The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-30
IiIRY IN MINEcLA CASE DiSA.
GREES AFTER THIRTEEN
HOURS DELlBERATlON
AND is DISCHARGED.
FINAL BALLOT STANDS TEN
TO TWO FOR ACQUiTTAL
Doctors Wife Accused of Staying Mra
Bailey Faints at News-Says She
Expected to Be Freed OF
Charge-Bail Likely
to Follow.

Mineola, N. Y, Oct. 27.-The jury In
the trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin Car
man, accused Of Staying Mrs. Louise
Bailey last June 80, disagreed and was
discharged.
Out Thirteen Hours.
Ten jurors are said to have voted
for acquittal and two for conviction
of murder in the first degree on the
final ballot. The jury was OF about
13 hours.
1t is unlikely hat Mrs. Carman ever
will be brought to trial again. Before
the jury came in District Attorney
Lewis J.. Smith said that If it stood
even s to 4 for acquittal it vas i'm
probable that the defendant would be
retired.
Attorneys for Mrs. Carman have
made an application to have her ad-
mitted to bail.
On Verge Of Breakdown.
The defendant is ron the verge OF a
complete physical breakdown. follow
ing a collapse in the courtroom after
the jury was discharged. 1t was said
at the Nassau county Jail that Mrs.
Carman had been crying constantly
ever since she was returned to her
cell.
When the jury %reappeared with the
verdict, Mrs. Carman was followed
through the oaken door at the rear OF
the judges bench by her sister. Mrs.
Ida Powell, and her niece, Mrs. Helen
Corby. DR.. Erwin Carman, the defend.
ants husband, who had been sitting
in the courtroom conversing with
friends, joined his wife at the counsel
table. Mrs. Carman appeared tired.
Her hair was disleveled and her form.
erly immaculate costume was wrinkl.
ed.
jury Seems Dissatisfied.
Dissatisfaction vas plainly written
on the faces of the jurors when they
filed in from the room where they had
been celebrating. When Justice Kel-
by a%scended the bench. Robert Lnd.
lum, foreman, because he was chosen
first, spoke without any formality or
introduction.
We have been arguing for eight
or nine hours" said he, almost sui.
lenly, and we have been conversing
Tor the balance OF the time. We can
not agree. We have had no sleep"
Il am in the same boat with YOU"
replied Justice Kelby, Il have not
slept either
Verdict Not Reached.
But we've been arguing respond
ed the foreman.
At the suggestion of John ]. Ora.
ham, Mrs. Carman's chief counsel.
Justice kelby asked the jury whether
it was the evidence they could not
agree upon.
1T is not a question Of evidence.
Your Honor replied John II. Molly
neaux, juror number nine, I'VE have
gone over the evidence very carefully
and we cannot reach a verdict"
The justice said he was sorry no
verdict could be reached, thanked the
jury for it's attention to the evidence.
and then discharged it..
Mrs. Carman burst into tears.
= am terribly disappointed" she
walled, i felt sure the jury would
acquit me.
No Notice Of Husband.
Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Corby then
LOOK charge OF Mrs. Carman. They as
sisted her, half stumbling, half walk.
Ing, her hands to her eyes, out of the
courtroom and into the chambers at
the rear. Her husband followed close
y behind. 1t was noticeable that hin
wife seemed to be entirely unaware OF
his presence.
After the party passed through tho
door Mrs. Carman tainted. She was
quickly revived and then continued
ner Journey to her cell In the iail. DR..
Guy C~leghorn, the Jail physician, was
summoned. He said her condition was
worse than at any time since she had
been arrested.