The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
Celia Coleman Tells Trial JHry
That Mrs. Carman Con-
fessed to Her.
STAR WITNESS ON STAND
Describes Incidents and Re-
Iates Conversation lust af-
ter the Shooting.
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MINEOLA, L. J., Oct. 21.-Celia
Coleman. nero maid In the Carman
household and star witness for the
state. testided today at the trial of
Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, ac-
cused az the murder of Mrs. Louise
Bailey, that Mrs. Carman had appear
ed, revolver in hand, q moment after
Mrs. Bailey had been shot and said
- shot him"
Mrs. Carm an came to my room" Celia
continued. sShe said %, Celia, what
did I kill that woman for? hope
God win forgive me. You stick to
me and Il anything happens to you !
Will take care of your little boy.
Under the questioning of the dis
trict attorney Celia told her story as
II am from Charleston, S. G. /
went, to work at DR.. Carman's May
18, 1914. On the night of June 80.
served dinner at 6:45 O'Clock. After
dinner started to wash the dishes.
while I was washing the dishes
Elizabeth, Mrs. Carman,s daughter.
came into the kitchen. Soon after,
Mrs. Carm an came In. She was
dressed in kimono and had shawl
to go into the house. Then Mrs.
Carman went out the back door. A
minute later 1 heard crash of glass
and the report of a pistol. Mrs Car
man care in the door again.
at was standing at the door be-
tween the pantry and the kitchen.
She said to me I shot him. Then
was about nine inches long.
grabbed her by the arm and told her
not to go into the Office. She said
she was not going to do anything
lse. Then went into the Office
"The body of a dead white woman
was lying on the door. Mrs. Carman
followed me into the Office. She
then went out to the waiting room.
DR.. Carman was there and so was
another man. 1 went into the htch-
en- and returned to the Office in about
minute. Mrs. Powell MRS. Car
mans sister, was in there then. Then
i went back into the kitchen. finished
washing the dishes and went to my
morning about daylight Mrs. Carman
came to my room. She said Oh.
Celia. what did kill that woman for !?
/ hope God will forgive me. You stick
to me and If anything happens to you
I'll take care of your little boy.
II saw Mrs. Carman later that
morning at the breakfast table and
Sn6 OuISL III 10 LedTS. A1tST Oh AS oAAO
came into the kitchen and told me to
forget that 1 had seen her the night
before. Later that day Mrs. Carman
came in with her lawyer, Mr.. Levy.
Mrs. Carman winked at me and then
he asked me what l knew. 1 told
Mr. Levy that didn't know anything.
mr.. Levy came again the next day
Before he came, Mrs. Carman told me
to tell him was not downstairs after
a Che fwrnta mt state
ment and signed it without reading
1t. The statement was not true.
..The day after the murder Mrs.
Carman came into the kitchen and
asked me to make fire In the stove
which / did. Later she came down
stairs with bundle. of letters and
burned them up in the fire. That
same day she told me to call her faith
er in the barn because she wanted
him to get the revolver out OF the
house. Mr. Con kiln, her father, came
in and went to her room and then
came downstairs again. He had a
hammer with him. He returned to
the barn. The next day Mrs. Carman
came into the kitchen and asked me
TO step into the Office. went in and
the detectives began to question me"
.sDfd you tell the truth at the cor
oner,s inquest % the district attorney
asked.
II did not the witness answered.
The district attorney then turned
the witness over to John J. Graham.
Mrs. Carman's counselt, for cross ex-
animation.
"A crowd that eclipsed the previous
day sought to enter the tiny court
room today in anticipation of hearing
Celia tell her story. Less than two
hundred were able to do SO and these
were nearly all women.
For an hour and half Mr.. Gro
ham alternately shouted at Celia and
.yary her story. She admitted that she
was living in New York City at the
expense Of Nassau county Also that
she had testified falsely in many re-
poets at the coroner's inquest. But
she explained that she had done so to
shield Mrs Carman and the admission
did not disturb her equanimity.
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