Evening star., 1921-06-10
ADMITS HIRING MEN
WHO KILLED KABER
Wife Confesses Having Wom.
an Get Two, But Only to
"Beat Up" Victim.
BY the Associated Press.

HUDSON, n. Y, June 10.-Mrs. Eva
Kaber, charged with first degree mur-
der in connection with the Staying of
her husband in Lakewood, Ohio.
nearly two years ago, today confessed
to hire two men to beat up her hus-
band in order to change his harsh at
titude toward her. She denied that
she had intended that he be killed.
Chief of Police Christensen of Lake
wood made this statement today to a
representative of the Associated Press
on the train that was carrying him.
Mrs. Kaber and her daughter, Miss
Marian McArlle, back to Cleveland.
Chief Christensen. however, denied
a report that the two men had been
stated that Mrs. Kaber had not i'm
plicated her daughter
The woman's departure followed a
grilling by police officials that began
last night and lasted until early this
morning. Stenographers were called.
and it was understood that both the
women made statements.
1t was nearly 4 o'clock before the
women were taken from police head
quarters. A patrol wagon, in which was
placed a blanket and pillow for Mrs.
Kaber, took them to the Both street
Soon afterward an ambulance drew up
at the station and a physician entered.
Police officials, as we'll as the physician,
refused to say who had been attended.
Asked to XIII kaber.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 10.-The
filing of a sworn statement by Mrs. ].
Wade, a fortune teller. with Prosecutor
Edward c. Stanton that Mrs. Eva Cath
crime Kaber had asked her to kin Dan
F. Kaber. her husband, wealthy pub
Usher. was the outstanding local feature
Of the case.
Mrs. Wade was questioned by Prose-
cutor Stanton and city and county de-
tectives for two hours.
Tried to Scare Husband.
NEW YORK, June 10.-A newspaper
quotes Chief Christensen as saying that
Mrs. Kaber had consulted a woman
medium for advice as to how to change
her husbands attitude toward her. The
,, publishers surly manner after an ILL
ness was said to have occasioned the
visit.
BY advice of this medium, Mrs. Ka.
Der was said to have employed two
foreigners to appear at her husbands
bedside in the night as ghosts and
as she expressed it, to try and shake
a little civility into him.
Aroused from his slumber, Mr.. Ka.
Der was alleged to have attacked the
two men and to have been stabbed
| to death by them in the struggle
Mrs. Kaber then was said to have
| fed to New York to escape the for.
eigners, without advising the Cleve.
land police for fear Of involving her.
| self.
Refused to Pay Foreigners.
| According to the newspaper, Chiei
Christensen said Mrs. Kaber had de.
clared that she had refused to pay
the two foreigners when they reap
peared after the funeral. asserting
they had not fulfilled the role o.
ghosts as she had intended and tha,
she would not involve herself by pay
| ing for murder.
Capt. Carey characterized storiei
| concerning an alleged consultation
with a medium and the hiring o.
foreigners to pose as spirits as new,
to him. He steadfastly refused t.
comment on the character of the state
ments made by the women. He sait
he had agreed with the Ohio authori
ties to maintain silence, and that tn,
case was not out of his Jurisdiction.