The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-10-23
MRS. CARMAN
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alacrity and seemingly with entire
frankness 10 the questions OF her at
torney. Her demeanor was that OF a
woman In complete command OF her
self. On occasion she smiled. Again
her face wore an expression OF sad
ness as when she mentioned her visit
to the morgue to view the body of the
woman the state claims she killed.
She looked into the faces of the jur-
ors with steady eyes when she de-
sired TO impress them with some par
ucular point and she seemed resent
ful when certain points in the story
OF the negress we're under discussion.
An Hour on the Stand.
Mrs. Carman was on the witness
stand nearly an hour. under direct ex-
animation. She will undergo cross
examination tomorrow.
The defense sprang a surprise when
George NJ. Levy. her attorney. called
ner name and asked her to take the
stand. The court has been adjourned
every day at 1870 o'clock The crowd
IN the court room has been listening
with little apparent interest to stories
told by witnesses called in an effort
TO break down the testimony offered
by Frank Farrell. the Bowery charac-
ter. who is another of the peoples i'm
portant witnesses. Many of those
VINO had been in attendance through
out the day had left when the defend
ant was called, nearly Is minutes af-
ter the regular closing time.
The wife OF the Freeport physician
admitted that she had installed a tele-
pnonic instrument in her husbands
ONCE. but she fatty denied that she
was "insanely Jealous" She said she
had heard people ask her husband
now all his girls were?" Sometimes
ne had stayed out all night Because
OF her daughter. she said. she did not
want TO obtain a divorce. But II her
husband was as bad as he had been
painted TO her. she wanted TO know
II. IL she found out what she had
neard was true. she said, she had de-
termined that she would continue TO
i've In the same house with him. as
II nothing had ever happened. but that
she would never speak to him again.
Ihen. on the morning after the muir
DER, she declared. she tore out the de-
vice that the district attorney had
termed a mechanical eavesdropper"
because she thought her husband al
ready had enough 10 bother him. She
explained her every action.
corroborsted States Witnesses.
Mrs. Carman even corroborated
some OF the states witnesses by ad-
mitung that on the evening OF the
murder she called TO her daughter
Elizabeth, 10 stoy playing the piano.
But she did this, she swore. because
she had a headache. and not. as the
prosecution has minated. because
she wanted to listen over the mechani-
cal eavesdropper to what her husband
was saying to the women in his office.
She admitted too. that on one oc-
casion she looked in the same window
as that through which the assassin of
Mrs. Bailey fired. But this. she said.
was because she knew a trained nurse
he appeared to be fond Of was in his
In denying Cecelia's story. she made
no qualifications She denied even
accusation without reservation. &c.
celia's testimony. according 70 Mrs.
Carman. was a pure fabrication from
.beginning to end Early In the norm
ing Of June 30. 1914. ! went TO New
York" said Mrs. Carman Il spent
the day shopping. I returned 10 Free
potr with a headache on train at 81
o'clock
As soon az ] got home took on
my coat and went 20 the supper "a.
bic. I answered the front door once.
! admitted n man ] do not know
still had the headache AZ this time
After supper ] went right I'D TO bed
I undressed and put my clothing away.
Then ] put on my night rlofhna and
went Co bed. I was &c., O.. I'D Eiz.
abeth playing the piano. D ,Old her
to stop. soon after { heard a shot
and some commotion downstairs. nj
sat up and put on my kimono NJ
also put on my slippers ! went down
stairs into the pantry room. ! could
not see In the office The door was
closed ] heard the doctor talk then.
] went back up stairs thinking that
everything was al right ! met Eliz-
abeth upstairs Soon after Mrs
Powell came MP and told me that
some woman had been shot I'm the 7
Office Mrs. Conklin also came up" y
When Mrs. Carman stepped down .
from the stand she was apparently
as fresh a. when she went on She /
box. grabbed little Elizabeth up IN .
her arms and kissed her again and /
again
on" she said turning 10 her moth |
or Mrs Plat Conklin. " DO so hope |
they viii believe mo ] told every.
thing knew told the truth and /
that surely ought TO be- enough"