South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-23

from the premises at all? A-No sir
L did not.
Q-Had you gone to the rear of the
house? A-NO sir.
Doctor il Angry.
Q-Now, Mrs. Carman. is there any
reason why you did not go to the Of
flee when you were standing at the
mantelpiece? Ayes sir. When we
had this time about the nurse, the
doctor was very. very angry and he
said 1 would break up his practice if
continued doing as l had, and that 1
must never under any circumstances
whatever go into his office when any
one was in there. and / would not go
in because L had been forbidden.
| Other things which had caused quite
cOmmOtiOn had happened in his Of
| fee before. one night a man who
| had been shot in a local hotel came
| in TO be treated by the doctor for
/ his wounds. After the doctor had
treated him the man tainted away
and fell against a cabinet knocking a
number of bottles TO the floor. 1t
made a very loud noise, but l did not
dare to go DOWN to investigate.
Q-Mrs. Carman. do you know
Elizabeth Variance, the nurse who
/ testified here? Ayes sir 1 do.
Q-When did you last see Mrs.
| Variance prior to the time you saw
I her on the witness stand here? A
April % Of this year.
Q-Where did you see her on that
| occasion? Am the doctors private
office.
Q-Prior to the time you saw her
then, did you ever have any CONVEX
] sation with the doctor about Mrs.
; Variance? Ayes sir. that night I
asked the doctor why Mrs. Variance
came to visit the office so often. He
said she had come 10 him for medi-
cines. He said that she might come
that night for some medicine.
Odd you see her that evening
Ayes sir.
Q-About what time was it, Mrs.
/ Carman? Al don't recall the exact
| time. but IL was during his office
| hours.
Odd YOU see her in the doctors
] private Office Al saw her first in
the waiting room when 1 was on my
way upstairs. When / came down
she was not there. / did not know
whether she had gone into the doc
tors private Office or had gone home.
/ I went outside and around the back
/ of the house. The window curtain
/ was open and L was able 10 look into
/ the room.
Q-You looked through the win
! dow. Mrs. Carman? Ayes sir.
! Q-Was il the extreme north win
/ dow OF the doctors office? Ayes.
] Q-The same window in which the
/ glass was broken on the night OF the
! shooting? Ayes sir.
Saw Woman With Doctor.
/ Q-What did YOU see? Al saw
I the doctor and Mrs. Variance sitting
/ in the office. They were facing each
/ other and talking Then I saw the
! doctor throw his hands up and shake
\ his head. They continued talking for
/ a few minutes and then I saw the
/ doctor put his hand into his pocket
| and withdraw a roll of bills. He
! placed them on his leg and smocthed
/ them out. Then he extracted SIS from
/ the roll and handed il TO Mrs. Var
rance She placed it in her purse
and smiled. As they stood UP they
still faced each other and then she
/ leaned forward and kissed him on the
/ cheek. When / saw this / knocked
at the window and then ran around
I 10 the door of the Office and knocked.
| I said Doctor. doctor open the door
| at once The doctor let me in then.
/ I said 70 them This is n fine piece OF
| business for old married people with
grown up children like YOU 10 be do
\ ing Then I raised my hand like
I this and slapped Mrs. Variance on
I the cheek / said This is the way our
money goes. does it?' We had had
| several talks about money. Although
l the doctor was making plenty OF
money and collecting IL we could not
/ seem TO be able 10 save any. He said
L am not giving IL 10 her. 1 am lend
I ing it. / asked her ii this was cor
rect and she said Yes he is lending
7 IL TO me- I demanded the money
back and she returned IT, / told her
To get out Of the house and never re-