El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-21
MAID DECLARES
WOMAN GUILTY
Saws Mrs. Carman Admitted
Having Fired Shot Which
Killed Mrs. Bailey.

Duneola. n Y, Oct. Cecilia Cole
man negro maid in the Carm2n house
hold star witness for tne state, tesu-
fied TODAY at the trial OF Mrs tlor-
euce Couklin Carman, accused Of me
murder of Mrs. Louise Balley' tnat MIS-
Carmau had appeared, recover IN mana,
\ moment after Mrs Bailey mad been
shot, and said:
..-i-bs next morning, at about day
light, Mrs. Carman came 70 ~ ~ IC I'm,
celia continued. she said. IN. Cella,
,-1e- aid [ kill that woman forE 1
hone God will forgive me- ! GU SUCK
10 me and il anything happens 70 you
I'll take care Of your HttLe Doyi -.
Under the questioning OF district at
tornev smith, Celia told her story as
II Vent 10 work at DR.. Carmsn's
Nav IS. 1914. On the night OF June 80
[ served dinner at $50 O'CLOCK AFTER
dinner I started to wash the dishes
saws Mrs. Cnrman Carried heFoiFer-
.syvbi1e was washing the dishes,
F,1fzabnth-Mrs. Carman dauBnler-
car,a INFO the kitchen soon after
lie NTrs Carman came in She was
dressed in a kimOno and mad a snaWl
around her neck. She told Elizabeth
10 go back into the house 1neh MIS-
Carr,an went out the back door- a
minute later I heard a crash OF sass l,
and the report Of a pistol. MIS- Car
man came in the door again
IT v,-as standing in the door between
the nantr- and the kitchen She said to
~, - Il ej,St him Then she showed me
a revolver. a black revolver that was
about nine inches long After break
fast the next morning she came mo
the kitchen and told me 10 IoEset mat
I had seen her the night before Later
thar dav Mrs Carman came IN Win her
claims Previous statement Untrue.
Mrs. Carman winked at me when
he asked me what / knew l toid Mr.
Lew that I didn't know anything
..[rr lew came again the next day.
Before he came Mrs Carman told me 10
tell him ] was not. down stars aLJer
dinner She wrote out some statement
and / signed il without reading It He
read il. however The statement was
DID YOU tell the truth at the cor
ouer's iuquest2' the district attorney
Il did not" the witness answered
The district attorney then turned the
witness over to John J. Graham MIS-
Carman's counsel for examination
Feared Perjury Punishment
Ibid you know whom she meant
when she said, / shot himg " M era
ham asked
'.No. I did not"
Celia said she told Mrs. Carman the
morning after the murder that God
will forgive anything but murder"
do you" asked Mr.. Graham, be
lieve that Cod will forgive your per-
jury
Il know it is wrong TO lie," said the
ueGess. but 7 did what Mrs Carman
asked me TO do"
You are afraid OF going to Jail for
committing perjury, too. aren't your
Yes sir: Mr.. Smith tthe district at
torueyl told me 1 could so TO jail for
lying"
Couldn't Shake Her Testimony.
For an hour and a half. Mr. Graham
alternately shouted at Celia and pleaded
with her, seeking TO make her vary
her story. She admitted that she was
living tn New York city al the expense
OF Nassau county and also that she had
testified falsely in many respects at
the corouer's inquest. but she explained
that she had done so TO shield Mrs
Carman. and the admission apparently
did not disturb her equanimity-