The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-23
s. Carman Takes the wit.
ness Stand In Trial +
For Murder of Mrs. Louise
Bailey Last June.
DENIES EVERY ALLEGATION
Of the Witnesses Brought For
ward by the State.
Declares She Never Fired Gun
in Her Life.

Mineola. Oct. 23-Mrs. Florence Car
man must go over the story of her
movements on the night of June 80
last when Mrs Louise Bailey was killed
at the Carman home in Freeport and
upon her mental and physical strength
depends her ability to match wits with
District Attorney Smith and maintain
the fibre of her defense. The admis-
sion by Mrs Carman that she once
slapped nurse in her husbands Of
fee; that she had a telephone device
installed to hear conversations between
her husband and his women patients
and that she asked her little girl to
quit playing the piano on the night OF
the murder as told by witnesses for the
prosecution are expected to furnish the
district attorney the basis for his at
tack upon the defendants story.
Mrs. Carman's Story.
On the witness stand, Mrs. Carman
told the following story:
II am the defendant. was married
to DR.. Carman in 1892
Early in the morning Of June 30,
1914, went to New York. spent the
day shopping 1 returned to Freeport
with a headache on train at O'Clock.
LAS soon as 1 got home took on my
coat and went to the supper table. l
answered the front door once. l ad,
mitted a man I do not know. / still
had the headache at this time. After
supper I went right to bed. undressed
and put my clothing away. Then l put
on my night clothes and went to bed
1 was ill. 1 heard Elizabeth playing the
piano. 1 told her to stop. Soon after
heard shot and some commot1on
downstairs. 1 sat up and put on my
kimono. 1 also put on my slippers.
Il went downstairs into the pantry
room. 1 could not see in the office: The
door was closed. 1 heard the doctor
talk. Then I went back upstairs, be-
heving that everything was all right. l
met Elizabeth upstairs. Soon after Mrs.
Powell came up and told me that some
woman had been shot in the office. Mrs.
Conklin also came up.
1.-THE district attorney called about
$50 O'Clock that night. went to bed
at 10 O'Clock. I had not been Off the
premises the whole night. The reason
I did not go into the Office was because
Dr. Carman told me never to go into
the Office after We had the trouble with
the nurse. We also had another diff
Guilty about the office on other occa-
sions
Had Several Spats.
1.-THE last time ever saw Mrs. Var
ance tha>nurse,. was in the Office when
I slapped her face. Doctor Carman and
/ had several spate over Mrs. variance.
She came to the Office afterwards and
1 did not believe it was right. The
night 1 slapped her face 1 saw her first
in the waiting room. Later I looked
in, but she was not there. So 1 went
out in the yard and looked into the
doctors office through the window.
II saw them talking. Then Doctor
Carman peeled SIS from a roll he took
from his coat and gave it to the nurse.
They talked some more and Mrs.
variance kissed the doctor. Then l
raped on the window and went in.
said to the nurse: This is a nice way
for a married woman and married
man to act Then 1 said to the doc
tor: so this is where your money
goes Then l demanded the money and
got it.
IT told Mrs. variance never to come
to the house again. After 1t was all
over Doctor Carman told me If ever
leave me and break it all of.
had that installed because of stories I
had heard. People would ask him how
his girls were and he would stay out
all night. I was not crazy Jealous, but
/ wanted to find out if the stories were
true If they were, I was determined to
live under the same roof with Doctor
Carman for my daughters sake. But
I resolved tit / would never even
speak to him again.
Buying the Dictogrnph.
Mrs. Carman described how she
bought the instrument and the demon
in New York. She also described the
conversation she had with the sales
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