-
dItion, either by one ht or several fits.
The bruises or scratches show that
the skin had been drawn back from
the front By someone's hands and nails
from the rear, and the pool of blood
shows, as the doctors state, Mrs.
Brandon never moves after the blow
and that she was IA TIE position where
she was found upon the bed when the
blow was given
| cannot but for d moment st least
with any degree Of patience under the
circumstances of this case discuss the
possibility of Mrs Brandon dying from
natural causes
FOur Persons Suspected.
Nov to the second point. Il fou.
and damnabla murder, II NOT outraged
has been committed Who IL the guilty
partys There have been four names
that have heard mentioned IA this
case. regret 70 have to mention twO
OF them; Mr.. and Mrs, King, who oe-
cuDied the house immediately joining
the Brandon home on the side next to-
West street. and Brandon, the hus-
band. and snDwden The washington
Times edited BY Arthur brisbane who
employed the woman detective and
lawyer ln this case, IL responsible in
large part for the groundless suspicion
towards Mr. and 1ars. King. and some
of the Baltimore papers, with better
motives, however, have helped In large
part TO queer what is very simple
case Although thfs newspaper point-
ed tie flnger of suspicion at Mrs, King,
1T il now by every one adnitfed the
deed was not dona BY woman and
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