Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-21
WOMAN ADMITTED
KILLING MRS.
BAILEY
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Heard the Shot

"a mintue later | heard crash of !
glass and the report of pistol. Mrs,
Carman came in the door again.
Il was stnding in the door between
the pantry and the kitchen. She said
to me: 4 shot him. Then she show
ed me areyolyer, a black revolver that
was about nine inches long. After
breakfast the next morning she came
Into the kitchen and told me to for
get that had seen her the night be
fcre. Later that day Mrs. Carman
came in with her lawyer, Mr.. Levy.
Mrs. Carman winked at me when he
asked me what l knew. l told Mrs.
levy that I did not know anything.
Mr.. Levy came again the next day.
Before he came Mrs. Carman told me
to tell him was not down stairs after
dinner. She wrote out some state
ment and l signed it without reading
it. He read it, however. The state
ment was not true"
Lied at Inquest
Did you tell the truth at the cor
lners inquest?" the district attorney
asked.
q did not, the witness answered.
The district attorney then turned
the witness over to John ]. Graham,
Mrs. Carmans counsel, for cross-ex-
fmination.
"WiIi God Forgiven
Did you know whom he meant
when she said 1 shot him?'" Mr.. Gra-
ham asked.
mo, I did not"
Celia said she told Mrs. Carman the
morning after the murder that God
will forgive anything but murder
"Do you, asked Mr.. Graham" be-
lieve that God will forgive your per
Ijury2@
Il know it is wrong to lie,' said
the negress, "but I did what Mrs.
Carman asked me to do"
/ Afraid of Jail
"You are afraid of going to Jail for
committing perjury, too, aren't your"
"Yes, sir; Mr.. Smith (the district
lattorney) told me l could go TO Jail
for lying"
For an hour and half Mr.. Graham
alternately shouted at Celia and plead
ed, seeking to make her vary her
story. She admitted that she was liv-
ing in New York city at the expense
| of Nassau county and also that she
bhadatestified falsely in many respects
at the coroner's inquest; but she ex-
planned that she had done so to shield
Mrs. Carman, and the admission ap-
parently did not disturb her equanim-
ity. The noon recess was taken with
Celia still on the stand.
Celia was excused after having been
on the stand nearly four hours.
Another Negro Called
George Toomer, negro cousin of
Celia, was the next witness. He said
he saw Celia on the night of June 80
in the kitchen of the Carman home.
Efhe next night, he said, Celia came
to his house. The court di6 not per
NIT him to tell what if anything, the
girI said to him.
Frank Farrell, 5whv gave his resi-
dence as the Nassau county jail, said
he had been detained as material
witness Until he lost his job, he said,
he worked as an engineer on the Penn
sylvania railroad, He said that after
looking for work all day on June 30
he was "broke and hungry" at sun
down and entered one Of the houses
lin Freeport.
He asked for food and It was re-
fused him. He then walked to another
inviting looking house and decided to
Igo there. It was the Carman hoouse,
he said.
Z got some distance on the lawn
uhen | heard the crash Of glass and
lthen shot / looked up and saw a
woman holding the screen Of a window
Eu2 with her left hand Farrell testi-
fled Tier right hand was thrust
through the window. Then beat it.
THE woman had on a dark garment
THAT reached from her neck to the