The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-09
nIIEnnr kHnn VAnrn CHARGE INKS. khbER WILFULLY PLANNED
 HUSBANDS MURDER
One Witness Testifies She 0f- fered Him S3,000 to Get Automobile and Run
 Down Daniel Kaber
By Associated Press

By ASsOCldteu IEchb
 Cleveland, July S.-Through a number of witnesses today, the state Introduced testimony tending to show that Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber will fully planned the murder of her hus- band, Daniel F. Kaber, on which she is being tried on first degree mur- der charge.
 Urbano Di Carpo, the last witness to take the stand today testified that Mrs. Kaber had offered him SS,0o0 if he would get an automobile and run MT. Kaber down with it. When he refused to do this, he said, Mrs. Kaber then asserted she would give him ss,OOo to s5,oOo if he would get a gang and kill him anyway"
 Di Carpo said he introduced Mrs Kaber to Ermina Colavitto, whom the state alleges obtained the persons who did the actual killing. Mrs Colavito in awaiting trial on first degree murder charge Di Carpo said Mrs. Kaber made the offer to him oh a downtown street corner as she nointed out her husband in an auto neobile nearby.
 When the proposition to buy an automobile and run Mir. Kaber down with it was made to him, Di Carpo said Mrs. Kaber took four $50 bills from her purse and offered them to him as first payment on the machine,
 Found Much Arsenic
 Previous to Di Carpo's testimony, the state had, through Dr. John G., Spencer. chemist showed that MT. kaber's internal organs bore heavy traces of arsenic. He gave the re- suits of his analysis of the liver, stomach and kidney. He said the liver contained about 40 grains of arsenic, A fatal dose of the poison, when the system is not inured to it's use, is generally rated at two grains. he said. adding that a less amount some times is fatal. A
 Defense counsel made very little headway today in it's cross eXamina-l ton of pr. Spencer in it's attempt to show that the poison might have come from embalming fluids and powders sprinkled over the organs. Questioned by Attorney Willim J. Corrigan as to this possibility, Dr. Spencer said he made an analysis of the embalming fluid and found no arsenic and that the powder sprinll- led over the liver rather would have absorbed moisture from that organ than have been absorbed itself by the organ.
 Earlier in the day, Dr. s. T. Parson, the first physician to reach MT. Kaber after he had been stabbed, testified that MT. ISaber said to him:
 Mrs. Kaber had this done"
 This testimony corroborated that given by Police Lieutenant l., B. Mil Ter and Dr. w. ]. Quigley yesterday.
 Gave Ring and Watch.
 Mrs. Marie Schwartz told of going to Mrs. Kabers home with Emma" Colavito, claimed by the state to have been the procurer of Mir. Kaber's as- sassins for Mrs. Kaber, when Mrs. Colavito asked Mrs. Kaber for money. Mrs. Kaber was alleged to have re- piled that she had no money. Mrs. Colavito. then asked If she had ant diamonds, the witness testified, ad- ding that Mrs. Kaber then went up- stairs and brought down a large dia- mond ring and a watch and gave them to Mrs. Colavto. This wds alleged to have transpired after the murder of MT. Kaber.
 On cross examination by Attorney Corrigan, Mrs. Schwartz said Mrs kaber came to her home frequently and that she acted crazy. "She would run up and down the parlor, pull her hair and keep saying:
 T didn't do it. I didn't do it."
 The state tomorrow, through Pos lice Detective Phillip Mooney, ex- poets to introduce the alleged con fession of Salvatore Gala, claimed by the state to have been one of the as- sassins of Mir. Kaber.