The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-10-24
MRS. CARHAN
tconsanusd from FIRST nHss,

! tSonunued from FIRST Hnxsl
and at times he almost pleaded with
neI 10 answer his Questions
MIS- Carman frequently became con.
FUSED and al times she hesitated and
Fenced with the prosecutor but he
asked the same Questions AMIN and
again until she gave an answer that
ne let stand on the record When he
inferrogated her regarding her failure
10 write a note OF coincidence TO the
oersased family OF the woman killed
In her husbands Office or to call nj
tEe house TO express her sympathy.
Mrs. Carman appeared TO be on t.ie
verge OF break down. She resorted
many times TO her silver flagree bot.
tie OF smelling salts.
When 1t was all over she hurried to
ner seat at the counsel table and
watched her little daughter Elizabeth
walk TO the witness stand. Then she
listened intently while the child testi-
ned In her mothers defense Mean.
while Mrs. Carman showed Increasing
signs or nervousness. and when her
! aged. gray haired mother took the
stand and began her testimony. the
woman on trial for her life burst into
tears. her shoulders shaken by nei
sobs.
Child soothes Mother.
Little Elizabeth patted her mothers
arm and urged her not To cry. IL was
I'VE minutes before Mrs. Carman dried
her eyes. From then until adjourn
ment was taken late In the afternoon,
she retained her usual composure.
All the members of Mrs. Carman's
family testified in her behalf today.
Their stories were corroborative and
| each witness fatty denied there was
! even the smallest particle of truth in
| the story told by Celia Coleman. the
servant who gave testimony on Thurs
day intended to connect Mrs. Carman
he s1.ar 81 H.
Galley.
Another witness was FERDINAND q.
Morton. a negro lawyer who was EN-
ployed TO get a statement from Celia
Coleman for the district attorney.
which statement was afterward turned
over to the defense. In this statement
Celia denied that she knew anything
more about the murder than she had
told at the inquest when her story was
favorable TO Mrs. Carman. The maid
has declared she lied at this hearing
because Mrs. Carman had asked her
TO and because she then felt sorry for
her mistress.
Mrs Carman declared tonight that
she had not the slightest doubt that
the jury would speedily bring in a YER
cict OF acquittal once the case was in
its hands.
Or. Runeie on stand.
DIR. William Runcie told OF arriving
at the Carman house at $50 o'clock
on the night OF June 30 in response
TO DR.. Carman's telephone call He 4
corroborated Or. Carman's statements
about his fCarman's actions. He
downstairs that night lie did see !
Mrs. Carman upstaiIs She was
| dressed in a kimonO which was en-
tered as an exhibit.
On cross-examination Mr.. Smith
called Or. Runcie's attention 10 the /
Z 10
ployed by the district attorney. Then
he asked why the witness denied the
day after the murder that he knew
anything about the telephone instrIi- /
ment Mrs. Carman had installed in !
the doctors office
You didn't tell me the truth then
did YOU Mr.. Smith asked
Dr. Runcie hestitated for some time.
Finally he said NO"
To substantiate its claim that
man and not a woman killed Mrs. Z
Bailey. the defense introduced as
I witness Charles Adams. n negro. who
testified that he was passing the
Carman house on the night OF the
murder. heard report which he
thought was hrecracker. looked into
me yard and saw man running
! Adams said that the man jumped
over the fence on the west eide ~
the house. The witness watched the
man and saw him still running on the
next street Percy Smith another
nero. was with the witness. the lat
Percy Smith was called. He said
when he passed the house he heard
nothing Adams called bis attention
10 man running Smith looked but
saW no one ON cross examination
smith said n vas 9.l5 .. M when he
and Adams passed the Carman house
ms vas about an hour after Mrs
Bailey was slain
Father Testifes
Plat Conklin. rs years old father
OF the defendant was then called lie
said he arrived home at 20 on the
night of the shooting Mrs Powell
, ~ u, MIN on the telephone from
When he arrived AZ the house he
I went directly 10 Mrs Carman's room I
airs. 'arman vas there with the other .
women ~ the family an OF them
we're crying. he faid
M 'onklin explained the fencing
around the Carman house and
grounds aud told the jury that an tho
sates were closed ~ Is 30 O'Clock on a.
, the niEht % the murder lie said
/ that after the shooting he discovered
mat one Of The pictets had been
broken on u was fresh break and
Wa nearly opposite the window
through which Mrs. Bailey was shot
There was no cross examination
teorEe Boyden. n policeman Of
freepori. corrohorated Mr. Conklin's
[ testimony about he broken picket
Z He was with Mr. ConkIin when fbc
diacovefy was made lie added that
I the gate I'm the fence 10 the rear Of
I The house was also found 20 DO omen
iiatt tonklin was then recalled To
Z deny that be- had ever taken any run
Z our Or the house or that celia Cole
man had called him from ftr 49,,