The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-24

tire scene, with Mrs. Variance. She
said she saw DR.. Carman give the
nurse SIS and saw her kiss him after
wards. 1t was the passing of the
money not the kiss that disturbed her
she said.
You didn't object to another w.
man kissing your husband in graft
tude?"
| "Oh, no. 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.
you went pretty fast around the
lawn to get TO the door before Mrs.
variance, did you not?"
Yes
In reply to an inquiry, Mrs carnan
| indicated that she slapped Mrs. Va
rance with the back Of her hand.
Now, as to the night of. the shoot
ing" said Mr.. Smith, did you hear
shot?"
WHAT" shouted the district after
| ney.
! We'll, don't know whether I heard
| a shot or not. I heard a noise"
| And your curiosity was aroused?"
| Surely. 1t was an unusual sound
SAW TWO WOMEN.
She thought il had come from the
rear of the house and it took her about
a. minute to get downstairs, she said.
| AS she reached the head of the stairs
| she saw two women going down The
hall, but she made no effort to ind
who they were. After she went down
stairs, she walked into the waiting
room and leaned against a. nantel-
piece for a moment. She did not see
any one downstairs and went directly
w stairs again after having stood by
the 1nantel for two minutes, perhaps.
Ms. Carman's cross examination 1T
1875 o'clock She had been on the
witness stand then for an hour and
IS minutes. Her redirect examination
then was begun.
Before she was excused Mrs. Car
man told how she tore out the tele-
picnic device and hid the wires, bat
teries, sound gatherer and the receiver
under the garnet floor.
Mrs. Carman," said the district at
torney eff your suspicious were dis
PEELED by what you heard over the
il strunaent why did you buy the thing
on June % when your lease on it had
two more months to run?''
To this Mrs. Carrnan would give no
direct answer, although the district at
tCrney formed the question in several
different ways.
Mrs Carman's -year-oId daug1-
In a childish treble she told how.
on the night Of the murder, she had
gone out and played on the lawn after
dinner.
Mother went upstairs, she contin-
ucd my aunt and my grandnot aer
were on the porch. Later I went into
the parlor and started to practice on
the piano. My mother told me to stop.
Then I went into the diningroom, walk
ed through the hall and sat in a. chair in
the diningroom Presently I heard
glass break and a shot. I met my aunt
on the stairs. I went in my mothers
room.
My mother was there.
when I ran back into the han I
saw my mother put on her slippers and
kirnona and followed her down stars I
then I went up again. When she |
came up, I went into her room with
her.
District Attorney Smith asked only |
you are very fond of your mother, |
aren't your
YES" she replied.
AS Mrs. Sarah A. Conkl.n, Mrs. Car |
mans mother. seventy-two years DID, |
took the stand. the defendant burst |
INTO tears.
Mrs. Conklins testimony corrobo- |
rated Mrs. Carman and Elizabeth.
Similar corroborative testimony was
given by Mrs. Carnans sister, Mrs.
Ida Powell.
Mrs. Powell said she let two women
who had been in the doctors waiting
.oom out of the front door. The night
atch snapped shutting her out, she
said, but she went around the side OF
he house and entered the waiting
-oom door. She did not see Farrell
he said