The evening world. Newspaper, September 5, 1912, Page 20

FRAUD CHARGES ABANST SON F BEFORE WITHA Attomey for Consul Accuses Lawyer of Conspiracy in Handling Mrs. Szabo’s Wil, SENSATION PROMISED. Two Women Met Tragic Deaths and a Third Client Disappeared Last Year, ‘The matter of the will of Mrs. Rose @zabo, who met a tragic death on Greenwood Lake on July 16 while boat- ing with her attorney, Burton W. Gib-| fom, was presented to the District-| Attorney's office thie afternoon when Pullip R. Strisik, associated with At- torney Kremer, who represents the Aue trian Consul-General, called upon Aa- aistant Prosecutor Murphy and laid be. fore bim a bundle of afMfidavita charm- ing conspiracy and fraud against Gib- fon tn what promises to be the most/ seneational will case of many years. Mr. Strisik was accompanied by Pink- orton detectives and witnesses discov. ered by these detectives tn the interest of the investization being made at the behest of the Austrian Empire. Earlier in the day Mr. Strisik had called upon Attorney Gibson in his of- fice at No, 6& Liberty street and served ‘upon him en order to show cause why he should not be removed by Surrogate Fowler as administrator of the estate of Mre. Sabo. This order is returnable on Bopt. 17. Ht was obtained from the Surrogate afier the Austrian Consulate had ob- tained aMdavite alleging that Gibson haa drawn his client's will in favor of @ Gead woman—her mother—and that he | had produced a woman to impersonate the dead woman and sign her name to a weiver of citation. ° ‘With the presentation of the case to) District-Attorney Whitman the amazing angle of mysteries involved in the death of the handsome Austrian woman | and her subsequent will are now in| the hands of two prosecutors. The District Attorney of Orange county, N. ¥., has been investigating the Growning of Mre. Szabo for several Gaye—ever since the Austrian Consulate informed him of the allegations of fraud in the will case, and of the facts of @ former case in oh. woman client of Gibson's came to @ violent death. OENIGS ANY FRAUO IN THE ORAWING OF WILL. Lawyer Gibson returned to his home im Rutherford, N. J., to-day in time to Vearn of the strenuous investigations set on foot to clear up the mystery of Mrs. Ssabo's death and her will, He Get to his home shortly after midnight and was accompanied by hie wif a two children. Emerging from the cot- tage on Carmita street, Rutherford, which is owned by his wife, he made Vigorous denial that he was guilty of any fraud in connection with the drawing of the Szabo will. Gibbons is @ tall, lean, sharp-featured man, eandy-haired and clean-shaven. He hhas little nervous gray eyes that never stop blinking behind their glasses and @ nervous, twitching mouth. Beginning with his denials of the eharges in the Szabo case, Gibson went the whole route and denied that there was anything irregular in his business relations with John Rice O'Neill, an Irishman who vanished in May, 1911, at @ time he ts alleged to have been n tiating with Gibson to turn two mort- gages into $7,000 cash, ‘The lawyer came out on his porch sbortly after 7 o'clock. is house was besieged by reporters by|this time and there were also several rton men, working for the Aus- tian Consul-General, in the neighbor- hood. Gibson had to run the gantiet of &@ crossfire of questions, which he did in @ nervous, high-strung manner, He Degan as he descended the steps of his home and eet off toward the station at a rapid walk: “Dow, I don't know anythi what you want of me, for I ha about “Won't you make any statement about the reports in the newspapers concern: ing the death of Mra. Szabo and her whi and the mystery of the disappearance of John Rice O'Neill?” NO STATEMENT TO MAKE ON ANYTHING, SAYS Gi “I have no statement any subject,” retor: Take Advantage of some one of the many exceptional Real Estate bargains that will ap- pear in next Sunday’s World Real Estate Oppor- tunities there for all Quantity and Quality During the month of August The World printed 7,527 Rea! Estate ads., or 1,665 more than the 5,862 printed in the Herald. to make on in- Pree. ww ~~ ™ | ee ted the interviewer. “It 1s