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MRS. CARN1AN HEARS MAID ACCUSE HER

were negro lawyers who had gone TO her
at the District Attorneys request. The
conversation held then was taken by a
stenogr1pher. but was not under oath
by some means not as yet fully ex-
planned report of this conversation never
reached the District Attorney. Ferdinand
Morton, n negro lawyer, was the man who
conducted 1t. Several others were present.
According to Mr.. Graham OF the defence.
who introduced II I'm cross-examlnation
to-day as a complete surprise to every
ont. Mr.. Morton brought II to him with the
explanation that Assistant District At
torney Weeks had seen 1t and said that
IL would be OF no use to the prosecution.
After the session to-day the District
Attorney said that he was going to have
some one indicted for subornatlon of per-
jury because the stenographic transcript
of the conversation was not reported to
him. Whatever happens the things then
said by Celia were introduced into the
testimony yesterday by Mr. Graham and
were considered by him quite n beat on
his part because they showed that rs late
az July 10 Celia released Mrs. Carman
from discriminating evidence.
II was on the next day that she went
before the first Grand Jury and said that
Mrs. Carman had passed through the
Kitchen Just before and just after the
shooting. Before the second Grand Jury,
the one which indicted Mrs Carman for
murder In the first degree, she added to
her story the fact that Mrs. Carman
carried something concealed under her
shawl II was not. however. until about
two weeks ago that she finally told the
District Attorney that Mrs. Carman had
confessed to firing the shot ana had shown
the revolver.
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eign Affairs replied at Is for the event
of neutrality being violated"
LALAING, Belgian Minister in London
No. iO.-Le.glum appeals to the
Powers after the invasion of Belgium.
"'BRussELs, August 4, 1914
'MoNsiEUR IL MINisrKE The Belgian
Government regrets to have to announce
TO your EXcelency that this morning the
armed forces OF Germany penetrated into
Belgian territory, violating the engage
ments which they have undertaken by
treaty.
THE Belgian Government are firmly
decided to resist by all means in their
power.
Belgium appeals to England. to
France and 10 Russia 10 cooperate as
guarantors in the defence of her terri
tory.
There should be a concerted and com
mon action. having as its object 10 resist
the measures OF force employed by Ger
many against Belgium and at the same
time to guarantee the maintenance Of the
independence and integrity Of Belgium for
the future.
Belgium is happy to be able to de-
clare that she will undertake the defence
Of the fortified places. l am, SC.
"'DAvfoNoN,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium
where is to be found the alleged mill
tarN convention SAID TO nave been con-
cludcd in 1906 with England? Where
is the agreement said to have existed
since 900 between the allies to force war
on Germany?
These documents clearly prove that
such compact never existed
THE Belgium nation preferred ruin and
death to the shameful perjury proposed
to her by Germany. For this reason Ger
many has devastated and Immersed in
blood peaceful little country. To-day
she seeks to rob her Of honor, her only
| rema ming treasure.
The official documents, the confessions
| OF the German statesmen. the ruins or
| Louvain. Malines. Aerschot T6rmonde
and of so many villages burned and RACED
| 10 the ground the blood of her children
| unlustly massacred, are the testimonies
which the Belgian people cites before the
| tribunal of public conscience. Te ss,s
| tribunal, without fear the Belgian nation
| contides the cause OF her honor"
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LONDON METAL PRICES SOON.
Exchange There to Reopen, Accord
Ing 10 cable Messages.

: The prospect Of the opening Of the
London metal market. the criterion OF
prices for the world. about November
>. as reported In London cable messages
yesterday. was welcomed by copper and
other metal producers and dealers here
yesterday.
The opening OF the London metal ex-
change, II was said will cause little
discomfort to metal companies here. Few
American companies have outstanding
contracts In standard copper which re-
quire settling on the lower prices now
ruling and fixed as the basis FOR settle
ment.
In the tin market Americans have been
fairly prominent. but 1t is thought that
the outstanding accounts on the long side
are in strong hands and that settlements
are now proceeding satisfactorily. Thu
metal exchange here may open shortly.
following London.
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Continued from FIRST Page.

