Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-12
MOTHER DEFENDS SON |
WHO KILLED HIS Wife.
"Thsy Shall Not Harm You,"
She Tells Dr.. Bryson, Who
10 Hold for Murder.

Huntingdon. Pa. April i..--Into the
dinsy cell room OF the county Jail hero
yesterday came an aged woman, neat
IN dressed in black, with silvered hair
and care-etched face. She leaned upon
the arm OF "a younger woman.
In the last cell of the row Mrs.
J ~, Bryson OF Washington. II. G..
found her son.
Tho law eay~ he Is mr.. John Bry-
con Of Cassvflhc. this county and that
ne must stand trhl for tho murder
" his alleged common-law wife. Helen
Irene lIaincs.
But 10 Mrs. Bryson he was Just her
10y the same boy she sent ovcrseae
thscc years ago and who returned Is
months later. broken In health by
shell shock. but "A hero. distinguished
for his gallantry under Are as major
ia the tsd (RainOow) Division.
When pr. Bryson and his mother
faced each other for tho first time yes
terday. IN year. the woman scarcely
recognized her son.
is & really my hoy?" she asked OF
her daughter. who was at her side.
pr Eryson was on his feet inn
mcdlately. pressing eagerly against,
tho bars OF hts cell
Not until ne spoke was hts mother
convinced that the broken hulk ot a
man. haEgaId and unkcmpt wae her
SON.
The sheriff opened the door OF the
scvused physicians cell and the
mother embraced ~. Bryson again
and oraln. Repeating rs IA li;any. You
nj ha1 har v,,
you"
Mother love swept away from the
heart OF Mrs Rrysou any reproach
that she may have held for the deCep-
tom her son had practiccd in dipping
h,r into believing that he was leading
single HE I'm New York. when. IN
s'auty. he was living AZ Caesvtlle with
woman who later proved to Nc the
wdc ~ Washington chauffeur.
can YOU ever forgive me. mother?
the physician asked. as ne sank
weakly 81 the cot " his cell
'"rhere "a nothing ~ forgive" Mrr
Nrvson declared They are trying e
wrong you. with their charges 81
,turi,, and scandal Rut know vou
.r, blamcless There - nothing {,
Vurr, about You VIII come out al
'l.- e.. light Nou could no, have
G.r. 'h.s ;c,i.h.c hing ] viii not 70
.r,m har.u Nou."
" -h, spoke. Mrs RrN son Sat bc
s.d, h,, Nv, Vhi', his Sister sat or
tn, ,'h.t SIDE % him upon tho har,
Ntte. U,r arm EMBODIED hi
s..cr,d ~heu.ds.s and Shr a;'rWptr'
.. -1u,o.a his matted hl,r. iu~, tS sn'
.Ii ...r, . his Do ihood. h,A ~
',.sau-.,o Mrs Rr,s'n and no
,.r:h.,. Ms Laura Randall "
Na~ntnr.uu were with ;he acCuse'
'.hNsi,.tr for ha,t an hour.
Mis- Rryson - an oldfash icne'
mother. with a suggestion ~ lavendc
and old lace EentIcnes.. but she a.
,rady has demonstrated that she car
nsht and that from this time on sh'
VIII devote her very sfc 20 he dut,
~ saving her son shell shock sus
taino,d under the whitening FIRE % tn
Arronne Forest. which left him shat
tered in mind and body. probably vii
i,e the foundation upon which the al
torneys Will build their oulwark o
defense
After .cing nor son Mrs. Rysoi
went 20 his home in Caesvilie. wher
she spen; the remainder az the day
She did not SAY whether she ha'
learncd anything as 20 The immedisr
cause 81 the shooting. neither did sh
sav whether her son had discussed IN
case with her.
80 far a. IS publicly known IN
Rrv~on has maintained silence regard
ING the shooting In an antc-m6teT
statement HE supposed wife told IN
authorities that he had broken int
her room after duarrsi and shot he
Nelgnhor. declared that ne had acte
strangely ~ times and they wer
under the b.liet ,hst ne still was su:
f.rInr from she. shock