The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-24
GIBSON LAWYERS PLAN
ATTACK ON AUTOPSY
Will Prove DR.. Schult,c'>
Strangulation Theory Alb
surd. They Say.
OTHER DOCTORS DIFFER.
Say Accused Man Will Testify
and Mrs. SzabO's Mother
Will Appear.
OTHER DOCTORS DIFFER:

Confidence that their client viii 90
free still prevailed yesterday in the
camp Of the attorneys for Burton W.
Gibson. in jail on a charge Of the mur.
der OF Mrs. Rose Menschik szabo.
"There is no question that Gibson Will
he acquitted" declared Robert n. Elder.
who will bear the chief court burden o.,
the defence. when the time comes the
manner Of death as discovered by Corc.
ncr's Physician Otto II. Schultse will he
found TO be an absurdity and Mira,
Petronella Menschik, the sole legatee os
tho daughter. will brush away every
other suspicious coincidence on the wit.
ness stand" was the declaration OF
Charles Goldzier, also Of counsel
Mr.. Elder would not go into detasls
about his declaration. Flo evaded all
questions and told inquirers to wal,
until after next Monday. From another
source II was said the defence is begin
ming to believe that DIR. Schultze's re.
port that Mrs. Szabo was killed by
strangulation, induced by a blow before
she fell into Greenwood Lake, will not
be corroborated by Drs King and Has.
king. the county physicians of Hudson
county, ". j.. where the autopsy wss
held. nor by DR.. Breitenfeld. tho physi.
clan OF tho Consulate-Generalo OF Aus
tris Hungary. who was also present
All the attorneys for tho defence
would say yesterday was that they were
anxiously awaiting the reports Of tha
three physicians. which had not yet
been filed with the Orange county su-
thorities. They would not say how they
expected these reports to differ from
that Of DR.. SchultzA
Drs. Schultze. King and Haskings had
a conference in this city yesterday
which lasted for some time. It was
admitted that they were goinE over the
autopsy report and also over the chcin,
cal analysis OF certain parts of the
body made by DIR. Schultzc. None would
talk Of the result OF that conference
District Attorney Rogers OF Orange wilt
be in the city to-day and also talk with
the physicians.
Mr.. Goldsicr said:
We expect to show that n
Schultze's conclusion that Mrs Szshu
was killed by n finger poke in the thrua,
which killed her before she landed in
the water is absurd. We may also 90
into DR.. Schultzcs other autopsica shu'y T.
lng strangulation.
There Will be really three star points
in our defence" continued thc lawyer
I'VE have no hesitation in letting IT De
known. Af,er Wc have riddlcd tho man
ner of death report, We are goin-; 10 call
Mrs. rc,ronclla Mcnschik, tho mother
who i'll so on the stand and show what
money she has received from her dausl,.
tors estate She vii, ho-r an the doc.
umsnts To prove what SHE Ssys. an,
she will demolish every possible theor!
Of motive on the part OF our client
Briefs in the local will case will h,
filed this morning with Surroga t,
Fowler. Mr. Goldzier will say that III,
treaty between Austria and this co,n,
try applies only to the administering
of the estate of persons who III" intcs.
tate. Arpad \. krcmcr, counsc, for The
Consulate, will declare this is absurd.