The Washington times., 1922-09-20
bRYSON' LOVE
NATE YEARNED
FOR BROADWAY
Threatened to Desert Doctor,
Prosecutor Reveals as Mo-
tive for Killing.
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the flower rack OF the funeral car
and started for the Doctors i was
Mrs. Heaton was at the house.
I went to the bedroom upstairs. DR..
Bryson was in the bedroom.
II said TO Mrs. Bryson, be brave. :
"She was In the northeast room.
We were at the home very few
minutes, only long enough to carry
her down to the car. DR.. Bryson
helped.
$50 o'clock. Leslie Green, DR..
me in the hearse.
Mrs. Bryson nodded her head
when I said that was rough
Mr.. McClsin was not cross-ex.
amined.
DR.. f. r. Hutchison, a member
of the surgical staff of the hospital
here, was the next witness.
Doctor Relates Conversation.
He testified as to the converse.
ton when DR.. Bryson called him
on the telephone.
He told me Mrs. Bryson had
shot herself. l told him to have
her brought to the hospital. II
was probably 7 o'clock.
II next talked to DR.. Bryson at
the hospital, between $50 and 10
o'clock. DR.. Bryson said It was
an accident. Again DR.. Bryson re-
peated II was an accident. He
asked me II was not going 70
take Mrs. Bryson to the operating
room at once.
II said. No, as / had to make an
examination of the patient"
He testified as to the wound of the
abdomen. There were no powder
stains.
He saw her thirty minutes after
she was operated upon. She died
Sunday morning, between and 9
o'clock.
Were you present when Mrs. Bry'
son made a statement az to who shot
her?" he was ssked.
He said he was. He told her she
was seriously wounded and did not
think she would survive.
She replied that she knew she
would not get well and asked me to
telephone for her mother"
Under cross examination. DIR.
Hutchison was asked why he delayed
operating on DR.. Bryson's mate for
two hours after her admission.
The defense counsel established
clearly that there was hemorrhage
Of the abdomen.
A mystery woman, or fragile beauty
gowned in black, her wistful face
hazed by a black veil. A war hero
faded and broken. gazing out the
L.
belied the slightest emotion. Two
mothers, one beside this human rom
nsnt Of the hell of the Argonne. do
ing all that is humanity possible 10
save the life she holds dearest in
the world, the other. bereft of her
only daughter, ready to take the
stand to assist the law in avengIng
that daughters death.
| Setting OF Drama.
Thlse are the central figures in
the drama, known officially as THE
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania YER
sus DR.. Herbert Bryson." which en-
tered upon it's second day here al
10 o'clock this morning.
A master stage manager might
have arranged this theatrical set
ting for the trial OF DR.. Bryson.
Among the twelve men who hold
DR.. Bryson's fate in their hands Ia
; one C, Edgar Westbrook. Of Hunt
nsdon, who wore the same olive
drab as DR.. Bryson during the world
war. So far as can be learned, ne
IN the only man on the jury who is
linked with the defendant by an Inn
perishable camaraderie born OF the
world conflict.
The prosecution challenged premp
torily ali women talismen. They ap'
parently believed that woman jurors
could not remain unmoved when
Mrs. Elizabeth Bryson, the accused
physiciap's mother, takes the wit
ness stand In her sons behalf and
pleads for the shattered remnant OF
the life which she brought into the
world.
i Jury Now Complete.
! On the jury are four farmers. a
bookbinder. a miner. two laborers
two merchants. a-linotype operator
and a telegraph lineman.
One Of the Jurors, Thomas E
Brant. served on the jury which &c
quilted Edward Hughes Of the
charge OF homicide here in 1887.
A. court opened this morning, the
crowG which thronged the court
room yesterday had increased, and
many men and women were stand
ing in the corridors, hoping to gain
admittance.
The woman Of mystery, with her
elderly escort, continued the focus
point Of all eyes. Although she
and her companion are registered al
a hotel here as residents of Ohio
/ A.. L.. - -. a.. .ls
New York city or Washington.
who she may be, or what active
part she will take In the proceed
ings, are questions which BATTLE
those In close touch with the trial
Attorneys for the defense bow 70
her when she enters the court room
But when questioned as to her iden,
tity, they shake their heads and are
silent.