The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
ACID THROWING
CASE Is CLOSED,
SAY AUTHORITIES
Mrs. Brooks Confession
OF Infiicting Wounds
On Self Accepted.
REVIEWS GRIM CASE
Further Z Went, More In
voIved I Became, Until II
Was Too Late" She Says.

The Mt Rainier acid throwing
case involving an alleged plot to
murder Mrs. Mace Brooks Of that
township In closed SO far as the po-
lice authorities are concerned. Jus
tice OF the Peace Robert Joyce an
nounced yesterday.
The confession OF Mrs. Brooks
that she had inflicted injuries to
her body in the hope of frightening
away Bradley Cavey, whose atten-
tions were not welcome. was ac-
cepted by Judge Boyce and Consta-
BILE Garrison and white at a hearing
Saturday night during which M<s.
Brooks exonerated every one held
by the police.
A sample Of Mrs. Broks' hand
writing obtained by the police did
not correspond with the threatening
letters Mrs. Brooks claimed to have
written. but one of the letters was
! produced and Mrs. Brooks convinced
the authorities that she was the au-
thor. This was said by the police
yesterday to have broken down the
case.
Mrs. Brooks Reviews Case.
Seated in the parlor of the Brooks
home. her eyes and wrists swathed
in bandages. Mrs. Brooks reviewed
the incidents of an indiscretion that
had caused her four years Of mental
anguish and remorse which finally
inspired her to torture herself in
the hope that the man who was
neglectinghis wife and family would
return to them.
The canker of remorse had eaten
so deeply into my heart that my
conscience finally drove me TO a
point where ! could no longer carry
on the friendship / had tried for
four years to destroy. In despera-
ton ! fabricated the story to mur-
der me. believing that Cavey would
stay away for fear that i would
suffer.
Having once told the story. 1
realized / must substantiate IL, go I
d'shgured myself with carbolic acid.
The farther 1 went the more in
volVed i became, until there was
ppo turning back.
"shouId Have Told Husband.-
Il should have told my husband
in the first place that / had CORE
| sponoed with this man as a prank
ana that IL had gone beyond nv
control, but ] feared that he and
everyone would doubt the truth of
my statement.
1t became more and more obviou.
10 me that sooner or later the whole
anair would be exposed. / begged
Cavey to be reasonable. and went
TO his wife and brought her to my
home. where We talked to Cavey
for hours, but he refused to go
home with Mrs. Cavey.
when / spilled the medicine into
my eyes 1 realized that could take
frishten cavey. later ItOnruae i mu,ii.,.S -
my wrists with lye. to bear out the
story that / was tied and dragged
behind an automobile.
would lie awake nights, dread :
ing the approach of the next day
ana what IT might bring. lived
In terror OF bing misunderstood.
@Dfd Best to Rectify wrons.y
Il committed a wrong by answer
ing the note dropped from the train,
ano IL was wrong to wave to the
passing trains. but i intended TO in
Jure no one and did my best to rec
tify what I had done.
| Through that small indIscretion
have brought disgrace upon my
self and my husband; have injured
innocent persons, and no one will
ever believe / was not wicked"
Having drained the cup of bitter
ness to its dregs. the woman whose
bravery is the only subject of con-
versation in Mount Rainier broke
down for the first time and cried
nave no one to blame but N.Y.
self. and 1 must pay" she sobbed
Mace Brooks. the husband o. the
injured woman, sat silently watch