The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-25

ioi oiS'SS N~oiihilii SdlHldIi, diltI
listening all the afternoon and
evening to the summing up of the
defense and the prosecution and
the charge of Justice Charles Il.
Kelby, retired at 9.45 O'Clock to-
night to begin its deliberations.
The defense of the woman
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Louise Bailey rested its case ear
ly in the morning session and sew
eral witnesses in ,ebuttal were
called.
Then for more than three hours
and a half John j. Graham, Mrs.
Carman's chief counsel, dissect-
ed The States case. He severe
ly criticized the district attorneys
methods, particularly referring to
the manner in which the posecu-
tor had guarded the witness, Celia
Coleman. He asserted the slayer
| of Mrs. Bailey undoubtedly was a
man. He secuted the testimony
of Celia Coleman and Frank Far
rell.
In summing up, District Attor-
ncy Smith painted Mrs. Carman as
a calculating, scheming woman,
who deliberately murdered under
the spur of jealousy. He laid
emphasis on the testimony of the
ncgress. Celia Coleman, and Far
rell. He said he knew the mur-
der was "an inside job" and that
the servant, if anyone, would be
tine person to tell about it.
Had he allowed the girl to stay
in the house, he said, she would
have remained under the influence
of the Carman family. He ex-
cnsed her alleged falsehnnds AT
the start by her own words-that
she was "sorry for Mrs. Carman. -
The family of the Murdered wo-
men were in court all day.
Before the justice began his
charge Graham took exception to
several of the district attorneys
statements, claiming the prosecu-
tor had not stuck to the facts.
Justice Kelby began to deliver
his charge shortly after 9 O'Clock.
He did not discuss the evidence,
but explained different degrees of
homicide. discussed at some length
the credibility of witnesses and said
that a mass of the evidence in this
case was admitted for the purpose
of impeaching other witnesses.
When a ten minutes recess was
taken today the jury was told to
decide whether it would 60 to
dinner before the summing up of
the States case by District Attor-
ney Smith. The jury decided to
do without dinner and District At
torney Smith began:
IL tell you, gentlemen. ! knew
this was an inside job. l deter
mined to get the truth and went
after the person who knew about
every person in the house. And
] tell you the negro Girl has been
an unwilling witness"
The district attorney vigorous
ly defended the girl, then start
ed to analyze the case of the de-
fense:
"You can't expect any enlight,
enment," he said; ''from Mrs.
Carnian. She has a vital interest
in the outcome.
"Don't you think it would be
human for a woman to come
downstairs after hearing 4 noise,
finding out that a woman had
been shot and not have to curoisl-
ty to go into the doctors Office
and see who il vast"
The district attorney then took
up the testimony of other mem
hers of the Carlnan family ard
said 1t was untrue, as the W.T..
Iiesses ! had motives to testify false
".
Nov" he went on, TIl tell
you why Mrs. Carmah said: Il,
shot him, He dropped On the
floor behind the operating chair.
SO she thought the bullet Sad hit
him. ~
don't know whether OF not
i was a case of mistaken identis|