New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
Mrs. Kal,er Will
Testify To-day
In Own Behalf
Counsel Inspired to Put
Her ON Stand by Failure
OF Witnesses to Uphold
Her Claim of Insanity
Father Calls Her Queer
Evidence All In by To-
night; Case Is Expected
to Reach Jury Tomorrow

CLEVELAND, July 12.-Eva Cathe-
''ine Kaber will take the witness stand
in her own behalf tomorrow morning
to combat the states contention that
she planned the murder of her husband
Daniel Fl Kaber, according to an
nouncement this evening by Francis w
Poulson, her personal attorney.
Mrs. Kaber's testimony, it was said
will be followed by that of alienists
who will testify as to her mental con-
dition. A plea of insanity is Mrs
Kaber's principal defense.
County Prosecutor Edward W. Stan
ton said that whether the state will in
troduce testimony to rebut that offered
by alienists depends entirely upon the
prominence of the elienists and the
testimony they give. Should there
be no rebuttal, Mr.. Stanton said he
expected all evidence to be in by to-
morrow evening and the case given to
the jury some time Tuesday.
Decision to call Mrs. Kaber as wit
ness was not made, it is understood
until number of defense witnesses
had failed to respond favorably to
questions intended to show that Mrs
Kaber was insane. Three witnesses
however, did say they believed her te
be insane. They were her father
John w. Brickel; her sister, Mrs. ii. A
McGinnis, and her uncle, Matthew
Brickei.
The father, seventy-three years old
sold his accused daughter had at many
times during her childhood acted IN
peculiar manner, reciting few, specific
instances.
Sympathy for the aged father was
expressed freely by spectators, who
knew that not only his daughter was
accused of murder, but that his aged
wife, Mrs. Mary Brickel, and his grand
daughter, Miss Marian McArdle, also
are accused of the murder of Mr.
Kaber. He said his home is where his
hat is off.
Through records of the Cleveland
Humane Society it was shown that
Mrs. Kaber at the age of sixteen ano
half years had been arrested on 8
charge of stealing S85 and as a result
was sent to a correctional institution
The state offered no objection to this
testimony. Neither did it offer objec
ton to having hospital history OF
Mr.. Kaber introduced, after having as
Stanton asserted that both the humane
society record and the hospital his
tory as to Mr.. Kaber's physical con
dition only strengthened the states
case.
Most of the defense witnesses to-
day were excused without being cross
examined by the state. Only a few
objections of minor Importance were
asked the father by state attorneys
The aged parent glanced only once to-
ward the accused daughter as he occu
pied the witness stand. That was wher
he was asked if he were the father Of
the defendant. He replied that he was
At the opening of the defense testi
mony opposing counsel FLASHED fire.
quently over the admissibility of evi
dence. Questions asked by Attorne!
William J. Corrigan invariably wer.
objected to by Assistant Prosecutor
Cassidy, and in most instances sus
tanned by the court Corrigan thel
would reform his question, with tn,
same result. The same question, differ
emily phrased. would be asked as man.