New Britain herald., 1921-06-13
FOUR WOMEN ARE NOW
 HELD AS MURDERERS
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not pay it unless her husband was | killed with some weapon so that she could collect an accident insur- ance policy" This was denied by Mrs. Kaber.
 Mrs. Colavito also related. the off, cers say, how arrangements were made for committing the murder, how the plans miscarried and were re-arranged.
 The alleged confession was unex- pected and came after several hours questioning yesterday but was not made public until this morning. Mrs. Colavito had been questioned several times but the authorities could obtain few satisfactory answers. Early yesterday she sent for Chief of Po- lice Frank W. Smith saying "I am going to tell the whole story After obtaining the woman's state ment it was decided to bring to- gether all the women said to be in volved in the plot except Miss Mo Ardle. The officers fear the daugh- ter's influence with her mother might still Mrs. Kaber's tongue and balk their efforts.
 The women were confronted by Mrs. Ethel German, who claimed an acquaintanceship with Mrs. Kaber after the murder and volunteered as a private detective with the object of solving the mystery. It was partly on her evidence that Mrs. Kaber was indicted.
 During the grilling Mrs. Colavito amplified her statement to some ex- tent in Mrs. Kaber's presence. She declared that four men were em- ployed to do the killing, two to use the weapons and two to remain out side as lookouts.
 Five hundred dollars had been given to Mrs. Colavito, she said in her alleged confession to be paid the assassins in part. The money was given to her. she alleges by for tune teller who is being held and who is said to have acted as "go be- tween" The $500 was paid Mrs. Colavito said. after she te1ephoned Mrs. Kaber that the men had threat ened her.
 The fortune teller is said to have admitted handling the money but Mrs. Kaber contradicted both wom- en's statements.
 A man who was questioned is de- clared to have told the officers that Mrs Kaber offered him a large resi-
  pointed out. if he would do the work for her. and also stated she would give him a big automobile 'if I would promise to run down her hus- band and kill him with it." These statements Mrs. Kaber also denied.
 Cleveland, O., June 13.-According to the officers who questioned Mrs. Colavito the signed statements in part read as follows:
 Tt was on the Wednesday before the murder that we went to inspect the Kaber home, learn the arrange ments of the rooms and ind out where Kaber slept. Two men known as Sam and Tony, who were to do the work, were with me.
 When we reached the home that evening we were taken through the halls and rooms. To help deaden the noise made as we tramped through the house. Marian McArdle kept playing a piano. The two men were told what to do. how to enter were shown the door to Kaber's room.
 Tt was arranged that the back door was to be open and Mrs. Brick eI was to be. on the porch at 10 o'clock the next night as a signal that all was we'll.
 The murder was to take place the next night-Thursday. On Friday morning I received a call from the two men. They wanted to know what was the matter at the Kaber home. They said they had been out there the night before but had found the back door locked and no woman on the porch. I called the Kaber home on the telephone and Marian Me Ardle, the adopted daughter, an swered that she could not discuss the matter over the telephone but asked me to meet her with the two men. That afternoon Marian, Tony, Sam and I met on a street corner in the east end.
 you will find everything ready
 We then discussed new plans. It was decided that the men were to hide and that Marian was to make the rounds upstairs. When every thing was ready and the house quiet she was to drop some water from an upstairs window so that it would strike the ground near a basement window. After this I left the party.
 ''The next morning I read of the murder in the newspapers.
 When Mrs. Kaber came to me the first time and wanted something for her husbands nasty habits, I gave her a bottle containing a mixture of thing. I did not give her any poison
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