The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-22
SAYS MRS. CARMAN BURNED
LETTERS AND HID WEAPON

IL L l ENO AN
/, was lois o'clock whens Celia sat
down uncomfortably in the witness chair
Mrs. Carman, seated directly In front OF
her. some twenty feet away, trained her
eye upon her There was no unusual eX-
preston in her face, just the same placid
look always seeming To be Just breaking
Into a smile Celia looked directly at
District Attorney Smith. There was "A
slight tremor In her voice as she answered
the preliminary questions. but it wore
away gradually. and before the examine
ton had proceeded far she had leaned
back in her chair. and without conveying
any idea OF sharpness she was ready with
her answers
She said that her home was in Charles
ton. S, G. and that before coming North
she had worked for Mrs Wilbur Mr..
Thomas and Mr. Franklin. Her parents
are living and IN Freeport she has two
cousins. George and Richard Toomer She
went TO work for Mrs. Carman on May Is.
her wages being $50 a month. on the
night Of the murder. June 30. she served
dinner In the dining room shortly before
! o'clock and after having her own dinner
In the kitchen started TO wash the dishes.
Did any one come into the kitchen
while you were washing the dishes?'
asked the District Attorney.
Yes. Elizabeth came into the
kitchen"
@ Did she speak to you? A She
talked to me.
@. Who else came into the Kitchen A
Mrs Carman.
c. DO you remember how she was
dressed? A. She was dressed In XII
mono. She had a house cap on and a
shawl around her neck.
@. Did she say anything? A. She told
Elizabeth TO stay back
@ What did she do them A. She ran
out through the back kitchen door.
@ What did you next hear \. | heard
the crash OF window glass and the report
of n revolver.
O. How long was that after Mrs Car
man went out? A. \ minute or two; not
very long
@. After you heard the crash did any
one come tn A. Yes, sir Mrs Carman.
@ Through which door? \ The same
door. the back door OF the kitchen
q. Where Were YOU y. stood In the
kitchen. There IL another door leading
from the pantry into Or. Carman's office.
"sh- said. 4 shot Him."
@ Did Mrs Carman say anything TO
you when she came in? \. Yes, sir. She
said, II shot him"
q. Did you see anything? 4. Yes; she
| showed me a revolver
Celia then described the revolver as
dark looking. She thought IL was about
| nine inches long.
q. What did YOU do then? A. I took
| hold OF Mrs. Carman's arm and told her
not 10 go into the dOCtor's office. she
! said she was not going 10 do any more
! Then she went into the office and 7 fol
! lowed her.
There was an uneasy movement IN the
court room as the young woman related
! her story When she said that Mrs, Car
/ man said. ct shot him" there were halt
audible "Ohs" and Mrs. Carnan leaned
forward. The muscles around her mouth
| seemed 10 draw little. She looked
| straight at the witness No flush cam,
upon her naturally pale face. Her hands
were as still az marble.
| Then Celia said that she saw the body
of Mrs. Bailey lying on the floor between
, the operating chair and the window. Sh'
did not know who the woman was. DIR
| Carman and a short gentleman-she after
ward identified George Colder a. the mar
were In the office, No one said any
thing, according to Celia, and in abou
| half a minute Mrs. Carman went GU
! through the waiting room.
Celia said she went back into tn
| kitchen through the pantry, but returned
To- the office soon and saw Mrs Powell
there with DR.. Carman and Colder Sh'
then returned 10 the kitchen, finished
washing her ulSn0s ana attcr tnat wen
10 bed
The Following Morning.
O. what happened the next morning
\. Mrs. Carman came 20 my room.
usually got up at 80 o'clock, but II wa,
bR'ore that when she came"
q, What did she say to you? A. Sh
said: "Oh. Celia what did I XIII thai
woman for? hope God will forgive me
said God will forgive anything excep
self-murder."
q. What did she say then? A. Sh'
said that IL anything happened u M
she would take care OF my little boy "A
long as she lived.
@. Did you see Mrs Carman al break
fast that morning? A. Yes, che cam
into the kitchen to have some coffee.
q. Did she say anything to you?
Yes. She told me not TO tell any one tina
she had been downstairs after dinner IN
night before
The witness then said that Mr.. Lev,
came there that morning; that Mrs car
man told her II was Lawyer Levy, "
asked several questions Celia said. an,
Mrs CRrman was there part Of the time
@ What did Mrs. Carman do? a. Sh
winked AZ me.
Celia answered in reply to the mex
questions that Mr.. Levy came again IN
next day that Mrs. Carman told he
ne WAS tblIlllE, anu NlaN Nv HhBUl RS
the same questions, In which even
If she was asked II Mrs. Carma
, had been downstairs the night q
the murder she must say mo
7 The witness said that Levy came an
took statement She told him that sh
: hadn't seen Mrs. Carman after dinner
As for the statement she said she did no
: read II, that II was read 10 her, and tina
' what she then said was true was not tru,
Tells Of burned Letters.
She then told of Mrs. Carman's comm
/ - the kitchen after the shooting an
% telling her To build a fire because sh
h wanted To burn some letters She sal
I the fir" was built and that Mrs, carma
q stood by ana watched the letters as the
Il burned
=. After this did she ask you