The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-10-23

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What caused hire suspicion she
could not say. A woman did not
cause it-"just rumors."
Were the rumors about q
woman?
mo. Just some one asking him
about his girls. Somebody told me
he was a devil with Eirls.''
Some women" Mrs. Carman said.
were more attractive to her hus-
band than she was. she had thought.
Mr.. Smith asked her II she thought
Mrs variance. the middle aged nurse
whose face she slapped. was more At
tractive than she.
Mrs. Carman smiled and answered,
No"
She was made to describe the en-
tire scene with Mrs. variance. She
said she saw DR.. Carnan give the
nurse $500 and saw her kiss him
afterwards. It was the passing Of
the money and not the kiss that dis
turbed her." she said.
"You did not object to another
woman kissing your husband in
gratitude?"
"oh. no. replied Mrs. Carman.
"Now. as to the night OF the shoot
Ing" said Mr.. Smith, did you hear
a shot?"
',No, I heard some commotion."
"Whst?" shouted the district at
tornsy. =
well, don't know whether 7
heard shot or not. heard . noise"
And your curiosity was aroused?"
Surely. 1t was an unusual sound"
She thought It had come from the
rear of the house. and It took her
minute to get down stairs. she said.
AS she reached the head of the stairs
she saw two women going down the
hall, but she made no effort to find
out who they were. After she went
down stairs she walked into the
waiting room and learned against the
mantcl piece for a moment. She did
not sec any one down stairs and went
directly upstairs again after having
stood by the mantel for two min
utes, perhaps"
Mrs. Carman's cross-sxsmination
ended and her redirect examination
was then begun.
Mrs. Caravans 10-yeAr-old daugh-
ter. Elizabeth, was the next witness.
In q childish treble she gave her
version of what had happened in the
Carman household the. night Of the
murder. After dinner, she said. she
had gone out and played ON the lawn.
Mother went up stairs" she con-
tinued. MY aunt and my grand
mother werel ON the porch. Later Y
went into the psrlor and st4fted' To
practice ON the piano. My mother
told me to stop. Then ]. went into
the dining room, walked through the
hall and sat In chair in the dining
room. Presently l heard glass break
and a shot. met my aunt on the
stairs. I went into my mother's
hoom. My mother was there
when l ran back into the, hall I
saw my mother put on her slippers
and kimono and I followed her
downstairs Then l went up again.
She came up, in a minute. I went
into her room with her"
On cross examination. district At
torney Smith asked only one ques-
tion. ~. .
"Elizabeth. you are very fond of
your mother. aren't you?"
Yes" she replied
That's ALL said w prosecutor.
Just as Mrs. Sarrs NJ. Conklin.
Mrs. Carman's mother, 72 years old.
took the stand. the defendant burst
into tears. She buried her face In
her handkerchief, shaking with sobs.
Mrs. Conklin's testimony corrobo-
rated that given by Mrs. Carman
and Elizabeth. Similar corro5oratfve
testimony was given by Mrs. Car
mans sister, Mrs. Ida Powell.
Mrs. Powell said she let two wom-
en- who had been in the doctors
waiting room, out the front door.
The night latch snapped, shutting
her out, and she went around the
side of the house and entered the
waiting room door. She did not see
Farrell, she said. although she was
on the front steps less than a min
ute after she heard the report Of a
revolver. Mrs. Powell said it was
she who told Mrs. Carman what haQ
happened there by corroborating the
defendant.
When Mrs. Powell was excused
George Colder, who has testified for
the state. was called by the defense.
His testimony was unchanged.
On cross-examfnation Colder ad-
mitted he had told the grand jury
ir1 r1I1 IN
into the office directly after the
shooting. he also testified that he
had said the woman and the colored
girl left the room together through
the waiting room door
Dr. Edwin Carman. husband of the
defendant. corroborated the testi-
mony Of other members of the house
hold as to who was In the house the
night of the murder. He said there
were several persons, among them