m 'rr and scrambled to get into the
COM room Not even the Becker trial
so,,,. months ago was able to show cor
-,dors more damned with people. a
COR, room more thoroughly alive with
,y...'ancy or a general situation more
,,,mmcd with human emotion of every
SOL
There was William Bailey. the MUIR
d,.,d wumans husband, and his daugh-
t.r Madeline, just IA, and both dressed
IN black. There was the accused woman,
Mr.. Clrman, the embodiment of self
assurance and unconccrn. Next to her
s,f br Carman, his face somewhat
n.rid. his general bearing one of ner-
vo,.a,,s. and her little daughter Eliza
b,ti hAtless, her hair tied up with a
aariuE red bow Of ribbon.
Back of them sat Mrs. Ida Powell,
Mr.. Carmans sister, pale and just a
utiIa haegard. and her daughter, Mrs.
Corh, a young woman of 20, who Is
~. AS pretty IN her way as Madeline
ylNr, is lu h,rs. During the entire
sessions there were frequent whisper
inss between this group. Mrs. Carman
would turu hnr head and smile; Or.
carnln would lean far over IN his chair.
listen closely To- some remark by one
NJ ,so women. and throw his head back
AS II some capital joke had been sprung
which threw him into insuppressible
amusement.
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SAW A WOMAN ON LAWN
FIRE THROUGH WINDOW

II is somewhat doubtful in the minds Of
some whether Farrell made MS favorable
an impression upon the jury as did the
Coleman girl. on the whole, however,
he proved n good witness for the prose-
cutlon and a hard one for the defence to
trip up.
As Farrell told his part in tho tragedy
to-day he left New York on the morning
OF June 80 to walk up Long Island in
search OF work. He is a stationary en-
gineer by occupation and guessed, as he
said. that a Job on road roller might
drop his way along some OF the highways
of the island
BY walking aud occasional lifts on mo-
tor trucks he managed to get into the
neighborhood Of Freeport late In the after
noon. He approached the village on the
Mcrrick road, and not having had any
thing TO eat since breakfast at 80 O'Clock
he dropped In at Il house and asked for
food His request didn't bring him any
and he moved on until he came to the
Carman residence. This place he decided
to try and turned in from the road, cut
ting across the rather spacious lawn
toward the rear entrance on the side OF
the doctors office.
He had advanced but few feet from
the sidewalk when "A woman walking rap
idly turned into view from the rear and
proceeded along the side OF the house
Farrell stopped. II was dusk, The woman
he saw seemed to wear "A long dark dress
which fell from the shoulders. lie
thought there was something white on
her head, but II didn't look like "A hat
Apparently she did not see him.
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drawn and the woman started back
toward the rear OF the house.
Farrell turned and ran, thinking to him
self that IL was a very awkward situation
to be found in. He stopped at the hedge
which divides the Carman property from
that next door and saw the woman dis
appear around the corner of the house.
Then he decided that 1t was best to get
away and by walking. running and get
ting rides on vehicles he reached Jamaica
about 2 o'clock in the morning.
II was not until six days later, when he
had read the progress of tho police IN
vestgation, that he decided to return to
Freeport and present himself as a ma
terial witness.
Mr.. Graham tried without success 70
make Farrell admit that he had demanded
$3.50 a day from the Sheriff, that being
the amount he could earn as n stationary
engineer Farrell insisted that he didn't
know how much money he was to get
from the county for his time and said
that he had never asked for a cent.
After the session Mr.. Graham vouched
for the fact that Farrell had been getting
81 day and that more than 500 awaits
him.
lie ala succeed. however, in bringing
out the fact that Farrell has been employed
principally as a strike breaker in his par
tlcular occupation. that of a stationary
engineer, for the last fourteen years and
that three years ago in Chicago he was
convicted OF larceny. though he didn't
plead guilty to Il. and served ten weeks
IN jail.
The District Attorney called Celia's
cousin. George Toomer 10 get his testi-
mpny that Celia had told him two days
after the murder that Mrs C1rman had
Killed Mrs Bailey. Mr.. Grahams oh.
lection to this evidence was sustained by
Justice Krlby and the Jurors didn't hear
H. The District Attorney saws he viii
make another attempt 20 examine Toomer.
Mr.. Smith thinks that his case will b.
completed early to-day. If that happens
Mrs. Carman may he expected to take
the stand In the afternoon.
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GRAY BOOK REFUTES
BELGIAN PACT STORY
Documents Given Out Show No
Military Agreements
Charged by Berlin.
LONDON URGED DEFENCE

