South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-23


stand at exactly 4:32 o'clock Thursday.
Begins Her story.
Mr.. Levy OF her counsel undertook
the questioning OF the defendant
after she had been sworn in by Clerk
Samuel Ransom.
Q-What is your name? AIRS.
Florence G. Carman.
Q-Where do you reside A-No.
lis West Merrick road, F,reepOrt
Q-YOu are the defendant in this
action. Mrs Carman2 A-1 es SIT.
Q-You are the wife Of DR. Edwin
CaTman? Ayes sir.
Q-When were you married Mrs
Carman2 An 1892.
Q-Sinee then where have you
lived? Always in Freeport.
Do you remember the goth day
OF June Of this year? A-Yes sir.
Q-Where did YOU go early that
morning. Ave went 10 the city.
O-YOu vent by what train? A
The Q O'Clock train from FreepOrt.
O-Tho went with YOU Mrs Car
NAH Any daughter Elizabeth and
my mother.
10 the city and then did some shop
ping the remainder OF the day.
Q-What train did you return from
the CITY on. Mrs. Carman2 Ave
arrived at Freeport at : o'clock.
O-Did YOU meet anyone on the
train YOU knew? A-Yes sir, Mr..
CURRY.
of the train? Al went directly
home
Q-What did YOU do after you ar
rived home Mrs. Carman? Al went
upstairs 20 my room, hung up some
clothing. washed myself and then
went down TO dinner.
Q-Who was at the dinner table
that night? Any mother my faith
er. my sister. the doctor Elizabeth
and myself.
O-By Elizabeth YOU mean your
little daughter who is sitting here at
my left. do YOU not? Pointing to the
1O-year-old girl sitting behind Mrs.
Carman's vacant chair at the counsel
table.) A-Yes sir.
Went to Office.
Q-During the time you we're nav
ing your dinner did YOU so to the doc
tors office? Ayes / went once and
possibly two or more times.
Q-who was in the doctors recep-
ton room when YOU passed through,
Mrs. Carman? Al do not readily
recoIlect, but I know a man was In
there because he had 10 withdraw his
feet when / passed through the room.
O-Were there any ladies in the
room at the time? Ayes sir.
Q-How were you feeling that day.
Mrs. Carman? Al was very tired
and had a headache.
Odd the headache continue. Mrs.
Carman2 Ayes sir il did
Q-Mrs. Carman. where did you go
after YOU had your supper? Al
went right upstairs after dinner and
Q-Who were left at the supper
table when you left? Al think I
went up first Possibly father may
have left first but the doctor and
myself got up together.
Q-Where did you go, did YOU say.
Mrs. Carman? Al went directly up
10 my room.
Q-What did you do when you
reached there? Al put my clothes
away, dressed myself for bed. opened
the bed and got in.
Q-What was the next thing which
occurred after you retired. Mrs. Car
man2 Al heard Elizabeth playing
on the piano.
Q-What did you do then? Al
told her to stop practicing, that 1 was
not feeling well.
Hears shot.
Q-And after that what did YOU
next hear. Mrs. Carman2 A-The
~
don't know whether il was the break
ing Of glass or n shot.
Q--What did YOU do then. Mrs.
Carman after hearing this noise? A
I raised myself on my elbow and
listened. 7 heard my mother and sis
ter running and i got mp and went to
the banister overlooking the lower
hall.
Q-Then what did you do. Mrs.
Carman? Al left my position at
the banister rail and went 10 a closet
and got out a kimOIO and put ii on.
Q-Was there a light in the closet.
Mrs Carman2 A-NO sir, there was
not.
O-Was there a light in the bed
room? Al had lit the light before
went 10 bed but j don't know
whether I turned Il off or not
Q-And after getting the kimonO,
AIRS Carmau what did YOU do neXt2
Al went back and got a pair of
slippers and went downstairs TO the
waiting room.
Q-What did Won do when you ar
rived I'm the waiting room? Al
stood beside the mastefpieCe. i then
heard the doctors voice and knew
hat he was all right and had not been
injured.
Q-From your position at the man
telpieCe did Won have "a view OF the
not.
Q-Was the door OF the Office open {?
. Att was about half open
Q-What did you do after YOU
heard the doctors voice, A-AS soon
as / heard the doctors voice. and
felt that he was not injured I went
hack upstairs.
sister Tells Her
Q-WhOm cid YOU see when YOU
got upstairs Al saw my daugh-
ter Elizabeth. and 7 had been there
only a couple OF minutes when my
sister came up. I asked her il she
knew what had happened below She
told me that somebody had been
shot. / asked her who it was She
said 90 was "a woman / asked her
who the woman was. but she said she
old not know who the woman was and
that the doctor did not know her.
Q-This conversation occurred In
your bedroom. Mrs. Carman2 A.
n s sir
Odd YOU see the district attorney