The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-12

New York Sept 12-Bold1y pro- claiming his innocence and asserting that he was the victim of circum- stnaces which could easily be disprov- ed Burton W. Gibson, lawyer, of Rutherford N J.. and this city sub u1itted to arrest in his office here to- day. He was formally charged with rs.1e murder of Mrs. Rosa Szabo who was supposed to have drowned in Greenwood Lake, Orange County, on July 16 last
 The formal arrest was made by Deputy Sheriff DeGraw of Orange county Gibson had expected to. be arrested when he reached this city from his Rutherford home but the up- state deputy sheriff, who had been supposed to be in waiting most Of the night for just such a contingency. didn't appear and 1t was not until Gibson had been in his office an hour that DeGraw arrived
 While waiting for the papers to ar rive. Gibson made someWnaI eA5 that he was absolutely innocent or any wrongdoing:
 r1ieta91e'' he said. ''and that there is no legal evidence on which 1t could have been issued I have never been worried from the first time these al s7egat5ons were made but when l was FfeId that an autopsy was tobe held thought that there might be a chance that the autopsy would show traces of r,oison and that, even though this came from the ernba1ming fluid used Eby the undertaken. there might be a srs,roneh ts41 4l,e rao1rrh. So I looked up tne New York law and found that en1baIming fiuid containing irr1tant srooison was prohibited and naturally l Teft relieved.
 Now. as to this more serious all aegaAion that the autopsy revealed t4l1at Mrs Szabo'e windpdpe was dis iDfaced and the inference was that fffs resulted from a struggle she had with me prior to her fsdli9g & 2xernoaEa, ns 4ts fTeports of the autopsy. There cer- 4afrl1y was no struggle between us Szl the boat and rsere was never any +5-,,e when I had my hands on her throat. And the dead woman d1d not iatrfke the side Of the boat when she Fse4l overheard That is absolutely
 s--rhere has been so much publish ed about. this case that was manifest fIv untrue that I have told this much iof my case I have assurances that everything in court will be decently and orderly and there will be no at confident that I will be cleared when T have my day in court
 It vas I0:30 when the deputy sher-- tiff reached the Gibson offices and lserved the warrant
 DeGraw vas aeeomP%an5ed % oa oy Lheue- d louter office of the suite he occupies tvancn the men entered DeGraw rush. ed over and graSPeQ n1n1 Dy tue diIIl il,1It Gibson. with look of contempt shook him off and looked inquiringly at Flood. who, he knew, was the only sone authorized to serve a warrant in the room
 ..Mr Gibson. have a warrant for ,yofr arrest a charge of murder in vtlle first degree said Flood
 T know,'' replied the lawyer. come into my private office In the inner office Gibson said he was perfectly willing to go along with the officers but tf-at he would like a few minutes to call his family on the phone and tell them what had happened and to get in touch with his counsel so that Fz1e would be properly represented in court
 Take all the time that you need" .esid Flood at the same time telling fneCraw. who was seemingly the busi- est man in the room, to "sit down and be quiet
 Gibson coolIy called up Mrs. Glib son in their home in Rutherford and held a. whispered conversation with her His nerve was unshaken. His hard holding the receiver did not |tremtle and he was as unconcerned as if he was discussing the case of a