The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
MRS. CARMAN JVEEPS.
whole Family Breaks Down at Plea
for Her Life.

Judge GTahdm's principal plea for Mrs
Carman was an attack upon the credi-
bllty Of Celia Coleman. the negro ser
want who swOro at the trial that the
Il PENDANT confessed to her that she fired
the snot which killed Mrs. Bailey. He
pictured her as a self-cOnfessed perjurer
whose testimony had been linked to that
Of convicted thief As he reached the
climax Of his peroraton the entire Car
man family was In tears Mrs Carman
herself being palpably affected.
For two hours he hamm red away at
the idea that this girl told In the wit
ness chair story across which the
shadows OF prison bars we're cast "A
story that disagreed absolutely with tn.
one she told when snc WIS questioned b.
a man friendly to her. whose only desire
was to get at the truth, and VINO accord
ingly brought to bear upon her all the
Influences which tended 10 lead her 70
tell frankly all she knew.
There were subtle distinctions in his
argument. He tried 10 grt iltu the
minds OF tho Jurors the contrast between
the mental operations OF person
schoolud In the moral law and alive
10 the consequences OF defyinB II and the
mental operations " AN untutored girl
like Celia, who declared in court that
she believed GoA would forgive anything
except self-murdor. lie declared il was
impossible Tor any body OF Intelligent
men To believe the story Of a girl whose
category Of unforg!vablc offences con-
taned only one item and that suicide.
lie maintained that Celia had told the
truth only once, ami that when she con-
fesscd To- friendly adviser that she
had no idea who fired the shot AT thu
Carman home that night lie argued
that Celia remembered every occasion
when she had He'd She forge; the one
occasion whom she told the truth. and his
tt.,Vt .rgs.
hers fitted exactly into the scheme OF
human psvchology because truth Is spoa-
taneous. therefore makes less Of an i'm
preston on the untutoy d mind, while =
lie. which is a fabricated thing sticks
in the memory and plogues the con-
science.
Calls states Tactics Unfair.
As he built up his a~guneut around the
impossibility OF believing the story OF
Celia AZ the trial he thunderad against
the urfpirusss .. pic'-... 4 ...,--..v smith
He affirmed that witnesses upon who's
testimony before the q nd Jury an in
dictment had b en- found had not been
called By the prosoCu ion. lie averrei
that tn" representative OF tho state ma I
knowingly suppressed Information which
they knew Npull e.. 1~ ''.- D,"n'lu ali
soutc,y IL declared thl, the failure t.
use the Statement made by the tramp
Farrell ho'o~r NJ norton. the failure
wen To- ~. 10 uu o. .'ul that he tool;
II as no.r,y public and not as a cor
onnr was piece Of unfairness only -
be Ella ,sed Wit the refusal TO ace pit from
y r.puiah'a lawye" tn statement NJ CHA
& . MN Sc. rN 'Np. era. d Mrs. Carmnn
jade. GfiN'm % welt at length upon
-.1. %. i,vI, % 'h- II strict Attorne'
Nl.N .csu.t,l In 'ne o. moval of Celia
Colo.aau r.m q hIm" whore she hal
f..r 20 dun. louise where she
To- '..t hav Inv
70 , q. nm 'Nrv s" u tie county while
..r Me- go ma. {. eventuatei IN her
f.r- torn rom 'r 'nmily and cast In
90 common rlou's jli. He drove home in
ord gl who didn't even know she had
% husband had found perjury Lucrative
thing. while " man who was entit !,
under tho law to every consideration had
been subjected ~ accusation, indictmen'
and imnrlsonm Mt.
ct DOUBT" he said. whether in the his
toy of this country or any other coun.
try defendant a refined intrl!lgeh'
woman. the mother OF little girl. her
self the daughter OF a gray haired iadN
has ever been sent 10 trial on the uncor,
roborated testimony Of seN-contesseo
periurer like Celia Coleman and con
victed thief Ike Frank Farrell"
Jury Is Impressed.
Nature had fitted Judge Graham "a
such an argument. voice that was
always distinct. with just enough or a
uuaver in Il to show his sincerity WIN
out ohtruding itself upon his argument
fine face that speaks the cultured scholar
an impression OF resourcefulness' OF some
thing always in reserve. OF compete
command of his materials, these thlhR'
held the court room and at tiinfs XII
the. brows even OF tho apparently indit
ferent jurymrn.
More than anything else ne conveyed
the impression, al least during the greater
part OF his address, that he had nothlnt
to do with an appeal TO sympathy Hi'
was an argument on the merits OF I'M
case: his were conclusions drawn IRON
the testimony given In the witness chair
he would have every man there convince
that by acquittiug his client he hah don'
no more than could be done II ono tol
lowed the facts and gave to each It's JUS
proportion. Absolute fairness, ne SAID
was the first consideration. He woulC
not dwell upon the fact that against I'M
woman was arrayed all the power or I'M
State. All he asked was that she d
treated farly--this wRs the frst chanc'
she had had 10 be treated that way, M
said, since Mrs Bailey was murdered
and he had no doubt az the result
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During the last few minute o. JndR