The Sentinel=record., 1914-10-22
TWO WITNESSES
ACCUSE WOMAN
THEIR TESTIMONY CONNECTS
DOCTORS WIFE DIRECTLY
WITH MRS. BAlLEY's Death
Negro Maid and tinerant Engineer
Both Say They Saw Mrs. Carman
With Revolver in Hand.

Mineola. ~ Y, Oct. 21-Testimony
tending directly to connect Mrs. Flor
ence Conklin Carman with the MUIR
der of Mrs. Louise Bailey at Freeport
on jane 30 last was presented by the
prosecution today in Mrs. Carman's
| trial for the crime.
Two Witnesses decidedly out of tae
ordinary we're placed en- the stand for
this purpose. One was Celia Cole
man. a timid, soft-spoken southern
negress who was a maid in the Car
man household at the time the muir
der was committed in the office OF
| DIR. Erwin Carman, husband Of the
defendant. The other was Frank
Farrell, an unemployed stationary en-
gineer, excitable and prodigal with
slang and mannerisms, typical of the
lower east side of New York.
The testimony they gave was cor
roborative Celia said her mistress
dressed in a flowing dark silk kimono,
passed Que through the kitchen just
before the maid heard the crash OF
broken glass and the sharp report OF
revolver shot She swore that Mrs.
Carman re-entered the kitchen
through the back door just afterward.
Mrs. Carman showed her a long blue
steel revolver, the negress said, and
remarked:
81 have Shot him"
The next morning at daylight, the
maid testified, Mrs. Carman came to
her room in her night robe and urged
her to forget what she knew and lie
for her mistress. Celia said she did
this for Mrs. Carman at first because
she felt sorry for her"
Farrell said he was on his way to
the rear of the Carman house to beg
food when he heard a crash of glass
and shot Looking up, he saw
woman dressed in dark garment
lthat extended from her shoulders to
the ground, standing by the window
in DR.. Carman's office with one hand
holding a wire screen about her head
and the other hand thrust into the
window.
Farrell said he was frightened ana
ran away. He looked back once and
saw flash of white as if the wo-
man had raised her petticoat to move
| faster
On Farreu's cross examination,
which will be continued tomorrow
morning, he contradicted himself in
a few minor details On the whole,
however, he chung to his story.
If Farrell stumbled slightly and ap.
parently grew excited at times under
cross-examination, Celia Coleman did
/ not. In drawl so low that fire.
quently her voice was scarcely audi
BILE, she calmly answered every ques-
ton hurled at her The fact that a
finger was waved under her nose or
that the chief counsel for the defend
ant shouted accusation or insinua
lions at her did not seem to have the
slightest effect. Not once did she
raise her voice, despite the fact thai
she was on the stand more than foul
hours.
Mrs, Carman seemed to be amused
| by Farrell and the odd picturesque
! way he had of saying things and an
! swering questions. But her attitude
| was different when Celia Coleman
s. was testifying. The defendant Leaned
far back in her chair and stared con
stantly at the witness
While the direct examination was
in progress and during the cross-ex
. animation of the negress, Mrs Car
: man tried hard to catch her eye
+ Once while questioning the maid thu
I attorney for the defense moved to
point directly behind his client
Celia then allowed her eyes to shift
from one side Of the room to thu
@ ether,
After she was excused from tn,
; witness stand. however Celia looked
at Mrs. Carman for the first time
Tears, it appeared came into the col
g ored girls eyes, for she placed he
+ handkerchief over them and then So
f down, out Of sight
Mrs. Carman was radiant when he
2yearold daughter was brought int