The Washington times., 1914-10-19
MANY WOMEN FLOCK
TO CARMAN TRIAL
Wife OF Freeport Physician Con-
fident She Will Be Acquitted
OF Murder Charge.
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exhibited the keenest interest in the
questioning
AS her attorney talked she followed
PIN closely with her eyes and when
he finished speaking she turned her
head toward the jury box TO observe
the effect of the question on the men
who are TO settle her fate.
Sarcasm Over Burns.
Graham caused a flutter of amuse-
mcnt when. in questioning Mount, lie
rather sarcastically referred to De-
tective William J. Burns.
Have you ever read about the great
detective Burns?" he asked.
II have" said Mount
We'll. would you allow the fact that
he had been employed by the state
TO influence you in their favor
Il certainly would not" was the
reply
Only once during the morning did
Mrs Cerman show the least sign Of
weakening. That was when District
Attorney Smith was questioning q
tslesman about capital punishment.
Her chin trembIed just the slightest
for the moment. Then she seemingly
conquered an inward struggle and
Strengthened up in her chair with an
aggressive movement. A minute later
she was smiling at her husband. She
smiled often during Grahams inter-
roSation OF the talesmen.
Anxious TO Take Stand.
Mrs. Carman was expected to main
tain the composure which has marked
her bearing from the time suspicious
OF the authorities we're first aroused
against her. The bulwark Of her at
torneys defense will be built upon her
own story.
Mrs. Carman is anxious TO take the
stard She will have the corToboration
OF her sister. Mrs. Ida Powell, and
Mrs. Platt Conklin. her mother. in her
statement that she was lying down in
her room when the shot was fired
through a window and Mrs. Bailey was
killed.
Against her testimony will be that OF
Celia Coleman. a colored maid, who 10
prepared to say that Mrs. Carman
passed through the kitchen. clad in
kimono. just after she heard the crash
ton OF the PHYSICIANS office, and Mrs.
Carman appeared TO have something
concealed under her left arm.
Frank Farrell. a tramp. will tell his
story of having seen e woman at the
window OF DR.. Carmsn's office. and
Her Attorneys Confident.
John II. Graham and George Levy,
attorneys for Mrs. Carman, are con-
fdent OF being able to discredit both
OF these witnesses for the State. The
coleman girl they declare. told an en-
tirely different story until Influenced By
detectives.
II IL the minute bits Of circumstan-
tial evidence that hold Mrs. Carman
highest. and make It appear that DR..
Carman had something TO conceal when
the authorities were first investigating
the crime.
Mrs. Carman has admitted she
doubted her husbands faithfulness. she
installed a dictagraph in his office with
The receiver in her room. There she
overheard the conversations he carried
on with women patients. Hrs. Csrnaan
has said she heard nothing that did not
resssure her.. but the state viii allese
that when Mrs. Bailey was in the Oh
flee Mrs. Csrman heard something that
aroused her to a fury OF jealousy. She
rushed downstairs. they allege, broke
the window and fired
Husband In Peculiar Role.
DR.. Carman plays a peculiar role. She
etste does not claim that the shot
fired wss intended 70: Mrs. Bailey,
but that It was aimed at the physician.
He lodged behind an operating table
when the glass crashed and the bullet
struck his patient. Only a few nights
after the murder Dr. Carman drove into
Freeport in his automobile with a friend
and told a story Of a mysterious man
riding upon a bicycle and firing at him
as he was passing along lonely stretch
OF road
There were no bullet marks on the
who said thev saw the physician's car
and heard the shots, bat saw no man on
q bicycle.
The authorities now believe this was
merely ruse. suggested TO d.. Car |
nan b. detectives questions They |
had asked the physician IL he he'd |
any men enemies The question was |
put on the theory that II he had any
thing 10 conceal DIR. Cermsn might |
90 something that would lead them |
TO believe Mrs. Bailey was shot BY |
some foe outside the household
Victims Mother At Trial.
Mrs Jennie Duryea. mother Of the |
murdered woman. and William B. |
Bailey, her husband. expect to attend !
ell sessions OF the trial Their test |
mony Will have to DO only with the |
departure OF Mrs. Bailey from her !
home TO visit a friend. They have !
said they knew nothing ot her in |
tention TO call at the onficc OF Or.
Carman. Mrs. Duryea has never se4n |
Mre. C3rrnsn. She received no mes
sage OF coincidence either from ner
or the doctor upon the untimoly death |
OF her daughter.
when l sec Mrs. Carman: when I !
herr her tell her story. / will know
whether she is telling the truth or |
p neither she Killed my daughter" said |
Mrs. Duryea today. 81 bear 70 NAL !
ice. do not want Mrs. Carman sent |
10 the chair. The taking OF the life |
o. another woman will not right the !
wrong that has been done. but II che |
l. guilty she ahouid be punished"
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