Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-24
MRS. CARMAN SAYS
ACQU|TTAL IS SURE
Woman Accused of Murder
Confident She Will Be
Freed by Jury.
MORE TESTIMONY HEARD
FOR STATE AND DEFENSE
Belief Expressed That Case Will Be
Submitted to Jury About
8 O'Clock Tonight.

MINEOLA, N. r, October 24.-The
defense Of Mrs. Florence Conklin Car
man. on trial for the murder of Mrs.
Louise Bailey June 80. rested shortly
before noon today.
District Attorney Smith announced at
the noon recess that he had but one more
witness to testify this afternoon. The
plan agreed upon among counsel was that
the defense would be given two hours
from o'clock until to sum up; that a
short recess probably would be taken
then. and that at its close the district at
torney would address the jury for two
hours; that the judge would then deliver
his charge and the jury retire to delib-
crate.
Under this plan 1t was expected that
the case would be in the jury's hands by
o'clock tonight.
1t was expected that Justice Kelby's
charge would be brief, and the gen.
eral impression was that the jury
would reach an early decision.
Mrs. Carman's face was wreathed In
smiles when she entered the courtroom.
She bowed to several friends, kissed
her daughter Elizabeth, greeted her
husband with nod and a smile, and
taking seat at the counsel table, chat
ted with him and her lawyers until the
proceedings began.
After testifying on cross-examination
and after listening to the testimony of
her little daugher, Elizabeth, her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Conklin: her sister,
Powell Corby. and her husband, DR..
Carman, the accused woman returned
to her cell last night predicting that
the jury would return verdict Of ac-
quittal. She sent her parents, her
daughter and husband home happy
hours she would be free. and would
spend Sunday with them.
Basis Of Her Faith.
Mrs Carman's confidence in the out
come may be attributed to the mass
of evidence, mostly from members of
her immediate family, to disprove the
story told by Celia Coleman, the negro
maid in the Carman home, who impli-
Gated her mistress with the murder,
AS on previous days OF the trial, many
woman friends of Mrs. Carman crowd
ed into the little courtroom today to
add by their presence to the sympathy
they could express in no other way.
Rudolph Loewe First Witness.
Rudolph Loewe. first witness called
today, testified that he was on his way
to DR.. Carman's office and within f1f-
teen feet of the window when the shot
which killed Mrs. Bailey was fred.
Loewe heard the shot, looked up and
saw a man run across the lawn and
leap over the fence.
Mr.. Loewe was very deaf and spoke
English with pronounced accent.
George NJ. Levy, Mrs. Carman's lawyer.
went close to the witness stand and
shouted questions into Mr.. Loewes
ear Loewe said after he had heard
the shot and seen the man jump over
the fence he looked into DR.. Carman's
office and saw the doctor with a woman
in his arms.
There were two women in front of
the house, Mr.. Loewe added. He also
saw a man he did not know standing
in the vestibule to the doctors Office.
How near were you to the two wom-
en- whom you saw on the steps?" Mr..
Smith asked.
about fifteen feet" Loewe replied He
said the man he saw was my height
and not so thick"
Insists He Heard the Shot.
Justice Kelby had to leave his seat
on the bench and stand by the witness
chair to shout his questions. Loewe
was quite positive that. notwithstand-
ing his infirmity, he had heard the shot
Justice Kelby asked him how long he
had looked into the doctors Office, and
he said about thirty seconds. Then he
left, but before doing SO he saw a door
open and woman in white enter the
office. BY that time the woman who
had been shot was lying on the floor.
John J. Dunbar, a Freeport police
man. testified that after the murder he
brough: bloodhounds to the Carman
house He said he found the broken
picket in the fence mentioned in the
testimony yesterday. The picket was
opposite the broken window, he said.
On the premises next door he found
near the fence place where a man 8
feet had been. Apparently the man had
been standing there for some time.
Trail Leads to Broken Picket.
After bringing the bloodhounds to the
house, Dunbar said, he took them to
the trampled ground, and they went
from there to the broken picket. Then
the dogs were allowed to smell the
window sill. They growled. ran all the
way around the house, came up to the
pidCe III tHe 1eHCc WASAo SAAS pASAAN>
was broken, left the premises and went
as far as Lynnbrook, three miles away,
where they stopped, having lost the
trail.
On cross-examination Dunbar said he
had taken the screen off the window the
night of the murder, propping 1t up
with a piece of new Single which he
| found near small Clubhouse being bu1lt
lin the rear of the Carman residence.
| The dogs. after smelling the window
sill. went to this house, he said.
! The district attorney sought to show
that the animals followed Dunbars back
trail.
After NJ. ]. Haughey. trainer Of blood
hounds, had corroborated Dunbars testi-
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