Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-21
would be completed by Thursday even
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Witnesses Testify Regarding Motive

Many of yesterdays witnesses were
called to establish the alleged motive
jealousy. One was Mrs. Elizabeth
variance. a trained nurse, whose face
Mrs. Carman slapped when she saw DR..
Carman give her money and allow her
to kiss him, it was testified. Another
was CASTOR Boissannault. former chief
of the Canadian secret service and now
manager of the company that sold the
wife Of the physician mechanical
eavesdropper," so she might hear what
went on in her husbands private Of
fee when woman patients were there
Hazel Cowles, recalled to the stand.
identified George Colder as one OF the
men she had seen in DR.. Carmans Of
fee, and added that Mrs. Carman: wear
ing dark shirt waist had admitted
Colder to the waiting room.
Archie Post corroborated Colder as
to hearing a woman's voice command
| some one at the piano to stop playing
and as to seeing Elizabeth Carman
pass down the hall. She was singing
he said.
AS to the curtains in front of the door
| to the dark hall. however. Post SAID
that they were parted SO little that any
without being observed by him or any
other persons in the waiting ROOM
Mrs. varance's Statement.
Mrs. variance testified that April 20
last, before coming into the office to
slap her. Mrs. Carman ratified the same
window through which Mrs. Bailey was
afterward shot
Mrs. variance said that DR.. Carman
had loaned her $40 on this OCCASION
and that after he had given her the
money Mrs Carman ratified the win
dow, entered the office and slapped her.
also DR.. Carman.
She slapped both Of US very hard,
Mrs variance said. She demanded the
money, and gave it to her"
CASTOR Boissannault. manager OF the
Company from which Mrs. Carman pur-
chased the telephone deYlce sne IN
stalled in DIR. Carman's ONCE, was the
next witness. Boissannault told the
same story that he told at the inquest.
Mrs, Carman, he said, had rented the
device from him after saying that she
had domestic difficulties and wanted TO
find out something about her HUSBAND:
She told the witness that she woulo
take her husband on a trip to New
Jersey while the instrument was being
installed.
Identifies Telephone Device.
District Attorney Smith produced the
device which had been torn from its
| fastenings by Mrs. Carman the day
after the murder. 1t was handed up to
the witness, who identified it as the
one which he had leased to the defend
ant.
Boissannault explained to the jury
the use of the instrument.
will certain noises. such as piano
playing, confuse person listening?
District Attorney Smith asked.
YES" replied the witness.
He said Mrs. Carman told him during
| one of her visits to him that she was
keeping a diary of everything she
heard over the instrument while woman
patients were talking to her husband.
Francis C. Burnell. who installed the
| instrument, was the next witness. He
| told how he installed the instrument
and was excused.
Thomas Murray. constable of Free
port. the last witness of the day, tes-
titled to locating the wires running
from the doctors office to a room up
stairs. After this discovery. Mrs. Car
man told him about the instrument, he
said. and where she had hidden it. She
said she had dropped it down between
the walls of the house from the gar
ret. Murray said that he obtained q
strong magnet lowered 1t between the
walls and recovered the receiver and
other parts.