The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-17
HUNT FOR SzABO CASH
REVEALS NO ACCOUNTS
RumOr That GibsOn's Friends
Are Raising Fund to Make
Good Money He Had.
BROTHER ARRIVES TO-DAY
Consulate Learns That Lawyer
Buried Husband of the
Dead Woman.
BROTHER ARRIVES TO-DAY

The Surrogate Court OF New York
county yesterday Joined in the hunt for
the money which Mrs. Rose Menschik
Szabo deposited In the Nassau Ma
tional Bank and which was almost i'm
mediately drawn out by Burton w.
Gibson. executor Of her estate and now
accused OF her murder
An injunction was issued by Surro-
gate Cohalan restraining Gibson from
getting rid OF any more of the $7,1o0,
and an order was issued requiring him
to show cause why he shall not put
the money under control of the court or
tell what he has done with it. The
date set for this hearing Is September
"a which IL on the same day as the
hearing before Judge Royce AT Goshen
on the murder charge. II Is likely that
the New York case will be postponed.
While the court proceedings were on
IN this city investigators for the Aus
tro- Hungarian consulate and for the
Orange county authorities discovered
that friends OF Gibson. for some reason.
are trying to raise a large sum OF
money.
The purpose for which this IL being
done vas no. definitely stated, but the
names of tho persons actively en-
ployed were hinted at They were said
to be persons more or less intimately
associated with his family and with his
law Office.
There was no concealment by those
who heard OF this. as TO their Idea or
what the money was intended for. II
,s necessary for Gibson to show that
h. has Mrs. Szabo's money intact II
he would make any headway against
the motive" phase Of the murder case.
lie has been accused OF killing the
woman In order to get her money. 1t
he were to pay this into court In New
York county before his trial II would
have an effect. The man will have TO
do one thing or the other just as soon
as hc Il through with his first ordeal
at Goshen.
II the money were paid in now. 1t was
asserted. the Surrogate would have the
right to trace II to sec that there had
not been a misappropriaiion and then
restitution. If tho money should be
raised by a sale " his automobile and
other potsonal property. as one report
has said. IL Il was borrowed from
friends. those facts could he placed on
record and used In orange county to
aid tho prosecution
While. the loca, Investigators were
stil discussing the discovery OF Gibson
attempt TO raise a large sum of money
quick. message came from p'strict
ATTORNEY Thomas c. Rogers at Middle
town. asking that nr. Fritz Ffechsrauer
come to soc him as soon as possible.
The reasons were not given In the n,es-
sage There was an idea that the money
may have already been raised.
VIII Br Task to Raise $1,000.
Judging from Investigations the rais-
ing Of a sum like $1,000 by Gibson at
this time will ~ task. The closest
search falls to discover in any bank Of
the metropolitan district any sum 10
the credit Of Burton ". Gibson, eXecu-
tor. or Burton ". Gibson personally.
except ssl in tho Nassau National
Bank. The search for accounts In the
namc of other members Of his family
has not yet ended. Gibson himself II Ia
known was very hard up Just before
August I and required several thousand
dollars Ia square himself. n Is dlfficult
to fnd out how these debts were paid.
because some of the creditors fearing
they might have IN give back the money
are keeping silent. Others who re-
ccived only small sums are talking q
little more freely.
The first hearing in the step to oust
Gibson AZ executor comes UP to-day be-
fore Surrogate Fowler. but II is certain
there will be a postponement. Whoever
represents Gibson will only have TO 60
10 court and say that his client IL In
Jail and cannot come to get a stay, and
in addition the action of Arpad A. Kre-