The Washington times., 1919-11-27
DENIES OWNERSHIP
of 'MYSTERY.F[ASK'
Brandy" Drunk BY Stricken
Woman Was Sent From New
York, Says Kelley.

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ises. They will make their report at
the hearing of Kelley and Osman on
Monday
Second Victim May Recover.
Physicians at Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, where Mrs. Catherine Bristol,
the second victim OF the mystery
flask" is being treated. throw some
light upon point which has been
puzzling the police. who have not
been able to understand why. IL the
girls were poisoned, Osman. who also
drank the brandy, was not affected
also. They stated that wood alcohol
poisoning affected some persons not
at all.
Mrs. Bristol rallied yesterday and
it is now hoped that she will live.
Nothing definite can be said concern
Ing her eyesight. but the chances
seem to be against her recovering it.
New Features In Statement.
In a detailed statment Kelley told
the story OF the events leading up to
the death of Miss sharp and the Ill
ness OF Mrs. Bristol. who. he said.
had gone by the name Of Miss Bris-
tol because she WAS divorced and
selves Miss again" The statement
in the main agreed with what al
ready had been brought out. but
contained new features. He told Of
Miss Sharp's death and then of his
kilograms to Mrs. Sharp. Osman and
Mrs. Bristol. who was a lifelong
friend OF Miss Sharp and had visited
her in his apartment from October 1
to November Is.
Kelley Did Not Drink. ..
Kelley said the bottle from which
the women drank came from New
York as a present to Miss sharp. He
says that. as the brandy was not his
property. he never had urged anyone
to take it, and owing TO the fact that
he was ION the water wagon" had
not partaken of it himself
Kelley also says that neither of the
women was in love with him and that
his relations with Miss Sharp had
been those of a father. This does not
agree with an interview given by Mrs.
Elizabeth Ross, 1887 Wood street.
Philadelphia, sister of Mrs. Bristol.
Mrs. Ross said Kelley was in love with
Mrs. Bristol, who did not return his
affection. However, Mrs. Ross said
Miss Sharp was in love with Kelley.
Blames Bright's Disease.
Miss Sharp died from acute Bright's
disease. He says that her sister died
OF acute Bright's disease at about the
same age. He says he does not be-
lieve her death was caused by poison
ing. In regard to sfrs. Bristofs ILL
ness he still advances the theory that
1t was due to food eaten at restau-
rant on Sunday. He says he believes
that she also is suffering from
Brights disease.
He maintains that there were no
| other bottles in the apartment such
as the one alluded to by DR.. King, sr.s.
and his son, DIR. John r. King, jr. Ac~
cording to his statement when DR..
King asked him IL the woman had
taken any stimulant, he showed him
the bottle which he said had been
sent Miss Sharp. The only other
| bottles in the bedroom. he says. was
a bottle Of mouth wash on the dresser
and a bottle of toilet water on the
bureau, which Mrs. Sharp took away
with her.
Both Women Drank.
Mrs. Bristol left Philadelphia at s
o'clock Saturday night. wiring Osman
TO be sure that he would be present.
the statement continued. She arrived
in Baltimore Saturday night and
| went to the apartment. Kelley re-
tired at 3 a. m. Sunday morning,
| leaving Osman and Mrs. Bristol still
up.
They stayed up all night drinking
the alleged brandy from the same
bottle as the one from which Miss
| Sharp had partaken. Osman says
that he drank about a half pint and
Mrs. Bristol a little more. Mrs. Ross,
| however, says that her sister never
II al l.
legged brandy was the only bottle or
spirits in the apartment for a month
| or more, the last being a bottle or
whskey brought by Mrs. Bristol.
The bottle of alleged brandy Kei-
| ley says, arrived Thursday and was
opened by Miss Sharp. She consumed
| some of the contents Thursday. Fri
| day morning she was i'll, so, at her
request, he made her brandy milk
| punch from the contents in the bot
tie. At that time there was a male
guest in the apartment.
All Old Acqunintances.
Another feature of the case which
may lead to further Developments was
| that all the persons concerned had
| known one another intimately for
several years when they all lived in
Atlanta. Ga. Mrs. Bristol is the
widow OF an Atlanta milliner, whom
she married about eight years ago in
Philadelphia, going with him to At
| lanta to live. Bristol died two years
after the marriage. and his widow
continued the business, according TO
Mrs Ross.
However. dispatch from Atlanta
states that Mrs. Bristol formerly was
engaged in the theatrical business.
and that just before she had left At
lanta two months ago to visit reia-
tives in Philadelphia she had returned
| from North Carolina, where she is said
to have had an engagement
Mrs. Ross said Kelley had changed
his name from Kelley. Kelley denied
this The police say that while in
Philadelphia Kelley registered un-
der the draft as Collen.
A dispatch from Atlanta stated that
John Kelley was a former prominent
business man there and mead OF the