Evening star., 1922-09-23
FIGHT FOR BRYS0N
REACHES CLIMAX
IN PLEA TO Jury
Alleged Murderer Sits in ST.
Ience as Final Appeal
Is Made.
From q STAFF Correspondent.

From a STAFF Correspondent.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. tCourthouse)
September 23.-Attorneys today are
fighting final stages of the battle for
, freedom or conviction of DR.. Herbert
Bryson for the murder of Mrs. Helen
Irene Haines. his companion, on the
night of April s.
William Wallace Chisolm for the
defense and Samuel L Spyker, assist
ant prosecutor, are participants in
the oratorical duel before the jurors.
DR.. Bryson sits as he has sat through
out the trial, in a slouchy attitude of
unconcern and Indifference toward
these proceedings which hold his life
in the balance.
Mr.. Chisolm, in sounding his last
appeal of the defense. asked the
jurors whether they have got the best
evidence the state could have given
them. He wanted to know, why the
district attorney did not employ a
stenographer to take the ante-mor-
tenn statement from Mrs. Helen Irene
Haines.
He walked over to Attorney Fetter-
hoof of the prosecution and asked
why he did not bring that statement
into court for the jury, instead of
having it introduced in evidence by
the prosecution, insinuating that
there may be more in the statement
than has been shown in court.
'If 1t had been contract involving
$50," he stated. sit would have been
ly involves the life of man the
commonwealth. after reducing it to
writing. fails to bring 1t here and
show it to you
Pleads for Bryson.
Chisolm anticipated the charge of
Judge Bailey. He told them that the
Judge will probably declare that the
court is the best judge of the law, but
he impressed the jurors with the fact
that they are the best judges of the
law. He summarized all possible in
structions of the court.
Chisolm then read instructions to
the jury which will be submitted by
the defense to the court for the charge
agree that in a defense OF insanity in
a homicide case the defendant needs
only to rebut testimony to the effect
that he is sane man."
Since April until last night, Chisolm
heatedly declared. the prosecution
COulQ nave got iii dllellSl VI expert
in insanity to examine Herbert Bryson.
They knew that the defense would be
insanity, and yet they have not taken
such a step, Chisolm declared. He
charged that they have not been fair
to the jury or to the prisoner. They
tious expert in insanity could not
testify BrySon was of sound mind.
Good God" Chisolm shouted, has
it come to such pass that the repre-
sentatives of the state of Pennsyl-
vania are thinking only of getting their
names in the papers of the state as
winning a great easel!
Court Takes Recess.
His hand resting on the shoulder
Of the weeping mother of the prison.
climax. He appealed to the jurors
not to send this mother from the
courtroom with the knowledge that
she gave birth to a murderer. God
knows" he said, "if Thought such a
verdict was coming from your lips,
I'd pray Almighty God in His mercy
to strike her dead here and now to
save her from such knowledge"
He went back to the scene of Cal
ing for the life of their redeemer.
He said, Cruelty him, cruelty him.
they are calling. On our heads and
on the heads of our children be his
blood. If you care for yourselves or
for your children, see to 1T that his
blood is not upon your heads or the
heads of your children"
With this Chisholm sat down, and
the court took recess for ten minutes
The courtroom buzzed with conversa-
ton as the jury went out.
"Bumble Beeo Witnesses.
When the jury returned Samuel I.
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