The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-19
COOL AS AN ICICLE
WHILE BEING TRIED
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charged their passengers. From q
cell in the stone jail near by, a beauti-
full woman was led through the tun-
mel leading to the court house.
The woman was Mrs. Florence Car
man. wife of Dr. Edwin Carman. we'll
TODD Freeport physician. The crowd
in and about the court house was
animated, excited. Mrs. Carman. at
torneys and Presiding Justice Kelby.
were solemn and still. The crowd
was about to witness the staging OF
gripping drama in which mystery
and jealousy play parts. Mrs. Car
man was facing trial for her life.
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Louise Bailey, who was shot down in
DR.. Carman's office on the night OF
June 80, when she called there as a
patient. Dr. Carman expressed utmost
confidence that within fortnight his
wife would be free to return to their
home. There is the greatest sym
pathy for the accused woman on
Long Island. AS the case was dis
cussed today, the opinion was gener-
ally expressed that Mrs. Carman will
be acquitted. Even If she might be
guilty, there are few who believe
there will be twelve men who would
sentence Mrs. Carman to the electric
chair. She is of one OF the best fam
lilies OF Long Island. Mrs. Carman
was expected to maintain her com
posture, which has marked her bear
ing from the time the suspicious Of
authorities were first aroused against
her. The bulwark Of her attorneys
defense will be built upon her own
story. Mrs. Carman Is anxious to
take the stand. She will have the cor
roboration of her sister, Mrs. Ida
Powell and Mrs. Plat Conklin. her
mother, in her statement that she
was lying down in her room when
the shot was fired through window
and Mrs. Bailey was killed. Against
her there will be the testimony Of
Celia Coleman, q colored maid, who
is preparing to say that Mrs. Carman
passed through the kitchen. clad in a
kimono just after she heard crash
of glass and the shot from the direc-
ton OF the physicians Office and that
Mrs. Carman appeared to have some
thing concealed under her left arm.
Frank Farrell, tramp, will tell his
story Of having seen woman at the
window of DR.. Carman's Office and
then OF hearing a shot.
John M. Graham and George M.
Levy, attorneys for Mrs. Carman, are
confident Of being able to discredit
both OF these witnesses for the state.
The Coleman girl, they declared, told
an entirely different story until in
fluenced by detectives. 1t is the min
ute bits Of circumstantial evidence
that hold Mrs. Carman highest and
make it appear that DR.. Carman had
something to conceal when the au-
thorities were investigating the crime
Mrs. Carman has admitted she
doubted her husbands faithfulness.
She installed photograph In his Of
fee with the receiver in her room.
There she overheard the conversa-
lions he carried on with women pa
tients. Mrs. Carman has said she
heard nothing that did not reassure
her. but the state will allege that
when Mrs. Bailey was in the office,
Mrs. Carman heard something that
aroused her to fury Of jealousy. She
rushed downstairs, they a1lege, broke
the window and fred.
DR.. Carman plays peculiar role.
The state does not claim that the
shot fred was intended for Mrs.
Bailey, but that 1t was aimed at the
physician. He lodged behind an
operating table when the glass crash
ed and the bullet struck his patient.
Only few nights after the murder,
DR.. Carman drove into Freeport in his
auto with friend and told story of
q mysterious man riding upon bicycle
and firing at him as he was passing
along a lonely stretch OF road. There
were no bullet marks on the auto and
witnesses were found who said they
saw the physicians car and heard the
shots, but saw no man on bicycle.
The authorities now believe this was
merely ruse suggested to DR.. Car
man by detectives questions. They
had asked the physician il he had any
men enemies. The question was put
on the theory that if he had anything
to conceal, DR.. Carman might do
something that would lead them to be-
lieve Mrs. Bailey was shot by some
foe outside the household.
Mrs. Jennie Duryea, mother OF the
murdered woman, and William B.
Bailey, her husband, expect to attend
all sessions of the trial. Their testi-
mony will have to do only with thu
departure of Mrs. Bailey from her
visit with friend. They have said
they knew nothing OF her intention to
call at the Office Of pr. Carman. Mrs.
Duryea has never seen Mrs. Carman.
She received no message Of condol-
ence either from her or the doctor
upon the untimely death Of her daugh-
ter.
when 1 see Mrs. Carman; when
haar her- tell her story 7 will know