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VOL. XCV-INO. 31
ffiTIOf 15 I; J ALONG
ALLIES FALL 1 ME B A G K I W t H E
Desperate Fighting Contimiei in West Flanders and Northern
prance British Warships Aid Belgian Army to Resist
Attacks of German Forces Yser River Yet Con v
tinues to be Enemies' Dividing Line.
FRENCH CONTRADICT STATEMENT OF GERMANS
That Allies Are Forced to Yield Important Position in the Inter
ior Both Sides Claim Advantage Along Entire Line
The Russians Claim aUreat Victory in Driving
Germans Back from Warsaw and Elsewhere.
London, Oct. 22. Desperate fighting continues in Wert Flanders and in
Northern France, between Germany's armies reinforced by virtually all her
forces in the occupied portion of Belgium, and the French and Belgian troops
aided by British warships.
Along the coast, the Yser river still divides the contending forces. Neither
side, apparently, has advanced, but in the interior, according to a German re
port, issued tonight, the allies are retiring from several important positions.
This statement of the Germans is contradicted, however, by the French
communication issued in Paris late today, which says the allies have not been
moved, despite violent attacks.
Ail along the front, from the North .Sea to the Swiss border, in fact, each
side claims to have repulsed the other, or to have made slight progress at
various points,
The contending, armies seem so near equal - in strength that neither force
can drive the otherfeaclc, pierce the front or get around the wings.
In Poland the preliminary battle, at least, has moved a little more, swiftly.
The Russians report that they have driven back the first German offensive
move against Warsaw, the Polish capital, and the fortress of Ivangorod. All
. the RuKian accounts refer tartMs smmt great vietory;.: v "i-o-,,
They declare the German, besides losing many prisoners and guns,' have
left large quantities of ammunition and provisions in the trenches they had
prepared for their defense. - ' :'
German headquarters heretofore had no referred to this struggle, .but to
day it says that after several days of battle, no fighting was reported yester
day. . ;
BATTLE - IN PRUSSIA RENEWED.
Apparently there has' been more fighting on the Prussian frontier, where
the situation has been quiet for some time, as the German report sayst
"Our troops are pursuing the retreating enemy- in the direction of Osso
wetz." 9 . '
Ossowetz is the fortress which was in range of the German guns several
weeks ago, when their advance on the Niemen failed.
The battle around Prsmysl and south-of-that city, is going on, but fur
ther south the Anstrians claim they have cleared .the Russians ont of 'Hun
gary and are advancing toward Bukowlna, a crown land in Easter Galaeia,
with the same object in view. f
As though the Belgians already had not suffered sufficiently from the war,
villages along the coast north of Ostend are suffering ' severely from shell
fire. Lying, as they do, between the German lines and the British warships
off the beach, some are reported wiped out and others badly damaged. It is
believed virtually all the inhnbltants fled when the Belgian army retired be
hind the Yser river.
Lord Crowe, secretary of state for India, officially disclosed in a speech de
livered Tuesday, but made public only today, that the Indian troops in France
have not yet taken part In any battles. The men and horses required consid
erable time to become acclimated, but the belief here is that they soon will be
ready to take their' places at the front. The hospitals have been advised to
prepare next week for their wounded. Again today it was reported that
Italy had landed marines at AvlenaAlbania. Such a step, it is believed he
re, would not be resented by any powernow, when the situation in Albania is
serious, because of the warring trlbesand the strife between contenders for
the crown of the new nation, surrender-ed recently by Prince William of Wled.
GERMANS ARE RETREATING
ussinn Official Statement Declares
They Are Driven Back From Warsaw
Petrograd, Oct. 22. The official com
munication issued by Russian general
headquarters tonight says:
"The rapid retreat of the Germans
from Warsaw continues. The bombard
ment by the enemy's heavy artillery
has caused no essential damage to the
fortifications of Ivangorod or the
hridg-es.
