The New York herald., 1922-10-13
POLICEMEN DIFFER
AT GIBERSON TRIAL
Give Varying Accounts of
WOman's Dress en- Morn
ing of Murder.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
TOMS RIVER. Oct. 12.-The second day
of the trial of Mrs. Ivy Giberson for the
murder of her husband, William f.
Giberson. at their home in Lakehurst on
the morning of August IA. attracted an
even larger crowd than the opening day.
At the opening of court more than 500
persons crowded into the room, while at
least half that number thrcnged the
hall and corridors. Women were In
the ma jority and resorted to every ruse
possible to gain admission. Mrs. Giber-
sons entrance TO the court room has
been the occasion for a number of DEM
onstrations. both in favor of her and
against her.
The State spent much time endeavor-
ing to show motive for the crime by
establishing the fact that Mrs. Giberson
tampered with her husbands bank state
ments and check book. They produced
Allaire Grant, cashier of the Peoples
National Bank of Lakewood, who testi-
fled, and produced his books to show
that she had falsified her husbands
accounts. On July 81. 1922. the check
book in Mrs. Gibersons handwriting
showed balance of $2,465.96, while the
bank statement showed Giberson had
but S2.2S TO his credit A check for
her husbands taxes has never been
through the bank, although the money
has been Withdrawn from the bank and
deducted from the amount shown OH
his bank book.
Policemen william Mason, Edward j.
Kelley aud Lavergne Wisner. on the
stand to show the condition of the Glib
erson house and the attitude of Mrs.
Ghcrson on the. morning of the murder.
f., i,.pf l.n
defense gained a.. number of points by
their testimony. Mason declared Mrs.
Giberson was fully dressed when he ar
rived, while Kelley said she had on her
night dress an hour later and Wis
ncr declared she wore blue and white
striped apron. Mason established the
fact for tic defense that numbers of
persons lac been in the back yard all
day and could have thrown the gun
found i'm the outhouse from tone com
partment 10 the other Mason also de-
clared he had discovered a foot mark
AZ the fierce at the rear of the Giberson
premises the morning of the murder.
The track. he said. was freshly made.
The two bottles of chloroform found
in the house by Mason also came in
for some discussion. until Henry Brit
ton. q druggist, OF Long Branch. was
put on the stand TO testify to the sale.
Britton said he could not tell the dsts.
although he remembered selling III TO
her. He said he was not compelled by
law TO keep a record of sales. but was
supposed TO discover why the chloro-
form was purchased. He declared Mrs.
Giberson gave him this information
voluntarily by saying she desired TO
clean white satin skirt which she
had soiled.
e. At this point Mrs. Gberson whispered
TO her attorneys that the stuff was
purchased on August {. whereupon
Judge Jeffrey announced the date TO
tho court and jury. Britten further
anplified his statement by ying he
sold considerable quantities OF chloro-
form for cleaning clothing. He said
the amount of such .ales WIS regulated
by the Judgment Of the druggist lie
was released from tine stand without
cross examination by the defense.
The defense has firmly established
the fact that while the States officers
are sure of certain points they are not
anywhere near sure Of others. and that
their stories differ materially on vitally
important points
The State will call its star witness
Detective Ellis Parker, TO the stand
tomorrow.