Evening star., 1914-10-21
NeurO Maid SWears Defendant
/ Said to Her ~ Shot Him."
lust After Tragedy.
"CAME INTO THE KITCHEN
+ CARRYING A REVOLVER"
Servant Declares Later Doctors
Wife Cried About Staying Woman.
Accused May Testify.

the Carman household, and sta1
witness for the state, testified to-
day at the trial of Mrs. Florence
Conklin Carman, accused OF the
murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey
that Mrs. Carman had appeared
revolver in hand, a moment after
Mrs. Bailey had been shot, and
said:
Il shot him.
Celia thought Mrs. Carman re-
ferred to her husband, DR.. Car
man.
"The next morning about day
light Mrs. Carman came to my
room," Celia continued. "She
said: oh, Celia, what did I kill
that woman for? l hope God will
forgive me. You stick to me, and
if Anything happens to you I'll
take care of your little boy. -.
Negro Maids Story.
Under the questioning of District At
torney Smith, Celia told her story as
follows:
II am from Charleston, S. c. I went
to work at DR.. Carman's May Is. 1914.
The night of June 80 1 served dinner
at 6:45 o'clock. After dinner 1 started
to wash the dishes.
while 1 was washing the dishes
ov,td dor1 crh fnr
came into the kitchen. Soon afterward
Mrs. Carman came in. She was dressed
in q kimono and had shawl around
her neck. She told Elizabeth to go
man went out the back door. A min
ute later I heard a crash Of glass and
the report of pistol. Mrs Carman
came in the door again.
IT was standing in the door between
the pantry and the kitchen. She said
to me, I shot him. Then she showed
me q revolver, black revolver that
was about nine inches long. l grabbed
into the office. She said she was not
going to do anything else. Then I
went into the office.
Saw Dead Woman.
The body of a dead white woman
was lying on the floor near the operat-
ing chair. Mrs. Carman followed me
Into the Office. She stayed there about
half minute and then went out to
the waiting room. Dr. Carman was
there and so was another man. I went
into the kitchen and returned to the
Office in about minute. Mrs. Powell
(Mrs. Carman's sister, was in there
then. Then / went back into the
kitchen, finished washing the dishes
and went to my room and went to
sleep.
The next morning about daylight
Mrs. Carman came to my room. She
was dressed in nightgown. She said:
oh. Celia. what did ] kill that woman
for? I hope God will forgive me. You
stick to me and if anything happens
to you I'll take care of your little boy.
II saw Mrs. Carman later that morn
ing at the breakfast table and she
burst into tears. After breakfast she
came into the kitchen and told me to
forget that / had seen her the night
before Later that day Mrs. Carman
came in with her lawyer, Mr.. Levy.
Mrs. Carman winked at me when he
asked me what l knew. / told Mr..
Levy that didn't know anything.
Mr.. Levy came again the next day.
Before he came Mrs. Carman told me
to tell him 1 was not downstairs after
dinner. She wrote out some statement
and / signed it without reading it. He
read it. however. The statement was not
true.
Disposing Of Revolver.
'.The day after the murder Mrs. Car
man came into the kitchen and asked
mo to make a wood fire in the stove.
which did. Later she came downstairs
with q bundle Of letters and burned
them up in the fire. That same day she
told me to call her father from the barn
because she wanted him to get the re-
volver out Of the house Mr.. Conklin. her
father. came in and went to her room
and then came downstairs again. He had
q hammer with him. He returned to the
barn. The next day. Wednesday, Mrs.
Carman came into the kitchen and asked
me to step into another room.
Il went in and the detectives began
to question me-
ibid you tell the truth at the coroner's q
lnquest?" the district attorney asked
IT did not" the witness answered.
The district attorney then turned the
witness over to John ]. Graham. Mrs
Ca<man's counsel. for cross-examination
Maid Admits Perjury.
As Celia testified Mrs Carman sa,
well back in her chair and never ono,
took her eyes from the witness.
On cross ss-examination Celia said sh,
never had seen Mrs. Carman wear he
kimono downstairs before the night O
the murder. She said Mrs. Carman stoo,
in the kitchen for ten or fifteen min
utes before she passed out of the bacl
door. and that the crash of glass an,
the shot occurred Immediately after
ward
did you know whom she meant whe,
she said. I shot himr Mr.. Graham
asked.
mo. did not"
Mrs. Carman carried the revolver
the witness said. hidden in the folds O
her kimono when she went into tn
Office. Mrs. Carman said nothing +
any one. she added. She looked in an,
went out In about thirty seconds. Mrf
Carman did not express surprise whe]
she discovered she had killed a woma,
and not man.
Celia said she told Mrs Carman tn
morning after the murder that Go
will forgive anything but murder"
DO you. asked Graham. believe tina
God will forgive your perjuryr'
Il know II is wrong to lie" said tn
negress, but 1 did what Mrs. >Carma
asked me to do"
You are afraid of going to Jail 70
committing perjury. too, aren't you?
"Yes. sir; Mr.. Smith (the district at
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