Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-26
in
 Carman Case
JURY OUT IS HOURS-UNABLE TO
 RETURN VERDICT
10 TO 2 FOR ACoUITTAL
It is Unlikely That Mrs. Carnan Will Ever be Brought to Trial Again-At- torneys to Make Application to Have Her Admitted to Bail.

Mineola, N. r., Oct. 25.-Twelve men, l slttlng as a jury, came into the su- | preme court here at 10: 59 this morn | ing and announced that they had been | Florence Conklin Carman, wife of Dr. | Edwin Carman of Freeport, on the night of June 30 last, thrust a re- voiver through shattered winddw pane in the physicians office and shot and killed Mrs. Louis Bailey, patient who was standing there. The jury de- liberated more than thirteen hours On the final ballot, ten jurors favored acquitting the defendant and two held out for finding her guilty of murder In the first degree as charged in the indictment.
 AS far as the state is concerned, it is unlikely that Mrs. Carman ever will be brought to trial again. Before the jury came in District Attorney Lewis J. Smith said if it stood to for ac- quittal it was improbable that he would. bring the defendant to the bar again.
 Attorneys for Mrs. Carmap will make an application tomorrow morn ing to have her admitted to bail. Such a motion will not be opposed by the district attorney.
 Defendant on Verge of Collapse.
 The defendant is on the verge of a complete physical breakdown, follow ing collapse in the court room aftr the jury was discharged. It was said at the Nassau County jail here to- night that Mrs. Carman had been cry ing constantly ever since she was brought back to her cell. The jury retired at 9:45 o'clock last night. Several times during the night and morning it was believed a verdict had been reached. Mrs. Carman was brought into the room and the spec | walking around he corridors in order to keep awake. rushed for their places | Mrs. Carman Sent For. Once the jury wanted coffee. An other time it wanted cigars and an other time it wanted breakfast. Eacf time the defendant was sent for. wo. | men members of her family assistgt her to make herself presentable. Whel at210- o'clock this morning word cam
 from the jury room that the juror | were coming out, Mrs Carman wa again sent for. Following her througl the oalSen door at the rear of tn judges bench came her sister, Mrs Ida Powell. and her niece, Miss Helel Corbey. pr. Carman, who had beel sitting in the courtroom conversin | friends. joined his wife at the counse
 
 and fearful. Her hair was dishevelle and her formerly immaculate costum
 wrinlzled.
 Jurors Appeared Dissatisfied.
 Dissatisfaction was plainly write
 on the faces of the jurors when the
 filed in from the room where they ha
 been delfberating. When Justice Kel
 by ascended the bench. Robert Ludlun foreman, because he was chosen frs | f,,%v-
 duction.
 l, 'tWe have been arguing for eigt
 hours or nine hours, said he almos
 sullenly, and we have been conversin
 for the balance of the time. We can
 not agree. We have had no sleep" "I am in the same boat with you
 replied Justice Kelby, T have not sleI , either.
 But we have been arguing, sai
 the foreman defiantly. : At that point John J. Graham, MT : Carman's chief counsel, suggested ths 3 Justice Kelby ask the jury whether was the evidence they could not agre 5 upon. Justice Kelby did so and oi fered to enlighten the jury upon an subject.
 Juror No g, John H. Molyneau
 sitting in his crair. as is the custor 7 interrupted and said:
 "We Cannot Reach Verdict" :, "It is no a question of evidenc ! | Your Honor, we have gone over u = evidence very carefully and we cam l reach verdict
 As the jurors, without further ad = returned to the room where they ha
 been deliberating to get their ha
 and coats MT. Carman burst into tear
 As the jurors quickly passed out, n | one If them glanced at the sobbiI
 woman sitting at the end of the coul :, sel table.
 l George Morton Levy of Mrs. Ca ,s mans counsel placed his arm arour | her waist. Mrs. Carman, her ey y covered with her handkerchief, shoC = Mrs. Carman Disappointed. n MT. Graham came toward her. = said.
 = "Oh." said the physicians wife. T am terribly disappointed I felt su q the jury would acQuit me" e Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Corby tn 5 took charge of Mrs. Carman. Tn e assisted her. half stumbling. half wal e ing, her hands to her eyes, out or |
 courtroom, and into the chambers
 the rear. Her husband followed clos Je ly behind. It was noticeable that | a, wife seemed to be entirely unawa
 of his presence.
 Accused Woman Painted. After the party passed through f
 doorway Mrs. Carman tainted. S '- was quickly revived and then conti y ued her journey to her cell in the ia n Dr. Guy Claghorn, the jail physicis IS was summoned. He said her con6 le tion was worse than at any tir 'f since she had been arrested. h. "She is seriously depressed he d ,- clared.
 Ie Five Ballots were Taken.
 Ludlum. the foreman, in discussi
 the deliberations of the jury, said fl
 ballots were taken. On the first ball re the jurors stood s to 3 for acquitt o, On the other four ballots the vote W Id 10 to 2. One of the two jurors w ar held out for conviction was James 1t Aston, who said while being examin t. as talesr1en, that he would not wa re his wife to install a mechanic le eavesdropper" in his house without l A knowledge It was considered pro to Fable tonight that=a s2O,000 bail bo
 would be accepted for Mrs. Carme