Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-10-21
Prosecution Works Rapidly,
Nineteen Witnesses Testi-
flying Yesterday.
STAR WITNESSES
ON STAND TODAY
Aged Mother Of Victim Breaks Down
When Shown Dress Daugh-
ter Wore When
Murdered.

Mineola, l.. l., Oct. 20.-With hel
face registering every phase Of
human emotion except that of grief
Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman listen
ed today to District Attorney Smith
and nineteen state Witnesses lay be
fore jury the story of the death OF
Mrs. Louise Duryea-Bailey.
All day the veil of reasonable doub
was cast over everything by her at
torneys, and Mrs. Carman went bach
to her cell smiling confidently.
There remains now nothing to 5e
told but the story of Celia Coleman
the negro servant in the Carmal
home, and Frank Farrell, who will
say he saw woman fire a shot
through the office window.
District Attorney Smith said tonigh
the state would close before noon to-
morrow and it is predicted Mrs. Car
man will know her fate before Satur.
day night.
Questions put to the talesmen yes
terday by District Attorney Smith in
Dictated that about the testimony o.
the maid he will build his case
against Mrs. Carman.
In opening for the prosecution Mr.
Smith, told the jury how the wire
screen at the window to DR.. Carman':
office was propped up, the window
pane broken, revolver thrus
throu oh the opening and bullet
fired into the heart of Mrs. Bailey
Although she died within minute
he said, her body lay on the floor
for some time before the police were
notified
Accuses Mrs. Carman.
eve will show" continued the dis
trict attorney, that the shot thai
killed Mrs. Bailey was fired by this
defendant. We will show that she
passed through the kitchen, GU
through the side yard, moment be-
fore the shooting, and that she re
turned through the kitchen imme
diately after it. We will show fur.
Their that the motive was jealous,
and suspicion of her husband. tt
prove this, we will call woman
whom Mrs. Carman slapped on one
occasion when she say her HUSBAND
give her money while the pair wer
in the physicians office. Also, We
will show when and how she secure,
telephone instrument or mechanical
eavesdropper, so that she could sp,
upon her husband.
The district attorney also told hov
the defendant tore out the instru
ment the morning after the murde
and hid it in the garnet.
1--WE will show some things abou
George M. Levy, this defendant
counsel Mr.. Smith csontinued. "W
will show how she called this lawye
in the day after the murder and con
suited him and how he Immediately
questioned the negro girl, Cello Cole
man, about what she had seen. w
will show that before this defendan
even had been suspected she begal
to prepare for her defense, and tina
she instructed the negro girl what t.
say in case the officers of the law
should question her. After we SHOW
all this, gentlemen, We will expec
you to bring in verdict of murkde
in the first degree"
Mrs. Duryea First Witness.
Mrs. Jennie Duryea. mother of til
victim, was called as the first witnes
Mrs. Duryea, a motherly looking VIC
man of 70 years, burst into tears Al
soon as she took the stand. She sal,
between sobs THAT the last time sh
saw her daughter alive was at 1920 7
m. on June 30. G.
"What is this?" asked Mr.. Smith
handing the witness dark cloth oh
ject.
That's my daughters Dress" sal
Mrs. Duryea.
Madeline Bailey. the dead woman
daughter, was so overwhelmed at tn
sight of her mothers dress that sh
cried aloud. The dress was blue an
accordion pleated. There was dar
stain on the back of it.
Mrs. Duryea said that her daughte
was SO years old and described hel
The witness then was excused an
Harry DeBeau, a real estate dealer {
Hampstead, was called.
DeBeau said that at 7:06 o'cloc
on the night of June 30 he saw Mr..
Bailey at the corner near The Carma
house. He had known her for sew
eral years, he said, and he knew tn
exact time as he was on his way t.
catch train for New York. He sa,