New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
Ready to Tell
ALL - Asserts
kaher WI idow
Mrs. Colavito, Accused of
Having SoldPotion Placed
In Slain Mans Food, Is
Accused by New Witness
Medicine Deals Barred
Woman Who Helped Police
Obtain Indictments Adds
to Evidence of Murder

CLEVELAND. June Ia. -ldentification
of Mrs. Erminia Colavito, indicted with
Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber and two
other women on charge OF having
murdered Daniel F. Kaher, as the
woman who had sold "medicine" SINH
lar to that she is alleged to have sold
Mrs. Kaber and which is alleged to
have been placed in Kaber's food, and
the declaration by Mrs. Kaber that
"she is ready to tell all" were features
of the murder mystery to-day.
Pasquale Julian to-day identified Mrs.
Colayito as the woman who sold him
several bottles of the "medicine" for
$3.50 to cure his brother John, who is
patient in the Newburg State Hos
pital for the Insane. Mrs. Colavito ad-
she had sold him medicine" according
to Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton and
Chief of Police Peter S. Christensen, of
Lakewood.
Spirits Blamed for Aches
Pasquale Julian said that when his
brother was suffering from headaches a
Julian family that Spirits" had con-
troll of John, causing his illness and
said that Mrs. Colavito could cure him.
When Mrs. Colavito was requested to
cure Johns headaches she said she
could cure him for $1,000. This was
more than the family would pay, and
Mrs. Colavito agreed to accept and was
paid S100 on two occasions and $50 on
another by Pasquale Julian for "medi-
cine" she furnished. Mrs. Colavito's
woman friend was paid $40 by Pasquale
Iroc 10 Co1o
The city chemist, upon making pre-
liminary analysis, reported that the
medicine" contained poison The
analysis will be continued.
A woman, formerly q confdant of
Mrs. Kaber and her mother Mrs Mark
Brickel, tonight reported, Prosecutor
Stanton and Chief Christensen said,
that Mrs. Kaber had told her of her
anxiety to be freed from Kaber as long
ago as 1916 and declared if she could
not divorce him she would kill him.
The woman's name was not divulged.
The woman had been gathering evil
dence for Chief Christensen for nearly
year. Information which she gave
figured materially in Mrs. Kaber's in
dlctment, Prosecutor Stanton said.
According to the woman, Mrs. Brick
ell told her not only of the plan to kill
Kaber and its execution, but she names
Mrs. Kaber, Mrs. Colavito, two men
and Marian McArdle as the principals.
Mrs. Brickel and Miss McArdle, mother
and daughter, respectively, of Mrs.
Kaber, also are under first degree mur-
der indictments.
Fire Plot Charged
The woman said Mrs. Brickel told
her that Mrs. Kaber set fire to the
Kaber home while her husband was i'll
and that furniture supposed to have
been destroyed, upon which Mrs. Kaber
is said to have collected fire insurance.
was at the time stored in Mrs. Brickel's
attic.
Mrs. Kaber, when questioned to-day,
told Prosecutor Stanton that she real
lied that there no longer was any hope
for her and expressed concern only
for her daughter, whom she insisted
was innocent.
Anything I say now can neither help
nor hurt me-" Mrs. Kaber said, ac-
cording to the Prosecutor. 81 am will
ing to tell all. Marian had no part
IN this. She is an innocent victim of
circumstances. She knew nothing of
what was going on
Mrs. Kaber will be questioned fur
ther tomorrow.