Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-23
Declares Evidence Against Her
Given by Celia Coleman Was
a Fabrication From Begin
ming to End,
DEFENDANT IN COMPLETE
COMMAND OF HERSELF
Denies That She Was "Io-
saneIy Jealous Of Her Hus-
bandi Couoborates Some
Witnesses Against Her,

iss vosNss iouasAt srrcist trAsto ~iHs
Mlneola q. y. oct 22 Mrs Flor
ence Conklm Carmm took the Wit
ness stand in her own defense IN su
preme court herr late today 10 enter
a sweeping denial of the charge that
she murdered Mrs Louise Bailey
Item hv item she went over th, story
Of celia Coleman. the negryss iu ner
employ al the time of the tragedy In
the carman home ia Freeport. las,
June. ana declared false every Hceus1-
tlon made against her by the former
maid
4 fabrication From beginning to ena
was. in the essence. her charactcrizu-
tion Of the mald's narrative of the
events of thr night Mus Bailey was
shot and Killed in the office of nr.
Edwin Carman. husband of the defe2-
dant and Of subsequent happenings In
the Carman home
The story told hv the glrl was Of
fered tN the prosecution az tending
directly to connect Mrs. Cmman with
the shooting and the efforts of Mrs
Carmln's cot nsel today Ia question
ing his client were designed chiefN
TO discredlt the servants testimony
appearance of Frankne~s.
Mrs. Carman responded syith alnr-
ritv and seemingly with entire frank
ness 10 the questions Of her attorney
Her demeanor was that of "a woman
IN complete command of herself on
one occasion she smiled Again her
face wore an expression of sadness a.
when che mentioned her visit 10 the
moreue to view the body of the wom
an ne state claims she killed
She looked into the faces Of the 1uf-
nrs with steady eyes when she desired
to impress them with some particular
point and she seemed reseniiul when
certain points IA the story VI the me-
yress were under discussion
Mrs. Carman was on the stand near I
y an hour under direct examination. I
The defense spfang a surprise when (
ieorge NJ Levy, her attorney called I
Ter name and asked her TO take The /
itand The court has been adiourning (
very day at $3.50 o'clock The crowd .
n the cour, room had been listenlns
With little apparent interest TO stories
old by Witnesses called in an effort
o break down the testimony offered \
~ Frank Farrell. the bowery charac- 4
er who Is another OF the peoples i'm
iortant Witnesses. Many Of those who +
lad been in attendance throughout
he day had left when the defendant
vas called nearly fifteen minutes lf- I
er the regular closing time
Not "InsancIy Jealous"
The Wife of the Freeport physician {
Omitted that she had installed q tei- ,
phonic instrument In her husbands 4
ffice but she fatly denied that she {
vas ''lnsanely Jealous She sald she
ad heard people ask her husband Z
How al his girls were Sometimes
10 had stayed out an night Because 4
+ her daughter She said, she did not +
'ant to obtain a divorce But II her t
husband was as bad as ne had been !
anted to her. she wanted to know u. &
II She found out what she had heard /
fas true, she said, She had determined ,
nat she would continue t0 five IN the I
lme house with him as + nothing /
ad ever happened, but that she 1
ould never speak 10 him again /
hen, on the morning after the muir
er she declared. she tore ont The de- !
Ice that the district attorney had ,
'rmed mechanical eavcsdropper s
ceause she thought ner husband az
lady had enough to bother him. She s.
Nplained her every action.
Mrs Carman even corroboraiod +
me of the states Witnesses by nd il
lifting that on the evening OF the :
urdeI she had called to her dangh Is
r. Elizabeth to stop playing the piano a
he had a headache and not as the he
-osecution has intimated, because she
anted To listen over the mechanical I
ivesdropper TO what her husband \
ass saving to a woman In his Office
ne admitted. too. that on one ocea
on she looked in the same window
that through which the assassin ot
rs Bailey fired But this, she sai1,
as because she knew q trained nufse >
b appeared to be fond Of WIS IN his
flee
Il Hope They viii Believe Me-
III denying eella's story she made
qualifications She denied evafy =
without reservation ce-
Is testimJa Jay. according "a Mrs q
rman was a pure fabrication from s.
ginning to end. u
When Mrs Carman stepped down I
om the stand she was apparently AS t'
esh as whom she went on. She walk II
around the rear Of the jury box. l.
abbed little Elizabeth up IN hen arms L
ID kissed her again and again +
'Oh." she said. turning to her II
other. Mrs. Plat Conklin, u do So
pc they VIII believe me. ! told ey lc
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