New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-25
Mrs. Carn1an Smiled
as Jury Took Case

bullied her. Molasses catches more
lies than vinegar
"You recall Mr.. Graham saying Mrs.
Carman's first chance had been gwen
her. in measure, that is true. she
did not 90 before either of the grand
jurieg because the grand juries refused
20 have her. Remember, IL is not the
right of a defendant to appear before
a grand jury.
"And Mr.. Graham has denounced US
for not calling DR.. Carman as a VII
ness for the state. Is il any wonder
Could you expect to prove the case oil
the people by a witness who has mo-
tive for distorting the facts? Natural
/ ly, no.
at should not be necessary for me
to say anything about Celia Coleman
and her story, for you have seen her
and know that she was telling the
truth Not even the clever counsel FOR
the defence could make an impression
on her story.
"You didn't expect any lights to be
thrown on this murder whep Mrs. Cfr-
man took the stand, did you? Or
course you didn't, for hers is vital
interest in the outcome"
II was not natural, Mr.. Smith said,
for woman 10 run downstairs on
/ hearing an unusual rOise and then go
back upstairs without satisfying her
curiosity.
81 hadn't the heart TO cross-eXaminc
little Elizabeth Canaan" he asserted.
"She was trying TO save her mother"
an considering the testimony OF
Farrell" he said in closing, you may
b call him a bum and q thief, but for
. II l. I'm, 1fats on n
testimony of the three 'roughneckS'
called TO rcfute his testimony"
Mr. Smith finished at 1913.
The arraignment Of her by the Dis
trict Attorney did not change Mrs.
Carman's expression, yet she was not
the confident woman of early in the
week.
At the end Of Mr.. Smiths talk the
jury was excused for an hour for din
ner On their return Justice Kelby
! began his charge.
Mrs. Carman Appears Smiling.
Mrs. Carman's face was wreathed in
smiles when she entered the courtroom
this morning. She bowed to several
friends, kissed her daughter Elizabeth,
greeted her husband. and, sitting at the
counsel table, chatted with him and
her lawyers.
Rudolph Loewe, who IS deaf, was the
first witness called to-day. He testi-
fed that he was on his way TO DR..
Carmsn's Office and within fifteen fee:
of the window when the shot which
killed Mrs. Bailey was fired Loewc
said he heard the shot, looked up and
saw man run across the lawn and
leap over the fence.
II
the house, he added. He also saw a
man he did not know standing in the
vestibule to the doctors Office.
The description he gave Of the man
: tailed with that OF Frank Farrell, the
! states witness. Farrell testified that
being frightened, he ran away after the
: shooting.
Justice Kelby asked Loewe how long
r he had looked into the doctors Office
> and he said about thirty seconds. Then
he loft, but before doing so he saw a
door open and woman in white enter
the Office
John J. Dunbar, a Freeport police-
, man, testified that he brought blood.
hounds to the Carman house after the
J shooting. lie said that there was a
| picket broken in the fence and nearby
were the imprints Of a mans feet. The
hounds picked up scent near the
break in the fence and followed IL "a
Lynbrook he said. There they became
confused aud lost the trail.
On REORGANIZATION Dunbar sale
he had taken the screen off the window
The night Of the murder, propping il
up with a piece of new single which
he had found near q small Clubhouse
.. being built in the rear of the Carman
home. The dogs, after smelling the
window SILL went TO this house ne as
? serted. The District Attorney sought
! 10 show that the animals followed Dun
bars back trail
After N. J. Haughey, trainer q
bloodhounds, had corroborated Dun.
bars testimony the defence announced
d that II rested its case.
Many at House Before Dogs.
The first witness called in rebuttal
vas Richard Lamb, president OF the
village OF Freeport and chief Of police
Through Mr.. Lambs testimony Mr.
Smith showed that Mrs. Carman would
rot have been permitted 10 leave Mas
sau County on the night Of the murder,
Lamb denied, however. that she was
under suspicion. He said he would not
nave permitted any one in the house TO
go away, even IL arrests we're necessary
TO enforce the order.
Sheriff Petit said that Dunbar. when
confronted b. Farrell, had said that
he had never seen Farrell before.
The Sheriff. with Phineas Seaman, a
county detective and also a witness,
testified that many persons had han
died the screen and window sill before
the hounds arrived.
The last witness the state called was
John C. Quinn, friend Of Mr.. Bailey.
Mr.. Quinn testified that DR.. Carmsn
had told him at the Carman house the
morning after the murder that he
fhouohf that tho hand which held the