The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
MRS. CARAVAN, IN
TEARS,HERO
BEST WITNESS
Lawyer Offers to Let Jury
Have Case After She
Repeats Story.
TRIAL Is LIKELY TO
BIZ FINISHED TO-DAY


MiNEoLA. L. L. MAY t--Mrs' r'orence
Carman. with her eyes and nose red
,ro,, u.o,ipv fo,IoNed tho warden hack
. 70. 49,. 4,
INTO 'he quarters 'ese'eu 'o' "e' w
and broken woman compared to the one
whose unyielding nerve had carried her
-, ~. ,a.,. ,r,,, ,or tho v,urder ~
nv.
Mrs' L"iu ~ p""es'
For eighty minutes she had been on
tho witness stand and even during the
80, .,, -. ou,., ,.s,,r,or,, had
'"eh'' '''''e' .e'
carried her gently along the paths Oh
direct testimony spectators saw that
a, times tho slack skin under her chin
A., A.. it,. ,o.,.rs a.,
was "e"'''s '""' ''' "'
her hand were shaking that her hands
we're ner>ously crumpling her handker-
chief into hard pall.
AT times her voice trai'ed on INTO
Whisper. so that frequently ner lawyer,
teorse ~ Levy ana justice b,aeh,na'
had 10 adfnohish ner 10 let the Jur!
near what she mao 10 say -
Theh she was 'urneu over 10 pis',Ict
Httorney Sm'tn, VINO Wen. al.e, neI
p'tnessS' sue.ins ~ t"e nc sn'
save 'o' "ha' sue s~.o "c'e he,
t'o,' az tne ','he 'i's' p".Is vas NJ ~
ahu Jec'"s az her "sse' ',on ''', S,,e
ms,ei "ss v''ous VI "s'
nuM'n ,1.i''an. VIZ nv 'ee"
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,
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The wonan's quick brain. which had
hran Mr. at he
Coroner's inquest and at the first trial,
slipped twice while Smith was raging
and stormins at her and the cross
examiner was quick TO take advantage
both times. When he had finished with
her and she had resumed her seat she
spoke smilingly and quietly to woman
later raised her handkerchief to her
- s., IL, boz, .,,t ,,, ,rn,,, h,s,s,',,.
h,. with Tho ,e,rs calling dour ho,
checks
Even so she WAS her own host wit
mass and her LAWYER thousht So we'll
of tho tn,prcssion she had nads an,
th. i,,,,. th.t IA. Uttered ,han md ,hars
IN ,e, tho i,,rv have tho case w,,hou,
.um,,;ny m frnn .i,hor sida or a
charge fron, Justice pIaclsmar An.
naren,lv AIR smith feared tho s,,scen.
tihIl,,v NJ IN. my for he nromp,Iv 70.
rusod IN ,,,.c IN mis-
Nrs carn,,n's nervousness hsd. been
increasing ali during the day- she had
hoard many Of nor witnesses called "a
tes,ifv tn the nres.nce Of the mys.
,..,o,,. s,r,n,., ,bo cr,ss.d m. Iawr
,h't;''r' D,a,a,od 80, hv
The pIs,ric, i,torrey. and others who
-. c.il.d 90 di.cr.di, tho Testament
70 c.,Is Caian,.n ,na n.grn ,naid nod
s.i,aa q, ,o,,c,, ,ba oss.rti.is ., Celia's
nrnssr, s,ory
Th.n ,,t urs ,.,r,a, ,oot ,bs
- "a ,,,,,.na 10. aiassns 90 .bs
,,'S 49,. ~. ,Ina go 20 h.,,e,
-rso hu,z,na -,
aoN"h'aeo 70 Tue !uis y,
.ne npe', ,,'o,,, VI IA I go ',"e
'sh WHY "'''''' '''e"
YEN" e
The story she told on direct exami'
nation was the same as that told al
the Coroner's inquest and the first trial
She had been to town shopping on the
dsy of the murder and got home tired
and with a headache. After dinner she
went TO bed and was doing when the
shot awakened her. She went out into
the hall back to her bedroom for hel
kimouo, then downstairs TO the doc
tors anteroom. stood there for a min
ute and went back upstairs. where tc
her soon came members OF her family
She had always been happy with Dr.
was when Sin. slapped the face Of Mrs
Elizabeth variance, 10 "ho',' ",ni
man l1oNlhs 'hr"ush INC
through when 'he sno' was h'eu' ia
seen Ir' carmah give money anu NJ
IL was the money hot tne MISE wa
caused Inc scene 'hat S'ioWeu,
she retold the story vi .he 'hstaIial'o'
OF IN" photograph which mas never oee'
denied she had II ihsta'len pe'aus
she was suspicious OF tne doctor re-
lations with women ana pecau'e Oh IN
-glblng remarks OF iriehus, oi M"''
she got SICK ana tired she Hs'ehe'
over the dlc'uerhpn oihS 10 "o.,eI
patients VINO visited the DOCTOR Over
ana regularly she dldht kho" MrN
Bailey ana mad never discharged nre
arm IN herliie she sald she had heNe
asked 'eiia Coleman not 10 tel I'M
whole truth ana asserted that IN
negro detective known as Archlnai'
owens. or Hicks, ever offered Gem
$500 dr. a bribe ne had not ac'eh upo'
the authorization OF MIS- tarman'