"In Galaeia desperate : engagements
are still being fought. During the
advance in the region between Prze
mysl and the Vistula we captured
mre than 30 officers, 2,000 soldiers
many rapid fire guns.. To the south
of Przemysl the Russian operations
are developing, also with success,"
ALLIES HOLDING THEIR OWN
French Official Statement, Declares
Germans Are Repulsed on Coast
Paris, Oct. 22. An official communi
cation issued by the French War Office
tomght reports a continuation of the
peat batles between the sea and land
rorces, in which the Belgians and
allies are holding their ground. ' Be
peen Aaras and the. Oise the Ger
mars have met with equally strong
opposition.
The text follows: :.
"The activity which the enemy dis-P-yed
yesterday did not slacken to-"f)y-
Between the sea and Labasse
1P batle has continued with just'as
-r':U violence without the Germans
Jt,'iig able to force back the Belgian
H'.y or the French and British troops.
Mmilarly. between Aaras and the
Jise where the enemy has made de
termined efforts the Allies have been
rowded with success.
"In the Argonne district -we -have
macle progress between Hubert' and
L-eFour De Paris. ;
"To the north of Verdun we have
rained ground at Haumont and Bra
ant on the Meue. In . the Woevre
egl0n we have repulsed an attack, on
ca-nolon."
BATTLESHIPS TAKE PART
German Statement Says That British
Vessels Are Aiding Allies
Berlin, Germany. Oct. 22. via Ams
terdam and "London The German war
office -makes public this dispatch re
ceived from general army headquarters
and dated this (Thursday) forenoon:
"The fighting on the Yser Canal con
tinues. Eleven British war vessels as
sist the enemys artillery.
East of Dixmude the enemy was
repulsed. Our troops have advanved
successfully in the direction of Tpres.
"The battles to the northwest of
Lille ' are very severe but the enemy
is slowly retreating along the whole
line." j-. -
"Fierce attacks along the direction
of Toulon Heights, south of Thiacourt
were repulsed with heavy losses to
the French.
"The fact, is the British admiral com
manding the( fleet off Ostend wanted
to bombard the town but finally was
persuaded by the Belgian authorities
to abstain." '
ALLOWED TO SAIL.
Steamer Accused by All Belligerents of
Carrying Coal for Warships.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 23. Despite two
protests made by E. K. Vietor, German
consul at Richmond, that the Dutch
steamer Noorddijk was carrying a car
go of coal for British warships and a
complaint made by Barton Myers, Brit
ish consul at this port, that she was
carrying coal for German warships, the
steamer was allowed to clear and leave
port today with a' cargo of coal for
Bahia, Brazil.
Consul Vietor also made a formal
complaint to the customs authorities
about the British steamer Anvona, due
to' ; arrive at Norfolk during the next
few days, to load a cargo of coal for
Manila., He states. that while the
steamer would load and clear for Ma
nial, she would npt go to. that port, -but
wouldydeliver. her cargo to British war-shins.-
. '- : . -
Collector of Customs Hamilton tele-t
graphed him ; to f orward tne . evidence
Continued on Pajra Two)
WIL.MIKGTOK,
SEIZURE OF SHIP
Negotiations Proceeding Be
tween America and England
BUT RESULTS WITHHELD
Final Decision in. Case Rests With
British Prize Court Rather Than
With the Foreign Office Oth
er Tankers Held Up.
London, Oct. 22. Active negotiations
are proceeding between the American
embassy and the British foreign office
over the seizure of the American tank
feteamship Brindilla, but little is known
publicly of their nature. -
It is not known whether the question
raised by Great Britain concerns the
nationality of the vessel, or the ulti
mate destination of its cargo. It is
said the Brindilla and sister , ships
were changed from "the German to the
American flag with the sanction of the
British government.
--vGreat Britain naturally desires to
afford all facilities for the importation
of oil Into this country. -
Final decision in the case probably
will rest with the British prize court,
rather than with the foreign office.
WASHINGTON CONFIDENT.
That Issues Arising Will Soon be Ad-
--'-.-JosHHSlsf aatoWly. .' '.
