The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-23
"HE'S A DEVIL"

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Mrs. Conklin. sitting at the counsel
table. leaned over and kissed her.
attorney. you said you were suspi-
cious Of your husband. When did you
get suspicious?'
About q year ago."
What caused her suspicion she
could not say. A woman did not
cause it-"just rumors.
Were the rumors about . wo-
A Devil with the Girls.
mo, just some one asking him
about his girls. Somebody told me he
was a devil with the girls
She could not recall who told her
this or where or when. AT Mr..
Smiths bidding she named many men
friends of DR.. Carman, but could not
name one Of them as having said.
how are all your gfrls?"
Somebody was asking him that
question all the time,'' she said.
'"They were testing. thought at first.
but after while I thought maybe
there might be some truth in what
they said. They would say to me.
The doctor is some devil.
did you have an inclination to hear
what the doctor had to say to his
women patients"
I'm a way yes, some Of his patients"
did you ask him where he was when
he was out all night?" a
yes; and he told me-"
did you believe him.
Yes, sometimes.
Ibid your suspicious increase with
time.'
They increased right up to the time
Of the murder. They have all been dis
PEELED now
How long have you been in that
frame Of mind"
Believes in Him Now.
Ever since the terrible tragedy.
What I heard or rather what 1 did
not hear over the telephone instrument
treasured me-
For several minutes Mrs. Carman
sought to evade direct answer to the
district attorneys question as to
whether she thought that her husband
was truthful. Finally she said mo-"
She explained that she had no real rea-
son to doubt him. She was suspicious.
at first, of the women who called fire.
Quently at the office. Finally she was
suspicious of nearly all Of his women
callers,
II got tired of hearing things" she
said. land the fact that a woman would
enough to make you suspicious"
Were you suspicious of your hus-
band or the woman?' asked Smith.
Both" said Mrs. Carman, firmly.
Some woman. Mrs. Carman said, was
more attractive to her husband than
she was she had thought. She did not
know II there were more than one. but
she wanted to find out.
'I had no particular woman in mind"
she said.
Mr. Smith asked If she thought Mrs.
variance, the middle aged nurse whose
face she slapped was more attractive
than she. Mrs. Carman smiled and an
swered mo"
Under the rapid volley of the dis
trict attorneys pitiless questions. Mrs.
Carman's color rose and fell, she bit
her lips. she clenched her gloved hands,
she appeared to be about to faint, but
her bottle of smelling salts revived her.
The Money Not the Kiss.
She was made to describe the en-
tire scene with Mrs. variance. She
said she saw DIR. Carman give the
nurse SIS and saw her kiss him after
wards. 1t was the passing OF the
money and not the kiss that disturbed
her, she said.
"You did not object to another
woman kissing your husband in graft
tude 20
"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 didn't vnn
Yes"
In reply to an inquiry, Mrs. Carman
indicated that she slapped Mrs. Var
ance with the back of her hand.
Nov as to the night of the shoot
ing" said Mr.. Smith. did you hear q |
shot?'
mo. heard some commotion."
What" shouted the district attor- |
ney:
''Well, don't know whether I heard
a shot or not. I heard noise"
And your curiosity was aroused ?"
Surely, it was an unusual sound"
She thought it had come from the |
rear of the house and it took her about
q minute to get down stairs, she said. |
AS she reached the head of the stairs
she saw two women going down the
hall, but she made no effort to find
out who they were. After she went
down stairs, she walked into the wait
ing room and leaned against a mantle
piece for a moment. She did not see
anyone down stairs and went directly
upstairs again after having stood by
the mantle for two minutes, perhaps.