The Washington times., 1921-07-05

CAVE MAN
IS HUNTED
Former Smith Collage Professor
Said to Be Mysterious Lover
of Murder Queen"
By MILDRED MORRIS,
Interna tiCnal News Service.

CLEVELAND, July 5.-The trial
of Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber,
Cleveland's so-called murder queen"
was resumed today, with detectives
seeking the "man of mystery" in the
case.
Society is crucifying me; wom-
ems lies have got me into this" walls
the woman described by Edyard C..
Stanton, county prosecutor ; as an
"areh-murderess comparable to Lady
Macbeth and Lucretia Borgia." and,
according 10 the indictment of the
State, arch-conspirator in a murder
plot that savors of medieval crime
with its '.black magic" and hired
assassins.
PROFESSOR Is MYSTERY MAN.
Who Is the college professor who
turned cave man" 10 WOO the
solace In her unhappy married life
with Daniel Kaber. wealthy pub
usher. and made her forget the love
she retained for her first husband.
Thomas McArdle, wealthy Chicago
business man?
He Is the man Of mystery" The
state seeks his identity to learn
whether TO him Mrs. kaber confessed
plans for getting. rid of her invalid
husband. Kaber.
He is. or was, a member of the
faculty of Smith College, famous
educational institution for women,
according to Mrs. Harry Wade. a
fortune teller. who will swear on
the stand that Mrs. Kaber asked
her TO use psychic vibrations to
kill kaber. confessed to her that she
never lost her love for MCArdle, and
the college professor. Marian Nc
Ardle, Mrs. Kabers nineteen-yea--
old daughter, and indicted with her.
attended Smith College for year.
DENIES HAVING LOVER.
It's a l!e." the accused woman
half shrieked today when questioned
about her alleged professor lover.
She quit the nervous pacing OF her
cell long enough to eAclaim with bit
terness:
IF were young and beautiful like
Clara Smith Hamon and other women
who have killed men. ! would have
public sympathy.
Society is crucifying me. Lies,
lies, every one lies about me.
never had lover while I lived with
Dan Kaber. I was :rue TO him
though he made me suffer thu tor.
lures Of hell.
Another OF those womens lies.
Women's lies have got me into this
Women hate me. They are cruel.
They have betrayed me. Now they
want TO sit on my jury so tNcy can
send me to the electric chair"
The trial of women" the cele-
hrated case has become known in
Cleveland Four women are in the
alleged plot which resulted In Kab-
er's death and indicted for frst de-
gree murder; most of the witnesses
on whose testimony the state relies
to convict the murder queen" are
women
Twelve jurors were tentatively Sc
Iccted today. SIX women md six men
were In the box within an hour after
court opened.
The defense exercised the frat Of
Its sixteen pcremptory challenges 10
eliminate ono Of the six women
jurors-Mrs. Rose oliver.
william CorriRnn. chief counsel for
the defensc, announced he would
eliminate every woman In the box.
FIGHT FOR "woMiNLEss JURY"
when court opened this morning
after a Ave days recess Mrs. Kab.r's
attorneys resumed their fight to Sc
cure a "womanless jury"
William Corrigan, chief counsel for
Mrs Kaber, again attacked the right
OF women to serve on juries in Ohio
and the suffrage" amendment OF the
Constitution.
Judge Rernon overuled the motor.
The defense also failed In its
efforts TO have the sine tentative
Jurors in the box dismissed on the
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