The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-23
IRIS. Powell. DR.. carman and Eliza

Mrs Powell, DIR. Carman and ELIZA
beth.
I'VE will prove said Mr.. Levy.
that Mrs. Carman had complained OF
severe headache while In the city.
that she again complained OF 1t while
at the table, and that immediately
after eating she went to her own
room and prepared for bed. She got
into bed when she heard Elizabeth
playing on the piano and called to her
to stop The next thing she heard
was a noise which she herself will de-
scribe for you, as an unusual noise.
She heard n rush of feet as her mother
and sister went to investigate. She LEFT
her room and looking over the banister
at the head Of the stairs. saw two wo-
men going out,
She went to closet and got XII
mona. returned to her bedroom Tor
her slippers. and then went down to
the waiting room. She remained In the
waiting room at point where she
could not see into her husbands OF
flee, and did not go into the office
and the reason she did not was that
because of an episode which you have
heard described here, and as result
of which her husband had told her
that II she ever came Into the ohice
again while he had n patient there
he would never live with her again
She heard her husband speaking In
low tone. She went back upstairs,
found her daughter at the head of the
stairs. and they went into Mrs. Car
mans bedroom together. A few min
utes later Mrs. Powell came upstairs
and TO the bedroom. Then Mrs. Car
man learned for the first time what
had happened"
Counsel recited then other incidents
of the evening, telling of the arrival
of Mrs. Corby. DR.. Runcie and the
district attorney. He said that Mrs
Carman retired late that night with
out having left the house at any time
after she returned from New York,
| VIII Confess Dictagraph Incident.
Relative to the dictagraph. o
much" said Mr.. Levy, Mrs. Carmat
will frankly confess and concede he
motives for procuring IL. She will tel
you that she suspected her HUSBAND
because of rumors she had heard. ans
( in addition, because she had seen wo
men in his office whom s'ic had seer
there before. To ascertain the truth
/ fulness of the things she had heard
she obtained the dicta graph. Had sh,
/ learned that the rumors were true she
! did not intend to obtain a divorce, bu
to go to her husba nd and tell him tina
ner pride woulI not permit her Longer
4 to live with him as man and wife, bu
she would preserve all the outward
forms Ct such life for the sake o
their little daughter"
Mr. Levy said that Mrs. Carman dix
not know Mrs. Bailey and had nevel
seen her until she went to the coron
er's with him toa make sure IL SHE
ever had seen the woman. He sale
! that there was no truth in the asser
I ton that Mrs. Carman had begun t.
prepare a defense before she was &C
cused, and as for her consulting hin
3''ts had been a friend of the family
ne and Ir. Carm. n were joint owner
of properly. and he had gone to th'
house in the first instance merely a.
"A friend
AS for Farrell, continued Mr.. Levy
Ii would be shown that he was en-
tirely unworthy Of belief On the at
firmative side of his case he said. al
the facts would be submitted-h'
could not give details-and the jur,
would see fer itself the force OF tbs
contention that someone else commit
ted the hurder.
Negro Stenograpber Defense Witness
Benedict w. Chesseman. a negrs
stenographer. was the first witness
called for the defense. He took stem
ographic notes when Celia Coleman
was questioned in New York by Law
yers Hicks and Morton. The purpos
+ in calling him was to get into tn
record the statements made by Ceiii
/ Coleman which agreed in all essen
/ tiaI points with the testimony which
she g-.v. at tho t~iai or. "Wednesday
/ Frank Farrell the tramp, was sub
jected to another grilling when tn
I ,1x.ay al Lore Sx;.1
| ham took him over the points in hi
testimony, describing his going Il
/ Freepors on the night of the murder
and what he saw when he went 80 III
I CarInan house Tor the purpose OF beg
ging fot d. Farrell enlivened the pro
iceadings by vigorous assaults upol
the EnghSh language and the in1ec
tion If expr sSsions technical to tn
wa: 6eIing profession
Seven men were marched into III
feo.lrt room ard stationed In front o
! hin, He knew two of them posi-
ftixely, two others he thought he ha'
iworke with. he ether three ! e didn'
know Judge Graham indicated b
mis- questions that these men woul
lie called 10 prove that Farrell wa
not in FreepCrt on the nieht OF tn
murder. and mat he mad boosted I
his friends that he was going To ge
into the Carman case for what Their
was In 1t fer ham.
Mrs. Carman Testifies.
Mrs Carman took the stand at AZ
o'clock this aft ,rro Don in ner own dc
fenss and denied that she fired tn
snot that killed Mrs, Bailey in he
husbands pffite.
II went to the city on the morning
Of June 30 my mother and nth
girl, Eliza beth. were with me- re
turned about o'clock. ! went di
rectly home" Mrs. Carman testi
| fed
| II went upstairs, took off MY thing