Washington, Oct. 22.- State Depart
ment officials tonight believed issues
arising from the seizue of three Amer
ican oil ships soon would be adjusted
satisfactorily. The release after short
detention of the tanker John D. Rocke
feller, with the explanation' that the
vessel was detained only because of
doubt as to the destination of her car
go was construed as an admission by
the British government, that .vessels of
American "registry have a right to car-
. . . . f... .
ry oil. Detween neuirai pons wiinoui
molestation.
"The State Department's protest
against the seizure of the steamer
Brindilla and her detention at Halifax
with the demand for her release, was
not in the nature of an ultimatum, ac
cording to State Department officials.
The Department itself is ignorant of
many facts necessary to deal' with 1 the
case but protest was lodged to fcaveall
legal rights and the result will be
awaited before further action is tal;en.
The British embassy announced to
night that official reports from Hali
gax said the crew of the Brindilla at
tempted to scuttle the ship when she
was about to be captured by the Brit
ish cruiser Caronia.
Embassy officials said there was rea
son to suspect the ship was not headed
for the neutral port , named in her
clearance papers. - .
BATTLESHIP RETURNS HOME
Vermont 5fow in Mexican .Waters
Ordered to Hampton Roads. ,
Washington, Oct. 22.0rders for the
battleship Vermont to proceed from
Vera Cruz to Hampton .Roads were
issued today by the Naval Department.
The vessel is coming north to take part
in the fleet maneuvers in Chesapeake
Bay which begin about November 1.
BAR ASSOCIATION ENDS
Dinner Given Last Night in
- Honor of Supreme Court
Occasion Presided Over by Former
President Taft and Attended by
Chief Justice White and the
. . .., .... . Associate Justices.
Washington, Oct. 22. A dinner to
night in honor of the United States
Supreme Court and commemorative Of
its 125th anniversary, presided over
by former President. Wm. H. Taft, and
attended by Chief -Justice White and
associate justices, closed the annual
meeting of the' American Bar Association.-
Peter W. Meldrim, of Savannah,
was elected president at the. final busi
ness session today.
' The compromise in the closing hours
of the meeting on negro membership,
permitted adjournment without a' sin
gle contest on the floor. Moorfleld
Storey, of Boston, had introduced a
resolution to rescind the 1912 resolu
tion declaring it never had been. con
templated that negroes should be come
members. . - ''"' , -
i William Bynum, fof ; Greensboro,. N.'
C. waV elected a member of the execu
tive ';' committee. ; x.'"-'.- ' ;: . .
ITS Sill ICON ENT M
JSt. C, FBIDAX MORKIKG; OCTOBER 23, 1914
SOUTHERN
DELA
Filibuster Led by Hoke Smith; of Georgia, Upsets Plans to End
.. Present Session of Congress at Six o'Clock Yesterday
Afternoon Dixie Representatives in Both Houses
... -.. . . .
Determined to Fight the Matter Out,
MEMBERS OF BOTH WINGS OF CONGRESS
LEAVE WASHINGTON TO "TEND" THEIR FENCES
Confident of Adjournment Enough Remained at Capitol to
. Form Quorum, But Tactics of Southern Senators Pre
vented Measure Being Adopted Recess Until
After November Elections Sole Hope Left.
Washington, Oct. 22. Filibuster by
Southern Democrats lighting for legis
lation to relieve the cotton situation
upset plans for adjurnment of Con
gress at 6 o'clock tonight.
Led by Senator Hoke Smith, of Geor
gia, Southern members at the last mora-
I ent prevented action in the Senate
on a joint resolution to adjourn (sine
die, already passed by the House, and
it appeared tonight unless an agree
ment could be reached tomorrow for a 1
recess until after the. November elec
tions, Congress would stay in session
indefinitely without a quorum.
The collapse of the . adjournment
came after every hope of its success
had .been held out and supreme efforts
made to conclude, the session after ad
option in both Houses of the conference
report on the w$.r tax bill. .
