New-York tribune., 1922-10-17
I Never Cry =
Mrs. Cibersol,
SAYS on Stand
oman Accused Of killing
Husband Explains Lack
Of Tears and Reitcrates
Story of Two B,irglars
isenies knowledge Of Gun
'er Parents and Brother
Corroboratc Testimony;
Verdict Expected I o-night
Yrom . sos correspondans


TOMS RIVER. N. J., Oct. is.-A
iek-set figure in black, small white
snds that cissped each other. COO
- voice that rushed too fast in the
e;seerey of its message and the words !:
q never cry
This was the manner OF Mrs. IVY
75crson's retort on the witness stand
,cra to-day when her counsel asked her
v she did not cry on the death Of
{ husband.
Only the lesser part OF her ordeal is
asr. Tomorrow she takes the stand
sin to finish the direct examination
arted late this afternoon and to un-
fgo crogs examination at the hands
ss Prosecuting Attorney Wilfrcd II
asne. A verdict is expected by TO-
@prrow night. She is charged with
uging shot her husband in his bed at
'.leir home in Iakehurst on August ID
Unlike the usual woman defendant in
murder case, Mrs. Giberson does not
ead for her life or whine or cry
sse is dramatic, but IN an instructive
conscious manner. Her story ran
furious pace to-day under the sym
hetic Interrogation of her assistant
aHsel, James Mercer Davis. A dozen
;lcs the court stenographer was
reed to ask her to go slow. Not for
instant did her alert mind fail her
Clings to First Story
When the revolver found in an out
use after the murder and claimed bv
state to have been used by her to
her husband was produced in court
- denied ever having seen it before
ustrating her story with gesture and
Hphic bits of description, she retold
fer original version of the entry Of
% burglars into their home, of being
ound and gagged herself while her
isband was shot.
II is q fearless murder trial, although
number Of women witnesses have
IN called, several of them closely
lated to the principals.
To-day Mrs. Giberson's mother, a
alefaccd woman of sixty-three, cor
borated her daughters story in every
tail; her father, Leroy II. Richmond,
9rn aud gray looking, also supported
j daughter. Her brother, Herbert
Richmond. and his wife, took the stand
md described her movements before
I'd after the murder. They all testi-
aed to the friendly relations existing
9etween the Gibersons, to the alleged
y arks on her wrists on the following
orning, which would indicate that
he had been bound by burglars, and
- the innocence Of her movements
tier the crime.
In taking the stand for direct ex-
,1jnation Mrs. Giberson described her
III as forty years old. She was mar
led to William Giberson in 1912 and
shared his business, driving his taxis
almost as frequently as he did him
sclf. Eight months before his murder
they were seriously estranged and she
was threatening separation, Mrs. Glib
esson declared, but they had recon
,;Iiation and were living in great
harmony during the months preceding
his death.
Laughs While Testifying
At this point Mrs. Giberson inter
upted proceedings to have her chair
moved because the declining after
noon sun was shining in her eyes. She
'aughed at this, then burst into an
other torrent of explanation. She was
III the night before the murder, she
said. Describing her actions ON that
day, she told of getting her husbands
breakfast, of lying down in the after
noon, Of quiet evening spent together
while he played the violin and she
played solitaire He went out with q