Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-07

lions were the resplt of mind dis
eased from childhood and even be-
fore birth and worn down by "horri-
BILE things that will reflect no credit
on the dead man."
He asserted that Kabers acts wore
down her mental capacity and warn
ed the jury to be prepared to listen
to "some horrible things that would
come out in the testimony"
Assistant County Prosecutor Cas-
sidy, in outlining the states case, as
serted that testimony will show that
Mrs. Kaber first attempted to kill her
husband by poisoning and failing in
this, hired asSassinS 60 kill him. The
motive, he asserted, was to obtain
possession of Kaber's estate for her
self and daughter Miss Marion Nc
Ardle, who also is indicted for first
degree murder, for her alleged par
ticlpation in the plot.
Cassidy asserted that Mrs. Kaber
had gone to two women almost year
before the murder and asked them to
do something that would bring about
Kaber's death, but that both had ad-
vised her to obtain legal separation.
To this suggestion Mrs. Kaber was
alleged to have asserted that divorce
would not give a proper distribution
of the property.
1t was the latter part of March,
1919. that Kaber, previously said to
shaye been in good health, became vi
olently i'll with pains in his stomach.
An exploratory operation, Cassidy as
serted, revealed no trace of cancer or
other affliction. Kaber, he stated,
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Kaber's Illness, Cassidy alleged, Mrs.
Kaber always brought him highly sea
soned food
B Cassidy then detailed how Mrs. Ka-
Der was alleged to have made the ac-
quaintance of Mrs. Erminia CUlayitO,
who in turn introduced hes to Saliva
dor Gala and Vittorio Pisselli, the al
legged assassins, both under indict-
ment, though Pisselli is still unappre-
hended. They, according to the pro-
secutor, finally agreed to kill Kaber
for $4,000, Mrs. Kaber promising to
pay them from the proceeds of Ra-
ber's insurance. policy which called
for double Indemnity in case of vio-
lent death Mrs. Kaber later collect
ed $1,000 on the insurance policy, $500
of which finally found its way to Ca
la and Pisselli, according to the state.
How Marion McArdle was alleged
to have played the piano two nights
before the murder to drown the noise
of the assasSins as they went through
the house to get the LAY of the land
also was detailed by Cassidy, who as
serted also that Mrs. Mary Brickel,
mother of Mrs. Kaber, was to be on
the porch the next night as az signal
to the assassins that everything was
all right Mrs. Brickel was not on
the porch at the appointed time, how
ever, according to Cassidy. and the
assassins left without attempting TO
execute the plot.
Marion McArdle was alleged the
next day to have hunted up Gala and
Pisselli and told them that the deed
must be done that night before her
mother, who was gone, returned
That night Kaber was stabbed "a
times and died the next day from the
result of the wounds.
A week before the murder, Cassidy
asserted. the evidence would show
that Mrs. Kaber had taken silver
ware and linen to the home of a Mrs.
Matthews, in an effort to make 1t
appear that robbery was the motive
for the staying of her husband.
To substantiate the states claim
that Mrs Kaber first attempted to
poison her husband, DIR. f. c. Hoover
testified that he had attended kaber
during his illness and found him to
be suffering from peripheral neurius
which. he said, would have been
caused by arsenic lead poisoning.
Moses Kaber, father of the murdered
man. was the first witness called by
tho state He testified that Daniel
+. Kaber was dead. The defense did
not cross examine him. He probably
will be called again to give detailed
testimony.
The iurymen were taken this after
noon to view the scene of the muir
der. They are guarded constantly
and locked up at night.
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