The New York herald., 1921-07-08
KABER ACCUSEDWlFE,
TWO WITNESSES SAY
Medium Testifies Defendant
Sought Aid in Killing
Wealthy Husband.
LOVED ANOTHER MAN
Prisoner Plotted to Slay
Publisher for $4,000
Policy, Charge.
SENT $500 TO EMMA
Grandmother of Adopted Child
Tells of Threat by Woman
to Rid Self Of Ties.
SENT $500 TO EMMA


ing to show that Daniel F. Kaber, for
whose killing his widow, Eva Cath
crime Kaber, is ON trial for first de-
gree murder. suspected her Of having
planned his assassination was intro
duced to-day by the State.
MY wife ordered this done! My
wife ordered this done! My God. my
wife ordered this done!"
These exclamations were uttered by
Mr.. Kaber to Police Lieut.. L. B. Miller
Of Lakewood upon the officers arrival
at the home soon after Mr.. Kaber had
been stabbed, according to Lieut.. MIL
ler's testimony.
my God, doctor, my wife must have
done this!" Dr. w. j. Quigley, who
was called to attend the wounded man,
said Mr.. Kaber exclaimed to him.
Both Lieut.. Miller and DR.. Quigley
declared that Mr.. Kaber made these
statements while yet conscious and
while he lay on the floor by the side of
the bed in which he was attacked.
This and assertions by two women
witnesses that Mrs. Kaber told them
that she wanted her husband murdered
were the high points in the States testi-
mony to-day.
Mrs. Mary J. Wade. an alleged
medium. testified that Mrs. Kaber on
the last several visits to her said
Il want you to try to get rid Of Daa
Kaber for ms."
Wanted Medium to XIII Him.
Asked by Mrs. Wade how she was to
go about it. Mrs. Kaber was alleged to
have replied:
II want you to kill him-any way to
get rid of him. The man love has no
money. only brains. and Mr.. Kaber has
$4,000 life insurance
Mrs. Bertha Misthke grandmother of
the little Patricia whom the Kabers had
adopted. testified that Mrs. Kaber said
10 her:
Il hate Dan Kaber and am going to
get rid of him within the next six
months in some manner or other"
These statements were made to Mrs.
Wade in April. 1919. and to Mrs. Miethke
SoAS<AAy 1871 2 4t4iC illui 0ci, tney ISS-
titled. o. M f.
The State also In an effort to sub
stantiate its claim that Mrs. Kaber
sought to poison her husband introduced
testimony of DR.. Quigley and DR.. AL
fred Maschke along this line.
Both physicians said they had trea ted
Mr.. kaber an5 made examinations of
him during a period Of several months
before his death. They asserted that he
was suffering from neuritis and sec
ondary anaemia.
based upon hypothetical question
asserting that an analysis of Mr..
kaber's internal organs after his death
disclosed the presence of arsenic in
quantity sufficient to kill four men,"
both physicians said they would dag
nose the cause of the anaemia and neu-
rftis as arsenical poisoning.
Poison Evidence to BE Given.
This hypothetical. question .was adj
niitted by Judge Maurice Bernon only
ON the States promise to show by later
testimony that an analysis of Mr.
kaber's organs showed the presence Of
the poison in the quantity alleged.
Attorney William J. Corrigan on
cross-exsmination Of the physicians
sought to establish that the poison
might have been absorbed from powders
taker who prepared the body for burial.
lie based hypothetical question on
this assumption. but Dr. Quigley main
tained that the poison could not have
been absorbed In this manner In such
an amount as claimed by the State.
Attorney Francis w. Poulson Mrs.
Kaber's personal counsel, asserted this
evening that the testimony of the under
'aker would show that the powder
gprink1ad Mr. IN fpta al
sans was arsenic. and according to Mr..
Poulson. enough to kill ,-hole regi-
ment of men,"
Attempts by the State to inroduce
additional statements alleged by Police
Lieutenant Miller to have been made to
him by Mr.. Kaber soon after the stab
bling were ruled out by Judge Bernon.
AS the alleged statements were In an
swer to questions asked Mr.. Kabe- by
the officer and not the wounded mans
own unsolicited Offering
Lieut.. Miller identified the dagger
with which the stabbing is alleged to
have been done. He said he found Il
on the bed in Mr. Kabers room. It was
made from a file about ten inches long.
1t still bore splotches of blood
other Women I'm House.
The police officer also testified that he
was the nrst person outside the kaber
household to arrive after the murder.
having been summoned by Mr.. Kaber' s
male nurse, f. w. Utterback. He said
the only persons in the house. except
Utterback. were Mrs. Mary Brickei.
mother of Mrs. Kaber; Marian McArdle,
daughter OF Mrs. Kaber. and a girl
friend OF Miss McArdle.
Mrs. Maria Matthews. a palmist, tes-
titled that Mrs. Kaber brought a large
box OF silver and linen to her home a
few days before the murder. and later
Mrs. Kaber gave her the articles. She
also testified that Mrs. Kaber brought
an envelope to her some time after the
murder and asked that II be given TO
Emma" that It was delivered to EN-
ma the next day. and that Emma"
opened II and displayed $500 in bilir.
The State will attempt to show that
emma" was Erminia Colavito mid
wife nurse. who Is alleged TO have pro-
cured the actual murderers for Mrs.
Kaber and TO have turned the money
over to them. Mrs. colavito also Is
under indictment for first degree MUIR
der.