The Washington times., 1922-09-20
CATHOLICS DESERT|ON
To ATTACK FEARED BY
kLAN LAWSDR. .BRYSOM
Mrs. Haines Threatened to
Leave Small Town for Broad
way, Is Charge.

HUNTINGDON. Pa, Sept. 20.
Mrs. Helen Irene Haines, beau
tiful mate Of DR.. Herbert Bryson,
for whose murder he Is on trial,
tired of the village life Of Cass.
Vile and threatened again and
again to leave their clandestinc
menage and go to New York.
She was weary Of the simple
pleasures Of the village and longed
for the bright lights of Broadway,
where she was once a well-known
figure.
She repeatedly threatened to
leave DR.. Bryson, and it may have
been a quarrel over these threats
which led to the tragedy on the
evening of April 8.
Prosecutors Opening Address.
This Is what the commonwealth
will prove. according to the open.
ing address Of District Attorney
Chester d. Fetterhoof.
He called attention OF the jury
to the seriousness Of the case.
We will show YOU" he said,
4.
Bryson was living with a woman,
not his wife. in the village OF Cass.
vile. where he was accepted as her
husband.
This defendant telephoned to
Myron McClain and told him that
Mrs. Bryson was shot by accident"
said Fetterhoof.
He also teIephoned to Hunting.
don to a physician and was told
to bring her to the hospital here"
"They arrived in Huntington,
went to the hospital with witnesses.
We will show you the conversation
which took place in the hospital.
Mrs. Haines knew that she was
going to die. She described how
she was shot. We will show how
she locked herself in a room on
the second floor. Dr. Bryson got
his revolver, went to the second
floor. broke down a door, and rhot
his mate.
Love Nest" Described.
1--WE will show that the wound
thus inflicted caused her deah."
Fetterhoof then stated that in.
formation would be adduced to show
Mrs. Haines had threatened to leave
the illegal Love Nest" in the
village of CassVille.
c. d. Benson, an engineer. the first
witness. explained a map of DR.. Bry.
sons "love nest" which was also the
parsonage Of the Cassville Methodist
Church.
Mrs. 8. w. Heaton. OF Cassville,
former neighbor OF DR.. Bryson and
Mrs. Haines. and the last person TO
see them before the tragedy. was the
next witness. She testified she knew
DR.. Bryson and Mrs. Haines well.
"I was at their home Saturday
evening, April g." she said
O-Who was there?
A-They were both there.
0-How long did you remain?
A.-Till after 8 o'clock.
O-You ate with them?
Ayes.
She said both DR.. Bryson and his
wife were there when she, left at
$40 o'clock. There were visitors,
she said, during the afternoon, a>l
patients.
Harry d. Pheasant, also Of Cass-
Vile. was the next witness. He was
at the Bryson home at $3.50 o'clock
on the fateful April 8.
Myron McClain, Cassvillo under.
taker. who accompanied Mrs. Halnes
on her dying trip over the mountains
10 the hospital, was next called.
"He explained the interior OF
Bryson's Clandestinc menage.
"Dr. Bryson called me on the tcle-
nhone between 6:45 and o'clock, a"
McClain testified; "he wanted me to
take someone TO the hospital.
,,V .oI1 whats WrOpg2'
"He said, My wife's shot
"I said, why, what happencdT
"He said. she shot herself
"I went TO the garage, took out
nc,..,i,uod on Pare 2. Colun,n a.