A spectacular," feature of .the .situa
tion was a- dashlby President .Wilson,
in ah' alttbMdtoefVom : a golf course
to the Capitol 4fo reach there, in time
to sign - the war revenue bill before
adjournment. . The President rushed in
to the Capitol, followed by secret ser
vice men, at 5:45 o'clock Attired in
his golf clothes and without his read
ing glasses, he. hastened to. the Presi
dent's room, where-the revenue meas
ure, signed by Speaker Clark and Sena
tor. Clarke, president pro tern of the
Senate, awaited him. Borrowing glas
ses from Senator Hughes, of New
Jersey, the President signed the bill
and several others. - "
Fight to a Finish.
Senators ran in and out of the Presi
dent's room, holding their watches,
'Mi- Senator Martin vainly sought to
passed! the .resolution the House had
passed early in the day, -providing for
adjournment sine die at 6 o'clock. At
every turn he was met by filibustering
tactics of Senator Hoke Smith, who de
manded successive roll calls on motions
to adjurn until tomorrow, to recess
until tomorrow - and to proceed to con
sideration of executive business.'. This
kept the Senate busy until 6 o'clock,
the clock in the House having .been
turned back with the hope that the
Senate fight pass the resolution.
, When 6 o'clock arrived Democratic
senators who had been fighting for
adjournment gave up, The House reso
lution 'had died automatically, and
Senator Stone moved that the Senate
go into executive session.,
Majority Leader Underwood then
hastened to the ; House : with the an
nouncement that there was aio hope for
nrHrmmmont. The House , had been
waiting some time; without a quorum :
present and adjournment until tomor-
rom was ordered. ;. .Representative
Underwood later said he did not be- j
lieve it would -be possible, to get, an- (
other quorum to paaa cui..ouj."."v,..
resolution until after the elections.
Before 6 o'clock scores of. representa
tives and senators had left town and
others took later trains. . Majority
Leader Kern and other Democratic
senators were equally dubnlpus of ad
journment now. Senator Hoke bmith
said, he might agree to a plan to. take
up the cotton relief . measures after
ah adjournment find reconvening - pf
Congress. .' : . .
An effort was made to bring up the
adjournment resolution .but this was
blocked on a motion to table . it made
bv the senatdr from . Georgia. Im
mediately a point of no quroum was
made. ;
Meanwhile the House was without
a quorum and Representative Under-
fBrred with Senate leaders and
prevailed on them to recess until &:S0
o'clock .before auempimB r.,w
because it was necessary for the House
to have a quorum present so Speaker
Clark might sign the war revenue bill.
The House quorum finally was rournt
ed up but' when the Senate reconven
ed at 5:30 the. Southern senators xe
sumed their filibuster so, determinedly
that hope of adjournment soon was
abandoned. - v
House Ready ' to- Quit. "
Tfee House was-- prepared to end the
session. Early in the day the war
revenue bill-conference report-had been
agreed to. Then Representative Under
wood broughK-ih the Resolution" for' he
routine of final' adjounment. " w J
Supporters of cotton relief measures
announced they would fight A it until
they could be assured action' on ' the
currency amendtrient and oh ; the 'cot
ton warehouse "bill. - Representative
Underwood however, .aided by Republi
cah "Leader Mann; gathered his -forces
and before, the rapidly melting quorum
of the ' Housed disappeared - the - final
adjournment resolution , and a resolu
tion authorizing!, the, appointment 'of --a
committee to notfythe.. President; that
Congress was ? ready.'to adjourn were
passed; .'" ' .
. The I House " then resumed ? considejfa-"
tion jof : the Glass pillVto reauthorize
baniss to "issue . circulation";, on;, com?'
SENATORS
ADJOURNMENT
: V
merciaj paper up to 100 percent of the
banks capital and surplus. The bill
was passed to its third reading on a
roll call after at two-hours wait for
a quorum.: As s6on as. the quorum ar
rived the plans for the adjournment
were complete.
' The? House took on a holiday aspect.)
wnen o ciock arrived tne nanas or
the clock were turned back twenty
minutes, the House momentarily ex-
pected a Senate messenger announc- j
ing the adjournment resolution.
Then Representative Underwood en
tered the thamber.iilfter a whisper
ed conference with .the speaker he an
nounced there was no hope of final
adjurnment and that with no hope of
securing a quorum in the House be
fore election day there was nothing to
be done but to adjourn until tomor
row. The hundred or, more represen
tatives who had been waiting to leave
town r filed out. Some left Washing
ton despite the situation while, others
cancelled .their ., reservations;? ".
