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Show C0WTRAD1GTS STORY OF SWOTTISS Harry Laux Swears Gibson and Mrs. Szabo Did Not Struggle. . GOSUEX; X. Y., Kov. 21. "An attendant at-tendant lay on tho courthouao Hoor this afternoon at the trial of Burton W. Gibson -for Ihe murder of Mrs. Rosa Mcnschik'Szabo, and with judge, jury and counsel grouped around him, rc-cnactcJ rc-cnactcJ an alleged scene from the tragedy of July J 15, in which .Mrs, Szabo lost her life at Grocilwood lake, Bending over him, Thomas fj-arrison, a fisherman summoned as a wituohs for tho defense, illustrated how he had taken the woman's body from the wator. Ho showed that ho had left the body outstrotchod with the head pressod downward, the chiu rostiug almost al-most on the brcasi. Through his illustration the defense hopes to upset tho stale's contention that the organs of the dead woman 's throat wero forced out of posittou by Strapgulation. Medical experts arc prepared pre-pared to testily tomorrow tbnt Garrison's Garri-son's treatment of tho bodv was sulli-cicnt sulli-cicnt to have forced tho tongue, palate and windpipo iuto the position in which tho st-alo claims they were found at the autopsy. "Were thoy together when they jumped?' ' asked Robert II. TSlder. Gibson Gib-son 's counsel. "Xo. they wore three or four feet apart." Harry Laux, an electrical enpinoor of New York, swore that Gibson and tho woman did not struggle before the boat upset. Thoy were standing: up when Laux saw them, and thoy wore four feet or more apart. They jumped out, apparently. Laux thought tlioy wero diving. This testimony contradicts contra-dicts that given by .Tohn Mintum, state's witness, who said Gibsou scizod his companion around the neck before thev fell into the water. John Minium's testimony was attacked at-tacked "by Konrv Hcink, son of Mine. Schumann Hciuk. who swore Mintum told him he was so far away from the accident that he could not see what was going on. |