Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-24
Carman Case Will
 Co to Jury Today
ACCUSED WITHsTooD A eRILLL-
 ING ss-ExAMINED.
EXPECTS AN ACQUITTAL
Became Nervous While Her Little Daughter Was Testifying, and Burst Into Tears When Her Mother Took the Stand.

Mineola, N T., Oct. 2s.-Mrs. Flor enf1ce Conklin Carman, on trial in the supreme court here for the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey. may know her fate by tomorrow night. Her counsel and District Attorney Lewis J. Smith in- formed Justice Charles H. KeIby at ! the conclusion of the proceedings to- day that they undoubtedly would have completed their cases before the noon recess tomorrow. The entire after noon will thus be left for the sum ming up of both sides, which prob ably will occupy three hours and the delivering of the charge to the jury The charge is expected to be a short one. The case tshould therefore be in the hands of the jury before nightfall Testimony Favored Accused This was the defence's day in court. |. Witness after witness went on the tand and gave testimony for Mrs. Car man. The defendant herself occupied | the stand at the beginning of the day | and submitted to a grilling cross-ex- | animation.
 Explaining her installation of a mechanical eavesdropping device in | the office of her husband Dr. Edwin Carman, she told how men friends | her husband had asked him in her presence how "all of his girls were. | Other men she said, solennly had told her that the doctor was "a deviI | with teh girls"
 l Why She Installed TeIephone Device
 She brought her story down through
 a long period of time, all during which
 she kept hearing things about her l husband and his girls" Then she
 admitted that she became suspicious
 of her husband So she had the me
 chanicai eavesdropper'' installed in
 his office to determine whether there
 was any truth in the reports that had
 come to her ears. She also admitted
 to the district attorney that if wo-
 man patient came to her husbands
 cfous of the woman and also of her
 husband.
 | Prosecutor Was Mild
 District Attorney Smith talked to | Mrs. Carman in a voice almost as low
 as hers. He used none of the meth ods he employed when cross eSamin- } ing the 7strikebreakers who appeared yesterday for the defense
 He handled the wife of the Freeport
 physician with every care. He was , courteous and at times he almost } pleaded with her to answer the ques- } dons he was putting to her. Il Mrs. Carman Became Confused
 Mrs. Carman frequently became con- fused and at times she hesitated and
 fenced with the prosecutor, but he . asked the same question again and
 again until she gave an answer that
 he let stand on the record. When he
 1nterrogated her regarding her failure to write a note of confidence to the bereaved family of the woman killed . in her husbands office or to call at
 the house to express her sympathy,
 Mrs. Carnan appeared to be on the . verge of a breakdown. She resorted f many times to her silver filagree bot 2 tie of smelling salts.
 Shoulders Shaken by Sobs
 |
 to her seat at the counsel table. She watched her little daughter Elizabeth r walk to the witness stand. Then sch : listened iHtently while the child did I her part to aid in her mothers defence
 MHeanwhile Mrs. Carman showed fn-
 creasing signs of nervousness and l when her aged, gray-haired mother ) took the stand and in a soft, refined 5 voice. began her testimony, the wo- man on trial for her life gave way to
 her feelings, burying her face in her
 handkerchief and bursting into tears her shoulders shaken by her sobs. Little Daughter Soothes Mother , Little Elizabeth patted her mothers
 arm and urged her not to cry: It was
 five minutes before Mrs. Carman dried
 her eyes. From then until adjourn , ment was taken late in the afternoon I her customary coolness marked he1 : every action.
 The maid has declared she lied al
 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
 verdict of acquittal once the case was . ! in its hands