The Washington times., 1922-09-24

developed a secret romance that
spread into a scandal and stirred
afwhoie State with commotion.
cf.tNow' the storm Of public senti.
rt'!! t" is abating and the woman
= ~ sought romance-and fotnd
II TO her sofrow--is the SCARED
victim Of her own Inventions, a
pitiful. shrunken. unbeautiful fig
ure. Six men and women suffered
arrest. families were sundered-
but let the story tell itself:
Bradley Cavey. a young man Of
Baltimore, hurried to Mt. Rainier
= few weeks ago and excitedly de-
manded that warrant be made
:, out for the arrest of Archibald
Walters, of Baltimore, on a charge
of attempted murder. He told
Judge Robert e. Joyce that the at
tack had been made on Mrs. Norma
Brooks. a pretty matron Of twenty
five, years. and that the young
woman was blinded and burned by
the acid flung at her.
THE FIRST ALARM.
This was the first news Of It
that had been heard by the Off
cials. and they were inclined to
doubt the wild-eyed strangers
story. Investigation revealed that
Mrs. Brooks had indeed been
blinded and that her face and
shoulders were scared hideously
by the evident effect Of a power.
ful chemical.
Mace Brooks, her husband, and
their child. with whom the young
woman lived In the pretty cottage.
were absent when the inquiry was
made, but the appearance Of Mrs.
Brooks and the sobbing story she
told Of the myterious assailant
were sufficient to convince the
Judge that there was reason for
the warrant, which was issued
against Walters on the charge Of
attempted murder on Cavey's COM
plant.
A wire was sent to Baltimore
authorities authorizing the alleged
sssailant's arrest on sight.
For Gods sake get Walters
tonight or he'll kill her tomor-
row. cried Cavey. who was near
ly distraught. I'm doing this
TO protect Mrs. Brooks. Her life
has been threatened several
times. These people are deter
mined to get her. and you must
move quickly II you want to
save her life"
OFFICIALS ACT QUICKLY.
Judge Joyce imm ediately
called Constable Garrison, who
began an investigation, pending
Walters arrest. Cavey, to sub
stantiate his oath that a muir
der had been attempted. pro-
duced five letters alleged to
have been. written by the con.
spirators against Mrs. Brooks.
The letters were written crude
ly on scraps Of paper and were
filled with profanity and threats
to slay Mrs. Brooks by cutting
her throat, hy burying her alive
and by other inhuman methods.
And Cavey said:
They had her in their
' clutches once before. They got
her early in the morning,
dragged her from the house, and
tied her hands and feet. Then
they tied her to the back Of an
automobile and started to drag
her to death. Mrs. Brooks es-
.eped that time because a milk
man came to her rescue"
He 'swore further that the un-
known conspirators, of whom he
insisted Walters was the leader,
Tanned to kill Mrs. Brooks and
carry her body to the vault on
the old Rives estate, near the
District border. After hearing
this testimony and corroborating 1t
through the mutilated Mrs.
Brooks, who seemed half-crazed
from her experience, the consta-
BILE publicly declared that he
believed q woman, and not Wal
ters. was the handspring Of the
conspiracy.
A WOMAN SOUGHT.
The constable explained this
q theory:
IT believe II was lye that was
thrown in Mrs. Brooks face, and
I believe a woman threw IT, As
soon as we arrest Walters we
will get the entire story"
Bradley Cavey demanded imme.
diate action, and he told the otft.
cials that Mrs. Brooks had threat.
ened to commit suicide II word Of
the assault ever became public.
The constable hurried to the
Brooks home and reused Mace
Brooks from sleep to question min.