New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-15
SAYS DOCTORS WIFE
ENTERED KITCHEN
Girl Declares She Talked
with Mistress Right
After Shooting.
PHYSICIAN ON STAND
Prisoners Husband Signs No
Waiver of Immunity-Runcie
Contradicts Norton.

[F'rom stan Correspondent OF The tribunal
Freeport, Long Island, July A.
Celia Coleman, the Carmans' negro
maid, to-day told the Nassau County
Grand Jury in the courthouse at
Mineola story which reversed the one
she gave at the Coroner's inquest here
and contradicted in detail the alibi OF
Mrs. Florence Carman on the night OF
the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey.
The essential points Of the girps]
testimony to-day are these:
She was in the kitchen of the Car.
man house at the time of the shooting
and Immediately thereafter.
Immediately after she heard the shot
she saw Mrs. Carman enter the kitchen.
Mrs. Carman stopped long enough to
tion with her and gave her some house,
hold directions.
Mrs. Carman entered the kitchen by
the rear of the house.
Mrs. Carman had no revolver in her
hand when she came in.
After her conversation with Mrs.
Carman the maid went upstairs to her
room.
The story Celia told at the inquest
and in the affidavit obtained from her
by Mrs. Carman's attorney are incor-
rect in so far as they contradict or
omit these points.
+ District Attorney Smith, in refusing
even to outline the testimony given b.
Celia, made this statement:
"The girl undoubtedly told the truth
to-day. firmly believe that. Il can
not be questioned. | am perfectly sat-
siied with her testimony"
The District Attorney added conf
IDENTIFY:
at certainly did not weaken the
states case against drs. Carman."
Surprise to Defence.
The defence had no inkling that the
negro maid was to take the stand to-
day. The plan was purposely kept a,
secret. When it did become known
that Celia had testified and gone away
George Levy, Mrs. Carman's counsel.
fastened to give out statement, pur-
ported to have been dictated by the
prisoner, who sat in her cell, not
hundred yards away from the grand
jury room, nervously awaiting soms
report that might indicate that she
was not to be indicted for Mrs. Bailey'a
murder.
In this statement Mrs. Carman as
serted her innocence and said:
81 only ask that the public suspend
judgment upon me until the entire
truth in regard to the murder Of poor
Mrs. Bailey is known" aD,
For days there have been reports
some of them i-ofiicial--that the
negro maid would tell different story
from the one she told at the inquest,
but even the District Attorney himself
did not realize how much the testi-
mony before the grand jury would deny
the former statement.
1t was learned tonight that he tes-
timony of the other material wit
nesses will not conflict in any point Of
consequence with the story told by
the Coleman girl to-day. II is under
stood their stories, where they touch
the maids, dovetail almost perfectly
with hers, and will be used almost sole
ly for their corroboratory effect
The confidence felt by the officials
tonight that the grand jury will hand
down an indictment is summed up in
this remark by Mr.. Smith:
81 expect the jury to report its hnd-
ing almost Immediately after il has
listened to my last witness" .
Yesterday the District Attorney, ia
giving out the list Of witnesses he
would call to-day before the grand
jury, purposely omitted the name Of
: Celia Coleman. The District Attorney
said she would not testify until to-
morrow, or possibly the day after He
wished to obviate every chance Of any
ones seeing Celia before she went
before the grand jury, even for few
minutes.
The girl was smuggled in to-day
from the place where people in the
employ OF the county officials have
kept her, with her consent. since she
was brought TO Mineola last Thurs
day under subpoena to testify before
the grand jury.
Girl Brought in Secretly.
So secretly WAS she brought to Mr.
Smiths Office that she had given the
greater part Of her testimony before
the jury before any one outside knew
she had even reached the courthouse.
After Mr.. Smith had analyzed Cella's
story at the inquest. had watched her