Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-30
STATE SCORES FIRST
IN THE KABER TRIAL

CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 2S.-
Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber. charged
with having plotted the assassina-
ton of her husband, Daniel F. Kaber.
wealthy Lakewood. Ohio. publisher.
today was formally placed on trial
in Judge Maurice Bernons court.
She is under Indictment for first
degree murder. which carries the
death penalty in this state.
Mrs. Kaber was brought into the
courtroom promptly at 10 o'clock
and seated beside her counsel. Fran
els w. Poulson. William ]. Corrigan
and Samuel S. Kest.
Mrs. Kaber looked neither to the
right nor to the left as she entered
the small crowded courtroom. and
appeared oblivious IF the outcome of
the trial of which she is the central
figure. She wore a black tailored suit,
blue hat with black plumes and blue
gloves. She Immediately assumed a
POSTURE with her chin resting in her
right hand, the elbow resting on the
arm of the chair. She looked straight
forward at the door.
Noses Kaber, father of Daniel F
Kaber, sat in the front row of spec
tators. Edward Faucet, the first
talesman, was challenged for couse
and excused because he had formed
an opinion of the case.
One Juror Tentatively Accepted
Examination OF the second tales
man by Attorney Corrigan indicated
that temporary insanity would be
the defense for Mrs. Kaber.
One juror had been tentatively &C
copied and seated when court re-
cessed at noon. Five had been ex-
cused for causes.
Marian McArdle, daughter Of Mrs.
Kaber, also charged with first degree
murder of her stepfather, will not
be forced to testify against her
mother, County Prosecutor Stanton
announced this morning. Nor will
others under Indictment charged
with first degree murder as con-
spirators and actual killers of Kaber
Mrs. Mary Brickel, mother Of Mrs.
Kaber; Mrs. Erminia Colavito and
Salvatore Gala, take the witness
stand during Mrs. Kaber's trial and
repeat the confessions they have al
ready made to the authorities.
mo one of the defendants Will be
promised immunity, no matter what
the circumstances" Prosecutor Stan
ton said. eve will in turn place
each of them on trial for the murder
of Kaber and will demand the same
for Mrs. Kaber-the electric chair"
Admission By Gard Only
The halls and corridors of the
courthouse were filled and the crowd
in front of the building had in
creased to more than thousand be
kept them from rushing the court
room, admission to which was
gained by card only. Less than fifty
persons other than newspaper cor
respondents and court officials were
admitted.
Attorney Poulson Immediately sub
mitted a motion to annul a special
panel of forty-two prospective Jurors,
five of whom were women. on the
ground that women were barrei
the state constitution from
sitting as jurors. judge Bernon over
Mrs. Kaber is the first of six per-
sons under indictment for Kaber,s
to be tried. The others are
Mrs. Mary Brickel, her mother;
Marian McArdle, Mrs. Kaber,s dauSh-
ter; Mrs. Erminia Colavito, salvatore
Gala and Vittorio Pisselli. All are
Under arrest except Pisselli.
Mrs. Colavito is charged with aid
ing Mrs Kaber in the alleged plot
ing of her husbands death. Upon
his arrest week ago, Gala confess
ed that he and Pisselli had been hired
to commit the crime, for which. he
said. they were to have been pan
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