alleged hat you certified the aMdavit of a! dead for two the alleged mother of Mrs, Szabo, fe named in the will as solo! jewatee.” “That don't matter @ bit," returned Gibson, with heat’ “The affdavit of Mrs. Petronella Menschik is correct.” “The Chief of Police of Vienna re- porta that she died in February, 1910," insisted the reporter, “The mother of Mra, Szabo is not dead,” insised Gibson. ‘She ts alive and I will be able to produce her if Necessary. She is the sole heir of any estate her daughter left." “Will you eay where she 19?” was| asked. “I cannot tell you that now.” “But ia it not “o your interest to aay) t woman who has been year who 1 a tr fn ch “Mr. Arpad A. Kremer, attorney for! the Austrian Consulate, says he has a letter from Dr, Ladisiaus Menechik of i 8: the interviewer, “told Detective Alphonse P. Rinck, who ts employed by the Aus- trian Consulate, that you were a dally; caller on Mrs. Szabo while she Hved at) No, # West Sixty-fourth street and that! on the day following her death In Greens | wood Lake you shipped six of her trunks | ¢ terviewer * “How do I know?” flung back ¢ biting off the words. ie O'Neil?" inquired the tn- ‘T have not seen |the man or heard from him for a jong | time, There was no reason for me to | see him. My ac nts with him were wetted amicably and the matt is closed. | By this time Gibson hb reached t Ruth “1 depot of the Erie ft diroad} and shook off his interviewers H headed toward the news stand, when } a eye was suddenly attracted toward al 1p of men who We ding up seve! newspapers in which his phot graph was prominently displayed BUYS BUNDLE OF NEWSPAPERS AND TAKES TRAIN, He ced Meniy off fro group and t anothe ad of morning his arm he b this} he street papers, With these fed the 8.14 train a sonsa- ith oD hatchet undie inder for in the articles dealing tional features of his Mrs, Szabo, O'Neill and Mra Kinnan, who was y City and wae soon absorbe with the re ry Mi 1 with a In her lonely Bronx home on June 8. 1, Gibson was Mrs, K was held for the Gra ers’ Office untit alibi that convinced man (now Divirict-A Was no case against Lim, The lawyer, Deid no howl te farther | and the n's tawyer Jury by produced Magistrate \Vh y) that there ton i tremely grave, and I want you to un- something: | ders have said nothing to Gaon whook his head and hit up al you. i anything now it might famer pace, The interviewer clung on) prejudice my case. You must say that and said; Mr. Gibson had nothing to say.” uted je THE EVENING WORLD Women Clients Who Met Tragic Deaths, Lawyer Under Investigation, and Man Who Is Missing Sy ON ne AT AE RUIN ets ere eee mr ttompts to interview him until the rain had reached Jersey City. ‘Then he jung himself round @uddenly and ex- aimed: N look here—this matter is ex- The reporter asked Gibson if his wife new all about his relations with Mrs. zabo. ogate Fowler on to show calling use why upon he Mr should not be removed as administrator of Mrs. iSaaho’s estate. ‘This order is returna- | ble on Sept, 17, My associate, Philip | R. Sirisik, will serve i i A short time Szabo told this planned to go hom in Austria with her relatives. d she had packed | six trunks with and presents for her five brothers and sisters and their children, She did not mention he ther. “Mra, Stabo said ngaged ssaie to safl on talked | to her former emplo: son and the over her aid everything | e told her vever, she had no ason for # g him, and he had alded her in making profitable invest ments Mrs, Szabo wae urged to got another lawyer, Dut she shook her he d sald she Would stick to Gthson, When Mra, Szabo bade this woman goodby she said | she hoped to see her tn Europe. She wala 1 made sand had R eturn home.” k that he was eure who had im. mother of Mrs. he had } sage confirming the 4 Meschik ens fror lef of Police of Vienna, addressed t Mr Fischerauer, attache of the Aus- trian Consulate and read as follows “Mother P. la Mensehtk February, 1910, ive brothers and three alsters a e Vienna re chief added thet the Austrian levyer not belle tr t s te before Surrogate Fowler {s that whereas A t h < M BRITISH ACTING CONSUL rian Consul General has made plans! bring several of