Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-22
Links in Chain Of Testimony
Supply Direct Connection
Between Mrs, Carman and
Murder Of Mrs, Bailey,
NEGRESS AND EAST SIDE
DENIZEN ARE WITNESSES
Strange Drama of Human Pas
SionS Is Enacted Before the
Jury in Celebrated Case on
Trial in MineoIa.
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Mineolg. y Y, Oct. 21.--Testimony
tending to directly connect Mrs. Flor
cnce Conklin Carman with the MUIR
idcr of Mrs. Lucille Bailey at Freeport
or June so. last, was presented by
the prosecution today in Mrs. Car
mans trial for the crime
Celia Coleman. timid. soft-spoken
southern negress who was maid in
the Carman household AT the time the
murder was committed in the office
Of Or Edwin Carman, husband Of
the defendant, and Frank Farrell, an
unemployed stationary engineer. ex-
citable ana prodigal with slang and
/ manncfisms. typical of the lowest east
side Of New York, were the chief wit
lnesses against Mrs Carman.
4 The testimony they gave was cor
roborative. Celia said her mistress
dressed in n flowing dark silken XII
mono passed out through the kitchen
just before the maid heard the crash
of breaking glass and the sharp re-
port of a revolver, She sworc that
Mrs Carman entered the kitchen
through the back door just afterward.
Mrs Carman showed her a long blue
steel revolver, the negress said. and
remarked:
II have shot him.
Urged Servant 10 Lie.
The next morning at daylight Mrs.
Carman came to the maids room in
her nightrobe, urged her to forget
lWhat she knew and lie for her mis-
tress, the maid testified. Celia said
she did this for Mrs. Carman at first
because she felt sorry for her.
Farrell said he was on his way to
the rear of the Carman house to beg
for food when he heard crash OF
glass and a shot Looking up, he saw
woman dressed in a dark garment
from her shoulders TO the ground,
lstanding by the window in Dr. Car
mans office with one hand holding
a wire screen above her head and the
other thrust into the window
Farrell said he was frightened and
| ran away. He looked back once and
saw a flash Of white as "if the woman
faster"
On Farrell's cross examination.
which will be continued tomorrow
morning he contradicted himself in a
few minor details. ON the whole,
however, his story remained un-
shaken
If Farrell stumbled slightly and APP
parently grew excited at times under
cross s-examination, Celia Coleman did
not. In drawl so low that fire.
quently her voice was scarcely audi
Bile, she answered every question
hurled at her. The fact that finger
was waved under her nose or the
chief counsel for the defendant shout
ed accusations or insinuatons did not
seem to have the slightest effect on
her. Not once did she raise her voice
despite the fact that she was on the
stand more than four hours.
Defendant Seems Amused.
Mrs Carman seemed to be amused
at Farrell and the odd picturesque
way he had Of saying things and an
swering questions. But her attitude
was different when Celia Coleman
was testifying The defendant leaned
far back in her chair and stared con-
stantly at the witness
While the direct examination was in
progress and during the cross exam
nation of the negress Mrs. Carman
tried hard to catch her eye. once
while questioning the maid, the attor-
ney for the defense moved to point
directly behind his client. Celia then
allowed her eyes to shift from one
side of the room to the other. After
she was excused from the witness
stand, however, Celia looked at Mrs.
Carman for the first time. Fear, it
appeared, came into the girls eyes,
for she placed her handkerchief over
item and sat down, out Of sight.
Mrs Carman was radiant when her
12-year- -old daughter was brought
into court today and allowed to sit
beside her mother.
Little Elizabeth, with big blue
ribbon in her hair, remained there all
day Whenever an opportunity pre-
sented itself she talked to her mother
and smiled up in her face. After the
adjournment Mrs. Carman took her
daughter on her lap and kissed her.
She whispered into the ear Of the
child, who smiled and whispered back.
Elizabeth was then taken from the
room by relatives who are caring for
her while her mother was escorted
back to her cell in the Nassau county
Jail