Tho following was given out yester-
day by tho Belgian Consulate In New
York. whore II was sent from the Belgian
Embassy in Washington:
The Belgian Legation has Just received
the copies of the Gray Book. 1t is evil
dent from these documents that there has
never existed any military agreement be-
tween Belgium and England either Of
fensive or defensive. such as the German
Government asserts TO have been in ex-
istence since 1906.
The following extracts speak for them
selves:
NO 2s-Offcr Of intervention by Eng
land Note handed TO Sir Francis II.
Bll'ers. British Minister TO Belgium, to
Monsieur Davignon, Minister Of Foreign
Affairs.
"'BRussELs. August (. 1914.
81 am instructed to inform the Bel
CLAN Government that II Germany eXer-
cises pressure for tn" purpose OF com
polling Belgium to abandon her position
OF "A neutral country the Government Of
his Britannia Majesty expects Belgium
TO resist by every possible means.
1.-The Government OF his Britannia MAI
ostv Is ready I'm that event to join with
Russia and France. II desired by Belgium.
,p Offer to the Belgian Government at once
common action for the purpose OF resist
ing the use OF force by Germany against
Belgium and nj the same tlile 10 oHer
guarantee 10 maintain the independ-
ence and integrity II Belgium in the
future"
"'No. 37-Oner Of England for an al
lance for the object OF assuring the neu-
tralitv Of Belgium against the pressure
Of Germany.
"I.oSDoS. August 4. 1914.
1.-THE Minister Of Foreign Affairs has
informed rho British Minister'S in Norway,
Holland and Belgium that Great Britain
expects that these three kingdoms will
resist the pressure of Germany and main
tain neutrality. They will be- supported
TN their resistance by England. who in
such a case is ready to cooperate with
France and Russia. II such Is the desire
OF these three Governments in Offering
an alliance 10 the said Governments 10
rapel the employment of force against
them by Germany, and a guaraut"" for
the future maintenance Of the independ-
once and the integrity OF the three king
doms.
80 pointed out that Belgium is ueu-
trail in perpetuty. The Minister for For
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produced by Judge Graham were at varl-
ance with those she gave to-day. Accord
ing to her answers on that occasion she
did not go into the doctors office until
half an hour after the shooting. She had
no idea who might have done the shooting
She thought the doctor had shot some one.
No person had passed through the kitchen
before or after the shooting No one
came to the kitchen after Mrs. Carman
went upstairs. She saw no one In the
dining room before she heard the pistol
shot No ono came to her room that night.
Mrs. Carman greeted her as usual the
next morning with a Good morning"
Mrs. Carman never told her anything
about the shooting, never said word
about 1t.
Such were Celia's answers on July IL TO
the same questions that were put to her
yesterday How the document containing
these answers came Into his possession
Judge Graham would not say.
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MORE BRITISH TREASURY BILLS.
Fifth Issue In London Amounts to
ci5,OOO, 900.

LoNpo%, oct 2l-The NTH issue of
Treasury bills. the issue amounting TO
fl5.ooO. 900 Cs75, COT. OoO). was made to-
day. The price obtained was COS Is cd.
,sisO.36).
The average allotment was about 30
per cent OF the amour, for which the
bid Was mad.
The Bank " England has purchased
fl9i.o0o tSHj5,u0ul in gold eagles
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DIES IN HIS AUTOMOBILE.
wealthy Bu,Ider succumbs While
HurrNIng To uOSpitRI.

