Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-07

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His opening statement to the jury
Attorney William J. Corrigan, for the
defense, asserted that many of the
states contentious were true, but that
defense testimony would show that
Mrs. Kaber had not intended to murder
| her husband and that her actions were
| the result of mind diseased from
+; childhood and even before birth and
worn down by horrible things thar
will reflect no credit on the dead man
Outlines States Case.
Assistant County Prosecutor James
L. Cassidy, outlining the states case.
asserted that testimony will show that
Mrs. Kaber's first attempt to kill her
husband By poisoning and failing in this
manner, hired assassins to kill him.
/ The motive, he asserted, was to obtain
possession of Mr.. Kabers' estate for
herself and daughter, Marion McArdle,
who also is indicted for first degree
murder, for her alleged participation
in the plot to kill Mr.. Kaber.
Mr.. Cassidy asserted that Mrs. Kaber
had gone to two women almost a year
before the murder and asked them to
do something that would bring about
his death, but that both had advised
her to obtain legal separation. To this
suggestion Mrs. Kaber was alleged to
have asserted that divorce would not
give a proper distribution of the prop
erty.
It was the latter part of March,
1919. that Mr.. Kaber. previously said
to have been in good health, became
violently i'll with pains in his stomach.
No Trace Of Cancer.
An exploratory operation, Mr.. Cas-
sidy asserted, revealed no trace of can
Ger or other Affections and that Mr..
Kaber wasted away to 80 pounds from
125 pounds. During Mr.. Kaber's ILL
ness. Mr.. Cassidy alleged that Mrs.
Kaber always brought him highly sea-
soned food.
MIR. Cassidy then detailed how Mrs.
Kaber was alleged to have made the
acquaintance of Mrs. Ermina Colavito
who in turn introduced her to Saliva
dore Gala and Vittorio Piszelli. the al
legged assassins. both under indictment.
but Piszelli still unapprehended. They.
according to Mr.. Cassidy, f;nalls- agrned
TO kin Mr.. Kaber for 5000, Mrs.
Kaber promising to pay them from
the proceeds of Mr.. Kabers insurance
policy which called for double indemn-
ity in case of violent death. Mrs.
Kaber later collected $500 on the in
surance policy, $500 of which finally
found it's way to Gala and Piszelli, ac-,
cording to Mr.. Cassidy. !
PLAYS Piano. browns Noise.
How Marion McArdle was alleged
to have played the piano two nights
before the murder to drown the noise |
of the assassins as they went through |
the house to get the lay of things, also
was detailed by Mr.. Cassidy, who also !
asserted that Mrs. Mary Brickel. moth /
er of Mrs. Kaber was to be on the |
porch the next night as signal to the !
assassins that everything was all right.
Mrs. Brickel was not On the porch at !
the appointed time, however, accord
ing to Mr.. Cassidy. and the assassins |
left without attempting to execute the
Marion McArdle was alleged the
next day to have hunted UP Gala and
Piszella and told them that the deed
must be done that night before her
mother. who had gone, returned. That
night Mr.. Kaber was stabbed "a times
and died the next day from the result
Of the wounds
Tries to Initiate Robbery
A week before the murder, Mr.. Cas-
sidy asserted, the evidence would show
that Mrs. Kaber had taken silverware
and linen to the home of a Mrs. Matth
,ws. in an effort to make it appear
hat robbery was the motive for the
,laying Of her husband.
10 substantiate the states claim
hat Mrs. Kaber first attempted to
,oison her husband, DIR. G. F. Hoover
;estified that he had attended Mr.. Ka-
yer during his illness and found him to
,e suffering from neuritis, which he
aid, could have been caused by arsenic
y lead poisoning. Moses Kaber,
ather Of the murdered man, was the
irst witness called by the state. He
estified that Daniel f. Kaber was
ead.
The defense did not cross examine
i'm. Moses Kaber probably will be
allied again by the defense to give de-
allied testimony.
The jury was taken to view the
Gene Of the murder in Lakewood t
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