Evening star., 1922-04-11

| the Argonne was leveled at her after
| the door of her room had been broken
! in. DR.. Bryson drove the girl to the
| hospital here and said she had shot
| herself. She was apparently in the
| unconsciousness preceding death at
the time. But she recovered long
enough to give her message Of ,ac-
cusation to the law
Says Bryson Confessed.
Mrs. Kirby, mother of the dead girl,
has told the coroner that Bryson con-
/ fessed to her in his cell.
Leaving here with the body of her
| daughter, the mother seemed to har-
Dor no great i'll feeling against the
! prisoner. Rather was she bitter at
the chauffeur in Washington who in
! sisted upon telling his story to the
! world and then announced he would
not attend the funeral of his wife.
.Bryson. who was invalided home
, from France, has been moody and
depressed ever since he came to this
neighborhood. He does not seem TO
realize the seriousness of HIS posi-
! tfon. 49,.
! DR.. Bryson will see his mother to-
! day for the first time since his ar
rest. Mrs: Bryson is eager to for
give her son for the deception he
practiced upon her in leading her to
| believe that he was living single
| life in New York; city. She will do
all within her power to save her
| boy from the. electric chair.
Hopes to Aid Inquiry.
i District Attorney Fetterhoof. in
! ! charge Of the states investigation, is
hopeful that Mrs. Bryson may assist
the authorities in clearing up certain
banning aspects of the case, particularly
! as to when her son left Washington. and
under what circumstances he left.
| Another point watch is still in doubt
| is the extent to which DR.. Bryson was
shell-shocked while serving in the Ar
gonne as major and medical officer of
the 117th ammunition train Of the 42d
| (Rainbow) Division.
. Friends and neighbors Of the ac-
cused physician declare that at times
he acted strangely; that it was diff
cult for him to speak distinctly when
| he appeared to be under some kind
of spells" and that although he ap-
pearede to be friendly. it was in a
detached, faraway manner.
5 Jekyl-Hyde Role.
Whether this condition was due to
after-effects OF shell shock Suffered
when he attended his wounded COM
rades under the withering fire of the
Argonne fighting, OF was due to some
other influence is the question now
being considered BY the district at
! torney.
! Until DR.. ,Bryson sees his mother
the authorities hope to gain little in
formation from him concerning his
i Jekyll-Hyde role. as a peace-loving
J country doctor. devored to his attrac-
tive young bride, on one hand, and on
the other. as an adyenturer, involved
| in an affaire de eouer. which, accord
ing to the authorities, was clandes-
! tine in the extreme, SO far as the out
side world was concerned.
A plain gold band ring and a dia-
| mond solitaire, which the slain wom-
ans mother slipped from the hand OF
| her daughters body just before the
inquest here yesterday, are the only
bits of evidence to support the
| mothers assertions that her daugh-
September. 'is26, by court oaicer
somewhere near Philadelphia"
! DR.. Bryson. apparently. is the only
person known to the authorities who
can definitely establish whether he was
married to the woman who passed as
his wife. The secret for the present is
safe with him. He will say nothing
concerning HAine's martial claim to, the
ksuppoesa Mrs, Bryscfi., Is
] The Victims body was taken home tc
New Fork -lzte Inst night by her 1nofher,
: MIRA kathlsen Kirby- Of New York.