The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-10-29

MlneCla, n. Y, oct. 2I.-The Jury Ia
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 vas out about
Is hours.
1t is unlikely that Mrs. Carman ever
will be brought to trial again. Before
the jury came in District Attorney
Lewis J. Smith said that if it stood
ever s to 4 for acquittal it was 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 on 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 vas 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 herr 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 wrinki
ed.
Jury Seems Dissatisfied.
Dissatisfaction was plainly writer
on the faces of the Jurors when they
filed in from the room where they haC
been celebrating. When Justice Kel
by assembled the bench, Robert Lud
lum, foreman, because he vas chosen
first, spoke without any formality OF
introduction.
1--WE have been arguing for eight
or nine hours" said he, almost sui
lenly, and we have been %conversing
for 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.
'p,,t u,a'ya haap aryrinC rocponl
ed the foreman.
At the suggestion of John J. Ora
ham, Mrs. Carman's chief counsel
Justice Kelby asked the jury whether
it was the evidence they could no
agree upon.
1T is not a question of evidence
Your Honor" replied John II. Molly
neaux, juror number nine, 1--WE have
gone over the evidence very carefully
and we cannot reach a verdict"
The justice said he was sorry ne
verdict could be reached, thanked the
jury for its attention to the evidence
and her discharged it.
Mrs. C4rman burst into tears.
Il am terribly disappointed" sht
walled, Il felt sure the jury would
acquit me.
No Notice of Husband.
Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Corby ther
took charge of Mrs. Carman. They as
sisted her, half stumbling, half walk
ing. her hands to her eyes, out of tn,
courtroom and into the chambers a
the rear. Her husband followed close
ly behind. II was noticeable that hi
wife seemed to be entirely unaware o
his presence.
After the party passed through tn,
door Mrs. Carman tainted. She wa.
quickly revived and then continued
her journey to her cell in the Jail. DR.
Guy Cleghorn, the Jail physician, wa,
summoned. He said her condition wa'
worse than at any time since she haC
been arrested.