The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-23
MRS. CARAVAN SAYS SPOUSE
 ''IS A DEVIL" :"
Reports About Her Husbands Patients Caused Her To Sus- pect Him, She Says On Cross examination.
Prisoner Nearly Paints On
 Stand As District Attorney
 Fires VolIey of Questions At Her During Long Session

Ndineola, L. d., Oct. .2S.-Mrs. Florence Conklin Carnau on trial for the nur- der. of Mrs Louise Bailey. passed through the. ordeal of cross-examina- ton today. Her story, denying all participation in the crime was un- changed.
 When she had concluded. members of her household followed her on the stand and gave corroborative evidence. Ranged directly opposite Mrs. Car man, within the enclosure and less than a dozen steps away, were the mother, daughter and husband of the woman whose life the state asserts she took. This little group followed 1 with intense eagerness every work of her testimony. Mrs Duryea, the moth CT Of the slain woman, leaned forward that she might miss word. T shall watch her every movement AErs Duryeau said. isfWhen the district | attorney finishes I believe will know in my own heart whether or not she killed my daughter a.
 Mrs Carnaan entered the court room Con the stroke Of ten. She walked lightly to the stand and remained near | the witness chair till Justice Ke1by was seated, chatting meanwhile with her laSwyer and nodding from time to time, to acquaintances among the ! chair she crossed over to her mother, Mrs. Conklin, sitting at the counsel table, and kissed her. Then she walked back to the witness chair and her law yer announced that she was ready.
 District Attorney Smith arose. In his hand he held a sheaf of papers the transcript Of her testimony of yes terday.
 .s11rs. Carznan.'. he said in low ] voice. .'you said you were suspicious of your husband. When did you get suspfcdous? ?'
 ..Aaoout a. year ago" ,vvaaether it were summer or winter and what caused her suspicion, She l could not say. A woman did not cause | it-'sJust rumors.''
 s.Were the r1rnors about a woman 2's
 ssNo. Just someone asking him about his girls. Somebody told me he was a devil with the girls''
 She could not recall who told her this or where, or when. Some women, Mrs. Carman said she had thought, were more attractive to her husband than she was. She did not know if there were more than one but she wanted to find out. "I had no particular woman fin rnind.'' she said.
 MT Smith asked if she thought Mrs. Varance the mtddle-aged wom- an whose face she slapped, was more attractive than she. Mrs. Carman smiled and said: No A diagram of the first floor of the Carman house was set up before the | witness Mrs. Carman stood up aNd with her finger pointed out how she she went out of the house to spy on her husband when she saw Mrs. Var ance with him in the office. She said she did not go out through the kitch- en that time although it was the most direct way to the window in the doe- 1 tors office.
 Under the district attorneys ques- tioning, Mrs. Carman's color rose and fell. She became very nervous; sEe bit her lips, she c1enched her gloved I hands. She appeared to be about to Efaint but her bottle of smelling salts Irevived her. The district attorney did i not pause in his questioning and when she sought to evade direct answers he merely framed his questions in diff ferent words and pinned her down to categorical replies.
 She was made to describe the en- tire scene with Mrs. Varance. She said she. saw pr. Carman give the nurse $15 and saw her kiss him after wards. It was the passing of the l her she said
 'eYou didn't object to another wom- an kissing your husband in grati- tude ?'i
 l ttOh mo-" replied Mrs. Carman.
 How long after the passing of the money was the kiss administered '
 @A few minutes, They were sitting l down alongside each other at the 1 time"
 1 Mrs. carnan said she didn't rap on the window when the kiss was given but waited until Mrs. Varance started to leave the office.
 In reply to a request Mrs Carman indicated that she slapped Mrs Var ance with the back of her hand.
 "Now. as to the night of the shoot l ing said MT. Smith. You came downstairs in a kimono. What kind of slippers did you have on ''
 ..Red felt slippers.'s
 And you could travel very quietly in those, couldn't you?''
 Yes
 "Did you hear a shot?"
 ''NIo. I heard some commotion-'
 .FWhat?,' shouted the district attore ney.
 Well, don't know whether heard a shot or not. I heard a noise.
 And your curiosity was aroused?'' 1 Surely. It was an unusual sound ''
 She thought it had come from the rear of the house and it took her about a minute toa get down stairs, she said. | As she reached the head of the stairs | she saw two women going down the hall but she made effort to find out who they were. After she went down | stairs she walked into the waiting room and leaned against a n1anteIpiece for a moment She did not see any one down stairs and went directly up- stairs again after having stood by the rnantel for two minutes perhaps.