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NEW SUSPECT IN
cIBERSON MURDER
! Man viii Be Arrested Il
| Net Tightens.
WIFE NOT At FUNERAL
Sister of Victim Twice Became Hys-
tericaI During Serviees-Step-son
Played Pool.

Played Pool.
Lakehurst, n. j., Aug. 18-An early
solution of the murder of William r.
(i.berSon, garage owner, shot ana Kill
pd in his home early last Monday, Is
hoped for by detectives investigating
Tie crime since all but two persons
mentioned in connection with the
Shooting have convinced the authorl-
lies of their innocence.
Cross-examinatioh of more than
score of persons in the pasI three
DAYS has eliminated all but man and
Il woman. The latter is Mrs. Ivy A.
t,;berson. widow of the victim. She
is in the Ocean county Jail at Toms
River The police arrested her on
charges of suspicion of murder. Mrs.
G:berson says she is innocent.
The identity Of the man is shroud-
ed in mystery. Investigators refuse to
reveal his name or where he comes
from. This man, however, is said to
be under close surveillance and will
lie arrested as soon as the authorities
deem it necessary. Detectives per
nit the man to have much leeway in
his movements in the hope he will do
something that will enable them to
connect him with the crime. He Is
said to have made several statements
of a highly important nature which
incriminate him.
Mrs. Nellie Bowers, sister of Gibel-
son, twice became hysterical during
the funeral services.
Members Of Giberson's family TO-
gether with his wifes parents. Mr.,
and Mrs. Leroy Richmond, and hel
three brothers. Henry, Herbert and
William, were present at the services.
Mrs Bowers, who. with her husband.
George, had arranged for the funeral.
suffered her first breakdown at the
GiberSon home. Sinking beside the
coffin she cried out my poor, dead
brother. My poor brother" She was
Quieted and led to another room where
she became calm.
Helped into cab she remained
quiet until the hearse reached the
grave at Riverside Cemetery. Then
she turned white and with a scarcely
audible cry, fell back in her husbands
arms
Mrs Giberson did not attend the
funeral. Although earlier in the day
her brother, William Richmond. said
he understood Governor Edwards had
sanctioned her temporary release from
prison 10 do so, her attorney, William
H. Jeffrey, said later the governor
could not be reached, nor could two OF
the supreme court judges who might
sanction her release.
In the meantime, Joseph Richmond
p, son of Mrs. GibersOn by former
marriage, played pool with number
of friends in a billiard parlor nearby
He complained bitterly of the failure
of the police to locate +he burglars
who he contends, murdered his step
father, as his mother has told.
Hundreds of towns people gazed
upon the body. 1t was laid out in a
plain oak casket. Only a few floral
pieces surrounded the bier. The body
was clothed n a plain brown suit. a
scar under the left eye was the onl!
disfigurement of the feature" This
was the spot where the bullet passed
out.
Investigators in an effort to faSten
the crime on Mrs. Giberson told of two
previous occasions when she had re
ported TO the police she had been
bound and gagged by burglars who
robbed her More than ten years ago
according to Parker, when she and heI
husband kept restaurant in State
street. Trenton, she reported she hat
been bound and gagged and robbed {
more than $4,000. She is also alleged
to have said she had been the victim
of a similar robbery few years age
when she lived on Pine street, here.
Detectives intimated that none OF
the reported hold-ups ever took place
They voiced the opinion that the al,
legged robberies were reported after
being carefully planned. Jeffrey sale
that Parker erred, and that Mrs Glib
erson had really been robbed Of 500
by two negroes ten years ago at the
Trenton restaurant. No attempt 'tC
rob her ever was made in LakehurSt
he said