The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-21
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rsIigemcnt by which one may keel
/ tabs on ones husband that she hac
al least bought II outright, although
| at first ii had been Installed on ap
prevail. as II were, as a monthly rent
( II was shown that the playing of 9
musical instrument near a dictagrapt
interferes very seriously with the
clarity of It's transmission qualities
and that on the evening Of the murder
while Mrs Bailey was In her husbands
Office, an irritated voice had called
from upstairs to her daughter. Eliza
beth. who was pracueing on the
piano. Don't practice any more
weak Point TN Testimony.
But 81 WIS rot by any means es-
ahIished that Mrs. Carman came down
stairs before the shooting. This was,
perhaps. one weak point In the prose
cutfon,s case as II was pre- sented to-
day On the other hand. however, the
defense aid not prove so Var IS II had
opportunity TO prove. anything today.
that Mrs. Csrman did not descend to
the first Aoor and pass TO the Kitchen
OF her way out 81 doors
Two witnesses were called or this
point, the only two available. They
were men patients. George Colder "A
farmer. ard Archie Fost, boy of
eighteen. The Carman house Ia go ar
ranged that II Mrs Carm3n had come
downstairs and gone TO the Kitchen she
must Of necessity have passed the door
10 the waiting room In which these
two men were seated.
But there were rortIeres at that door,
One Of the men testified that there
was an open space between them OF
TWO inches and that nothing could
he seen on the other side. both be
cause ~ the narrow opening and be
cause there was no light. The other
witness said that the opesine between
these portieres was two feet wide, and
that in hts opinion anyone passing
the door could have and most likely
would have been seen Yet this man
agreed that the passage outside the
door was dark
Some time before the shooting a
woman in white had passed that door
way, going TO the front Of the house
from the rear. Later she had re-
turned to the front of the house. and
had not crossed again before the
shooting.
One Point Established.
All Of the testimony given clearly
established the fact that II the muir
der was committed by some one who
had previously been in the house that
person had gone out by the back en-
trance. At least, this was the fact
az brought out by the prosecution,
and the defense did not try to combat
IT. A few seconds after the shooting
both Colder and Post aashed ant-
doors by a door opening from the
~ ta
into the side yard of the Carman
residence, a few feet from the office
windows, where they could not have
but helped seen anyone running to-
ward the front Of the house after the
shot was fired,
Whatever the attorneys for the de.
Tense thought In their own hearts
about the prosecution as 1t was dis
played today, they put an optimistic
face on the matter. MF Graham
seemed inclined to think that his de-
PENDANT was already acquitted Hf
aired his views TO this effect so lib
orally that report got around thai
ne dbl not intend to Introduce any
testimony. After the days session
however. he soon shattered the sub
stance of this report by saying tina
he proposes to call some twenty wit
Hesses.
Perhaps II was this same spirit o
optimism, which amounted almost Il
bravado. that led George Levy. Mr.
Graham's assistant, to burst with th'
news that the defense will not only
prove Mrs. Carman innocent, but viii
show conciusiveiy that the murder wa.
committed by a man 1t would an
pear. however, that Mr.. Levy spok'
in an ill-advised moment. for later h
ya a ga a s,fi - 4
by Mr.. Graham that his enthusiasm
was running away with him,
Victims Mother Testif1es.
There were great many varietie.
of emotion let loose in the Suprem'
Court room today. but there was moth
ing more narrowing than the testi
mony and scene during the few mo
ma nts, that Mrs Jennie Duryee, Mrs
Bai!ey's mother. was on the stand
Her hair is snow white. She wa
dressed in deep mourning.
From the moment she took the stan(
1t was apparent that she would ge
through the ordeal without breakin.
down. In reply to questions. she told
where Mrs Bailey lived, how she wa
n dressed on the thirtteth OF June, ant
then broke into tears when asked wher
she last saw her, sobbed out; II never
saw her afte r she left the house thai
day."
When a blue skirt and jacket were
produced and handed the witness with
the query as to whose they were, sne
could not answer. She sat on the
stand weeping. Quick sobs from wo
men spectators were heard here ant
there In the courtroom. The Jury, te
a man. had moisture In their eyes.
But Mrs. Carman. even under this
strain, was apparently unmoved. She
leaned over and spoke to Mr.. Graham
Then she glanced. somewhat Quizically
IL Seemed, at the jury.
One of the prosecution best wit
nesses apparently, and the one whom
the defense seemed most anxious Ia
dlscredit, was CASTOR Boissonault, the
dictagraph salesman, who sold Mrs
Carman her dictagraph.
She told me-" he said in reply to a
question by the district attorney about
Mrs. Carman, that the doctor often
spoke In whispers when women were
In his Office and this made 1t hard for
her TO hear
Well. what did she tell you about
the result Of the dictagraph being
there" asked Mr.. Smith.