The Washington times., 1922-09-24

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led my hands and lifted me out
Of the window. Other men were
waiting. They were going to pat i;
me in their car, but decided not
to. .. -. w. ..
Then they tied me, to the back
OF! the, machine and started off.
They only went a<littie way and !,
the car, stalled. A, mIlkman came
by and put some milk on the
porch One Of the men said:
:" Damn IT, we, better gor
Then they united the rope and
one man said:
Well. I'm not going to leave
without doing something
80 he set fire to the rope and
they went off. All the time they
were talking they mentioned Wal.
ter's name. I waited TIL the rope
burned through and then crawled
into the house. . =, T. . p. >.
Next day, the, woman who had
thrown the acid came to the house
again. She pit her hand in my
face and said: .
See this ring? This is my
pay for my part OF this
Then she took a switch and
beat me across the back. 1t was
the same woman all the time"
II was brought out that Mrs.
Cavey had once visited the Brooks
home and had asked where Chesa-
peake Beach was, then left when
Mrs. Brooks informed her. Cavcy>
admitted that his wife was jealous
Of Mrs. Brooks, but insisted that
he only wanted the mystery solved.
DRAMATIC DENOUEMENT.
When the Judge and other Off
cials visited Mrs. Brooks again
they observed that her wrists were
tightly bandaged, thus confirming
apparently the story of the out
rage in which she had been bound
and tied to the car. But Mrs.
Brooks denied that she had been
treated in any such fashion or that
she had ever told so.
With new arrests threatening
every day. the authorities decided
that. blind or seeing, sick or wen.
Mrs. Brooks would have to submit
to cross ss-examination.
J. Wilson Ryan, the States
Attorney. definitely announced
that unless Mrs. Brooks told all
she knew of the entire case, she
would be arrested that day. Even
the officials did not know on what
charge the hysterical. pain-wracked.
sightless wdman could be arrested.
but they went through the pre-
liminary formalities-and then tn.
victim herself solved the mystery
with an amazing confession.
Weeping as she rocked in an
armchair in her home, with eyes
bandaged and shoulders swathed
in gauze, Mrs: Brooks said she be-
came acquainted with Cavey three
years ago, when a postman had
left. by mistake, a newspaper ad-
dressed to him at her home. She
had written him and forwarded
the pape- The correspondence
continued. They me. ,snde lovs
affair developed " ?"
THOUGHT HIM SINGLE. "
She meant no harm, she moan.
ed, and she thought Cavey single
until q few months ago when his
wife called and demanded that she
cease accepting his attentions.
Then she tried to persuade him to
leave her alone. but Cavey re.
fused. ,e.'
Then she wrote the letters. as II
they had come from his wife or
his wife's friends, Or the towns
people, thinking, that fear would
drive the man from her. For Mrs,
Cavey had threatened to expose
the iiaison publicly and Mrs.
Brooks dreaded not only the hu-
initiation Of this, but she feared
her prosaic' husband. Nace Brooks
would take their child and leave
her.
But Csvey, reading the letters,
became more convinced than ever
that what the woman needed most
was protection from her enemies.
ana he declined to desert her when
he was most needed. She told