New-York tribune., 1914-10-22

frst or second grand juries about IN
az shot him" or the revolver hidinl
features, and that the first time sn'
brought these things out was two week
AGO In n statement TO the District Az
torney. Part Of the story she had tol'
10 her cousin, George Toomer. 81,
On July o, she said, she went wltf
George Hicks, negro lawyer, to th'
home of a Mrs. Keith, or Wilkes, a
12t West 18th st. Here Mr.. Grahan
introduced a statement alleged to have
been signed by Celia at the Ha,ien
house, in which she excu'pated MIS-
Carman. A..
The statement did not get into tn'
record There was a squabble bet"eeI
counsel as TO it's admissibility, aho
Justice Kelby held it out until II Is au
thenticated, which the defence says u
will do.
That incident came at the close o.
the morning session. In the aiternoon
the crowd was even larger than peioIe
and we'll dressed women OF various sta
tions in lie fought with the others u
get in.
Celia was still on the stand when the
room recess ended, and though Mr.. Gra-
ham battered at her he was unapie
to do much with the story she toid on
| direct examination. He attacked hes
credibility TO little purpose-he couiu
not show that she had any reason 10
| lie in her story to the jury. lie gov
| from her minor admissions.
She had testified earlier in the DAY
that the Carmans had made no prom
ises 20 her. Now she testified that Dr'
Carman told her he would keep on pay.
| ing her wages 10 her cousins: r.rs'
she said she could not leave the Car
mans after the shooting. A tew MN,
utes later she admitted no effort had
been made TO hold her.
Soon after the District Attorney had
taken her under his wing, succeedins
| the shooting, she spent week IN inc
! Harlem house and from there went 10
the home of Burns man named Amos
negro, who lived with his wife IN
South Ozone Park. She did not have
to pay for her board. Her clothes were
made by Amos's wife.
Amos, she said, took her out bu'
once, and that was to ball game
Whenever she left the house 1t was
with an escort from the Burns mans
family.
Girl Seeks TO Tell Truth.
No influence by anybody associated
with the prosecution had been brough.
10 get her to swear falsely, she SAID
Amos had told her to tell the truth
when he asked her to write out state
ment of what she knew Of the shoot
ing. and she had done so. She was
telling the whole truth to-day. The
reason she had not told everything to
the two grand juries was that her ex-
aminers did not ask enough questions
"Has anybody since you left the Car
man house told you not to tell the
truth ?" Mr.. Smith asked on redirect.
"No."
"Did anybody in the Carman house
tell you not TO tell the truth y
"Yes"
( Graham objected and was sustained.
! Graham, to prove that the witness
was unreliable, sought to introduce the
minutes OF the coroner's hearing. This
he had been seeking to do all the morn
I ing. At length the District Attorney
quite satisfied with the impression
made by the negro girl. assented to the
/ incorporation of the minutes IN the
record.
George Toomer, a negro, was called
/ to the stand. He is Celia's cousin.
Mr.. Smith wanted 20 prove by him that
]
murder about Mrs. Carman being down
stairs before and after Mrs. Bailey was
( killed, and what Mrs. Carman said
/ Graham objected and Justice Kelby
| finally refused TO admit IL, and Toomer
was taken from the stand.
When Frank j. Farrelps name was
called one of the first real thrills OF
/ the trial shot through the spectators
/ Mrs. Carman, who, losing deep interest
/ in the latter part of Celia's story, had
assumed comfortable posture
! Strengthened up.
where do you reside?" asked Mr.
Smith.
| "The Nassau County jail" said the
witness.
Then Mr.. Smith asked him about the
/ day of the murder.
/ As an introduction the witness de.
tailed his journey to Freeport in search
of work.
| Continuing his story, he told of wan.
dering off from Freeport and return
ing to it after sundown. Becoming hun.
cry, he went 70 a house, asked for food
and was refused.
al crossed the trolley tracks to Mer
rick Road and then went west. | came
TO a house that seemed TO be prosper
Gus end well lighted, and | decided tC
20 in there"
Identifies Carman Home.
Here Mr.. Smith handed him a photo
graph of the Carman house and Farrell
identified il.
81 started to walk in on the west sid'
OF the house." he went on, "and | go
some little distance along the iawr
when heard a crash of glass. ] looked
in the direction Of the sound and saw
a woman standing in front of win
dow. She was holding an obstruction
over her head-away from her head
with her left hand. The right hanC
protruded through broken space il
the window pane. heard a shot fired.
What did you do them"
81 beat it,"
"How was the woman dressed ?"
"She had a garment of dark matera
that reached from her neck to tn,
ground. | had a remembrance that sht
had some kind of hat on her head"
"What next did you do ?"
81 turned as ] reached the corne
and saw her raise an undergarment al
if to facilitate her speed. Then | ran
down the Merrick Road and sat dowI
to think it over"
"Then | continued on to Jamaica
got a ride and then got to East New
York and then to Prospect Park. Thei
| rode TO Coney Island. / stayed ther'
until the afternoon. | had reache,
Coney Island at 9 a. M"
! Graham then took the witness HI