Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
Lore Letters Enter
Jersey Murder Case
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Brunen case developed when Parker en- =
deavored to keep William II. Jeffery.
former Judge in Ocean County court
and counsel for Mrs. Giberson, from
seeing his client in the Toms River Jail.
Jeifery, however. had anticipated such
a move and when he arrived to consult
with his client he produced an order
from supreme Court Justice John f.
Minturn permitting him TO talk with
the accused woman. Mrs. Giberson
and her counsel conferred for almost an
hour.
Mrs. Giberson. a tall woman Of strik-
ing appearance and refined manner. was
arrested at her home late yesterday
twelve hours after the shooting of her
husband. a taXiCab owner.
When she arrived at the Toms River
jail she wore a black and white silk
taffeta dress of striking design. This
she Immediately changed for blue cot.
ton house, dress she had worn earlier In
the day. She wore glasses.
Husbands Treatment Brutal
According to Parker. Mrs. Gberson
told him her husbands treatment Of her
had been 'morc or less brutal" and
that he seldom gave her any money,
not even enough to purchase a ten
cent loaf Of bread Also he was a
gambler.
Parker also sail the accused woman
rold him that although both she and
her husband were in the taxicab busi-
ness she operated her machine alone
and was paying for It on the install
ment plan.
The authorities point out that Gibor-
son was more or less n mystery man"
in hrs own locality, and that since
last April he had gone each day 70
Mount Holly TO carry on his taXicab
business
According to taxi drivers in Mount
Holly. "!bersOn told them at various
times that he had for his passengers
Government agents. and that he was
paid $50 a day for the use of his
machine. Mount Holly police say they
saw Gibcrson with few passengers in
the time lie had been doing business
there.
Giberson's Purse Still Missing
Ocean County authorities issued de-
MAJ today of the published report that
a purse found in the Gibcrson home was
the purse belonging to Giberson and
said to contain STOO. The purse found
in n washstand drawer, they said, was
that of Mrs. GibersOn and contained
nothing bur her personal cards and an
automobile drivers license.
This denial refutcs the assertion that
GibersOn's money, which Mrs. Giber.
son at first stated had been taken by
the robbers, had been recovered in the
vicinity Of the slain man 5 home. Giber
sons purse is st!ll missing.
t., ,;,-ip , In n .
logel shooting Of her husband by Mrs
GibcrsOn. Prosecutor Jayne called at
tention TO the fact that authorities be
Ncvpi the man in the case was from {
nearby city, but refused to name tht
place.
Following the grillinG OF the accused
woman, Edward Howard. a former EN-
ploye Of Giberson, Was closely ques
toned, but later was released.
An important factor in the case de.
vcloped today when Ocean County au'
tLorities stated that the Coroner In
quest scheduled for o'clock this after
room had been postponed indefinitely
II was intimated that AS a Coroner
inquest was primarily to determine III,
cause of the death and that the caus
of Giberson $ death was already know
the authorities preferred 10 keep Secre
such information as would have to b,
! made public at an Inquest. 1t was sal,
/ the inquest would not be held until al
( Witnesses in the case had been ques
| toned.
Hundreds Crowd Courtyard
( During the five hour gr!ling Of Mrs
/ Giberson the courtyard of the Tom
| River Jail presented lively scene
| Hundreds of residents crowded ahOu
the iail entrance and rumOrs fed fas
among the assemblage. Motorcars an,
wagons crowed the nearby thorough
fares, the hum of the automobile mo
tors adding TO the din of the motor
cycles of the State police. who dashe
up and departed nt brief intervals.
Among those anXiously awaiting new
from the interior Of the Jail was lie Ro
Richmond, father Of the accuse
woman, who stoutly maintained hi
daughters innocence.
MY daughter Is innocent and sh
will certainly be cleared Of thl
charge" Mr.. Richmond declared. .
am positive my son law was mur
dered BY robbers and | will not Sc
nv daughter prosecuted in this man
ner. | will stand by her to the end. "
Herbert II. Richmond, Mrs. Giber
sons brother, was equally indignar
at what he described as the 'outrage
of his sisters arrest.
According TO Detective Parker, Mrs
Giberson will not be officially question:
until all other witnesses have bee
called and their statements taken.
Former Judge Jeffery. counsel fc
the accused woman, stated today this
he would demand an immediate hearin
on the formal charge Of murder, undt
which his client was held yesterday b
| Jnst,ca Of the Pence JoseDh Il WI
let's. in the OCEAN County Courthous,
N''ho"sh ten dAys are allowed for III