the brothers and sters of Mrs, Szabo to this country » prove the death of their mother, — | The eallent point in the proceedings ttorney Gibson sought nat his “Petronella Menschik" was the nly surviving relative of Mra. © must have known that Petron to establish pad and that the test thers and sisters living | flenschik was had five bi Austria, a Vienna, @ brother of Mra, Szabo, in| “Certainly,” was the sharp answer TRYING TO FIND O'NEILL. which he says his sister wrote to him! “Of course. understood that our Mr, J. Royce Broderick, Acting Consul- that she had given photographs to you relations were strictly those of attor-'Gencral for Great Britain, had this to to mail to her five brothers and three ney and client.” ay to-day about the unaccounted for sievers in Austria Dr, Menschik al- When the | wyer reached his office rance of John Rice € Ly leges that these photographs were never on the eleventh floor of No, 65 Liberty only Interest I have in the mat- received. street, Pinkerton Detective Rinck was Lg pes ine high grape Be or discover his fate. ne DENIES GETTING PHOTOS TO In the corridor. Getective waited for | i citied in any way Te ehall t “very | SEND TO RELATIVES. Seyi oD roc ager Mp gti ond tte n completely vanished. | “Bhe wave me no photographs to wend | i ur, who ts hendling tne Aeeoo | All Our correspondence discloses that he home," denied Gibson, “That 1s a mle | oe. for the Auein a nee © Hanne t the sort of ae to ditappear h : me at | mee BO je AU an authorities, | nother and sisters withor take. She had plenty of photoxraphe at" Mr, Kremer sald to an Evening World | gravy Tue ymother, and. sisters without home to send if she wanted to." | reporter as soon as he learned of th ° r Rigs ' as ar he | very time he had planned to go k to Mra, Marett, in the flat ad=) return of Gibson “| We araemty de ck Geta Joining the flat of Mrs, Sabo," pursued, “I have obtained an order from Sur | gal, Ir w York ats that ss with police, Which dis: Netll had heer doing bust n. This report, quoted Gibson as ying t ¢ had not seen or heard from O' e he purchased from » for $1,000 on @ piece to your home tn Rutherf fice and served tt | SE neeRerey 2 eenneyivanie “Of fourse, that 1s fals cordially and said h Gibson was asked to show the trans: lawyer. "I know nothing about he: order at the proper time. That wus} rer paper he replied that he could not rane aa vail"! all that passed between the two at-| nna it, “I consider thie fact very” sles Taking up the O'Neill case the re- | torneys. i , consider the O'Nell} porter urged the lawyer to throw some | Detective Rinck informed Mr. Kremer | q nee natter for the New boaeee is a closed matter,” said Gib- A feunerle employed tice, weaho an | or eener® opportune time than the ; housekeeper woman lives 1 F j “Rut the Britleh Consul, Mr. Bro _ (oo pe Ath ior POU hy beng MP TEE Burton W. Gibson has lived lek, says that you told him you stil If $F one shouldshe required. | pues te venta RS 18. vite had $30 belonging to O'Neill, the bal- me," sini Ole otinea he contanenie ere ae ance of @ settlement of $5.00 transuc. | had the highest regard for Mrs be Ntaes in whdoh at tion." nd soneldere A WOMAN OF ath a high-powered touring car “That ts emphatically a He," the law. | " net cm “ay aN Aes Ly Bod em tire property 48 valued at about $8,000. Attacks Divine Right of Kings. DUNDEE, Scotland, Sept. 5.—The divine right of Kings was contested at the resumed meeting of the British Association to-day by Sir Henry Cune ynghame, president of the Economic Science section. The lecturer declared that the old doctrine had now been replaced the divine right of majort- ties, Legislation, he said, must have regard to natural lawe. i Li aTREN TRAVERS THREE UP INFST AN OF THRO ROUND Evans Was Two Up on Schmidt in Title Play on Chicago Links. (Special to ‘The Prening World.) CHICAGO GOLF CLUB, WHBATON, Ti, Sept. 5.