The Washington times., 1922-09-17

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Dihgee will give up his
studies and enter business.
Haines deserted her husband and
fled from Washington with the
former army officer.
Had they searched for years. DIR.
Bryson and his mate could have
found no village In the East which
presented better advantages for
them to live in comfort and the
assurance that the worlds in which
they had previously moved would
never find them out.
Villagers Needed Physician.
Cassville. the village they Sc
lected. is twenty miles from tho
nearest railroad. the largest village
of prosperous farming valley.
which IL surrounded on every side
by mountains whose roads are
treacherous.
DIR. Bryson and the woman he
introduced to the villagers as his
wife were welcomed whole.hearted.
~ to the village Of Cassville. Tho
residents Of the farming settle.
needed a physician in their midst.
The physician and his mate tried
10 enter into the simple life of the
countryside. and in some ways sue
ceeded.
Mrs. Bryson" made friends quick.
ly, but residents OF the valley were
unable to understand DIR. Bryson.
He seemed distant. they said. and
appeared to have something on his
mind.
Once, at a farmers, picnic, The
Methodist minister. OF Cassville, re.
marked at the gown worn by DR..
Bryson's mate.
Criticized Her Gown.
81 never saw q woman make such
n show OF herself In public" the min.
lister declared after the picnic. Il
would make her gown the topic Of .
sermon II Il weren't that DIR. Bry-
son might leave the valley-and we
do need o physician here"
But for the most part Cassvillc &C.
cepted DR.. Bryson and his supposed
wife, and were glad to number Them
among the residents.
The two appeared greatly devot.
ed. They were never known to
quarrel. Jealousy was thing
apart from their lives, 80 far as
the neiyhbors knew.
For nearly a year DIR. Bryson
led his Jekyl-Hyde existence at
Cassviile while his mother In wash
ington believed him practicing med
icine in New York State.
On Verge Of Breakdown.
At times DIR. Bryson appeared to
be on the verge Of a breakdown.
He worried continually concerning
the condition of his patients. Wien
one OF them died, he attended the
funeral, and In the midst or the
services a recurrence OF thnt snap
ping something in the mans brain
took place. Friends near him no.
ticed Temporary change In ms
face. His whole left side appeared
To be paralyzed. He was several
days recovering from the shock.
Counsel for the defense OF DIR.
Bryson may bring out that he was
subjected to another strain, OF
marked intensity, in connection
with the domestic life into which
he had entered with another mana
wife.
Within the walls OF the Bryson
home, which, curiously enough, was
the parsonage Of the Cassvllle Metho.
dist Church.. all must not have gone
sereneiy with the clAndestlne lovers.
The steady drain on Bryson q
dwindlins financial resources uon'
tinued unabated, judging from the
manner In which the supposed Mrs.
Bryson dressed. Her gowns were the
admiration OF many Of her friends In
the village, while they appeared 10
shock others. Her hats were never
duplicated. although the young girls
OF Cassville sought to pattern their
f:nery after the 'city woman"
No doubt DIR. Bryson frequently
rued the decision which had led him
to Cassville and the subrosa Affairs
with a woman who appeared 10 hold
him helplessly In her clutches.
There must have been quarrels BE-
tween the two for all their appear.
ance Of devotion in public.
Mother Claimed Her Body.
Mrs. Halnes' mother, Mrs. Helen
Kirby, Of New York, who claimed
the body Of her daughter following
the tragedy testified at the coroner's &
inquest.
over the body OF her daughter, the
mother declared again and again
that she did not blame DR.. Bryson
for what happened"
Irene was hlGh-tefnpered," the
mother declared as q witness at the
inquest. :She was quick 70 anger.
and was Just as quick to forgive,
DIR. Bryson had unlimited patience
with my daughter. I Snn't know
what happened before she died, but
my sympathies are with that poor
man." ..
Apparently. DIR. Bryson was wor.
ried to an unusual degree at about
the time the shooting took place.
His funds were about exhausted, the
woman with whom he had cast his
lot was causing constant trouble for
him, the quiet life of the village, In
contrast to the wartime scenes OF
France and the postwar life In
Was ahin Rt0n waa nr0yinG irIaornA