The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-21
CRAFT WAS NOT UPSET
Lawyers Arm Was on Upper
Part Of Companions
Body.
MEDICAL TESTIMONY IN
DR.. King Of New Jersey Asserts
Mrs. SZabO Died Of
StrangulatiOn.

GOSHEN, Nov. 2O.-Evidence of med
ical nature tending to show that Mrs
Szabo met death other than by drowning
and testimony OF eyewitnesses Of the
tragedy at Greenwood Lake We're In
troduced at the trial of Burton W. Glib
son. accused OF numbering his client, in
the orange county court to-day.
John Minturn. storekeeper OF Sterling
Forest. told how he saw Gibson clas ping
the Szabo woman with his left arm az
they bent over in the boat. He said he
saw the lawyer bring up his right arm
to the upper part OF The woman's body,
Then he saw the woman plunge into the
water backward and Gibson forward.
There was splashing beyond the boat.
one OF the two had not come up. Then
Minturn saw Gibson swim to the boat,
right side UP a, the time. He clung to
one end OF it for half minute
Then he turned the light craft bot
tomside up. Minturn watching him al
tcrnately throw his right arm over his
left shoulder and his left arm over his
right shoulder as through removing
the bathing suit Gibson says the woman
stripped from his back In a struggle
under water
After these movements Gibson d!ved
beneath the lakes surface. and after
some seconds reappeared. 70 cling 10 the
keel OF the boat anti, he was taken into
the launch Torpedo.
Mlnturn was the first witness. What
he saw he explained graphically. demon
stratlng Gibson's right arm move
ment on Joseph Mailer, a process server
Of District Attorney Whitmsns Office
Mailer has twice represented the Aus
trian widow since the trial began
M.nturn was down with malaria fever
In a hotel here yesterday. He was only
nv" minutes N telling what ne saw.
Gibson twisted his fingers and rubbed
h!s hands ncrVous,y. when he put his
hand TO his face the wife took hold Of
his fingers and pulled IL down. looking 2
into his eyes Then she turned to Elder
and watched his grueiling cross-exam-
! nation. The witness was accused of
falsely testifying. His reply was:
: If saw whore | made "A mistake no
man could be quicker to rectify II than
| would"
head demanded Elder.
The witness asid he had once been
del!rious and further testified TO dis.
prove the tmputation OF lnsa anity
Or. George W. King OF Jersey CITY
! testified that Il was not until after he
had performed experiments on other
cadavers that he made UP his mind tha,
nothing but strangulat!on could cause
the condition found In the Szabc
womans throat.
pr. King told how he put a cadaver or
an undertaker's frame which fastens be
meath the chin. After many hours. b,
vigorous manipulation. he tried TO Sc.
cure n most -mortem condition similar tc
that In Mrs. Szabo's throat. He coult
not snnroximate the condition anc
finally decided that no undertaken.
handling Of a body could accomplish
the feat
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