The Washington times., 1922-04-11
kept LIFE
NJ VS. | ERY
EVEN TO
MOTHER
Friends Say Physician Held in
Mrs. Haines' Death Acted
Strangely.

Mrs. John Bryson, widowed
mother of DIR. Herbert Bryson,
who is held here charged with the
murder of the woman ne claimed
was his wife, viii arrive in Hunt
ingdon today from Washington,
where she resides.
II is expected that she may be
! able to throw further light upon
1.-THE strange case of DIR. Bryson,
who led a dual life, posing IN
Cassville, a remote hamlet of this
county, as the husband of the
woman with whom he lived, and
at the same time leading his
mother to believe that he was
single and still residing in New
York. VI
Probe ID. @. Activities.
District Attorney Cheaksr ID. Fstr
terhoof. in charge Of the States
Investigation, is hopeful that Mrs.
Bryson may assist the authorities IN
clearing certain battling sspects OF
tho case. particularly as to when
|her son left Washington. and un-
der what circumstances ne LEFT.
Another point which Is stili In
doubt Is the extent to which DIR.
Bryson was shell shocked while
serving In the sArgonne as major
and medical officer of the 117th
ammunition train OF the Forty
second (Rainbow) division.
Friends and neiEhbors OF the
accused physician declare that at
times he acted strangely: that II
was difficult for him to speak dis
ltinctly when he appeared to be
l"under some kind of SPELLS" and
that although he appeared to be
/, friendly II was In a detached, far
away manner.
whether this condition was due TO
after effects of shock suffered when
ihe attended his wounded comrades
under the withering shell fire Of the
Argonne fighting, or was due to
some other influence is the question
lnow being considered by the District
lattorney.
Until DR. .Bryson sees his mother.
the authorities hope to gain little in
formation from him concerning his
Jekly-Hyde role as a peace loving
country doctor, devoted to his at
tractive young wife, on the one hand,
and on the other. as an adventurer,
| invoIved In an affaire de couer,
which, according to the authorities,
was clandestine In the extreme, so
far as the outside world was con-
cerned.
A plain, gold band ring and a dis-
mond solitaire, which the slain wcm-
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
lmother's assertions that her daueh-
ter was married to DIR. Bryson I'm
September, 1920, by a court officer
somewhere near Philadelphia"
Conflicting Data
Against these baubles and the
statements OF the dead woman's
mothersare the claims of the physi-
clans mother that her son was never
married; the assertions Of Bruce II.
Hairles. Washington chauffeur, that
the alleged Mrs. Herbert Bryson was
his legal wife, and the fact that the
victims mother admitted she was
not present at the marriage, and that
she had no proof that her daughter
ever divorced Halnes.
Doctor Bryson, apparently. is the
only person known TO the nithori.
| tles who can definitely establish
whether he was married 20 the WON.
an who passed as his wife. The &c
cret. for the present, Is safe with
him. He viii say nothing concern.
ing Haines' marital claim to the sup.
posed Mrs. Bryson.
The victims body was taken home
10 New York late last night by her
mother, Mrs. Kathleen Kirby of t2s
4 Post avenue, New York. Funeral
/ services will probably be held from
1.-The undertaking establishment OF
Frank Campbell, at 24i-s West Twen.
ty-third street
The inquest late yesterday was
brought to a dramatic climax when
the slain girls mother, tears stream.
ling down her face. hysterically
sprang 70 the defense OF her daugh.
Iter's honor.
s.My daughter sold me she was
married to DIR. Brysou and i beIiey.
ed her. ssid Mrs. Kirby. "They
have taken my girls life. but they
shall not take her good name. She's
mime snd I win fight scr her 10 the
end"
Mrs. Kirby was called TO the stand
lin room adjoining that in which the