szabo

Gibson appears to be Burton W. Gibson an attorney accused of murdering his client, Mrs. Rosa Szabo of Austria, while they were in a rowboat. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C04E... Gibson was tried twice, jury vote was 11-1 (it seems to be the "OJ" case of 1912.

NYT query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07E7DE133CE633A... indicates that Gibson was arrested at his offices (he was a lawyer) in Liberty Street, Manhattan. NYT of Sep 14, 1912, query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A06E6D7123CE6... suggests that arrest will have happened on Sept 12, 1912

This appears to relate to the Szabo murder case. NYTimes article (ref below) mentions a conference at the office of the Austro-Hungarian Consul, including: Franz Fischerauer, the Vice Consul Arpad Kremer, attorney for the Consulate the article also mentions Dr. Breitenfeld "representing the Consul General" concerning the autopsy of Mrs. Szabo. BELIEVES HEARING WILL FREE GIBSON; His Counsel Confident That the Prisoner Won't Be Indicted for Mrs. Szabo's Murder. September 25, 1912, Wednesday query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0DE5D71630E2...

It seems poor Ms. Szabo drowned while rowing with one Burton Gibson. Foul play was involved & Gibson stood trial for her murder. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0DEEDC133CE633A... An imposter claimed to be her mother: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9505E6D8123CE633A... There's a lot of links about this case at the NY Times archive.

there are now some photos of the crowd gathered for the arrest of Gibson. Click on Szabo tag to see them.

click on Szabo tag to see photo of the victim in this murder case.