—With the mercury close to 100 degrees the third round of match play in the National Amateur Golf Championship began to-day on the course of the Chicago club, Last night some of the players slept in cots in the open air, for indoors one could hardly breathe. Under such conditions it 1s Impossible to predict anything, and the bookmakers are completely at sea. Only eight candidates remained, four being from Chicago and one each from New Jersey, Scotland, Vermont @nd Massachusetis. Jerome Travers, Upper Montclair, omy survivor in the Metropolitan delegation, played Mason Phelps, Chicago, “who passed away” early last year in the national at Apa- wamis. Phelps held the college title while at Yale and was once Western champion, Until a couple of weeks ago he had been playing poorly ali this season. Paul Hunter, Chicago, was against Hamilton Kerr, Ekwanok, who falls somewhere between the scholastic and collegiate ranks, not yet having en- tered the latter. His legs resemble slate pencils in size conformation, which do not bespeak endurance. He had to go 37 holes to win yesterday from Albert Seckel, while Hunter had an easy match. ‘Indeed, Paul Hunter, although he has never gqne very far in the event, looked lke one of the best four on to-day's checkerboard. Chick Evans, Chicago, was brought against Heinrich Schmidt, Worcester. The remaining pair were Warren Wood, Chicago, and Norman Hunter, Scotland. There were about a thou- sand spectators here at the start, but they hung to the shaded epote, Only @ brisk wind made life bearable. ‘Travers on first nine holes was 3 up on Phelps. Cards: ‘Travers 445665 5 4 3-29, Prelim vut—5 5 5 6 4 6 5 4 B42, WOOD AND SCOTCHMAN HAD A BATTLE ROYAL. Evans was two Up on Schmidt at the turn. Card: Evans: Ouw6 4 445 5 4 8 B38, Bebinidt: Ou—4 456 45 6 6 4 3 Kerr was three up on Paul the turn, Card: Kerr: Out—8 45 44 5 4 3 3-87. junter: Out—5 8 4 5 5 5 4 4 340, Norman Hunter, Scotchman, and War- ren Wood had a battle that was square on the first nine holes and gradually ab- sorbed the gallery, Card: Norman Hunter: ant 35444 4 HH, Wot-6 45 6 4.5.3 4 3-40, It was semi-officlally stated at noon that the play-off of the tle between Harold Hilton and Chick Evans for low score in the qualifying round will be at 13 holes on Sunday. cvans sliced into the bunker on the first hole and lo# it in one more than par, Missing his putt cost Schmidt the third and he lost the sixth by being generally shori.. Evans took the third by good putting, while the other five holes were halved, Schmidk is the Bay State Utle holder, err’s strength on the outward jour- was the surprise of the morning. “39, Hunter at ney ering the stretch in exact par, pace. Warren Wood on the first hole hooked it to the rough, while by a topped second. a birdie four, Wood being six. sliced into the bunker, ‘but well only to be bunkered once more, four. Both played badly on the ‘third and it was halved in five against par four. Wood \nack trom the bunker. six to five; par being four, to halve in Hunter wa he sixth, won the hole in four against par five. He was then two up. At the seventh perfec: four. unlucky with his cleek shot Wood sliced into the tall grass from the tee, but had a fine second that lef him three yards from the pin, whic! His save him a birdie three there to Hun- ter's perfect four, The eighth was an uneventful half in par four, Hunter pulled he short ninth and cost him the hol in one more than the allowance, Tha red (he contest. ans was four up on Schmidt on thi first round. Cards: his drive a’ Pe Sehmidt— In 45455546 6 Travers was tWo up on Phelps first round, Cards 1 on th Travers in 65454546 ba 6443 4 OF Travers played lo; probably pty erie 440 for the sake avers lost the tent! Out of Sorts AT IS, something is wrong with baby, but we can’t tell st what it is. All mothers recognize the term by the lassitude, weakness, loss of appetite, inclination to sleep, Give the child Castoria, It wil he would soon de able heavy breathing, and lack of interest shown by baby. These ty or are the symptoms of sickness, It may be fever, congestion, the Worms, croup, diphtheria, or searlatina, Do not lose a minute. ll start the digestive organs into operation, open the pores of the skin, carry off the fotid aie’ matter, and drive away the threatened sickness, Castorla always bears the signature of Clihaa SsrinmseR 5 He lost only one hole to the turn, cov- Hunker was steady, but could not keep