South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-22
ADMIT THEY CANNOT
NAME ALLEGED CRIMINAL
Indentity of Person Blamed as
Murderer is Not Revealed
Attack Tramp, Frank Farrell,
AS Unworthy of Belief.
BULLETIN.

MINEOIA, y. Y. Oct. ga riot
attended the opening of the afternoon
session of the murder trial of Mrs.
Florence &. Carman when men and
women fought with each other to get
into the court room. Officers were
ordered to- clear the corridors and a
scene of violence ensued. Men were
thrown down stairs and women also
were roughly handled.
MINEOLA, y. Y. Oct 22.-The de-
fense of Mrs. Florence .. Carlnan TO
the charge that she murdered Mrs.
Louise Bailey on the evening OF June
, } was revealed today.
The contention of the defense is
that it was a man who shot Mrs.
Bailey TO death by firing a shot
through the window of the Office of
DIR. Edwin Carman, husband of the
defendant
The aim of the defense was made
known in the opening address of Atty.
George NJ. Levy, OF counsel for the de-
fenSe, as soon as the state rested its
case at 1912 a. m. today. He assert
ed that Mrs. Carman was wholly in
nOcent of the crime charged against
her and asserted that a man killed
Mrs. Bailey, admitting at the same
time that the defense was unable TO
name the slayer.
Two l0ll0-S OI ltltilSt.
Gentlemen" said Atty. Levy TO the
jury, our defense is divided into two
parts, positive and negative. First,
that 1Irs. Earman Is. not guilty; sec
Ond, that a man was the person VINO
is guilty of this crime.
I'VE are not able to name the guilty
person, but we feel certain we will sat-
isfy your mind that this defendant at
the bar of justice is no more guilty
than any of you. We will show that
on the day of the crime she was in
New York until $3.50 p. m, that she
returned and after dinner retired to
her room and removed her clothing
that at the time of the shooting she
was in her room.
I'VE will prove that Immediately af-
ter the shooting Snc got up, put on a
kimona and a pair of house slippers,
and went down stairs. We Will show
that il was then that she went down
stairs, but failed to so into her hus-
bands office. We will show the cause
of her not entering the office was that
Dr. Carman told her if she ever enter
ed his office while a patient was in
there, he would leave the house and
never live with her again.
Never Knew Mrs. Bailey.
I'VE Will show that Mrs. Carman
did not hear anything over the dicta
graph We will show that Mrs. Car
man never knew or saw Mrs. Bailey
until she viewed the body in the
morgue at Hampstead. We will show
that Mrs. Carman never owned gun,
didn't know how to fire gun, and
never had a gun in her hands, either
on the night OF June so or any other
time.
1--WE will show that the tramp
Frank J. Farrell, is unworthy of be-
lief and that the other evidence does
not warrant verdict of guilty but
one of acquittal."
The first witness for the defense was
Benjamin w. Chesman, a stenographer
who took statement from Celia Cole
man on July 13. This statement was
a repetition OF that given by the negro
maid at the cOrOner's inquest, and di-
| rectly opposed to the testimony she
| gave yesterday.
Crowd i'm Near Riot.
The crowd about the court house
today was even greater than that OF
| yesterday. Among the spectators
were many fashiOnably dressed wom-
| en- who came in their motor cars. at
! tracted by the report that Mrs. Car
man would take the stand during the
/ day
There was near riot when the
| court house doors were opened The
| crowd, men and women, made a rush
and dresses we're torn and hats were
/ wrecked in the jam The women
| predominated for the first time and
only a few men succeeded in getting
| places.
When Mrs. Carman entered she
| kissed her mother and daughter af-
| fectionately. She gave a similar sa-
| lutte 10 her father and for the first
! time since the trial started, also kissed
/ her husband. She was apparently in
| high spirits and chotted animatedly
with members of ,ct family circle
that gathered about ner as closely as
posi- bic.