The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-10
MRS. KAbER SEEKS
TO SHOW HUSBAND.
WAS DEGENERATE
Widow Of Slain Publisher Makes
Alleged Confession Detail
ing Acts at Home.
BY MILDRED MORRIS.
Interna tional News Service.


Ohio, July "a plot with all the.
flavor of medieval crime, with its
intrigue, ''black magic" and hired
assassins, was unfolded here today
when Mrs Erminia Colavito, so call
ed italian poison queen" took the
stand in the trial of Mrs. Catherine
Eva Kaber, indicted for first degree
murder as alleged arch-conspirator
lin the slayingof her husband, Dan
lei Kaber, the wealthy Cleveland
publisher. aF --,
PLEADED FOR BLACK MAGIC.
Mrs. Kaber wanted me to use my
supernatural powers to have her hus-
band killed." the poison queen" tes-
tilted.
"she says TO me about my hus-
band; The devil. can't walt until
he dies"
The accused woman agreed to pay
Salvatore Gala, who figured in the
murder plot as "the man with the
capital" 5000 to have his gang
kill her husband, according TO the
poison queen"
She said her husband had $4,000
Insurance and she'd pay him out OF
that" the woman testified.
Gala was taken TO the Kaber home
by the accused woman the night be-
fore the murder to view kaber as ne
lay asleep so the assassin would not
mistake his prospective victim when
he returned the next day to do his
deadly work. according to the ltal-
ian woman's story. .-
Mrs. Kaber FIRST secured from her
magic medicine" to kill Kaber, said
the Coiavito woman. '"'
"she returned later. saying 1T isn't
working fast enough" the poison
queen testified.
According to the woman. her now
famous magic medicine" was moth
ing more than a mixture of ginger
ale and olive oil.
IT gave Mrs Kaber this. telling
her 1t would cure her husband of.
being SO mean to her. She bothered
me so I just put an ounce of the
ginger ale and olive oil In a bottle
and gave II to her TO get her Dat OF
the house" the woman testified.
The entrance of the poison queen"
into the courtroom produced SEN
sation. She is under first degree
murder Indictment In connection
with the case. n
/
The poison queen" a handsome
woman. atractively dressed. related
Iher fantastic story in a determined,
matter-of-fact way.
As the poison queen" gave her
damnIng testimony the accused wo-
man sat with head bowed. but
showed her agitation by nervous
twltohings.
Urbana di corpo. good looking aud
suave, alleged affinity of Mrs. Ka-
Der, acted as "go-b-tween" In the
negotiations between the Italian
woman. Gala. and Mrs. -Kaber. the
poison queen" declared.
Kaber was TO be killed the night
lefore his murder, but Mrs. Kaber's
mother, Mrs. Mary Brickel. fell
down on her part OF It," the Cola
vito woman testified. .......
Gala comes to me and says. we
want 10 kill him. but Mrs. Briokel
wasn't on the porch as she promised.
| wen kill her too Gala suggested"
! Nineteen-year-old Marian MacArdle,
| Mrs. Kaber's daughter by her first
husband, Thomas MacArdle, wealthy
! Chicago business man. played the
piano on the night arranged for CALAIS
gang TO murder Ksber, in order to
drown out any noise the, asssssins
might make as they entered the house
and pretended to rob II, according to
the "pooison queen. r. ..... b.. ....
The fake" robbery did not hap
pen on that night through failure of
Mrs. Mary Brickel, Mrs. Kabers
mother, to signal Gala, the Colavlto
woman testified.
| Once" she said, I'VE go to di
Corpos house. we and Mrs. Kaber.
and di Corpo ran after Mrs. Kaber
LIT har
She testified Mrs. Kaber gave her
$500 after the murder to pay zone
of the gang" ..
HAGGLED OVER PRICE.
vittoria Pisselll. who. according to
the State, did the actual stsbbing
which resulted in Kaber's death, bag
gled over the price to be paid for Ka-
ber's murder, according to the poison
queen"
He wanted $4,000 down, and says
he and Gala will get their gang to play
| robbers and get intoTh Kaber home
and kill Kaber." the woman testified
Mrs Kaber. says she couldn't pay
him anything until her husband is
killed. as she has TO get II out of his
| insurance money.
CALL HIM DEGENERATE.
Kaber was degenerate OF the
worst type and made improper ad-
vances to Marian McArdle, his step
daughter. according to a confession
which was made by Mrs. Kaber to
the New York police and which will
be the basis for the womans de-
Tense, It was announced today.
The woman's confession, running
some forty typewritten pages, and
obtained by Capt. Arthur Carey. of
the New York police homicide squad,
declares:
HE (Kaber) said Marian would
have to get out of the house He
wouldn't have her there, when he
found out he could not do what he
wanted with her. l told him he
needed good beating up, and
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