James r. Boyd, n wealthy carpenter
and builder of IIackensack, y. j., died
yesterday in his automobile as II sped
up Eighth avenue toward Roosevelt Hos
pital. where he hoped TO find relief.
Mr.. Boyd underwent serious operation
AT the hospital several months ago which
had relieved him OF abdominal trouble.
believing himself cured he returned home.
hut on Tuesday experienced relapse and
decided to return to the institution. Ac-
companied by his brother-in- law. John
G. Hatch. he left his home at 237 Cen
trail avenue, Hackensack, yesterday
morning.
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from the statement District Attorney
Smith objected that he ought to have a
copy Of the statement.
why, you had a copy OF this statement
in your office three months ago" said
Judge Graham.
81 protest against that remark" shouted
Mr. Smith.
IF you want to make any such state
ment you take the witness chair" said
Justice Kelby sharply to Judge Graham.
81 will not permit counsel to make decla-
rations OF that nature unless they swear
to them"
Then followed the statement. Judge
Graham reading the questions that had
been put to Celiaiby Hicks and Morton,
with her answers, and asking her II those
answers were true. Some of the state
ments she could not remember Others
she declared she did not make. Others
she declared were kuntrue.
Her answers as given in the document
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The Cunardcr Maurrtauia aud the
White star steamship Olympic, which
sailed yesterday respectively Tor Liver
pool and Gourock. viii not be lu this port
again until next year. Both will he-ovcr-
hauled and groomcd before returning 10
service 1t is not improbable that thrv
may be- used rs transports iu :he winter.
About $50 or the crew of the MaIretana
win join the British army or navy
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hnd her father? A. Yes, sir, the
second day after the murder she told
me to call her father from the barn
because she wanted to see him about
getting the revolver out of the house.
went out and called him He came in.
Went upstairs. When he came down ne
to the barn.
Replying to MIR Smiths questions. the
witness said she remembered meeting him,
Mr. SeamOn and M Weeks in the dor-
tors office the night after the shooting
Mr. Levy and Mrs. Carman were also
there She said that nothing was said
then about Mrs. Carman.
The District Attorney then tried %
get Celia TO say that she did not tell the
truth when she testified before the Cor
oner. but the objection OF counsel to this
was sustained. The direct examination
ended at lO:35 o'clock
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"Oh, Celia" she said, according to the
girls testimony, II have killed that
woman. DO you think God will forgive
me-"
Yes Celia says she replied God
will forgive anything except self-murder."
After that. 80 Celia testified, Mrs Car
man asked her not to mention the fact
that she had seen her downstairs and
the girl agreed not to. Later in the
morning she repeated the same Injunction
and said that Mr.. Levy. lawyer might
call later. In the evening Mr.. Levy did
call and when he asked Celia II she had
seen Mrs. Carman downstairs she said
that she had not
Admits she Lied 70 Coroner.
In accordance with her promise to Mrs.
Carman, Celia said she testified at the
Coroner's inquest that she had not seen
Mrs. Carman after she had gone upstairs
after dinner IL was not until July Q,
when she was taken TO Mineola at the
instigation of the District Attorney.
that she first saw how farreaching the
consequences OF silence would be- accord
ing to her testimony to-day. and at last
told him that she had In fact seen Mrs
Carman pass through the kitchen before
the shooting
On July l3. while ut boarding house
IN Manhattan where she had been taken
by Burns operative. she again told some
men who questioned her that Mrs Carman
had not come down stairs. Her excuse
to-day for this lapse was that she wasn't
entirely at ease about the identity of her
questioners. As it happened one of them
was Burns operative and two of them
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ToI,l 10 stop Piano.

