New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-27
Gibson Tries to Speak


uIied 10 the courts question.
Gibson Tries to Speak.
"r believe YOU have tried conscientousIy
10 reach a verdict, and therefore, the
Judge was saying, when he was interrupt
cd by Gibson. whose face was drawn anu
his lips trembled as he spoke, pleadihBlE'
MAY /" he said. II would Ike
"sit down. Mr.. Gibson" the judge SAID
gently. , .,u.o
IL would" Gibson persisted, like
vour honor 10 request the jury to '--r
"s,t down. Mr.. Gibson" Judge Temp
Tins insisted firmly, and Gibson sank into
his chair.
Th. court then formally discharged the
Jury. ,
Mr.. Elder Glbson's counsel explained
that his client had desired 10 request the
,ury to make one more effort to ma YER
dict. but the judge refused TO do So saying
ne had already discharged the jury ana
n. thereupon declared the session or the
court at an end
Al the conclusion Of the Judges re-
marks the Sheriff tapped Gibson on Tue
shoulder, and he followed his jailer back
TO his cell.
Soon after her husband disappeared be-
hind the barred doors, Mrs. Gibson walked
into the courtroom alone She seemed
dazed BY the quIetness and inactivity that
hung over the room. Then she saw the
Jurors over in a corner grouped around
the clerks desk drawing their pay. She
stepped over TO Foreman HICKS ana
grasped him by the hand.
81 depended on you, Mr.. Hicks, and
YOU. too, Mr.. JamIson," she said, clasp
ing their hands. Both Of these were men
whom Mrs. Gibson. as she had watched
the examination of talesmcn, approving
them with the test OF her woman's In
tuition, had appeared especially anxious
TO have sit on the jury.
Mrs. Gibson was introduced by one OF
the Jurors TO all OF his fellows, one by
one. clasping their hands, with tears
yelling into her eyes. Then she turned
and Joined her husband In his cell.
Causes Of Disagreement.
II was said that the complex nature OF
the mass OF evidence against Gibson led
TO the disagreement. Some could not ac-
cept Minturn's testimony at full weight;
others. It was said. could not accept II
rs sufficiently proved that Gibson had
taken for himself Mrs. Szabo's money 70
do which was put forward by the prose
cutIon as the motive for the alleged muir
der
Crggt III, & tr L. mt
TO accept the theory OF experts that IL
had been proved that strangulation had
been the means by which murder had
been done IL IL thought they could have
accepted a drowning theory; but they
were prevented from doing this by the
ruling OF the court that they must, Under
the evidence, find for the strangulatlon
theory or not az all, as nothing had been
brought forward TO show drowning to be
the cause Of death To the contrary, the
prosecution, clinglng TO the strangulation
theory, had refuted the possibility Of
drowning as the cause Of death.
Gibson has been offered immunity from
further prosecution on the murder
charge" said Mr.. Singer Of his counsel.
provided he will plead guilty to one OF
tho charges to be pressed against him In
New York City. l do not think he will
consent TO any such thing
Isidor Wasservogel, who conducted the
prosecution, said no such offer had been
made although the matter of future
prosecutions had been discussed with
Gibson and his counsel.
Despite the blow 10 Mrs Gibson at the
failure TO obtain an acquittal, her re-
markable spirits and nerve soon returned.
will Fight" Says Mrs. Gibson.
IL had good cry" Mrs. Gibson said.
and feel better. OF course. l was dis
appointed, but We are going to fight.
That means, / shall fight, because he Is
In jail and / am free.
Il was glad to know that jurors Nos
/ and IL, whom 1 selected, stood firm
for him. The testimony against him was
OF the imagination. 1 do not believe any
Of the scandalous things said against him
As to his relations with the dead woman.
why. / never had a rival In his affec-
tons"
The stirring scenes that had surrounded
Gibson for the last thirteen days dig
solved rapidly with the failure of the
jury TO agree. BY the first train they
could get lawyers for the prosecution, as