Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-07-15
Testimony Of Co|ored Maid Is a
Staggering Blow to Defense
Predict an Early Ending Of
Probe by the Grand Jury.
MORE WITNESSES TO Be HEARD

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New York, July With the de-
fense staggering under the crushing
evidence administered against 1t In
the evidence Of coIored maid, Dis
trict Attorney Smith today predicted
nearly ending of the Nassau coun-
ty grand jury's probe of the Free
port murder The grand jury re-
sumed session today at Mineola.
Mrs. Carman is expected to take
the stand In her own defense before
the day Is over. She has asked per-
mission to testify and the district at
torney has consented to allow her to
do 80, If she signs waiver of Inn
munity. This she has stated she
VIII do. Other witnesses are expect
ed to be Elwood T. Bardes, an insur-
ance agent, who says he saw a wo-
man fully dressed near the window
through which the shot was fired
right after the shooting; CASTOR
Boissonmault, who sold Mrs Carman
dictograph. and Calvin Burrell
who installed It.
District Attorney Smith plans to
have Mrs. Platt Conklin, mother OF
Mrs. Carman, make deposition to
be read before the grand jury II III
ness prevents her from testifying,
Smith said he expected to And thAs,
women who were in the waiting
of DR.. Carman's home and fed WIZ
the fatal shot was fred. They are
said to be prominent women In OK
near Freeport They have kept
silent, fearing publicity.
Frank Farrell. = tramp, gave Inn
portant testimony today before the
Nassau grand jury. He told the
jury, 1t was learned, that he applied
to the Carman home for food on the
night of the murder. He said the
negro maid refused his request He
was Just leaving the back door when
he heard a pistol shot, he said. Turn
Ing around he saw a woman running
from the window of the Doctors
office to the kitchen door Asked how.
she was dressed, he told the grand
jurors that as near as he could make,
out she wore long coat. He said
1t was dark and he couldn't make
out just what she did wear. Mrs.
Carman maintained that she was up.
stairs wearing a kimona when the
shot was fired. Celia Coleman, the
colored maid, asserts Mrs. Carman
rushed into the kitchen from the,
yard Immediately after the shot was
fired, attired in long kimona COW.
ering nightgown.
The essential part Of the maids teStt
mony as related to the grand jury at
Mineola is that she was In the kitchen
Of the Carman home at the time of
| the shooting, that she heard the fatal
shot and the commotion In the doctors /
office which followed and that while !
she stood stock still in the kitchen, too
frightened to move. Mrs. Carman camoi
rushing in from the rear yard.
Mrs. Carman was breathless and ex-l
cited, the maid said. She did not see !
revolver, but she not only saw Mira.
Carman, but spoke to her, and Mrs.
Carman answered.
Previously she had denied that she
had seen her after the murder until
she got glimpse Of her more than an
hour later In her room upstairs
Celia Coleman is being kept undar
cover here awaiting to be called as Z
witness before the grand jury, which T
has began its investiga ton Of the case. +
District Attorney Smith would say /
nothing when asked about the detatla !
Of her new statement. !,
Word was received here, howeya ar, /
from William ]. Burns, whose detec-
tives have been keeping close watch on I
the girl, that she had made "a com.
plete confession" and that her new
story cleared up whatever there ro-
mained of the mystery.
What Mrs. Carman Says.
Mrs. Carman's statement, made In I
the county Jail and given out by her I
| attorney, follows:
IL only ask that the public suspend {
Judgment upon me until the entire I
truth regarding the murder Of poor
Mrs Bailey is known / am satisfied T
that the truth will come out when
am exonerated, for neither Dr.. CarmAn T
nor myself will rest until the murderer T
is captured.
1.-The public seems to take much de-
light In thinking me woman OF iron &
nerve, when as matter Of fact am
really crushed under this terrible
charge 1t is a terrible punishment that
has been meted out to me for the sus- I
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