- rep.'v as cen be established Eliza
beth had stopped practising at about :ij
o'clock because some one had called out
from upstairs that she should discontinue
me no.ep and strolled from the front
a1rlH- INTO tho dining room and then into
tho kitchen, whore she wandered around
MESSY and nj last wound un at Cela's
-, 10 observe the method Of her dish
washing
Ta.a was the situation in the kitchen
v'.n Mrs Cl.m1u's voice surprised Celia
and Elizabeth as well by SAYING:
"Go ont % the kitchen Elizabeth"
CHA looked around and saw that Mrs
C9rusu wlH dressed IN a lavender klmonO
v''N q white shawl tnrown about her
shoulders. Elizabeth. apparently some
what jrrtated, turned and walked into
'r. dining room without a wup1. There
WAS nothing IN Mrs, Carman's appearance
o- manner to excite comment on Celia =
part. and having taken In the fact that
she was there. she turned again TO her
work and 20 her own thoughts.
All this. IL was made clear in the
girl. story, happened IN few seconds.
md Mrs Carrnan who had been standing
o. little inside OF the door which leads 10
'NA dining room. walked on at her normal
sat- 10 the door leading into the back
rt-d She passed out Of this door and
d'ssrpeared without further word.
Celia thought nothing % the occurrence.
T. was apparently a thing that Mrs
I4-man had don on previous occasions
and was by no means calculated 70 arouse
excitement.
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Pu' with all these powerful attrac-
tions for the curious interest centred in
,ha dusky faced girl in the witness chair
and her story. Celia began her story
hv t,stifyiug that on the evening Of
lure so as her account goes, she served
dinner 10 the various persons of the
household al about o'clock. having
Arst prepared It herself. At the table
were Or Carman Mrs. Carman, Mrs.
Co,k'ln. Mrs. Carmans mother. and lit
tie Elizabeth Nothing unusual hap
r,ncd The conversation was general
and cy"ry one was In good spirits, ex-
cen'irg perhaps Mrs. Carman. who had
been 20 Sew York and seemed some
what fatigucd.
At',r the meal was over which could
not have been long after 7 o'clock. the
doctor went into his office to receive pa
tors who had already arrived and were
waiting While Mrs Carman went up
stairs ostcnsibly 20 retire Immediately,
Elizabeth went into the front parlor 10
r-ar'ISe on the piano and Mrs. Conllln
husicl herself with small things which
7e,1ad attention
THr-a was nothing TO suggest possible
,-ouh'c or break In the customary events
- tu evening Of the Carman household.
ard Calit having eaten her dinner In the
Kitchen, cleared the table and began to
wash the dishes. as she had been doing
for Hv" weeks previous or evtr since she
had been working for the Carmans.
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Sees a woman's body.

Together they walked through the pam
-" and INTO tho office. Mrs Carman
e''nned 'us' inside the door, Celia walked
O. stop further into the room. over I'm the
corner hN The operating table Dr Car
N was ku"eling beside n woman's body
man whom Celia did not know 'but
"'"0 ehe later Identified ms Colder was
San Ug beside Dr. Carman looking down
l''' story to-day did not say whether
'I'man looked up AZ their entrance
~ whether In fact he was even aware Of
Mrs rarman stood there only half n
p 'I'" Then she walked on through the
'd oV' by the door leading into the
rt'-'r room.
''v moments later Celia turned and
''' U'cl. 10 tho kitchen. Not being able
'' e'ard IN" suspense of being alone. how
f.'- s1o returned to the Office almost i'm
r'y Mrs Conklin had already on
.'' There was no sign Of Mrs car
Cola watched them lift Mrs.
''.'f body 10 sofa and then, per-
.. 'ng that she was not expected 10
f'H went again INTO the Kitchen and
.n 'NoH'Iv resumed the business ~
F.ang dishes
"nr, was all Celia knew Of the events
." TRANSFERRED that night. II has al
'v been told how n physician WAS
'.N' IN from across the street and how
Ma ,n''a were notified,
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Few moments iu'e- came the era an
~ broken glass. Celia easily dis
'nRui~hod It as being in III" doctor
office She turned and glanced into the
pantry. at the other end OF which was n
doo- opening into the office. And In this
position she was standing, listening, when
Z. revolver shot sounded.
C@llas imm date thoughts were not
made very clear IN her testimony she
recognized the sound as a revolver.
Several things flashed into her mind
one was that some one had shot the
doctor, Another was that ne had shot
some ona She had not had time TO
decide what 70 do. or IN fact 20 move
f-or her position AZ the sink. when she
heard hurried footsteps AZ the back
s'o'p and Mrs. Carman came IN.
Sc- stopped and looked AZ Celia. There
was moments silence. Then she said,
and Celia could not remember any I'M
v'~tad emotion In her tone:
y shot him See"
With th's he- right hand which hal
Nfen held beneath the folds Of her shawl
f.|l forth revolver Mrs Carman had
moved % The girls side. Instantly
'a"' took hold of her arm. Mrs Carman
''a~"d toward the pantry. Celia held
f"r back fearful, so she explained lest
-" should use the weapon again.
Wet m" GO said Mrs Carman. II am
through"
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saw woman ut window.

A few moments later she stopped be-
fore the office window. Her right hand
broke the glass. In another instant a
revolver was fired. The arm was with
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Goa finished All the work she could
f'' io do at O'clock and went up to
7 p0m aud n bed to lie awake through
en'r" night. A. about the next
, 'ne II had heen daylight Tor some
''' her bedroom door opened softly and
-.'3 Carman stepped in.