Kerr's Norman Hunter had @ good drive that was neutralized Hunter won tr in Hunter recovered | which cost him the whole six to par made a horrible drive on whe fourth and his topped ball got a bound It cost him a Both sliced thelr drives on the fifth, but managed et got the green well and 4 osely on the last half, of keeping him: 1912 by being bunkered, not getting out on his second and over approaching. Phelps drove the green fainst the wind, but took three puts. Travers needed two Dutts on the eleventh, but cleanly, because Phelps wi his thin. Traverse found the tough on the twelfth, but balanced it through a fine |@pproach. Half in par four, Travers | took two putts again on the thirteenth, but It was his hole in par five. Preips was trapped, but got out well only to alice ‘his third and then take two putts. on left Travers four up for @ sec: me, VAN CO. CITES GAYNOR TO COURT T0 DEFEND RECALL OF LICENSES Mayor Says He Won’t Have Truckmen Who Damage Goods and Can’t Pay. Mayor Gaynor has to appear before Supreme Court Justice Newburmer to- day to defend his suspension of the M+ censes of the McKinley Storage and Van Company because they could not pay Dr. William B. Ready, a dentist, 6117.60 for damage to a chair. Morris Jacobs, the company‘s attor- ad previously informed the Bureau of Licenses and the Mayor that he company had not the money to pay. In the mandamus action he will press to-day he holds that the Mayor acted without Jurisdiction. Both licenses were issued May 1. The carting for Dr, Ready was done June %. By July 6 Dr. Reaay obtained the Judgment. Next he complained to the Bureau of Licenses that the Shertff could not collect. James G, Wallace, chief of the bureau, informed the com- | pany that thé licenses would be sus- ended unless the judgment was paid by July 21. Mr. Jacobs immediately wrote thus to the Mayor: “There is no law that will direct any Judgment debtor to pay @ judgment if he hasn't the money to pay it, but your Bureau of Licenses assumes authority to prevent a person making @ living by taking away the means of accunwiating money to pay the judgement. There can be no issue of moral turpitude in this case. A judgment exists and ts un- paid; that is all there te to the case.” Mr. Jacobs referred the Mayor to a decision of his own, when a Supreme Court Justice, in the case of Lodes against the Board of Health, Mr. Gay- nor held then that unless there were special ordinances the Board of Health had no authority to revoke the license in that case. Mr. Jacobs said there was no special ordinance that gave the Bureau of Licenses power of revocation in_the present case, On July 19 the Mayor wrote that he did not wish to license truckmen who break persons’ goods and refuse to pay. _ oe GBT 4 DRINKING CUP razz! Do not send your without an inaividuai’ dvinting cup. | ogy coe f—) ap public drink. Eifed Wasdoanss “rer? fora of Stat Cut upon wo | printed in fora. Sept. % and excha: iF @ collapsil aluminum up with cover, or an olled-pal a mee case. Give the our Sunday World will give them to you AUTO DEATH LIST DOUBLED IN FIRST MONTHS OF 1912 138 Killed This Year as Against 79 Last and Police Are Blamed. Almost twice as many automobile fa- talities have occurred in New York streets in the first nine months of 1912 as in the same period of 1911. ¢ This year's record as complied by Col. Edward 8. Cornell, of the National Highways Protective Society, is 138 Persons killed as against 79 in the com responding months of last year. Wagons killed U7 this year as against 111, and trolley cars killed 8 as against 72 The chief blame for the increase ts put on the present policy of the Police Department in withdrawing all bicycle and motorcycle policemen from the mtreets, The month of August recorded the killing by vehicles of all descriptions of almost double the number in the same month last year. Twenty children and 28 adults were killed, while 262 persons were injured. Of the deaths, 18 were caused by automobses, 13 by trolley cars and 17 by wagons. In the list of in- jured, 170 were by automobiles, 47 by trolleys and 45 by wagons. Last year in August 7 persone killed by auto- mobiles, 4 by trolleys