Evening star., 1922-09-20
STATE FIRES FIRST
GUN IN FIGHT TO
CONVICT BRYSON
Ante-Mortem Statement of
Mrs. Haines Accuses Doc
tor of Threat.
JANITOR REPEATS STORY
| DYING VICTIM TOLD
Declared Accused Man Choked Her
and Said, I'll Kill YOU" as
She Fled Upstairs.
From a STAFF Correspondent.

From a STAFF Correspondent.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. tcourthouse),
September &c. D. Fetterhoof. prose-
cutor. outlined the states case against
DR.. Herbert Bryson, accused Of mur-
dering the wife of another man, this
morning in his opening address to the
jury.
Mr.. Fetterhoof went over the case in
detail. He promised to show that on
April Mrs. Helen Irene Haines. the
| victim, locked herself in a room follow
ing quarrel. He said the prosecution
would show through introduction Of an
ante-mortem statement of the dead
woman that DR.. Bryson broke in the
door and shot Mrs. Haines. He stated
further that the ante-mortem statement
ing the shooting.
II Mr.. Fetterhoof concluded by asking
| careful, consideration by the jury of the
! facts to be presented and verdict of
guilty if the jurors are convinced be-
yond reasonable doubt.
First Witness Called.
The first witness called was c. E
Benson, who was questioned regard
| ing the first exhibit, a map of DIR.
Bryson's Cassville home, showing the
| rooms on the first and second floors.
Benson testified that he had drawn UP
| the plan. He said it was the plan Of the
Methodist Protestant parsonage at
| Cassville, used as a home by DR.. Bry-
| son. Defense did nat cross s-Ques1ion
Mr.. Benson.
The next witness called was Mrs. s.
| Wheaton. who testified that she had
woman supposed to be his wife, on
| the day of the shooting.
Harry Pheasant testified that he de-
| livered grip to DR.. Bryson On April
by the defense. Attorney Chisholm
waived 1t in both cases.
A legal attack on the methods used
| by DR.. F. r. Hutchinson. who treated
with grilling cross-examination by
Attorney Chisholm on the second day
of Dr. Bryson's trial. Myron McClain
told the story of the transfer of Mrs.
vile to Huntingdon without inter-
! ruption by the defense. He told the
! jury that DR.. Bryson refused to let
him change his funeral car to an am
| bulance by replacing its body in his
| haste to get her to the hospital
| Defense Gets Busy.
| When Dr. Hutchinson was called to
! the stand, however. the defense got
busy. DR.. Hutchinson told of DIR.
| Bryson calling him at about o'clock
He advised bringing Mrs. Haines to
| the hospital, he said. and she arrived
there at 10 o'clock.
| He was asked by Attorney Fetter-
! hoof whether he took Mrs. Haines to
| the operating room at once. His re-
ply was No.
why. doctor?" asked Fetterhoof.
\ 81 had to find out how badly she
was hurt"
| Witness said that Dr. Bryson told
him it was a .45-caliber Army Colt
that did the shooting.
Questions Every Statement
In the cross-examination Attorney
Chisholm, for the defense. went ham
mer and tongs after each statement
made by the doctor.
Here's substantially the way it
went:
doctor, what time was Mrs.
| Bryson brought in?
A-At about 9:15.
Q-Could you tell from your ex-
animation what organs were in
volved?
Al knew she had serious wound
! in the abdomen.
Q-You knew she had very seri-
Gus wound?
| Ayes.
| Q-Yet you delayed operating for
! two hours and a half?
| A-For one hour ands a half 1t
could have been delayed longer.
Grills Witness.
Attorney Chisholm followed a grill
ing line of questioning regarding
failure for Immediately operating.
He seemed well coached in medical
terms and swung from one question
to another with a remarkable facility.
| DR.. Hutchison declared finally that
the delay was necessitated because of
the long trip to the hospital. The
| defense is apparently seeking to
bring out more or less tardy treat
| ment at the hospital.
| Despite objections from the defense
the court allowed admission of an
! ante-mortem statement by Mrs.
4, Haines, in which she charged DR..
Bryson had said Il will kill you"
Ante-Mortem Statement.
brought into evidence through testi-
mony of James Corbin. janitor of the
school here. and brother of the sheriff
He declared Mrs. Haines said when
she knew her death was iminent, that
DIR. Bryson. on the night of the trag-
edy had choked and abused her and
pulled her hair.
Regarding events leading UP to the
shooting she said, according to Cor
bin, that she had started upstairs
and had gotten partially upstairs
when she stopped on a landing and
threw lampshade at him.
He then cried out, continued wit
ness, quoting Mrs. Haines, TIL kill
you"
Says He Shot Once.
Continuing to quote Mrs. Haines.
Corbin said she declared. II rushed
into my room and locked the door. He
4 came up with the gun, opened the
door and shot me once"
INTENDED to Leave Brys0n.
Corbin also recited that Mrs.
Haines had announced that she had
Intended both, at that time and pre-
viously to leave DR.. Bryson and had
told DIR. Bryson SO.
Cross-Questioning Of Corbin con-
sumed considerable time after the
witnese was turned over to Attorney
Chisholm.
II Chisholm went back to the habeai