The evening world., 1912-09-07


jeweiry.
know In my heart she was a victim
OF wcll-thought-out plot. We we're
very dear friends ana she was the
strongest woman I have ever known
stronger than I. Sometimes she would
take me BY tho wrists and hold me
like a vice SO could not move. and
with any assistance at all she certainly
could have held on to the boat "a well
as the man did. The many trips she
made to Rockaway with this man
proved TO him she could swim.
am writing this that you may secure
Justice for my friend. Before he comes
to trial you will be able to verify every
word say. The alleged statements Of
Gibson as given In the papers can
prove to be absolutely false.
SECOND LETTER CAME FROM
MAN IN NEWARK.
The letter sent TO the Austro-IIun-
sarisn Consulate was written by a man
who signed only half his name. TINS
writer lives In Newark and was an old
friend OF Mrs. Szabo.
He has been located by DR.. Fischer
auer and Will be used as q witness in
the will proceedings. He tells OF ,Nn-
versations with Mrs. Szabo Immediate
ly prior to the Greenwood Lake tragedy.
and In these talks she spoke Of her
plans TO Join her relatives in Hungary.
This letter Is as follows:
Newark. Sept. s. 1872
Austrian Hungarian Consulate.
Gentlemen: have known Rosa Mem
shik for the past eight or ten years.
She intended leaving last June. but de-
layed to obtain interest due on some Of
her deposits. She showed me her bank
books. There were six or eight of them.
and I was sstonished to learn that she
had saved so much money. She told me
she had about $4,000, and asked mo to
add up the various amounts and tell
what the total was. jotted the amounts
down on a newspaper.
Some books had . fow hundred dollars.
others over one thousand dollars. and
others over two thousand dollars
found It amounting TO over twelve thou
sand dollars. I told her I was glad she
was going back TO Hungary to be with
her relatives. She said she was very
happy. always greatly admired her
bee - she was In the prime OF life,
strong and healthy and never used paint
or cosmetics. things that appealed TO
me strongly.
She told me that II ever came to
Vienna to be sure to inquire for her.
and she gave mo this address which
copied from q letter she had Just re-
ceived from one OF her brothers. The
address Is Franz Menshlck. Vienna. 18th
district, No. Lehnerg street. second
DOR. eleventh apartment. Austria
She told me q friend, a lawyer. was
| arranging her money matters and en-
gaging her passage. She referred TO
her lawyer friend a. a dear friend.
asked her II he was a good lawyer and
realized how entirely she depended
upon him.
The last time I called on her In her
West Gth street fiat was on Saturday.
July 10. She had sold all her pretty
| furnishings. and showed me $50 she
got for them. Her two big black cats,
she said, she would give to the s. p.
c. A., and her parrot she was to take
with her in q little wooden cage she
had made for him.
I asked her II she had Strengthened
out all her affairs and had got hel
money and she said that the lawyer
advised her not to take all of II. but &c
| leave a few thousand dollars In New
York banks where she could get It al
any time. asked her II she had got
| a draft or a check for the balance. ant
she said no." that her, friend. the law.
yer, was to give II to her in Q few
days. She intended sailing on July 81
On that day intended to say farewell
business In time to do so. Only by &C
cident saw the account in last night
Evening World. and It completely stag
gered me. for / supposed she was saf'
and sound at home before now.
Rosa was never drowned by the up.
setting OF she boat She was strong ant
could swim. and unless stunned would
have fought hard for her life. Sh,
could easily have held on to the boa
as the man did.
She led q quiet. secluded life. mad,
|
kindly and cheerful woman and wa
gHeved to see what q strong hold thl
man had on her. I pray to God eacl
day that this man gets his deserts.
will wait SO long. and II he does no
l solemnly swear and vow will avens
her.
Here 10 another point. She confde
to me tho last time I saw her tina
her lawyer was planning to accompan
her on the trip. For Gods sake d
something quickly, for now that tn
game Is up he will leave the country
have told you positive truths.
Yours -.
Attorney Burton W. Gibson to-da,
defied the authorities OF any count
or the representative OF any lltigant L
bring charges OF crime or misdemeano
against him. He declared upon arriv
ing at his office in the Liberty Tower
, No, 55 Liberty street, that his door
would be open all day to the receptio
, OF writs or processes. that he was ab
solutely innocent of any wrongdoin
or any criminal knowledge In connec
, ton with the Ave tragedies that hav
a. IL.