The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-23
HUSBAND A DEVIL
AMONG THE Girls

what the doctor had to say to his WON
EN- patientsa'
In a way, yes; some of his pa,
tients.''
did you ask him where he was
when he was out all nightG''
eyes; and he told me-
Did you believe him7n
Yes, sometimes.
did youh sus spicious increase with
time?"
"They increased right up to the time
of the murder. They have all been dis
PEELED now"
elbow long have you been in that
frame of mind?'
"Ever since the terrible tragedy.
What I heard or rather what | didn t
hear over the telephone instrument re-
assured me-"
Sought to Evade Direct Answer
For several minutes Mrs. Carman
sought to evade direct answer to the
District Attorneys question as to
whether she thought her husband was
truthful. Finally she said "no.' She
explained that she had no real reason
to doubt him, however. She was sus
pcious at first of the women who called
frequently at his Office; finally she was
suspicious of nearly all of his women
callers.
g got tired of hearing things she
said
"And the fact that woman would
come TO his office afterwards was
enough to make you suspicious? Were
- l.,
women7' asked Mr. Smith.
Both, - said Mrs. Carman firmly.
Other Women More Attractive
Some women, Mrs. Carman said,
were more attractive to her husband
than she was, she had thought. She
did not know if there were more than
one, but she waited to find out. ~
had no particular woman in mind, -
she said.
Mr. Smith asked if she thought Mrs
Varance, the middle-aged nurse whose
face she slapped, was more attractive
than she. Mrs. Carman smiled and an
swered, "No -
Under the rapid volley of the Dis
triet Attorneys pitiless questions Mrs.
Carman S coor rose and fell. She bit
hands. She appeared to be about to
faint, but her bottle of smelling salts
revived her
She was made to describe the entire
scene with Mrs. Variance. She said
she saw Dr. Carman give the nurse
SIS aud saw her kiss him afterward
1t was the passage of the money and
not the kiss that disturbed her, she
said.
Gratitude Kiss Not Objectionable
"You didn t object to another wom
an kissing your husband in gratitude'
"Oh, mo- replied Mrs. Carman.
How long after the passing of the
money was the kiss administered
"a few minutes. They were sitting
down alongside each other at the
time. -
Mrs. Carman said she did not rap on
the window when the kiss was given,
but waited until Mrs. Variance started
to leave the office.
"Now. as to the night of the shoot
ing said Nj. Smith. "Did you hear
a shots2
"No. l heard eommotion.';
"What thep9'
Her Curiosity Was Aroused
81 don t know whether heard a
"And yqtN Curiosity was aroused!"
"Surely 1t was an unusual
sound.' She thought it had come
from the rear of the house and it took
she said. AS sac reached the head of
the stairs she saw .wo women going
down the hall, hut she made no effort
to find out who they were. After she
went downstairs she walked into the
waiting room and leaned against a
mantelpiece for moment. She did
not see any one downstairs and went
directly upstairs again, after having
stood by the mantel two minutes, per
haps.
Mrs. Carman S redirect examination
was then begun.
Family Corroborates Her Story
When Mrs. Carman had concluded
her story, members of her household
followed her to the stand and swore
that what she had testified to was true.
Mrs. Sarah Conklin, Mrs. Ida Powell.
Elizabeth Carman-mother, sister and
daughter-one by one affirmed her story
that she was in bed when the shot was
fired; that she donned her kimono and
slippers went down stairs into the wait
ing room, leaned for minute or two
against mantel piece and then re-
turned to her room. Ten-year- Eliza
beth testified that she, too, went down
the stairs behind her mother. STAYED
there but moment, returned and in
minute or two went into her mother s
room. Ny mother was there she
said.
Against the testimony of the Car
man household, the State has the evil
dence of Celia Coleman, negro maid of
all work in Mrs. Carman' home and
Frank Farrell, former railroad engin-
eer. Celia has testified that Mrs. Car
man went out of the kitchen short
time before the shot was fired, reap
peared a few seconds after it was fred,
produced a revolver from the folds of
her kimono and said: 81 shot him. -
Farrell has testified that he saw a
woman, dressed as Mrs. Carman was
dressed flee from the window into the
house after the shot
Breaks Down After Ordeal
Mrs. Carman faced her ordeal with
lips parted in smile. Once, as the
District Attorney thrust home intimate
questions as to the jealousy that had
stirred her heart concerning her hus-
band s relations with women, she ap-
peared to lose her splendid self control
and to falter. But smelling salts, self
administered soon revived her