Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-18
MRS. G|BERS0N'S SON
TRA|LEO BY SLEUTHS
Murdered Mans Stspson Says
hs Was Asleep Whom the
Killing Occurred.

Toms River. n. j.. Aug. 1s.-Joseph
NJ. Richmond. son OF Mrs Ivy Giber-
son. who II In jail here. charged with
the murder OF her husband, rhot to
death in his home At IAkehuret early
Monday morning. said yesterday he
suspected his every movement Is
watched. The young man. son OF the
accused woman by her first husband
was driving his mothers car ana
smiled slightly when he spoke OF be-
ing followed.
II guess l led them n chase" he
said. Asked II the person he thought
following him was Bert Wisner, for
mer railway detective, now attached
10 the Ocean County Prosecutors
office. ne declined to say.
Richmond admitted he had heard
the reports he wac seen displaying
roll OF hills in LakehurSt Wednes-
day afternoon and \ru,nors that he
was to be arrested. He declared he
was IN no way connected with the
murder and that the Prosecutor had
nothing on him. He said he was
asleep in his grandfat her's home from
few minutes after o'clock Sunday
night until Just before 8 Monday
morning. The crime was committed
about $50 o'clock Monday morning.
The amount OF money In the roll
OF bills Richmond possessed was Sc,
at $50 by Ellis Parker. a detective OF
Burlington. ". j.. and at between $500
and 81 900 by Wisner. Richmond was
quoted by another as saying he had
won the money on a horse race.
~ l had $1,000 I'd be in Sar
Francisco now" Richmond said. 81
never bet on horse in my life. II Is
showing some money he won on. &
horse Wednesday and / was there"
Richmond said that when he so
his vacation he had $50, which was
two weeks pay.
II visited some people and onl,
spent about So a week." he said
when l got back l bought n suit
and l have only about s25 left. l re
turned from my vacation about
o'clock Sunday night and went to the
home of my grandparents, Mr.. AND
Mrs. Leroy Richmond. i went TO bee
and slept until just before 6, wher
grandfather woke me and told m,
about the trouble. My grandparent
know this, and also a friend who wa
At the house Sunday night"
Richmond was playing pool whel
he said this. and added: I've got L
have something TO do, or I'd go Graz,
with all this
Prosecutor Jayne of Ocean Count,
gave an interview TO newspaper mel
yesterday morning but refused to sa
whether he had discovered motiv
for the murder. Asked II he expecte
to make another arrest, no admitte
he was working on certain clues an
he was still interested in tho chlorc
form theory. although he would nc
say whether he thought chloroforr
had been used.
Detectives have been employed
William II. Jaffrcy. attorney for tn
defense. who said yesterday he wa
interested in two men living in Lake
hurst. Represents tives OF the de
tective agency went to Toms Rive
yesterday afternoon.
Jeffrey said that John Meehan, Mr.
Giberson's first husband. wrote her
letter Aug. 4 from North Cambrids
Mass. In the letter. which was a
dressed to Mrs. Ivy Richmond. Me
han IS said 90 have said that If Il h;
not been for him they might now
living happily together. This IL Z
first message Mrs. G,berson has hi
from Meehan in many years.
Mrs. Giberson did not attend h
husbands funeral. which took pla
at p. m yesterday, from the hor
in Lakehurst. She had been calm
her cell to the time her request
attend the funeral was refused. Tn
she wept but soon regained her cor
posture. The funeral was attended I
relatives OF both.
The services were conducted by I
Rev. William Moore. pastor OF Il