The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-21
MRS. CARAVANS MAID
TELLS HER STORY
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nor the doctor didn't say anything
either. He was kneeling over the
woman's body when she went N the
Office. !"
Asked how Mrs. Powell, sister Of
Mrs. Carman, was dressed, the girl
said she was wearing blue skirt ana
white waist. This was in contradfc-
ton Of other witnesses-inclu 3
Mrs Powell herself-who have sworn
that MrA Powell was dressed AL In
white. Graham asked the girl II she
WAS positive and she declared she
was--that Mrs. Powell had on . blue
skirt
Attorney Graham bitterly attacked
Celia Coleman on the basis OF vari'
Gus conflicting statements she has
made since the murder. He also laid
great stress on her version Of tho
manner in which the revolver was
disposed Of.
when you knew It was woman
instead OF man why didn't you say
something" asked Graham.
The maid said she did not want TO
tell about the shooting.
DO you think God win forgive You
for perjury" asked Graham.
.Yes," she whispered.
"Do you think that God will forgive
you for perjury now7" Graham de-
manded.
Fl am not doing that now" she re-
piled with spirit. II am afraid to. be-
cause don't want to 60 to jail"
In response to 9 question, Celia de-
clared the only time she had commit
ted perjury was before the coroner.
When Graham asked her about the
statement she signed at that time, she
declared she did not swear to 1t. era
ham then shouted that the statement
was a complete lie. The woman ad-
mitted that such was the case. Celia
then repeated on cross examination
her story OF delivering Mrs. Carman's
message to her father. Mr.. Conklin.
She said she saw Conklin go to the
barn carrying hammer.
In answering question OF Attor-
ney Graham's the girl said Mrs. Car
man had given her money ito keep
her mouth shut"
"Was that money the reason you
didn't want to tell?" asked the attor-
ney.
no" replied the witness, Il just
didn't want to tell.
In detailing Mrs. Carman's reason
that she Cecilia Coleman) tell Mrs.
Carman's father that the Doctors wife
wanted to see him, the girl said she
didn't tell Conklin what he was want
ed for She swore that Mrs. Carman
had explained to her that she wanted
to see her father so that she could
get rid OF the revolver.
81 saw Mrs. Carman's father, Mr..
Conklfn," said the maid, latter he had
seen Mrs. Carman. He came down
stairs and went to the barn. He had
a hammer in his hand"
How long ago did you tell District
Attorney Smith about this revolver
business?" was a question suddenly
shot by Graham. III
and then she stopped quickly as
though she didn't mean to tell It.
"You didn't tell the grand jury
about it, did you?" asked the attor-
;ney.
mo" The maid minute later told
Of being taken to the coroner's In
quest in an auto.
.'He told me-" she swore, that who
ever did that, killed an innocent wom-
an"
Graham asked her II she told the
grand jury Mrs. Carman had given
her money to keep her mouth shut.
She said she had. Graham then asked
the girl IL she didn't make state
ment about the murder at an exam
nation conducted by Ferdinand U.
Horton, negro lawyer and Harvard
graduate, on July 10, before she ap-
peared before the grand jury. She
said she did. Graham produced a
statement and read several questions
and answers from 1t, asking the girl
II she remembered them. She said
she did most Of them, but some she
was not sure of. In nearly every
question the girl contradicted state
ments she made today on the wit
ness stand. In the statement, the girl
told OF spending a week right after
the murder as the guest of the coun-
| ty at home in New York
She SAID she didn't know the WON
an she was staying with, but as the
county was paying for It, she didn't
mind. The maid was still on the
stand when the luncheon adjournment
was taken.
Supreme Effort Today.
M1NEOIIA, L. l., Oct 21-The gu
preme effort Of the state to send Mrs
Florence Ca-man to the electric chair
for the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey