Evening journal., 1922-11-13
Neg7ess Denies Mrs. Gibsons Murder Story


the city of New York TO her
said place OF residence. at about
p. NJ; that about 9.45 p. NJ.
deponent prepared TO go TO bed;
that a few minutes before 10 p.
M. on the said day deponent
looked at her alarm clock. OBJ
served the time and then wound
the clock; that a few minutes
thereafter heard her dog bark
ing, went TO the door and
looked out; that deponent
thereupon saw the said Jane
Gibson approaching Opponents
place OF residence; that depon-
ent and the said Jane Gibson
then engaged in conversation
and both sat down on dspon-
ent's stoop.
Talked OF Lost Dog.
That the subject matter Of
said conversation was the loss
of a dog belonging to the de-
ponent on the previous day;
that the said Jane Gibson said
that she had waited at her
house until every one had gone
to bed before coming over TO
see the deponent; that the said
Jane Gibson told deponent that
on the morning OF the said 14th
day OF September. while she. the
said Jane Gibson. was going for
her mail. she had seen a Hun
garian man on Hamilton road.
leading by chain the ssid dog
belonging to deponent; that she.
the said Jane Gibson, knowing
that the said dog belonged TO
deponent, had taken she said dog
from the said Hungarian forci-
bly,. stating TO him that the dog
belonged 10 her. the said Jane
Gibson; that the reason why
she, the said Jane Gibson, had
come over 10 see the deponent
was that che, the said Jane 0kb-
son, feared that the said Hun
esrisn might cause her arrest;
that she, the said Jane Gibson.
told deponent that the said dog
was then at her farm; that the
said conversation lasted about
fifteen minutes.
That deponent then put on
her shoes and coat and accom-
panied the said Jane Gibson 10
the latter's farm; that as de-
ponent and the said Jane Glib
son approached near 20 the
house OF the said Jane Gibson,
she requested deponent not TO
make any noise. inasmuch as
she stated that every one in the
house had gone TO bed; that
deponent and said Jane Gibson
then went in the direction lof
another chicken coop on the
said farm OF the said Jane Glib
son and remained nearby In
conversation for some time
that deponent then
left the said Jane Gibson and
to the said place OF
of deponent; that
upon her return there the de-
moment tied up her said dog and
entered her said place OF resi-
dance: that she Immediately
looked at her said alarm CLOCK
and saw that the time was rev
minutes before II o'clock; that
the deponent thereupon retired
"(Signed)
NELLIE 10 RUSSELL.
"G,lbert p. Brush. Notary
Public. Kings County
,tire Period Covered.
II will be noted that in this arm
vii there is covered the entire
.rsod OF time during which Mrs
hson has sworn she rode on her
,Io down DerusseY's lane, LOOKING
> a corn thief: saw the nsures Al
, 1Iare OF automobile headIghls
~ into the lane and turn TOWARD
|. o-absnnle tree; saw the hash OF
,ts,ol and heard a woman scream
= ~ two OF four figures fail 70
Ground. In other words '.e
I'll statement is declared 10
,,rov the Gibson evidence IN us
.irety. 10 18th infor-
40, as to who Mrs. RusselI 20
! resided in East orange, ne saiu .
,u 1qO7. when she went 10 'ne
atauoua school OF nursing az
..oe,awn n. Y. She completed
,rso there and nursed in several
COS until 1916. when she return a,s
- Fast orange. on May ,. lsio'
~ y,arried Albert J. Russell in the
:, iIIall Trenton. Her maiden
-aas reed. The couple moved
Ns,v York. Her husband sue
A., NJ Pfefffer. stripped her apart
- -bile she was out working ana
1eft him. since then she mas
m working in dressmakng es-
in New York coinnu'-
from this city.
Tho gave the lawyer the names
three or four former employers
these. Mr.. Pfeiffer says ne mas
cked nm. He also telephoned the
Dol at jamestown and verified the
, th,t a Miss Reed had com
ted a course there, as she said.
5er story. according to Mr.. Pfeiffer
40 70 his attention through a let
she wrote to Mrs. Hall, widow OF
dead rector. This letter was
cd November Z, and read:
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hail.
madam: In regards 10 Septem-
err IA. Mrs. Jane Gibson was
OF at the Phillips Farm, at 10
clock: as I live back OF her
nd she came over at TO- or
tile before, to tell me she had
ook my dog from a man on
hamilton road. She sat on the
.eps OF my little shanty while
gave heA one dollar for keep
IL my dog. Then went with
er home and got the dog. We
liked a little while and I came
1f.f1~L She fnIH