The Washington times., 1922-10-15
ACCUSED CALM
AS DAMAGING !.
TALEIGHEARD.
Widow Of Slain Man Listsns as
She ls Called Disgrace to I
Womanhood."
oANUN ADMITS WRITING
New York Man Asked His Wife
To Urge Mrs. ciberson to
Stop Appeals n

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TOMS RIVER, N. j., Oct. IA.
Murder Of her husband Is the
charge the prosecution has sought
TO prove in q court Of justice
against comely Mrs. Ivy Giber-
SON. Yet, adjournment of the
trial today found the widow OF
the wealthy contractor, killed
just two months ago In Lake
hurst, with nothing proved against
her except q clandestine love af-
fair with o man whose letters to
her were read in court. .
Three Motives Advanced.
Upon these letters from Harold
III. GaNun and two of the latter's
wife to Mrs. Giberson asking her
not to pursue her husband any
longer, the prosecution Ii seeking to
establish one motive that might
have led her to kill her hubsand. 4
In all, the State Is trying to prove
three possible motives that would es-
tablish the guilt Of the woman. They
are:
1. She was no longer in love with
her husband, but with GoNun-the
man whose affection for her has
cooled. and for whom two women
fought battle which Mrs. Giberson
lost finally.
q. A mysterious operation which
she wanted to hide from her hus-
band.
8. Her peculations with her hus-
bands hank funds.
Although a pistol was found In ths-
yard Of the Giberson cottage follow
ing the murder, little definite evi.
dence has been produced in the three
days of trial to reveal the slayer OF
Giberson. Two bottles Of chloroform
which Mrs. Giberson bought lew
days before the murder figured
Prominently in the testimony. the de-
tense scoring when II was impossi.
bic to shake the contention that
had been bought for cleaning pur'
policemen who examined the house
Immediately after the staying, helped
the defense again when they dis-
agreed on details as to how Mrs. CID
erson was dressed and acted, and the
condition of the house.
When the defense opens, probably
Monday. the attorneys for Mrs: Gib-
erson, who has ubeen, remarkably
calm throughout the accusations
against her, will seek to establish an
aiibi for their client. e..
,r.r Defendant Moves Seat.
When GaNun was called to the
stand by the prosecuting attorney
the defendant moved to q seat
farther from the witness stand.
Prosecutor Jayne stepped forward
with the packet Of letters. Handing
them to GaNun, he asked: did you
write these letters?"
"I did"
Then Jayne turned to the jury
and began reading them.
GaNun occasionally raised his head
and sent reassuring glances, smiling
slightly, toward his wife, leaning
forward tensely from her seat In the
door of the anteroom near Judge
Kalish.
Mrs. Giberson, perceptibly flushed,
sazed\ sternly out q window above
the heads of the Jury. Her face did
not change during the entire read.
ing of GaNun's letters.
Before the letters were introduced
GaNun was questioned by Jayne
concerning his relations with Mrs.
Giberson.
He admitted having known Mrs.
Giberson well while he was living
in a bungalow with several friends
in Lakehurst, from Januray, 1871
until June, 1921.
ON his return to New York. GaNun
said, Mrs. Giberson had written him
several times week. Her letters
had continued with such frequency.
he declared, until September, 1921.
ne had shown letters to Mrs. GaNun,
wearing more than a friendly In.
terest" prompted them, and asked
his wife to write Mrs. Giberson. Sho
did. he said, and Mrs. Giberson's let
ters terminated until August, 1922,
uhen he received a special delivery
letter from the defendant, telling him
she was in trouble and pleading
with him to see her "for old friends
sake"
GaNun Meets Her.
He met her in Jersey City on
August 1. She told him she intended
UNDERGOING an operation.
THAT was the last saw Of Mrs.
Giberson," he said.
Cross-examined by Mrs. Giberson's
attorney, William H. Jeffrey, GaNun
denied william Giberson, the MUIR
dered man, every complained to him
OF his intentions TO Mrs. Giberson.
While on the witness stand GaNun
let his eyes trail across Mrs. Giber-
sons blank face indifferently. He
talked with an open,' eager-to-
straighten this thing Nout manner,
2 showing embarrassm only when
his letters to the defendant were read
aloud.
II Is plainly visible that GaNun
and his wife are closely united at
this time. She has forgiven and
stands behind him as the State at
tempts to prove him Mrs. Giberson's
lover.
Letter Read In Court.
Mrs. GaNun wrote in letter to
Mrs Giberson, read In court:
H. Aug. 1, 81.
Mrs. Gilberson:
At Mr.. GaNun's request I'm writ
ing to ask that you stop trying to
communicate with him. He has con.
fessed the whole miserable thing to
me, though Il was unnecessary, for
I have known for several weeks
how things were down there. re-
Trained from any action because I
felt that II he really cared for me
and for our little one, az he had al