The Washington times., 1922-04-09
GUSS|E EHUMANN
SH|ELDEDLOVER
INDEATH DRAMA
LEbascl, Fearing Trial, Con-
fssssd Shooting Her For
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SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS
Eighteen -Year-oId Girl Now
Held for Trying 20 Save
Youth.

NEW YORK. April s.--Gussie
Human, pretty eighteen-year-old
girl, who was acquitted of com
piicity in the killing of her for
mer sweetheart and who now has
been found guilty of perjury at
the first trial, faces the grim pros
poct Of q term In Jail, where the
father of her unborn child Is now
serving twenty-year term for
The murder.
II is not so much the thought of
boing Imprisoned herself that Ia
grteving the pretty girl. It 10 rather
the horrifying fact that this little
unmarried mother-to-be must have
her child brought into this world
under the shadow OF prison walls.
Harry Dewey Garbe, the former
sweetheart, was nysteriously shot
20 death last fall. Jacob Libasco,
father of Gussie's unborn baby, was
accused OF the crime and Gussie was
held as an accessory. II was charg-
ed that she lured Garbe to his death
MP dark street. The jury disagreed
on Libasci's guilt and acquitted Gus
sic. Rather than face a new trial.
Lfbasoi pleaded guilty to murder in
the second degree and was senteno-
ed 70 twenty years. Gussie then
was tried on a perjury charge and
found guilty.
Murder Revealed Drama.
The shooting OF Garbe has been
one of the mysterious murder cases
In years and has not been without
romantic and dramatic phases.
Libssci was charged with the actual
killing. After twenty-three hours of
wrangiing his jury disagreed.
Before his case went to the jury,
Miss Humann's arrest was ordered.
She had disappeared from the court
room and fifteen detectives were
sent In search Of her. She was ar
raigned on the basis of testimony
given In the Libasci trial by Harry
Rioca. a surprise witness for the
State.
In ordering the arrest, District
Attorney Wallace said:
I'VE have indicted Gussie HUI
mann as an accessory after the
shooting and also for perjury. IT
is alleged that at Libasci's trial she
testified untruthfully concerning
material facts in the case"
H LjpaScl ftsaseu Uuufys
Those who were inclined to In.
dignant protest that an innocent girl
was being prosecuted maliciously de
cided to withhold final judgment q
few days later when II was announc
er that Libasci had decided not &c
take a chance with a second jury
and had entered a plea Of guilty tc
murder In the second degree.
IA -. N Nlx.C 49,
before entering that plea Informed
his lawyer that Gussie had not beer
an accessory. On the other hand
the prosecutor insisted that ''tht
confession of Libasci does not ex
onerate Gussie Human, but, on the
contrary duplicates her"
Leo. II. Healy, attorney for the
girl, has said:
'I4ibasci told me that II he "a
brought back TO Queens county
from Sing Sing to teStify at the trial
OF Gussie Human he win swear
that he did not give her the revolver
but disposed Of II In another way,
He will also testify that Gussie did
not know he was going to shoot
9arbe. I want to say that Mr.. Wal.
lace has certain detectives in his Of.
flee who have done the very unpro-
fessional thing Of going over my
head I'm an effort to get a confession
from the girl"
Testimony by Rioca-
Ricca testified that Lfbasci gave
10 Gussie for disposal the gun with
which young Garbe was shot. He
gave this testimony:
''On the night OF October II met
I,fbascf at Starr and Wilson streets,
Brooklyn. II was after 8 o'clock.
Libasci asked me to take a ride with
him to woodhaven. We went there.
I stood on & corner, near Gussie
Hunann's home, and Libasci went
In and got Gussie-
1--WE then went to a drug store on
the main street of Woodhaven. /
remained on the sidewalk while they
tslephoned. After leaving the drug
store we walked along a lonely road.
A fellow came along on a bicycle.
He dropped the bike and walked