Will Continue Fight. ,
Cotton states leaders on both sides
-of- the : capttol- asserted, they-.. would
continue their fight tomorrow! In the
House they demanded the passage of
amendments to the currency law broad
ening the credit' power of banks in
the Federal Reserve system. These
amendments, in accordan.ce with in
creasing the currency a bank may is
sue on commercial paper to 100 per
cent Of its' capital arid surplus, would
1 add to the power of the reserve sys-
tern,, power by allowing members banks
to deposit in rteserve DanKs mose re
serves which now. must be held in
their own vaults. With those is coupl
ed an amendment authorizing " the
Treasury to "institute a . system of bank
note clearances through the Federal
Reserve banks and to appoint Reserve
banks as redemption agents for circu
lation. These bills are under consideration in
the House under a special rule and
debate on . them has been exhausted.
They will be followed if a quorum can
be obtained for a vote on them, by
the Lever cotton warehouse bill.
In addition to these Senator Smith
tonight asserted he desired an amend
ment to the banking laws which would
repeal the present ten percent tax
on state banks circulating notes, that
southern states might issue state cir
culation based on cotton warehouse
certificates. ,
President Wilson remained at the
capuital for a few minutes after sign
ing the war tax revenue tax bill but
not comment on the failure of Congress
to adjourn. Earlier in the day he had
expressed the hope that some of the
cotton relief bills might be passea
Hepresentatives Underwood, Mann and
Fitzerld ha(3 Deen appointed by the
House to can uton the President and
notify ' nJm tne House was ready to
adjourn They called but did not de-
liver their message.
RALEIGH OVERRUN WITH
STATE FAIR VISITORS
Two Railroads Out of City
Blocked by Wreck.
Westbound and "Southbound Afternoon
" Trains ' Unable to - Leave Cash
Gate Receipts $l,o0 Larger
Than in 19i5.
' (Special Star Telegram.)
, Raleigh, N. C, Oct. ,22. The cash
, gate receipts today at the State fair
were one, thousand dollars more than
for Thursday of fair week last year
and the crowds' today were propor
tionately larger.
Raleigh is oyerrun with people to
night - unable to get out of - the city
on account of !both the Seaboard Air
Line ' and the Southern main lines be
tween Raleigh and Cary -being blocked
byVa freight, wreck :hat occurred in
time to catch the 3:05' west bound
Southern and 4 :05 Seaboard southbound
"passenger trains here and are. not ex
pected to get through much before
"midnight. v - . .-' V
The . Southern and . Seaboard tracks
re parallel and. freight" cars were piled
across both in such manner as to make
the vclearing -r of the track most dif
ficult.
MRS. CARMAN TAKES
STAND IN OWN BEHALF
Enters Sweeping Denial to Charges That She Murdered Mrs
Louise Bailey in Her Husband's Office at Freeport, New
York, Last June Declares Story Told by Maid is
Series of Falsehoods n Every Particular.
WIFE TELLS OF WHY SHE HAD 'PHONE. DEVICE
INSTALLED IN HUSBAND'S OFFICE AND HOME
Wanted to Know if He Was as Bad as He Had Been Painted to
Her Mrs. Carman on Stand for Over an Hour, Giving
Her Direct Testimony Will be Cross-Examined
Today Other Witnesses to be Introduced.
Mineola, N. Y., Oct. 22. Mrs. Flor
ence C. Carman took the witness stand
in her own defense today 'and entered
a sweeping denial of the charge that
she murdered Mrs. Louise Bailey.
Item by item Mrs. Carmen -went over
the story of Celia Coleman, the negro
maid in her employ &t the time of the
tragedy in tne Carman nome in v ree
port last June, and declared false every
accusation the domestic made in her
testimony yesterday. A fabrication
from beginning to end was, in the es
sence, her criticism of. the maid's nar
rative of events of the night Mrs. Bai
ley was shot and killed in the office
of Dr. Edwin Carman, the defendant's
husband, and of subsequent happen
ings in the Carman household.
