The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-20
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MRS. CARMAN COOL
AS TRIAL BEGINS.
Typical Suburban Jury of Busi-
ness Men and Farmers
Quickly Chosen.
oNLY42TALEsMEN EXAMINED
Accused Woman Takes Active
Part in Selection Of Men Who
Will Decide Her Fate.
ONLY az TALEsMEN EXAMINED
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~ alINEOLA. l.. l.. October 19.-The
swelpe Jurors who oinre to decide whether
OF mot AIRS, Florence Conklin Carman
rteEetl Mrs: lopiae Duryea Bailey,
on tho Dighf Jiins D q. In espoHts,
,sers,S Shossls IN a,ssi.; s.onfs'
chosen rapidly ftypicil suburban
Jury OF business mon and farmers.
Only forty-two talesmen Wero exam
ined. NJ
IT. Is a stolid. unimpressive Jury. tho
kind whichamight be expected to do a
lot of arguing and then disagree. For
the State. District Attorney LoN,s3 J.
Smith asked each tnlesnnan whether
he would convict person of first lie
greo murder on evidence which was
only circumstantial. He asked 1t In
four. or five different ways. so that the
prospective juror might not misun-.
derstnnd.
Also he sought for traces OF bias
and .preconceived decision end wanted
to know whether tho testimony OF o.
negro girl, Celia Coleman, would Ind as
much consideration rs the word OF aG
white girl.
. Tho wiseaeres. AIineloa was
filled with them o-day--shook their
heads sagely when the trend Of the
district attorneys questions went
abroad. Just as they thought, Smith
hasn't anything but tcircumstantinl eviS
dence. Smith is getting nervous al
ready. ,,tt ~ S5S,
isn't the district attorney smiled
when the words of \ the Long Island
sages were repeatedA to him, He re-
fused to talk. His opponents. John J.
Graham and George Morton Levy.
counsel for Mrs. Carnan. watched tho
district attorney like ferrets, and paid
him the compliment OF saying tnat
n n q \ u a " nj tRItino- Smith
would jump by the direction NJ his
head" ~
For the deefnse, Mr.. Graham. did the
Juror examination, .,5 ..ss
TAKES ACTIVE PART
IN SELECTING JURY
Supreme Court Justice Charles II.
;kelby presided. The accused woman.
with all the magnificent poise and su-
perb self-possess!on that has charac-
terized her from the. first. sat with her
husband and lawyer, taking an active
part In the aelection OF the jury which
Is tostry her. Z
Shc was splendid. She entered the
courtroom with William Hulze, the
jaiIer, with her head high, her eyes
action Indicating y keen Interest insthe
crowd, which did everything but pnw
her and pluck at her dress. ..s
She wore blue broadcloth OF Rus
sian suggestion. white shirtwaist,
white gloves. and q fetching. little hat
with white and black feather. She
is paler, but stouter than she was
when she was arraigned on the charge
of manslaughter.
Thirty newspaper persons, men and
women, began to take lots OF notes on
the appearance, of this remarlSa Bile wo-
man. They seemed to be counting the
stitches IN her gloves, so closely did
they scan her. She neither colored nor
hurried. She regarded her critics with
a little bored smile. and looked them
all over with nonchalance which was
amazing. Such self-possession was
truly wonderful She removed her
chair, shook hands with Graham and
Levy. and playfully patted her cherubic
husband on the cheek. She actually
beaped upon the solid talesmeii who
sat In the rear of the room refiectively
strOk!ng their .chins and chewing in
placid meditation.
MOST UNCONCERNEn
PERSON IN ROOM
BY all odds she was the most uncop-
cerned person In the room. Had she
been called in to receive token OF
her friends regard, she could havc
been no freer from concern. Evidently
she had heard several things which
appealed to her sense of humor.t for
she began to tnlk and laugh, and siier
husband laughed with her until 5shis
rubicund face grow apopleotic and his
plethoric body shook.
During tho examination of, the tales q
men,. Mrs. iCarman divided her atten-
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