El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-10
MRS. CARNAN IS NOT DISGRACED

] night; she appeared with blanched. tear
l stained cheeks. her hair was in disor-
4 der her dress lost its accustomed neat
ness mrs Carman abated not one jOt
! her carefulness of person and clothing
! she maintained an appearance which
Z stopped Just short of primness.
{ II was possible to observe some ef-
Z fects OF the first trial on Mrs Carman
7 at the close, but she quickly recovered
! herself A few days later with her hus-
B band and daughter she set out for 4
motor trip. After visiting several cities
! they WOUND up at Dr.. Carman's
ultra rural place
Faced FreepOrt Calmly.
Later she returned to Freeport. ready
/ to face whatever social punishment the
I town might mere her. She had been one
: Of the leaders in society. Her character
and talents had given her the place by
right
Freeport was taken abacll at first It
was dumbfounded by her audaeity.
I There were a few who spoke Of shun-
Z ming her But the majority decided that
she was eligible"
It was the pure family life Of the
Carmans which conquered them. 1t was
the way Mrs. Carman's relatives to the
last one stood by her. the way her hus-
. band steadfastly supported her, that
won the day So when the woman with
the shadow Of the electric chair still
hanging over her braVed gibes and
stony stares by -~Dearing in her accus-
toned haunts. the club. Methodist
church. Of which she is a member. and
the homes of her close friends. she
found a welcome everywhere.
No Ghost Walks.
Apparently the Carmans have expert
enced no horror of the scene Of the
tragedy. No ghost has ever walked Dr.
Carman consults with his patients in
the same room where inOffensive Mrs.
Bailey met her end The broken window
pane is now intact, but almost every
thing else to the last article OF furni-
ture is as on the day Of the mysterious
That Mrs Carman should ever have
had an almost insane Jealousy Of the
doctor seems astonishing when one sees
the tender sOlicitude with which he
treated her ever since they have been
centers Of public curiosity. He has even
gone far out Of his way to save her
name from the slightest defamation.
Protested Against Play.
In November there was produced in
Huntingdon, L /, a play called "A Free
port Mystery" written by Miss Marie
DOran- 1t told the story Of the Carman
shooting almost to the last detail, ex-
cept that the name q the heroine was
Harman." Dr. Carman jOurneyed over
10 Huntington with George NJ. Levy, his
lawyer, and Garland Caden, a friend
They interviewed the woman play
wright and Dr. Carman protected viO-
lently against certain scenes Of the
play
Miss Doran said she had made the
woman not guilty in the play DR.. Car
man said it reflected on every body con-
cerned- Miss DOran was adament. How
ever, the play wasn't enough OF a sue
cess TO do any real harm
FreePOrt Is Loyal.
There was a rumor about that one
member Of the FreepOrt club threatened
to resign unless the Carmans were
barred from membership and privileges
When Werner Nygren, president Of the
club, was asked abour this. he said:
There are no dissensiOns. no resigna-
tons Mrs. Carman is welcome always.
We rejoice to see her with US again"
The member Of the bowling com
mittee named in the rumor as the pro-
testant was later reached and he said
nobody was ever more welcome than
Mrs. Carman-
She comes around with the same
crowd she always associated with They
have made a great fuss over her. These
stories come from some enemy. The en-
tire club-in fact everybody in Free
port, who is anybody-is glad to see her
with US agAn."