New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
.,,.rost;on came through the DISTRICT
Attorneys Office
Insists She Is innocent

Attorneys Office.
Insists She Is Innocent
eft is just such suggestion '""'
.ords bo,h my wife and myself way up
:. IN. air. She did not shoot thh'
woman. She had nothing TO DO VIII"
., and she will never accept suS'
,orded sentence or any other one
MET he vindicated. But this lndict-
mont should never haze been found IL
IS a terrible thing, thing which never
can he erased.
As the doctor was about 10 enter "''
home. he turned and said with an uH-
wouted show Of emotion: "Will my
wife be home with me to-mcrro"
night? Are you sure she can be home
them"
There could be TO question that the
news Of the indictment was mar"
blow 10 Or. Carman. He had oeen con
fdent that the jury would nol l,lu'T',
M tho drive back from Mlneola ne
LID o b;6c neither his disappointment
nor The anger he felt against the DIS
trict Attorney. ,...,.. d;s-
snnointed woman tonight Hopeiu
60, IN, first. she spent the morning
ard what TO her were the intermlnabIe
hours while the jury was deIl6eratlhg
vifh little trace of emotion. her nus
hand and her counsel kept her IN
formed from time TO time OF what was
going on. 3, ,. .Loi-
Vbon the Jurors actually began their
debate upon the presentment MIS-
Carman was promptly told AS the
minutes licked away the hope that she
would soon he q free woman rose
higher and higher. she was wh1lly
urprepared for the news Mr.. Levy, ner
attorney. brought 10 her cell shor''y
after o'clock
Mrs. Carmsn Still Calm.
But her courage remained with hcr'
She did not break down, and even man
AGED A little smile, though with lips
which quivered.
When her counsel had assured her
that in less than twenty-four hours
She would be out on bail and that no
Jury would convict her. she thanEed
him with almost her accustomed calm
From 2:37 this afternoon. when the
grand Jury began its discussion, until
u had reached an agreement, there
was never question of not indicung
Mrs. Carmsn for the murder Of MRS,
Eailev. The ensuing two hours and
twenty minutes were spent in a discus
sio2 of what the indictment should
charge. whether murder in the first or
second degree or manslaughter III the
first.
The grand jurors faced a trying task:
Almost every man of the seventeen had
known Dr.. and Mrs. Carman personally
and cherished a hope that the testl-
mony would not warrant an indictment.
The flst evidence of the care with
which theg were considering the case
was given earlier in the day, when they
voted against permitting Mrs. Carman
10 appear before them, although they
had Just listened TO another appeal
which Mrs. Carman wrote IN her cell
this morning and sent over TO be read
20 them. At the same time she sent
letter 20 the District Attorney, begging
him to grant her request. Mr.. Smith
was forced to deny this.
Innocence Not Considered.
The discussion OF first degree muir
der Indictment, il is said, occupied 1T
tie of the jurors time. The argument
centred on the question of whether 1t
should be second degree murder or the
still lighter first degree OF manslaugh-
ter. The vote of the jury could not be
learned positively, but twelve at least
OF the seventeen under the law had 20
vote alike before the indictment could
b. found. The decision was reached
shortly before ) o'clock. It was 4:5S
when the jurors slowly filed out Of the
courthouse.
The indictment was found on the
least grave of the three possible
charges upon which II could have been
returned. The grand jury had decided
10 accept the District Attorneys theory
Of the killing from the start of its de-
liberations.
After the Jury had left the court
house the District Attorney, looking
tired and worn out. saw the newspaper
men. Mr.. Smith was asked If he would
oppose bail for Mrs. Carman.
81 will not oppose bail" he replied.
Would you regard bail Of $4,000
sufficient"
yes; | should think that sufficient"
How about 100000
We'll. | have nothing to do with the
bail. The justice can admit or refuse
to admit to bail. at his discretion"
Cant you make any statement
after the presentment is handed up to-
morrow" the District Attorney an
swered. IL think everybody will be sat
isfed that the case has been fnished,
and in the way it has. The grand jury
considered this case most thoroughly
and fairly. The fact that Mrs. Carman
did not 20 before IL is no indication
that the grand jurors did not want to
be entirely fair to her. | am opposed
TO the appearance before grand jury
of any person charged with a capital
crime"
Holds TO Same Theory.
Have YOU changed your theory of
the shooting? ," Mr.. Smith was asked.
81 have not" he answered.
"Do you think the case was as strong
as you expected"
81 think il was stronger at the finish
than il was at the start"
What will be done should Farrell
the witness, disappear
This case is not dependent upon
any one witness
Then the District Attorney added
with a laugh: I'VE take very good care
cf our witnesses. We shall probably
hold Farrell and Bardes as material
witnesses for a time IL we can
us the colored peoples Protective
League still protecting Celia?
well. it does very good work for the
public, am told"
Celia is said TO be living in Rockville
Centre with some negro friends.
"How about the testimony to-day? -
Mr.. Smith was asked.
ut was very good, very satisfactory,
he replied.
HAS anything turned up to dissredir