The Washington times., 1922-07-20
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Mrs. Brooks Lured to Lone
Spot, Then Blinded by
Dose Of Lye.

A mystery woman" is being
sought in Baltimore today by the
police of Prince Georges county as
the one who threw strong lye So
luton into the face of Mrs. Mace
Brooks, of Mt. Rainier, binding
her probably for life.
This woman, according to the
statement made tv the police by
Mrs. Brooks, lured the Mt. Rainier
woman from her home by means of
a cleverly worded letter to a lonely
spot on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
way tracks.
Dashed Lye In Eyes.
Mrs. Brooks said when she met
the woman, the latter was gingerly
carrying a paper drinking cup. She
appeared to be afraid Of spllling its
contents. When the women got
within a few feet of each other, the
mystery woman" hurled the con-
tents of the paper cup at Mrs. Brooks.
MY God, I'm blind" shrieked Mrs.
Brooks, in agony. The other woman
fled down the railway tracks toward
Brentwood station.
Cropping and stumbling along the
tracks. Mrs. Brooks managed TO
reach her home, where she admins
tered first-aid treatment. She and
her seven-year-old boy went to Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, on the
Z o'clock train that night.
All this, according to Mrs.
Brooks, happened on the night of
July /. Why the matter was hush
ed up by the Brooks family and
the police not notified until Tues
day Of the attack on Mrs. Brooks
a motive for the crime.
Mrs. Brooks admitted today she
had corresponded with Bradley
Cavey, Of 1920 Hanover street, Bal
timore, and said, after much ques-
tioning. that Mrs. Cavey had Wis
tied the Brooks home at one time.
Explains Cavey Interest
1t was Cavey who swore out the
warrant against Archie Walters, Of
Baltimore, charging him with the
attack. Walters was arrested last
night in Baltimore and will be re-
turned to Mt. Rainier late today.
The police say Cayey, who was
Baltimore and Ohio railway, would
wave to the Brooks family when his
train passed.
Constable Thomas H. Garrison, of
Hyattsville. went to Baltimore today
to bring Archie Walters back to Mt.
Rainier. When the officer inter
viewed the arrested man at police
headquarters in the Monumental
City, Walters emphatically declared
the arrest was q frame up"
II didn't try to kill anybody" Wal
ters shouted. Besides, haven't
been near Mt. Rainier for years."
Another interview with Cavev will
be sought today by Constable Gar
rison.
Cavey told Judge Joyce of Mt.
Rainier. Tuesday night, that he was
ready to testify against Walters
whenever he was needed. II was
from Cavey that Constable Garrison
obtained the five letters which are
expected to figure prominently in
the investigation now on.
Vault May Be Clue.
The mystery of the binding of the
woman deepened today when IL was
learned that the lock on the old vault
on the Rives estate, OH Bladensburg
road, a few feet over the Distrist
line. had been broken open. Cavey
told Judge Joyce Tuesday night that
II Walters wasn't arrested Mrs.
Brooks would be killed last night and
her body thrown in this vault.
The vault, which Is back about
twenty feet from the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks, is within fifty
yards of Mrs. Brooks home. Inves-
tigation showed the vault door was
wide open yesterday and neighbors
declare Il was broken into several
weeks ago.
Inside the vault are four stone
tombs, one of which was uncovered.
A stone slab had been removed and
laid on top Of one Of the other tombs.
IL could not he learned whether this
stone slab was removed from the
tomb I'm the past few weeks. The
tomhs were formerly occupied by
members OF the Rives family, but the
bodies were removed when the estate
was sold to James Fontaine.
q. .Thakfsntity Of two men who made
kf'tI Ter OF Mrs. Henry Clark, a
J -, s,tSt OF the Brooks, regard
ing the breaking into the vault fur.
nished another mysterious angle to
the case. Mrs. Clark declared these
two visited her home Monday and
made inquiries.
"I asked them 10 show their
badges and they didn't have any"
said Mrs. Clark. Then they asked
me some questions about the
Rrookses. told them that II they
wanted 10 find out something about
the Brookses 10 60 to their houses.
ssI am not RoinR TO stand for thase