Arizona republican., 1914-10-22
Negro Maid Swears the Ac- cused Woman Entered
 Kitchen Bearing Revolver and Stating She Ha d Killed Mrs. Louise Bailey
ODD WITNESSES
 TAKE THE STAND
Their Testimony is Largely ColToborative, Tending to Connect Woman With the Crime Committed in Dr. EdWin'S Office
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 MINEOLA. Oct. 21. - Testimony tending directly to connect Mrs. Flor ence Conklin Carman with the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey at Freeport on June 30 last, was presented by the prosecution in Mrs. Carman's trial for the crime
 Celia Coleman, timid. soft spoken negress. who was d maid in the Car man household at the time the mur- der was committed in the office ot Dr. Edwin. husband of the defendant, ana Frank Farrell, an unemployed station arv engineer, an eXcitable man and prodigal with the slang and manner isms, typical of the lower East Side of New York, were the chief witnesses against Mrs. Carman.
 The testimony they gave was corro- borative. Celia said her mistress, dressed in flowing dark silk kimona, passed out through the kitchen just De- fore the maid heard d crash of break ing glass and the sharp report of revolver. She swore Mrs. Carman ent- 
 just afterward Mrs Carman showed her a long, blue steel revolver and the negress said, remarked: 'I have shot her"
 Next morning at daybreak Mrs. Carman came to the maids room in her night robe and urged her to forget what she knew and lie for her mistress. Faii Ch this for Mrs. Carman at first because she felt sorry for her
 Farrell said be was on his way to the rear of the Carman house to beg for food when he heard a crash of glass and a shot. Looking up he saw woman dressed in dark garment that extended from her shoulders to the ground, standing by the window in pr. Carmans office with one hand holding the wire screen above her head and the other hand thrust into the window. Farrell said he was frightened and ran away, He looked back once and saw flash of white as if the woman had raised her petticoat to move faster"
 On Farrell's cross examination,
  morning, he contradicted himself in a few minor details On the whole. how ever his story remained unshaken.
 If Farrell stumbled slightly and ap- parently grew excited at times under cross exa imitation. Celia Coleman did not Not once did she raise her voice, though she had been on the stand for more than four hours.
 Mrs. Carman seemed to be amused by Farrell, and the odd picturesque way he had of saying things and ans wering questions. But when Celia Coleman was testifying, the defendant leaned far back in her chair and start ed constantly at the witness. While direct examination was in progress and during the cross eXamin ation of the negress, Mrs. Carman tried hard to catch her eye. Once while questioning the maid, the attorney for the defense moved to point directly behind his client. Celia then allowed her eyes to shift from one side of the room to the other. After she was ex- cused from the witness stand. how ever, Celia looked at Mrs Carman for the first time. Tears, it appears. came into the colored girls eyes, for she placed her handkerchief over them. | Then she sat down, out of sight. Mrs. Carman was radiant when her ! 12-year- daughter was brought into court today and allowed to sit behind | her mother.