The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-21
CARAVAN MAID SAYS THAT HER MISTRESS
 ADMITTED SHOOTING
Confessng Perjury at ooroners Inquest Negro Girl Changes Story On Stand Today-says Mrs Gar man Carried Revolver and Called Out to Her 1T Shot im''-Testirnony Creates Big Sensation.


 Mfneola. L. L.. Oct M-celia Cole han. negro maid in the Carman lsln household and star witness for the sta.te. testified today at the trial sof Mrs Florence Conk1in Car1nan, aecus- "a of the murder of Mrs. Louise Bal lev that Mrs CarH1an had appeared ko her. revolver in hand, moment s-f+ez. s1Fr,s Bailey had been shot and hat Mrs Carnan had said: T shot him.
 .aThe next morning about daylight Mrs. Carman came to my room. = e. ia continued. ssShe said, Oh, Celia, what did kill that woman for2 hope God will forgive me You s1ck ko me and if anything happens ro sou I'll take care of your little boy
 Under the questioning of District At korney smith. Celia told her story as 1T am from Charleston. S. C. I went to work at pr. Carman's May l, ns14. On the night of June 30 serv- ed dinner at 6:45 o'clock After d1n- ssvvhf1e T was washing the dishes, HS1izab etrh-Ars CAarman's daughter came into the kitchen. Soon after wards Mrs Carman came in- She was dressed in kinaono and had a. shawl around her neck. She told FIlfzabefh to 20 back into the ehouse. Then Mrs Carznan went out the back door A minute later heard a crash of glass and the report of pistol Mrs. CaIman came in the door agaan. s.I was standing in the door between lthe pantry and the kitchen She said to me, T shot him.
 srThen she showed me revolver "a black revolver that was about nine Inches long F granoed her py tne , arm and told her not to go into the office. She said she was not going to do anything else Then l went Into the office
 .-The body of a dead white woman was lying on the floor near the op- eratang claar Mrs Carman follow ed me into the office. She stayed there about q half Tnfnute and then went out to the waiting room. pr. Carman WAS there and so was another returned to the of7ice In minute. Mrs Powell was in there then. Then h went back into the kitchen, finish led washing the dishes and went to my room and went to sleep
 ssThe next morning about daylight Mrs CaIznan came to my room. She was dressed in a night gown. She lsafd: Oh, Celia, what did kill that woman for7 hope God will forgive a lale. You stick to me and if anything happens to you I'll take care Of your l1itt1e boy
 .u saw Mrs. Carnnan later that t1nornang st the breaa1fast table and she burst into 6ears After breaAnast Iehe came into the Kitchen and told me to forget that had seen her the night before. Later that day Mks. German came in with her aaaxyer. Mir lIsevy Ndrs CAr1uan yganazed at me when he asked me what I knew. I told n6r. Levy Ehat didn't know any Ething-
 ..MIr Levy came again the next day. lBa6cre he came AErs. Caruan told me Ito tell ndnn was not down stairs after tdfnner. She wrote ozz1 some state n1rent and signed 1t wAth0ar reading it He read It. however. The state nnent was not true
 seThe day after the murder, Mrs. ACsarn1an came into the kitchen and taafzed me to make a wood fire in the stove which I did. Later she came ldown stairs with a. bundle of letters and f,axnen them T1p in the fire That t1her from the barn because she want led to get the revolver out of the ka1ouse Mir Conklin, her father, came ltns and went Do her room and then down .stadrs again He had hammer with him. He returned to the barn. The next day, "Wednesday. Mrs. Car man came into the kitchen and asked me to step into the office. went in and the detectives began to question me.''
 ..Dad you teH the truth at che coro- ners inquest 2'' the district attorney asked
 n ddd not, the witness answered.
 The disHdct attorney at this point l&urned the wttnes over to John J. Gra- ham, Mrs. Carmans counsel, for cross examination A crowd that eclipsed fihhe previous days throngs sought tN enter the tiny court room today in an- ticipat5on of hearing CeIia's story.
 Mrs. Carman entered the court room Ebetween her husband and her sister. Mrs Ida Howell. The defendant ap- lpeared to be more care worn than yes terday. She smiled to her counsel and a, woman friend among the spectators zs and sank wearf1y into a. chair.
 When Celia testified, Mrs Carnau , sat we'll back in her chair and never took her eyes from the witness.
 On cross-examination Celia said she had never seen Mrs. CarInan wear her 7kimono down stairs before the night of the murder. Celia. said Mrs. Carnan stood In the kitchen for 10 or 15 min 1ltes before she passed out of the back door and that the crash Of glass and the shot occurred immediately after wards.
 she said I shot him ?" Mir. Graham y asked.
 NO, did not.
 @who opened the door between the pantry and the doctors officer" asked Mr. Graham
 Mrs. Carman
 Did Mrs Carman say what man she had ehot?n
 Celia said Mrs. carrnan carried the revolver hidden in the folds of her lzi- mono when she went into the office. Mrs. Carman said nothing to anyone, she added. She looked in and went
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