The story told by the negro girl was
offered by the prosecution as tending
directly to connect Mrs. Carman with
the shooting. The efforts of Mrs. Car
man's counsel in questioning his cli
ent were designed chiefly to discredit
the servant's testimony.: Mrs. Carman
responded, with alacrity and seeming
ly with entire frankness. She looked
jnto-irf aces-c jtf i tbeJ ur,or;jKtth. steady
eyes when.. she describes -to them some
.particular point ; and she seemed '-resentful
when certain points :in" the sto
ry of the negree were under discus
sion. -.
Mrs. Carman was on. the witness
stand nearly an hour under direct ex
amination. : She will undergo cross ex
amination; tomorrow.
Not "Insanely-Jealous."
The wife of the Freeport physician
admitted she had Installed a telephonic
instrument in her hus'oanc's office but
denied she was "insanely; jealous." She
said she had heard people ask her hus
band "how all his girls were." Some
times he had Stayed out' all night. If
her husband was as bad 'as' he had been
painted to her, she wanted to know it.
If she found out what she had heard
was true, she said, she had' determined
she would continue to live in the
house with him but would never speak
to him again. Then, on the morning
after J the murder, she declared,' she
tore out the device that the district
attorney had termed a "mechanical
eavesdropper" because she thought her
husband already had enough to bother
him. . ;
Mrs. Carman even corroborated some
of the statements of the witness by
admitting that on the. evening of the
murder she had-called 'to her daughter
Elizabeth to stop playing the piano.
But she did this, she swore, because
she had a headache and. not, as the
prosecution had intimated, because she
wanted to listen over the mechanical
eavesdropper to what her husband was
saying to a woman in. his office.
She admitted, too, that on one occa
sion she looked in the same window
as that' through " which the assassin of
rMs. Bailey fired because she knew the
trained nurse of whom the doctor ap
peared to. be. fond - was In -his ofhee.
When Mrs. Carman stepped down
from the stand she apparently wjts as
fresh as when she went on.
Mrs. Carman's Story.
Mrs. Carman on the stand told the
following story:
"I am the defendant. I was married
to Dr. Carman in 1892.
"Early in the morning, of June 30,
1914, I went to New York. I spent the
day shopping. I returned to Freeport
with a headache on a train at 6 o'clock.
"As soon as I got home I took off
my coat and went to the supper table.
I answered the front door once, I ad
mitted a man I don't know. I still had,
the headache at this time. After supper-I
went right up to bed. I un
dressed and put my clothing away.
Then I put on my night clothes and
went to bed. I was ill. I Jieard Elizabeth-playing
the piano. I told her to
stop.
"Soon after I heard a shot and some
commotion down stairs. . I put on my
kinomo. I also put on my slippers. I
went down stairs into the pan
the office. The door was closed,
try room. I could not see in
I heard the doctor talk then.
I went back up stairs thinking that
everything was alright. I met Eliza
beth, up stairs. Soon after Mrs. Pow
ell came up and told me some woman
had been shot in the office. Mrs. Conk
lin also came up.
"The district attorney called about
9:30 that night. I went to bed at 10
o'clock. I had not been off the prem
ises the whole night. - The reason I
did not go into the office was because
Dr. Carman told' me never to go into
the office after we had the trouble
with the nurse. We also had another
difficulty about the office on other oc
casions. - -
Slapped-Woman's Face.
"The last time I saw Mrs. Varance,
the nurse, wars in the office when T
slapped her face. Dr. "Carman and I
had several spats oyer Mrs. Varance.
She came to . the office .afterwards and
X did not think it -was right. On the
night I slapped her face I saw her
first in the waiting room. , Later T look
ed inbut she was not there. . So I went
WHOIiE NUMBER ! 3,797.
out in the yard and looked Into the
doctor's office through the window.
"I saw them talking. Then Dr. Car
man peeled ( $15 from a roll he took;
from his coat and gave it to the nurse.
