New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

Mrs. Ida Powell walked to the wit
ness chair with compressed lips and a
determined expression. She said she
was little deaf and frequently ques
tons had to be repeated 10 her. Hey
examination began thus:
Con Tuesday night. did you sd-
nit any one into DR.. Csrman's resi-
dence? Al don't remember admit
ting any one.
Did you sit on the front porch
Al did not sit on the front porch
Post had testified to seeing her, or a
woman he took TO be her, sitting there
when he came up
Q--What did you do after supper
Al went Immediately to my room
upstairs after supper and stayed there
until the shot was fired.
Q.-Was the door TO your room
closed? Al don't know. 1t generally
is left little open.
Q.-Are you sure that you were not
sitting out on the porch with your
mother. and that you admitted no one
to the house? A.--As far as | remem-
Der. am sure | was not.
Q.-Well, what did you hear while
you were sitting in your room? Al
heard a noise, an unusual noise, which
alarmed ME. 1t sounded like the
breaking Of glass.
Q.-What did you do then? Al
rushed out OF my room and ran down
stairs.
Q.--You ran downstairs? A.-Well,
rushed into the hall and asked what
the matter was. Mother rushed out
with me and we ran downstairs.
Q.-Well. what next? Al saw two
women going through the hall. | know
there were as many as two.
Q.-Where did you say the two
women were going? A.-They were go
ing through the hall toward the fron,
door. They blocked my way, and
went around the house and through the
anteroom 10 the doctors Office.
opened the door first for the women 20
pass through. They did not know eX-
sctly where they were going.
Saw Mrs. Bailey's Body.
Q.--Who did you see in the office
Al saw the doctor and the man called
Colder and the body of Mrs. Bale.
The doctor said somebody had been
shot.
Q.-Csn you recall his exact words I.
A-No, sir, ] can't recall. The wom-
ans body was lying on the floor to the
left OF the Office door. stayed for a
while and helped arrange her hands
when the body was put on the couch
and then | went upstairs.
Q.-Who did you see upstairs? A.
| saw Mrs. Csrman in her room. ]
heard her. Mrs. Carmsn was coming
out Of her door when ran out of mine
before going downstairs.
Gid she follow you downstairs ::
Al don't know whether she followed
me or not. ! don't know whether she
came down behind me. heard some
one take hold of the knob OF Mrs. Car
mans door as | ran downstairs, and
that was all did hear. No. can't
say whether there ives a light in her
room or not.
Odd Colder say anything when
you were in the Office? A. Colder
said that woman had been shot. NV
hearing Is poor: think | told you |
helped put the body on the couch and
fold the hands.
Q. Did you go downstairs a second
time? A-Yes. II was the SECOND
time that ! went down that helped
with Mrs. Bailey.
Odd you sec Mrs. Carman the
second time? Al did not sec Mrs
Carman when | went down the second
time. When | went into her room M.
ter | went up the second time she was
sitting OF her bed putting her cloth
ing on.
What did she have on them
A. don't know. | think she had on
a skirt, or some skirts. Shc had on
shoes, and think she was fixing Jome.
thing about her clothing.
Q.-Did she say anything? A.. She
wanted 10 know who was shot. She
was excited. was crying. She
wasn't.
S.~What makes you think she WA