The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-11
strangulatIon Was Cause Of Death of
Mrs- szabo Whose End Is
Charged Against Hor
Lawyer.
AUTOPSY WAS HELD
Attorney is shadowed by Detectives
and Warrant Charging Murder
win Be Issued
Today.

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NIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Sept. Ill
Following conference with his as
sistants today District Attorney Rog-
ers, of Orange county, said that as
soon as he could get his witnesses
here from New York and get their
evidence reduced to affidavit form,
he would apply for a warrant for the
arrest Of Attorney Burton w. Gibson,
Of Rutherford, N. j., and New York,
charging him with the murder of Mrs.
Rosa M. Szabo. The district attorney
spent most of the night in his office
comforting with the men he had as
signed to work on the case He also
carefully examined the report of the
doctors who performed the autopsy
on Mrs. Szabo in Jersey City yester-
day in which they stated that death
was due to misplaced Adams apple
and general displacement of the wind
pipe showing that strangulation was
the real cause of death
"As soon as ! can get my case in
proper shape for presentation i shall
submit 1t to Special County Judge
Herbert G. Royce" said the district
attorney, and will ask that he issue
the warrant for Gibson's arrest. The
result of the chemical examination OF
the contents of Mrs. Szabo's stomach
and of the microscopic examination
a of the internal organs is not complete
!, hut will be shortly"
District Attorney Rogers has made
arrangements with the Pinkerton de
tectives who have Gibson under sur
yeillance. to see that he Is kept with
in the jurisdiction of the New York
courts following his arrival in New
York today until Judge Royce acts.
AS soon as the arrest is made Rog
Grs plans to present only enough evl
: dence to warrant the holding of Glib
, son for the grand jury. He said tha
his officers are working on develop
!. ments in the case which will prov,
even more sensational than the facti
3 already known.
; Still Claims Innocence.
r NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Attorne,
5 Burton w. Gibson, for whose arres
on murder charge District Attorne.
Rogers of Orange county says he viii
apply before night, came to his offic
from his home in Rutherford shortl
before o'clock today. He was ur
? der guard of two detectives throug
the night and the men accompanie
: him back to this city.
Gibson maintained his attitude Q
: innocence today 1t Is known by tn
officials who will prosecute him tha
!. he lays great stress on his statemen
.. to the doctor who treated him afte
: his rescue and who examined Mr..
' Szabos body. The doctor admits tina
!. Gibson told him Mrs. Szabo thre'
' her arms around his neck and dral
= ged him down and that he had grea
. difficulty in releasing himself.
a When Gibson entered the station t
take the tunnel train to this city h
was greeted by big crowd. Fl
posed for dozen pictures by new
paper photographers.
In his office with Detective A
y phonso Rink, who had spent the nigf
at his house, Gibson refused to be Il
= terviewed.
what can say" he demande
- II knew nothing about the strangul
tion until l learned of rne result {
the autopsy. Maybe she was stran
led in the struggle. I don't know"