The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-23
Remark That Made
Mrs. Carman. Ac-
cused of Killing Mrs.
Bailey, Suspicious
WOMEN CALLERS
PERTURBED HER
1n Ordeal of Cross-Examination To-day
Mrs. Carmsn Admitted Her Sus-
picions Were Aroused Through Hear
ing Many Remarks About Husband
By associated Press.

MhneOla, n. Y, Oct. 2S.-Mrs Flor.
enee Conklin Carmau, ON trial as the
slayer of Mrs. Louise Bailey, smiingly
stepped to the witness stand to-day for
the ordeal of cross-eXaminatiou by the
! District Attorney. She appeared re-
/ freshed and said she was ready to re.
| ply to all questions District Attorney
Smith might ask her.
! DIR. Edwin Carman, husband of the
woman accused of numbering Mrs. Bail
ey. was called to the witness stand late
this afternoon. He corrohorated the
testimony of other members Of his
/ household rs TO who was in the house
| the night of the murder. He said there
were several persons, among them Mrs
/ Bailey, whom he did not know at that
time, sitting in the waiting room.
! After | had talked to Mrs. Bail
| ey,' the witness continued. "she pre-
pared to 20 home. Then the glass in
the window was broken and revolver
/ fired through it. | had my hand on the
door knob. | dropped behind the op-
Grating table. Then there was a shot
Mrs. Bailey said Il IN shot. | told her
she was all right and then l saw blood.
l grabbed her and pulled her back of
the chair ont of range of more bullets
Then she died.
DIR. Carman said Celia was in his of
/ fee once that night but that Mrs. Car
man was not.
Saw Mrs. Bailey Night Before Murder
/ DR.. Carman said he looked at the
window As he grabbed Mrs. Bailey but
saw nothing. He was sure the door be.
tween the pantry and the office was
! locked.
! On cross-examination Hr. Smith
taskeu whether ii was true that he had
more women patients than men. He de.
MED this He said he had been prae.
ticing for % years.
DR., Carman denied he had ever told
the grand jury he had his hand on Mrs.
Bailey shoulder.
! Under cross examination later DR..
| Carman when asked if he had ever seen
Mrs. Bailey before she called ut his of
flee on the night of the murder. testi-
fed Il think she was in my office the
night before
This was the first time DR.. Carman
had indicated that he had seen Mrs.
Bailey before the night of the murder.
Testimony of Accused Woman
Mrs. Carman faced a crowded court
room. Among 200 or more spectator who
occupied every available bit of space
were longtime friends and neighbors
whose faces were wreathed with hope
/ full smiles as she began her story.
Ranged directly opposite her chair,
within the enclosure and less than a
dozen steps away were tine mother, the
| daughter and the husband of the wom-
an whose life the State asserts she took.
Before the defendant took the chair she
crossed the floor to her mother, Mrs
Conklin, sitting at the counsel table.
leaned over and kissed her.
Was Suspicious of Husband
Mrs. Carman," began the District
Attorney "you said you were sus-
picious of your husband. When did you
get suspicious9"
About year ago.
What caused her suspicion. she could
not say. \ woman did not cause it
"iust rumors''
''Were the rumors about a woman2n
mo. Just some one asking him
about his girls. Somebody told me
he was devil with the girls"
She could not recall who told her
this, or where, or when. At Mr.. Smith s
bidding she named many men, friends
of DR.. Carman, but could not name one
of them as having said how are all
your girls.
Called the Doctor Devil
"Comebody was asking him that
question all the time she said. "Thev
were jesting I thought at first. but aft
er a while l thought, may be, there
might be some truth in what. they said.
They would say to me the doctor is
some devil
"Did your suspicious increase with
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