The Washington times., 1922-09-18
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Physiian, on Eve Of Trial for
saying, Is comforted
by Parent.

HUTINGDoN, Pa, Sept 1s.--
On 4 tsge set for a great human
drarnathe trial of man charged
with aging his unlawful mate,
there ioved today the first char
acter, he alleged slayer's mother.
May Chcat Chair.
The mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Brysor Of ia Twelfth street
nortHs,t, wsshington, d. c..
may bier silent appeal succeed
in ctesing the electric chair Of
the ~ of her son, DIR. Herbert
Bryson war hero and former
promint Washington physician.
: He VI be placed on trial. here
tomorfe morning charged with
siayiris Mrs. Helen Irene Haines,
wife % a Washington chauffeur.
with wDm he lived clandenstinely
at tho emote mountain village of
CassYn this county. for nearly
Mrs ryson arrived in Hunting.
don afb an alI-night ride. Counsel
for herbon had told her that her
presenci was not needed until to.
morroumorning, but she insisted
on beis with him during the
anxioushours before the trial be-
gins.
Althosh seventy-oue years old,
Mrs BISON displays remarkable
vitality nd appears TO possess an
unusuaireserve strength to carry
her thregh the tryicg days Just
ahead ven she must lis.en TO the
tale of ragedy and Its attendant
sensatiollism. which win be un.
folded ! witnesses for the State.
She rtlizes the eyes Of the ma
ton wilbe upon the unusual trial,
and TIN her name viii be linked
with b sons thro IRhout the
Sc rdid rails OF the dsVelcpment
Of the late's case. but her per-
Sonal ebtions have bsen swpt
aside b. flood of mother 1--we
mstincti, and overwhelming.
hh Life In Jeopardy.
The ~ of the man she knows
as her bt. the boy she sent TO wa
and welcned home hero. is in
jeopardy.nd she win fight for that
life withweapons that the State
must reton with, weapons OF
human enpathy with which she
hopes toreach the hearst OF tho
twelve ~ who will hold the fate
Of her q in their hands.
The nr thing Mrs. Bryson did
when o. arrived In Huntington
was TO Eto the sullen jail, whose
walls cldtt on DR.. Bryson the night
he brouEl his attractive mate to
the Blair ospital here to die.
She VI with the accused ply
sician IN more than an hour, un-
molested prison attaches.
DIR. Brnn showed his usual az.
fection forhis mother, rising from
his bunH the cell of murderers
row whef she appeared at the
door.
But h3 ould not share her in
tense ARMY concerning his fate.
His air n bsolute detachment, the
distant eHSession Of his tired gray
eyes, did Fft leave him during the
interview
'sThey N never convict my boy
OF mutuHi WIS. hfySOU uccthrcu
following he interview. "This
broken nH that you see today Il
hut . hpIl OF tho man that was
DIR. HerbW Bryson before the war
came. SF
"He hdf mot been himself since
his counQ sent him back to me.
broken ~ ind and body. Would
anything madness have led him
to forsaka ! friends, his profession,
to flee - washington and be.
come eneIed in the trap which
today n him charged with
enc, no.no. somcting snapped
within hifpnnder the fire of the
last great title Of the world war.
He gave frythlng for his coun.
Try, even aiis splendid mind, and
can't fof>se him now"
AttornetFor the accused phyai.
clan have Heated that shell-shock
win be of~'9 a. a defense for Bry.
son. II 4 lieved that such De.
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