Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-01
Wife, ON STAND, CALLS
HER HUSBAND SLAYER
Mrs. Fannie Kabansky Charges Her.
man Kabansky With Mothers
Murder.
Declines to Take Advantage of Law
Which Would Excuse Her
From Testifying.

Dressed in deep mourning. but with
her veil folded back over her hat, Mrs
Fannie Kabansky, twenty-four years
| old. took the witness stand today in
Criminal Court No. / to testify against
her husband. Herman kabansky. twen-
ty-five years old. who. is being tried
for murder in connection with the kill
ing Of her mother. Lena Raboy. March
20 last. ct 1916 7th street northwest
When the wife had been sworn chief
Justice Covington. at the suggestion
of Assistant Cpited States Attorney
Wampler. advised the wife of the right
given her by the law to refuse to bear
witness against her husband. After
hearing the caution, Mrs kabansky
expressed her Willingness to testify
against her husband.
kabansky sat with face averted from
the witness stand while his wife told
or the tragedy. He stared vacantly out
of the window. At his side was his
, sister, Mrs. Morris Wolfe. Behind the
prosecutors were seated DIR. Il. NJ.
Brush OF the Sheppa rd-Pratt Hospital
near Baltimore. and Dr. d. Percy Hick-
ing. Washington a,ienist. who are
prepa red to testify in rebuttal of the
defense of insanity. which is to he Of
Tered by Attorneys Hayden Johnson
Returned to Her Parents. i.
! Mrs. Kabansky told the jury she was
with her husband about two years.
Then she returned to her parents. she
stated. although she did not assign
any reason for the separation She
was awakened by the shooting and
screams nr ar,.i1
! last. witness said. and when she got
as far as the head of the stairs she
saw man coming up with a fiashlight
and a pistol.
She fed into her mothers room. and
when the intruder reached the door she
recognized = him and called her hus-
| bands name. Immediately he shot her
| In the arm. and as she retreated he
continued to fire at her. She asked if
| he was going to Kill her and the huS-
band responded, according to the wit
ness, Yes, ] am going to kill you and
| all the family.
| The wife said she witnessed the kill
| ing of her little brother. ten years old,
who fell over on the bed. The wife
says she was then shot in the neck
| and in other parts of her body. Five
bullets struck her, and she became un-
| conscious and knew no more until she
| awoke at the hospital, the witness as
| serted.
The cross-examinatiohT OF the wife
was in progress when this report
closed.
| Completion of the Jury.
The jury was obtained last evening
just before adjournment and was
sworn by order of Chief Justice Gov
ington. Two of the regular panel
| were left on the jury. and the ten
others were selected from the venire of
200 talesmen. The jury comprises Wal
| lace c. Harry, Victor McCeney. Raw
| Inns Hume, William NJ. Moore, Andrew
P. Sincell. Robert B. Tenney. William
! f. Hill. Walter Welborn. Walter b.
Crow, Jacob W. Nigh, Charles l.
Young and Charles Dyer
| The opening statement for the prose
cution was made by Assistant United
States Attorney Wamplcr. who out
lined the testimony the government ex-
sky was guilty of murder.
After former Deputy Coroner White,
who performed the autopsy, and DIR.
Francis J. Ready of Emergency Hos
pital had testified. Assistant United
States Attorney Archer called to the
witness stand Abraham Raboy, hus-
band of the dead woman. Lena Pa boy.
Mr.. Raboy said he is fifty years old
and lived over his store. 1916 18th
| street northwest. He narrated the de-
tails of the homicide.
! The witness spoke in broken English
and SO rapidly that it was necessary
|, for the court and counsel to interrupt
him several times and to caution him
to speak more slowly. The witness
tried to heed the caution. but his tes-
timony was heard with difficulty.