and 13 by wagons. An interesting phase of the report lies in the accidents at grade crossings, where seven persons were killed and automobiles and five wagons demolished during the month, There were no trol- ley car victims. Two years ago the as- sociation urged a law that woulld com- pel every driver of a vehicle to stop when approaching @ grade crossing and ascertain if @ locomotive were coming. ‘The measure went through with a strict provision as to trolley cars, but wagons, automobiles and other vebiales were ex- empt. Col. Cornell is recetving support of hia efforts to nthusiaetic e the sur- face cars here adopt the system in ef- | fect in Europe of numbering according to routes. The Fifth Avenue Coach Com- pany, which operates the large buses up the avenue and in Riverside Drive, has decided to display large numerals to in- dicate their destination. A. A. Palmer, chief of transportation of the New York City Rattways, and F. W. Whitridge of the Third Avenue Re- vated Railroad, have the matter under consideration now, and it is believed the other companies will take it up. —a— ARIZONA COWBOYS ARM FOR DASH INTO MEXICO. Ready to Move at Moment’s Notice Across the Border to Protect Americans Menaced by Raiders. DOUGLAS, Aris., Sept. 6.—Equipped with 120 rifles and 60,000 rounds of am- munition shipped here last night, an or- ganized body of cowboys was prepared to-day to move at @ moment's notice into Sonora, where American interests are sald to be gravely imperiled. The cowboys met secretly last night and or- ganized a military body. Reports wei made regarding the eituation of Amei 23rd Street values 1.00 and 1.50 100 dozen N: t h t t e sleeves. e nh value value value value 23rd Street MEN’S FURNISHINGS. 150 dozen open-end Scarfs,—made of Imported Silks in stripes ‘and_figures. “McCREERY” SILKS. Double - width Brocaded Charmeuse Satin in Pink, Ciel, Mais, Lilac, Nile Green, White or Black. Double-width Crepe de Chine James McCreery & Co. 34th Street On Sale Friday and Saturday In Both Stores, 5c each ight Shirts of fine Cam- bric, low cut with white or colored trim- ming. Sizes 15 to 20. 50c value 75c 150 dozen Pajamas,—made of white or colored Madras and Mercerized Fabrics. Regular and extra sizes. 1.00 values 1.50 and 2.00 250 English Tan Gabardine Rain- coats, with convertible collar and raglan value 22.50 16.50 In Both Stores, 3.00 1.85. yd, . Double-width Crepe Charmeuse, peb- ble back. New assortment of evening and street shades, also White, Cream or Black. 3.00 1.85 a ya. Double-width Crepe Meteor........ 2.28 1.45 a ya. 1.50 95ca yd, 24th Street At all good |S spol a 100’ peae 6 feans at the various mining camps threatened by Orozco's revels on their way west. Millions of dollars worth of Amertoan property in Sonora, the rex Port eaid, was in peril, ‘The country south of Dougias {s ever= run with rebels, who are said to be short of ammunition. Rebels yeaterda: visited Ysabel station, near the El Tigre mining camp, an American property. Merchandise valued ai $1,000 was taken from the company store. The rebels then burned bridges and tore up track on the Nacazari Railway near Yeabel. Another band of 40) rebels is reported five miles north of the El Tigre camp. ——— GBT A DRINKING CUr rREzi Cut out the coupon printed im the Gunday World of Sept. & You cas exchange it for either a o al |Clean- Up |Begins Today (LIMITED TIME ONLY) Now for my big semi-an- nual sacrifice. Every light and medium weight Suit and Overcoat in stock, all Merchant Taike ors’ uncalled-for Gar- ments and GEORGES Custom Model Clothes are now marked, with total disregard for cost, i two prices, $9.50 ‘and This is in accordance with my inflexible policy, never to carry ls over from one season to an- other. So I face the music with the following terrific price reductions Staple Blue and Black eee Suits and nobbiest medium weight Over- coats, many_ heavy Gane for late Fall ser- ice. All #15, *18,*20 $22.50 and *25 SUITS and OVERCOATS NOW Allt28,°30,°35 $40.00 and °45 SUITS and OVERCOATS NOW NEW YORK 42 West 34th Bet. Broadway and 5th Ave PROVID: BED Wea Constipation Removed UiiKows in Candy Form The Laxative Blood Puriher