Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-18
SAYS MRS. SzABO
WAS THREATENED
Inquest Held in Jersey City.
Gibson Refused Loan by
Drowning" Victim.

JERSEY CITY, Sept. 1S.-Testi-
mony was offered at the inquest init
the death of Mrs. Rosa Szabo today
that Lawyer Burton w. Gibson.
charged with Mrs. Szabo's murder.
had tried to obtain a loan of SO 900
from Mrs. Szabo and when it was
refused had made threats to get Il.
This testimony was given by George
Teichman, a friend of Mrs. Szabo,
who testified that Mrs. Szabo had
related to him the circumstances OF
the alleged demand for a loan from
Gibson and his threats to secure it
Teichman testified that Mrs. Szabo
was afraid of Gibson, fearing that he
would get some of her money. The
witness said he was present when the
body of Mrs. Szabo was exhumed,
and identified it as that of Mrs.
Szabo. After evidence of a formal
Identification of the body had been
taken the inquest was adjourned until
October 10.
Detectives employed by the Aus
TRAN consul, 1t is said today. are
slowly drawing a net about the
woman who posed as the mother
of Mrs. Rosa Menschik Szaho.
thereby aiding Lawyer Burton w.
Gibson to gain control of the $40. 900
estate of the woman he is now ac-
cused of numbering.
At least TWO women are under
close su~rveillances and one of them
has recently come from Chicago. She
is stopping at the Waldorf-Astoria.
and is said by the detectives to have
been closely associated with Gibson
during the time he had charge of the
800 600 estate of Mrs. Louise S:enton.
The reason for her being in this city
1t is said, was to aid Gibson, and her
every move is being watched.
Early today she denied that she
| even knew Gibson.
One other woman who is under sur
VIGILANCE Is a member of Gibson's own
family, and 1t is declared that severa,
of his women friends are receiving the
attention OF ueIectNeS.
In order to carry out the semblance
of age which would be apparent in
the color of hair of Mrs. Petronella
| Menschik. mother of the countess, the
woman who posed as her wore a gray
wig. This fact was made known to-
day by Arpad Kremer, counsel to the
Austrian consul.
Gibson must inform Surrogate Fow-
Ter by September 90 just what dis
position he has made of the $7.10l
missing from the estate of Mrs. Szabo,
or the surrogate will remove him as
executor on that date.
Franz Menschik. brother of Mrs.
Szabo, who arrived yesterday on the
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm III. from
Vienna TO assis. the Austro-Hun-
garian consulate in the inquiry
into the. woman's death and the APP
pointment of Gibson as executor of
her estate, will be an important wit
| ness. Menschik's statements on his
arrival and the evidence which he
! brought with him will count heavily
against the attorney accused of Mrs.
Ssabo's murder. for he will contradict
on the witness stand the essential
| points raised by Gibson in the case.
Menschik positively identified as the
likeness. of his sister a photograph of
| Mrs. Szabo that was taken last spring,
Menschik's Identification seems to
disprove the assertion made by Glib
son that the Mrs. S2abo whom he
knew did not come from Vienna, OIL
that IL she did come from there she
was not related to the Menschiks who
now say she vas a relative.
Menschik brought with him a photo
graph of his mother. He also brought
photographs of Mrs. Szabo when she
wa a girl of Is and when she was 2.
years olds Those pictures, many per
sons said. resemble strongly the like.
ness taken of Mrs. Szabo last spring
Those pictures are certified to by tn,
Austro-Hungarian authorities.