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Celia Coleman was the maid who testified that she heard her employer Mrs. Edwin Carman confess to killing Lulu Bailey. Miss Coleman's intellectual capacity and memory were questioned on the stand--she was not able to add numbers or say how old she was, which was taken as reason to doubt her reliability as a witness on other matters.

Carman Case is news context, not a name.

A wonderful image!!

The Carman murder scene, and other photos connected with the Carman drama:

Thanks for the additional information about this image of Celia Coleman and its connection to the trial of Mrs. Edwin Carman for the murder of Lulu Bailey. We will add more details when we update the database.

Celia Coleman was the maid who testified that she heard her employer Mrs. Edwin Carman confess to killing Lulu Bailey. Miss Coleman's intellectual capacity and memory were questioned on the stand--she was not able to add numbers or say how old she was, which was taken as reason to doubt her reliability as a witness on other matters.

pennylrichardsca: Thank you for providing some details about Celia Coleman. We will add some of them to the image description when we update.

The Carman murder scene, and other photos connected with the Carman murder drama:

The (now) Old Nassau County Courthouse (built: 1902) on Old Country Road in Mineola. Here it is today with far smaller trees and no more ivy:

TVL 1970: Thanks for identifying the full name of this building. We will add it to the image description.

Venue of the Carman murder trial in 1914. Here is Bain's photo of the Carman house, scene of the murder:

Another view of the courthouse from 1914: