The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-07
HAZEL COA1BE CONTRADICTS DOCTORS WIFE,

Combe was n patient OF the doctor. She
went to the Carman house about o'clock
on the night OF the murder and sat in
the waiting room. While she was there
| a man and woman came in. she said.
Mrs. Bailey Seemed ut Home.
The woman evidently was Mrs. Bailey.
and It was here that Miss Combe made
her most interesting revelation
mo one admitted her." she said. she
walked right UP TO the doctors office.
opened the door herself and sat down.
as II she was used to coming there"
The man was not Colder, she said.
He was well dressed, wore n gray suit and
was between 80 and 40 years old
II saw Mrs. Carman twice while I was
waiting" continued Miss Combe. "She
came into the waiting room to answer
knock on the door. She told the man
who stood outside that the doctor was
asleep and the man left. Another time
was when the telephone In the waiting
room rang and Mrs Carman answered
it,"
Miss Connbe said that Mrs. Carman
was dressed in blue skirt and n white
shirtwaist, in direct contradiction to
Golder's assertion that she was all in
white. Miss Combe left the house after
treatment at 30 o'clock before the shot
was fired. She said that on the way out
she saw Mrs Powell sitting alone on the
porch, and Mrs. Powell was dressed all
in white.
"The lady who came In after me was in
the sitting room when Mrs Carman an
! swered the office door" said Miss Combe
Mrs. Carman passed right by her. she
said. but neither OF them made any sign
of recognition.
Hannah Kahn. a friend OF Miss
Comhe's who accompanied the latter TO
he nffi a.fI ut,.
Carman. dressed in blue skirt and white
waist. answering the door
The last witnesses of the morning we're
| Charley Adams and Percy Smith two
| negroes who told a thrilling story the
other day of having seen a man jump
over the CarTan fence and run away inn
medately after the murder. Charley,
who does chores. said he couldn't get to
the court on time because he was very
busy
on the stand he made the most OF his
brief glory. lIo said that he and Percy
Smith had come over to Freeport 10 look
for work and they were walking past the
Carman house, going east. when he heard
| an explosion.
81 thought some boy was setting off a
! Fourth of July firccra 'ker." said Charley.
and AT first | didn't pay much attention
! to 1t. Then saw some one Jump over the
| fence to the west OF the Carman house
lie ran out onto Ocean avenue and then
west on Merrlck road"
Was ii n man. asked Mr.. Smith
~ think IL was a man." said Charley.
lie was dressed in mems clothes,
/ Charley said He turned to Percy and
! both Of them watched the man run along
Merrlck road. He fixed tho time AZ be-
| tween \ and S:l5. Charley could tell no
more Of his appearance but that he car
| ried straw hat In his hand.
Percy Smith had an entirely different
recollection of the evening He said he
and Charley passed tire Carman house
AT about (? $50 o'clock. more than an hour
after the murder. lie didn't see anything
at all, he said. heard no shot. saw no one
| running and didn't have his attention
called to man running by Charley.
II was noon when Percy's evidence was
| finished
II have two more witnesses ready to
CALL said Mr. Smith 10 Coroner Norton.
/ but ] have not made mp my mind yet
whether l ought to call them at this time.
| suggest that we take a recess until >
O'Clock so | can make up my mind about
putting these witnesses on and for
! lunch"
! Mr., Smith refused to give an inkling Of
who these wltne sses WERE, or to what they
! can testify.