New-York tribune., 1922-10-18
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! |Isibly Shaken
By States Quiz
c.rrubles ii, Story of Death
II Burglars and Notes
rren, Ga Nun; Still Sure
She Will Be Acquitted
verdict Expected To-day
y.u,hs Testify They Saw
TTso Men Near the House
81 Night of the Staying
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roMs RIVER, N. j., Oct. al7.-sCon-6
sssnt Of acauistal before nightfall to-
ssrrew sss but suffering from the effects
| q vigorous ross-examination. Mrs.
=. c;hgrson left the court room less
sraysntly this afternoon to put In the
ssss night that precedes a verdict. 4
WY naar,v a week she has watched
ol sns.ie tile weave back and forth with
sas ,;fa 81 stake. Spectators have
~. ss;-.nd "a Win excitement and the
lasn.sS v.',;nr II court, but until to-day,
s.o~a.hs ~ tbs emotion this middle-aged
aos 80 or diisp,syed, her trial. on the
gv'.aa ssansa ~ numbering her husband,
M;,,ism Sna,a Giberson might have been
something : in which she had no special
This morning she was shaken n
sn;te Of her iron nerve. She tripped
snd sfumkled in cross-examination and
vax quick enough to sense it. Her
raiIor spread, her lips were COM
pressed in tighter line and the web
Il strained lines around her eyes and
mouth visibly deepened.
With it all she was a cool and
aeyer witness. Her soft voice grew
srong and hard as she made her fiat
knial: a. that she killed her hus-
sknd; (2) that she knew who did;
that she falsified her husbands
sak account; (4) that she had inn
/ roper relations with Harold Ga Nun.
On Witness Stand All Morning
The prosecution and the defense
as.ed at 3 o'clock. Instead of hold
mss night session Supreme Court
Jatee Samuel Kalisch adjourned
rts until tomorrow, when the sum-
I xhE up will commence. Mrs. Giber-
ss Was on the witness stand all
raming.
Bsiere she underwent cross-exami-
assp ex-Judge w. H. Jeffrey ccsl-
dsdsd his direct examination, elicit
mssstimony that would tend to show
III husband was engaged in boot
kUing operations. She calmly went
nj the deposit slips, checks and bank
Mk handed to her and denied that
he misrepreseIted her husbands
k.king affairs.
WAS there anything at any. time
npoqff in your relations with Ga
yus!aS She was asked.
Certainly not"
sTem you in love with him 2"
Absslutely not"
laa& exclamations and surprised
sohsr same from the courtroom at this
pint.
She. ssflained that the letter written
b himsafter Mrs. Ga Nun told her to
stop writing was simply to make an
ippointaert with him. She wanted to
GET hss letters back, fearing that he
would 1asn them over to his wife and
that she sould use them to make trou-
BE kf2a her and Mr.. Giberson.
4Rdyua shoot your husband?" her
counsel IBked.
! q not" came the unhesitating
90 Fou know who did shoot him ~
Tdanot."
Gross Examined Severely
nss3s by Prosecuting Attorney Will
Ma hsJayne to cross-examine the de-
hdant on an alleged hold-up years
ssin& restaurant in Trenton, run by
ss hussand and herself, were blocked
i EJndge kalisch, who ruled the testi-
ssny out as irrelevant. Mrs. Giberson
tuned 10 the judge and said in clipped
hHes that she was quite willing to an
'ser atty questions along this line.
Tour relations with Ga Nun were
fsrisc!ly proper?" inquired Mr.. Jayne.
They were"
Why, then. did you characterize
nui correspondence with him as
nese Manned letters'?"
IhisM Mrs. Giberson vigorously denied
mt! the prosecuting attorney showed
ier letter written to friend in
saich she said: 81 wish | had taken
Jour advice about these damned let
ers. Then she readily admitted that
sae prosecutor was right.
leu never Get nervous, dos you ?"
pursued Mr.. Jayne. a.
IN. yes, do," she retorted.
.iant piant you say in a letter written
from prison on September 8, 1922, Il
nave nav nerves OF steel. Every time
t;ssa MT and Jayne come near me it is
nns ms Vssing red flag. get so damn
""a ssr. .hat my nerves are like steei.,"
As,has as' $, : only when you are around"
Tells Burglar Episode
She was cross-examined on tho h,,ro-
hr episode she has .told of the y;aht
,s.sa ,ae murder. She admitted knowing
Il f,s,,.,s "a gun In the, bedroom.
ssxsr and was at a loss when, the
ssssrator asked her why she didn't
age per husband when she heard the
yso NOISE, or reach for the gun.
~ sne denied that the string used
snd her belonged to the house;
xnen faced with a statement in
Sflglnal petition of the defense
Y was she admitted that it might
l<5L NJ nee z
81 .se was visibly shaken as she left
ssitness stand at noon.
Fl saen recalled to the stand later in
sday and asked by the prosecution
stsr husband made any sounds afte,
/ ssas shot she said she heard some.
ssg that might have been a proan
T. 4s sRfant Rror,ar tho aa.o.os4