The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-09


| the doctor TO doctor me.
Q. When YOU were coming back did you
hear any sounds? \. Yes, | heard
comnotion.
Q. Did you hear a report? A. Yes.
q. Did you know what the report was?
\. No. sir didn't.
q. what did you think II was7 A. The
explosion Of a tire.
saw woman on Lawn.
O. When YOU looked toward Dr. Car
mans residence what did you see IL any
thing" \. / looked toward the house
and saw woman walking through the
| lawn.
Q. Where was this woman when you
saw her? A. To the west of Or. Car
mans residence.
=. About opposite what part OF the
house? \. The office.
The witness thought the woman was
/ about ten or fifteen feet from the office
when he saw her. The District Attorney
! then took up her costume
| . Now how was the woman dressed?
I \. a dark skirt and light shirtwaist.
| 9. A white waist? \. A light waist.
-. Did she have anything on her head?
A. 40
Mr. Smith then brought out that the
woman Bardes saw was walking toward
| the rear, slowly. He estimated her heicht
| at about 3 feet inches and her weight
was able TO make these estimates be-
| cause while he would not swear that he
could see distinctly he got a good outline
view He then testified that he kept on
walking and saw no more
After fixing the time when Bardes saw
| the woman at not more than few sec
! onds after the shot Mr.. Smith took up
the important question OF the Identity Of
this woman with Mrs. Carman. He
first established that Bardes had hecn to
llr. Carman's office once before and was
familiar with It's location.
q. Have you ever seen the doctors
wife, A No. don't know whether she
is the doctors wife or not saw a
woman ! judged TO he the doctors wife
Q. Have YOU any opinion az to who
! the woman was that YOU saw? \. No,
sir.
Repeated questioning on the part Of
the District Attorney failed go pin Bardes
down 10 the admission that the woman
on the lawn resemhled the woman he took
TO be Mrs Clrman and VINO ne said he
had seen at different times" He fixed
the time when he was before tho Carman
home at between n quarter OF and n quar-
ter after S. estimated by the prob
able time Il would take him to walk there
from his home
Mr.. Smith then turned to further
line OF questioning tending to show the
resemblance OF the woman 10 Mrs Car
man.
Says She Had Light Hair.
O. Did you notice or could you tell
what the color OF her hair was. OF the
woman that you saw there A. Well. |
judge her hair was light
.. DO you know how Il was dressed
her hair? A. No. | did not take notice
OF that
O. You are positive that this person
whoever II was had n dark skirt and
light waist? A. Yes
O. And was bareheaded? A. Yes
q Now when YOU first saw her was
her back turned to you? A. Her back
was TO me.
O. When YOU first saw her was her
back to you? A. Her back was to me
all the time
Daughter Understands Oath.
Elizabeth Carman ia a pretty child and
stood in no awe of the situation. Mr..
Smith treated her very gently. Coroner
Norton suggested that her testimony be
taken without swearing her, hut Mr.
Smith. after the child had said she knew
the difference between the truth and
lie and knew the significance OF an oath.
asked to have her sworn. and she was
She said that after supper Tuesday eve
ming she played on the lawn for a while
She saw two patients enter the doctors
office. a lady and a hoy OF 10 whom she
didn't know.
y. Was there any one on the porch
while YOU were out there? a. Yes
grandma and auntie were out there for
few minutes
q. Where was your mother? A. Up
stairs I'm bed.
Q. When did YOU go into the house
A. Before dark
Elizabeth said that when she went into
the house she played the piano until her
mother asked her to stop. She had her
back TO the hall.
@ II any ono went through the hall
then you couldn't have seen them, could
YOU? A. No. but could hear them,
Her mother called to her from upstairs
and asked her to stop playing the piano
Springs surprise on Attorney.
Then went into the dining room and
stayed there until ] heard the shot," she
said.
"Oh, YOU did," interposed Mr.. Smith
with surprise
Weren't YOU in your bedroom when
the shot was f1red?'
NO" said the girl
"Didn't YOU tell your father that YOU
were"
ono"
What did you do in the dining room"
II Just sat In the big chair looking out
the window"
Have you talked to any one about this
case?"
"No one"
Did you see Mr. Levy and talk It over
with him."
Yes. | talked to Mr.. Levy about H."
did YOU tell Mr.. Levy that you were In
bed when the shot was fired?'
mo"
"He told you to say you were in the
dining room. didn't he?'
IL don't remember"
Admits Levy Coached Her.
Mr. Smith repeated the question and
Elizabeth said that Mr., Levy had,
.. Where was your mother when the
shot was fired? \. Up In her room,
., But YOU didn't see her there? A.
I know she was there.
q, II your mother said you we're in
bed when the shot was fred was II true?
A. Yes.
The child apparently had misundevstood