They talked some more and Mrs. Var
ance kissed the doctor. Then I rapped
on the window artd went in. I said t
the nurse: . '
" 'This is a .nice way for a married
woman and a married man to act.' Then
I said to the doctor: 'So this Is where1
your money goes.' Then " I demanded
the money and got it.
"I told Mrs. Varance never to come
to the house again. After it was allf
over Dr. Carman told me If I ever came
into the office again he would leave
me and break it all off. f
"As to the telephone instrument, T
had that installed because of stories
I had heard. People would ask him
how his girls were, and he would stay
out all night. I was not crasy jealous
but I. wanted to "find out if the stories
were true. If .they were I was deter
mined to, live under the same roof
with Dr. Carman for my daughter's
sake, but I resolved that I would never
even" speak" to him? again." - ," t'TV"'-"
Mrs,- Carman described - how, she .
bought the instrument in New York.
The salesman, she said, told her many
places where the instruments had been
installed. ; ' -
"He also assured me that one could
be installed in my house without any
body knowing it," said Mrs. Carman.
"I told the man I could not have It
known that there was any trouble in
my house on account of my little girl.
I took Dr. Carman away while the
thing was being put in. '
Tells of 'Phone Device.
"I saw the man Boissannanlt again
about three weeks later. 1 could not
hear everything that went on In Dr.
Carman's office. I told him that. He
told me the instrument might have
been placed wrong, but he gave me
three dry batteries to make it stronger.
"I took the instrument out the morn
ing after the murder. I took part of
it out before breakfast and parts lat
er. I thought Dr. Carman had, enough
trouble on his hands.
"I did not know Mrs. Bailey. I had
never seen her alive. I saw her dead
body at the morgue three days after
the murder. You (Mr. Levy) made me
go there and make sure whether I
knew the woman.
"I have never fired a gun or pistol
in my life. I know nothing about fire
arms. When I first saw you after the
murder I knew I was under suspicion.
I asked you to assist me if I needed
an- attorney.
Denies Testimony, of Negress.
"I did not go through, the kitchen as
Celia Coleman said. I did not say I
shot him.' I did not come down in a
kimono and a night cap. I did not go
in Dr. Carman's office at any time on
June 30. x
4 "I did not show Celia a revolver. The
only revolver I ever had handled was
a little one the doctor kept in his bu
reau drawer. I -gave it to the district
attorney. Celia Coleman did not speak,
the truth when"she said she tried to
keep me. from going into the office. I
did not tell Celia I would take care of
her little boy if anything should hap
peti to her. Neither did I ever give
Celia $5 and tell her that was for keep
ing her mouth shut. 1 never winked at
Celia when you were asking me ques
tions, t
"I did not tell Celia the day after
the murder to get Mr. Conklin from
the barn as I wanted him to get the
revolver .out of , the house. , I did not
go to Celia's room the morning after
the murder. I did not say 'I hope God
will forgive me.- Oh! why did I kill
that ''woman'."
Mrs, Carman took off her gloves and
exhibited her bare arms to the Jury. ,
"I never ' had any scars on them,"
she said. ' "They were not cut on the
night of June 30."
Farrell Recalled to Stand. - ' .
When court opened this morriln
Frank Farrell, who testified yesterday
he had seen a woman running from,
the widow through which the Shot
was fired, was. recalled to . the stand.
After cross-examination Farrell was
excused and the state annuonced that
it rested Its case. George M. Levy,
of Mrs. Carman's counsel, then began
his opening address. "We will prove,"
said Mn; Levy .-'"that this crime was
not committed by Mrs. Carman, but
by a man . whose motive we do not
know." .. . .
Mr. Levy told of Mrs. Carman's ac- .
tions on the , day and night of the
murder. He said she went to New
York during - the day, contracted a.
headache and after dinner went to bed.
"Mrs.. Carman will tell you that she
.then heard a shot and some com
motion downstairs," he said. . , f
This was the first defnite declara
tion from the-defense that, she was to
testify. , '.. ' - . .
''She Immediately put on a kimAna
and leaned over the Banister. She
4id not; go. into the office because, Dr.1
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