The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-14
ALL HOPE CONE
FOR MRS. kABER
Confessed Murder Conspirator
Claims Daughter GuiltlesS.
Wife Alleged to Have Per-
sonally Directed Killers.
STOLEN" SILVERWARE FOUND
Mrs. Kaber Had Declared It
Missing Fatal Night.
Fortune Teller Declares Wife
Paid Slayers With Gem.

Cleveland, o., June 1T have
given up hope. My case is hopeless.
realize now that under the circum-
stances. nothing can say will either
help me or hurt me. I want to make
clear, however. that Marian is just an
innocent victim Of circumstances"
This was the statement Mrs. Evs
Catherine Kaber made to police today.
Both she and her daughter by for
mer marriage, Marian McArdle, now
are under Indictment on a first degree
murder charge in connection with the
killing of Daniel f. Kaber, wealthy
Lakewood publisher.
Police on New Trail.
Police today were looking for a man
not previously mentioned in the Kaber
case.
This man, police believe. can give
them information regarding an al
legged attempt to kill Daniel F. Kaber
about a year before he was murdered
July Is, 1919.
"A woman who came to my home
around midnight furnished me with
positive information regarding an at
| tempt by Mrs. Kaber to hire this man
as an assa ssin," County Prosecutor
Stanton said today.
According to Stanton, the woman
also informed him that she had posi-
| tive information that on the day of
| the actual murder, Mrs. Kaber drove
in from Cedar Point and personally
| directed the assassins into the Kaber
/ home, where they remained until
Marian McArdle, Mrs. Kaber's daugh-
| ter, gave the signal that the ''coast
was clear" by dropping water from
an upstairs window.
! "StOlen', SiIyervare ESeroyerad
| Silverware, declared by Mrs. Eva
catherine Kaber to have been stolen
| on the night her husband, Daniel r.
Kaber, was murdered, was today in
the possession of county prosecutor,
| Edward c. Stanton.
1t was recovered last night from the
home OF a woman fortune teller, who
said 1t was placed there by Mrs Kaber
three days before Kaber was stabbed
to death two years ago by alleged
| h IL e d assassins. Mrs Kaber, her
mother, Mrs. Mary Brickel her
daughter, Marian McArdle. and Mrs.
| Erminia Colavito, midwife, are un-
der indictment for first degree MUIR
der in connection with Kaber's death.
The finding of the silverware is de-
| clared by Prosecutor Stanton to be
among the important developments
| thus far, as Mrs. Kaber has said IL
was stolen by the murderer of her
husband.
| Following her arrest in New York.
Miss McArdle is said to have told Of
ficers there that her mother removed
the silverware after Miss McArdle had
pried open the buffet door.
Paid Thug With Diamond.
Il Another important development In
the opinion of Prosecutor stanton Is
an alleged statement by the daughter
of the fortune teller that she was IN
Mrs Kaber's home when Mrs. Kaber
gave a diamond ring and watch
which belonged to her husband to a
Il man as part payment of a fee he
claimed for committing the murder.
i The fortune teller and her daughter
1 corroborated a previous statement of
Mrs. Colavito that Mrs. Kaber had
given the man an envelope containing
$500. This, they said. Mrs. Kaber d.
rected be given to Mrs. Colavito. who
was to pay the assassins.
They also declared. Prosecutor STAN
ton said. that they could identify the
men who, they allege. actually did the
|. killing and who. they declare, fire.
quentiy called at their home and
threatened their lives unless they in
duced Mrs. Kaber to pay them $4,000
which it is alleged was the price
agreed on.
, Victim Bit Slayer.
: Identification could be made they
said, of one of the men by a finger
) the top of which was bitten by Kaber
in the struggle, when he was stabbed
; An automobile being held by this
police was identified by the fortune
; teller as the property of one of this
men for whom the police were search
ling.
Neither Mrs. Kaber nor Miss Nc
Ardle were present during yesterdays
questioning of the fortune teller, hel
. daughter, son and son-in-law. It wal
the first time since Mrs. Kaber's arres
! in New York a week ago that she ha,
not be submitted to a griIling.
Mrs. Colavito was to be arraignet
today before Judge Maurice Bernor
in Criminal court on the murder in
dictment.