Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-10-23
ASSERTS INNOCENCE
DENIES NEGRO Girl
MRS, CARMAN TOLD HER
STORY TO JURY OF
TWELVE MEN.
WAS COOL THROUGHOUT
Admitted She Suspected Husband
but Denied She Fired
Fatal Shot.

M nicola, n. Y, oct % Mrs.
WI Florence Conklin Carman took
the witness stand in her own defense
hero late today and entered denial
of the charge that She murdered Mrs.
Louise Bailey She went over the
story of Celia Coleman, the negress in
her employ at the time Of the tragedy
in the Carman home in Frecport last
June, and declared false every ac-
cusatlon made against her.
A fabrication from beginning to end
was in the essence, her CharaCterlza-
ton Of the maids narration yesterday
Of the events of the night Mrs Bailey
was shot and killed in the office Of
Dr Edwin Carman. husband Of the
defendant, ana Of subsequent happen
ings in the Carman home.
Told Good StorI.
The story told by the negress was
| offered by the prosecution as tending
directly TO connect Mrs Carman with
the shooting and the efforts of Mrs.
Carman's counsel today in question
lng his client were designed chiefly TO
discredit the servants testimony Mrs.
I ' a. IllJl ltollbANitu VIII badiIlA anu
seemingly with entire frankncss to
the questions of her attorney. Her
dcmcanOr was that of a woman in
complete command of herself on
ono occasion she smiled Again her
face wore an expression Of sadness,
as when she mentioned her visit to
the mOrgue TO visit the body of tho
woman the state claims she killed.
She looked into the faces of the
jurors with steady eyes when she de-
sired to impress them with some par
ticular point and she seemed resent
ful when certain points in the story
Of the negress were under discussion.
She was on the witness stand nearly
an hour under direct examination.
She will undergo examination
! tomorrow
The defense sprang a surprise when
George NJ. Levy, her attorney, ask ed
her to take the stand The court had
been adiourning every day at 4:30
o'clock The crowd in the courtroom
had been listening with little appar-
cnt interest TO stories told by wit
noSscs called in an effort to break
down the testimony offered by Frank
Farrell another Of the states i'm
portant witnesses. Many OF those who
had been in attendance throughout
the day had LEFT when the defendant
was called, nearly fifteen minutes
aIItr the regular closing time,
Was Not Jealous.
The wifi. of the Freeport phvsician
admitted thot sbo had installed n tnle-
pbouic instrument in nor husbands
office but she denied that she was
"lnsoncIy ieolous" Sho said She mad
heard nronle ask bcr husband "bov.
an his oirls ,yore " Sometimes be
had sta,ad out an nigbt nor,nsa NJ
nor dauebter sbe said sbe ala NOT
want tn Obtain a divorre nut If nor
husband was 'as bad as no had been
nairtod to bcr sba ,,,,ntod to Tno,,, n
if she fn,,ud n1t u,hot ,bo b.,d hoord
was true shc said sha had determined
mar sbe ,yoi,ld continua IN li,-e in IA a
samo house vim hin, AZ II pntbinp
had evar hanenned but mar she
wonld neyer speak ia him .g.in
Then ON the mornins after tbo fnur.
,lor she daclared sba tore amt tho
delica maj tho distrirt sttorne, had
termed a ",no,lanIcaI oa,osdro,,,a
ber,use sbe fhourht nor bnsb,nd al
road, h.d enouph to bother him she
had an exclamation for eyerv nct
Mrs. Carman even corroborated
some OF me states witnesses by ad-
ihlttlhg thdt on the evening or tn"