The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-19

any other source that I am want
ell i'm Orange county. Il will go
right along without making the
slightest trouble. L am going TO
accompany the OFFICERS peacefully
and l will not make the slightest
effort TO ObStruct, i'm any way, the
operations OF the courts or of the
officers of the law"
But YOU might remain i'm New
Jersey and make them eNtradite
YOU" was suggested. Gibson re-
Piled:
THAT is just exactly what am
not going to do. L viii not make
any delay, and L will not offer
any excuses. There is but one
thing for me TO do. and that is TO
30 with the officers"
His little daughter. Marion.
kissed her father goodbye as he
left his home.
Come back early, papa" was
her parting admOnitiOn.
ON his way TO New York Gibson
asked a reporter if it could be ar
ranged for him to go to Middletown
and be arrested there. Detective AL
phonse Z. Rinck interpOsed and SAID
that this matter was up To Deputy
Sheriff Degraw, and that he would
have to decide.
Immense Crowd JostIes Lawyer.
When the party arrived at the Hud-
was a large crowd awaiting TO watch
proceedings, and fully 1000 persons
followed Gibson until he reached the
building in which his office is located.
They pushed, jOstled and annoyed
him until he appealed for protection.
I am an American citizen" he said,
and 1 have some rights. L have tried
to do all 1 could to make this matter
easy for the officials and l demand
protection. L cannot stand this mob,
and 1 must not be assaulted"
At the street crossings on the way
to his Liberty Street office, Gibson
had to be protected by traffic police
men, who held back the mob as best
they could.
ANXIOUS ABOUT AUTOPSY.
After Gibson had concluded
debating letters. nc made the
first extended statement he has
yet given concerning his arrest.
He said: MY understanding
is this: Everything will be con-
Quoted i'm a decent, orderly man.
ner. / will be permitted to go
to MiddlctOwn and there will be
no rOughncck work done. Ger
tainIy there is no basis for the
making of a charge Of murder
against me. have never from
the outset been worried about the
matter 1 was little bit anxious
about the outcome of the autopsy
and i will now tell why.
las n lawyer 1 knew that mis-
takes have been made when bod
les have been eXhumed. autOpSies
held and pOisOnS found after the
body had been embaImed.
81 thought that perhaps they
might find an irritant or active
poison and then some one who
had performed the autopsy might
have jumped 10 the conclusion
that that poison had been admin
istcred through the mouth or i'm
some way, and had not been
used I'm the embalming fluid
II went over the law very care
fully and 1 found that there had
recently been enacted n statute
which did away with the old or
der of things and they are no
longer allowed in the State of New
York TO Use an active or irritant
poison I'm embalming body.
1T is a fact that I made every
Effort to save the dead woman,
but I never clutched her arm un-
der the throat and she never hit
the boat i'm coming up i'm such
manner as to cause Strangula-
ton"
Gibson was taken shortly after
noon I'm an automobile from his
Office to the Grand Central Sta
ton, where he boarded u train
with Deputy sheriff DeGraw.