Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-23

asked why she had not gone to Mrs.
I Bniley's home after the shooting, and
/ III reply said she did not do so because
/ she felt that II was no place for her
because she had heard her name con-
neCted with the case. She repeated her
reasons to MIR. Smith and then was
excused.
Elizabeth Carman. the l0-yeer-old
/ daughter Of the prisoner. was next called
to testify on behalf of her mother,
LITTLE DAUGHTER TEsTIF1Es.
The youthful witness said her mother,
father. grandmother, grandfather, aunt
/ and herself had dinner together the even
Ing OF the killing. She heard a shot and
went to her mothers room and found
her mother in bed. The witness sup
ported her mothers testimony that the
child was playing the piano and was
asked to stop playing when Mrs. Carman
went down stairs.
You are very fond of your mother?"
was tho only question asked on cross
examination.
wEEps AS MOTHER TAKES STAND.
Mrs. Sarah \. Conklln, the aged mother
OF the defendant took the stand. For
the first time since the trial began, Mrs.
Carman save way to her emotion. She
began to cry. but quickly regained her
Composure and assumed her former poise
Tears, which began to trickle down the
prisoners face, were wiped away with
a dainty lace handkerchief. which she
kept before her face the whole time her
mother was on the stand
Mrs. Conklin said the members OF the
family mentioned by Elizabeth dined
together on the night of the tragedy.
She denied that Mrs. Carman left the
dining room that night, and as far as
the witness knew she could not have
committed the crime.
Mrs Conklin testified she entered the
doctors office and saw Mrs. Baiey's body
lying on the couch. She went to her.
daughters room and noticed that the bed
appeared as If some ono had just oc-
cupied it. The witness was excused after
n brief cross examination by Mr. Smith.
SISTER on THE STAND.
Mrs. Ida b. Powell, sister Of the de-
fendant, the next witness, was taken over
the same ground as was Mrs. Carman
Elizabeth and Mrs Conklin. and testified
she saw no one on the lawn. not even
Frank Farrell the tramp witness called
by the prosecution: when she heard the
noise she rushed to the private office and
saw Mrs. Bailey lying on the foor, then
she hurried up stairs TO Mrs Carman's
bedroom. where Mrs. Powell was with
Elizabeth. The bed looked as II 1t had
just been occupied.
Mrs. Carmnn asked me what was the
matter said Mrs. Powell. ~ told her
that woman had been shot while in
the doctors office. She did not pass into
the dining room 10 minutes before the
shooting
Mr. Smith grillcd the witness In
rruitcss attempt 70 establish the identity
of the two mysterious women patients
who wero in Doctor Carmans waiting
room. the night OF the murder. Mrs.
Powell persisted in saying she did not
know who they were, although she testi-
fed she had opened the door for them
TO leave the house.
A TANGLED WITNESS.
George Colder. recalled by the defense.
testified he saw neither Mrs. Carman nor
Mrs Powell in tho Doctors office. At
Mr. I.evy's request the accused and her
sister stood up. one Mt time and faced
the witness. but he insisted they we're
not I'm the room.
Colder rcpudiated the evidence he gave
at the Coroncrs inquest that he saw Mrs.
Carman and her mother on the porch
after the killing. His testimony was so
contradictory that II lost all its weight
as tending 20 substantate the prisoners
innocence. Previously he connected her
with the tragedy, but today he tried TO
absolve her. The mans credibllity was
attacked through reading pages in the
Coroner's inquest testimony. Counsel for
the prisoner protested in vain against
the reading OF the old evidence
DOCTOR CARMAN TEsTIFIES.
Doctor Carman husband Of the aC-
Cused. took the witness stand this after
noon. He testified that on the night Of
the murder he went in the waiting room
about 7:4O o'clock and found strange
man there. The man told him. he swore
"a he ad WhO wanted to Sea
the doctor and then he left. saying he
would return. The doctor then retold the
story Of the shooting as he testified at
the Coroners inquest.
Mrs. Powell. Colder, Mrs. Conklin and
Celia Coleman came into the office, he
said but Mrs. Carman did not. He
swore the pantry door through which
Celia Coleman said she entered the ofice
was locked.
District Attorney smith conducted a
vigorous Cross-eNamination Of Doctor
Carman He led him over the details
Cf the tragedy time and again. but the
physician did not alter Ne testimony
he gave at the COronor's inquest 20 any
extent Doctor Carmen declared that he
didn't remember telling a man the next
morning after the murder that the hand
which he saw through the window was
a womans hand. as he has been said to
have done He said he may have done
IT, hut he doesn't think so. as he has
always believed II was mans hand
Following Doctor CaTman's testimony,
the defense put several witnesses on the
stand in the effort TO discredit Celia
Coleman's testimony Among them was
Ferdinand q. Morton, the Negro lawyer.
who after he left the stand was Rngrily
ordered 10 leave the court By Assistant
District Attorney Week, who accused
MIN OF giving the District Attorneys Of