Arizona republican., 1921-07-17
MRS. EVA KAbER
 ESCAPES DEATH ON MERCY PLEA OF JURY: GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
Limp Form Of Doomed Woman Carried Into Court To Hear Verdict; State Will Ask For Daughters Death
IaepubIican A. p. Leased wIrel


 CLEVELAND. July. 16.-Througi mercy recommended by a jury men. Mrs. Eva Catherine kaber to. day escaped the electric chair though found guilty of first degres murder for plotting the assassination of her husband. Daniel F. Kaber.
 lt was the hope that mercy would be extended by those of the opposite sex which induced her counsel to exclude women jurors on the ground that they are more cold blooded and mercfless than men," Attempt was made to invalidate panels of tenta- tive jurors because there were wom- en on them and when women were tentatively seated on the jury they were dismissed by the defense on peremptory challenge.
 As a result of the recommendation for mercy, Mrs. Kaber was sentenced 10 life Imprisonment in the Ohio re- formatory for women at MarysvilIe by Judge Maurice Bernon. Had the jury not recommended mercy. the court would have been compelled to sentence Mrs kaber to die in the electric chair.
 The prison term for Mrs. Kaber was the first final result of the states effort to bring to justice those responsible for the murder of the Lakewood publisher as he lay an invalid chair in his home on July IS. 191e- There remain five others to bo tried on first degree murder charges in connection with the crime.
 Two of these are Mrs Mary Brick ef mother. and Miss Marian McArdle, Laughter of Mrs. Kaber. Miss Mc- Ardie was with her mother, who was lying in semi-conscfous state in her cell in the county jail, when news of the verdict was brought to them by Attorney w. Poulson, Mrs. Eabers personal counsel.
 Her own fate sealed. what little Interest Mrs- Kaber displayed was said to bG ln the future of her daugh- ter. Marian. whom County Prosecu- tor Edward C.. Stanton says he will ask be given the death penalty Bail For Miss McArdle was refused today " Judge Bernon on the ground that n the light Of testimony in Mrs Kaber's case. which tended to impli- sate her also in the crime, he could not grant her temporary freedom. Marian is alleged to have furthered her mothers murder designs and to have played the piano to drown any noise, while the alleged assassins VI s>@~ V -- <@-~@- sA><-hA " 1AA Q. Kater-
 The jury resumed its deliberations this morning. having failed to return a verdict last night after having the case four hours.
 The jury. began balloting just two years from the time Mir. Kaber was stabbed to death by assassins. al- leged to have been hired by Mrs. Kaber.
 Though Mrs. Kaber was suspect ed of being implicated in her hus- bands death at the time. insufficient evidence was found then by officials on which to formally charge her with the crime For two years Moses Kaber. the aged father of the mur- dered man, doggedly kept working on the mystery with the aid of pri- vate detectives. suspicion pointing stronger and stronger toward Mrs Enber-
 Finally a brother of Mrs. Kaber was brought iIl ss a ruse and her mother. Mrs Mary Bric.sel. who was suspected of knowing much about the murder. was led to believe that the son was to be charged with the crime The ruse worked as it ha6 been planned. Mrs. Brickel. to save the son, Is alleged to have confessed duplicating her daughter. Mrs Ka- ber: Miss Marian McArdle, daugh- ter of Mrs. Kaber, herself, and others