New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-10
NEW GIBSON INQUIRY
Austrian Judge Thinks Lawyer
Got Relatives Estate.
CONSUL INVESTIGATING
Prosecutor Says the Story Told
by Rose Guerra Has Been
Corroborated.

Snll another estate left b. an Ahstro-
Hungarian subject In this country an
which is alleged 10 have fallen mo inc
hands OF Burton W. Gibson, was calieu
yesterday to the attention of DR.. frrH
Fischerauer, Austrian Vice-Consul' IN
long letter from Jacob Fiuhs' supreme
court Judge in Vienna. Although the
Judges letter is vague in details, and con-
,ains statements apparently inconsistent
with known facts, he is positive that
Gibson Is the man who, through uneH-
p'ained wiles. made way with an estate
left by Thomas Fluhs, relative Of
Judge F1uhs. 49,,
IL read IN the Viennese newspapers
about 1852, notice which said that IN
formation as to the whereabouts of the
heirs OF certain Fluhs, who dled ID
America, were wanted" writes the judge.
at the end OF the notice, am quite
certain, vas the name Of Burton w. CID
son. | applied to a friend Of mine, DR..
Paul TaAer, wiIo was acquainted with
Prince Hhnyady, who held an appoint
rnent az the imperial court rs ] knew
would have 20 obtain the assistance OF
some Influential person TO have II invesh-
gated.
Tho Judge goes on to say that two or
three years went by and nothing came
Of his effort to obtain information, and
he was finally advised by his Influential!
friend to drop the matter
Think Gibson Got Estate.
Now learn from the papers "le
Judge continues, of the crimes COM
nlitted by Gibson and the various clients
he has murdered. It seems 20 me that
the estate Of the above named Fluhs has
been kept from the heirs. by opinion II
that Burton W. Gibson has realized on
the estate and used II for his own puF-
poses. or has handed II over 10 some
other person he got appointed admins
traitor by the American courts. Perhaps
Gibson is still in possession OF the estate.
The Judge here comments on the fact
that Gibson is only about thirty-sevcn
years old. which would have made MIN
seventeen at the time the paper printed
the notice in 1892 To explain this neon
sistency. the Judge attributes considerable
precocity in crime 10 Gibson by the FOL
lowing theory:
perhaps II is possible that the per
son under arrest calling himself Gfbson
was only a clerk In some lawyers once
and got the information. representing
himself 10 be a lawyer and using the In
formation for hts own advantage"
Then along last year came two Ameri-
cans to Judge F1uhss home, and asked
him many mysterious questions, drawing
ont OF him facts about his own life. he
learned also after they went away that
they had been making inquiries OF his
porter about him. When they left him. he
said. they promised to write TO him again.
OF them he learned nothing except that
they brought greetings from a relative
OF hts in this country.
He never heard OF them since, he writes
but now that the recent publicity given
to Gibson's name In the Vienna papers
has awakened IN his memory that news
paper notice of 1889 he declares that he
IS positive these two mysterious visitors
have something 70 do with the matter
One OF the men. he said. was a lawyer
and be has asked the consulate 20 make
complete Investigation OF the matter
here and that GIbsons photograph be
sent to him.
District Attorney Rogers OF Orange
County. who is prosecuting the murder
charge against Gibson. held a conference
yesterday with Mr.. Wasservogel As
sistant District Attorney. particularly In
regard TO Rose Guerra's story. Mr.. Was-
servogel told him that a large part OF
the womans story had been investigated
and corToborated. and that II had not
broken down In single detail az far as
the investigation had gone
Another woman had been found who
knew Rose Guerra. he said, and has told
him that Rose once told her that she
was planning 10 go TO Europe with Glib
SON. Mr.. Wasseryosel promised Mr..
Rogers that before the week was out
startling revelations would be made as a
result OF Rose GueTras story.
Rogers said that Gibson called him 10
his cell as soon as lie read about Rose
Guerra IL the newspapers and advised
him to DO careful. as tho woman was q
plant" and lie did not want 10 see Mr.
Rogers fooled By IL. Mr.. Rogers ar
nounced yesterday that he had found
new eye witness Of the death of Mrs
Szabo, whom Gibson is accused OF
strangling.