Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-02
Instrument Installed Bv
Doctors Wife, Jealous
of Another.
HAND HOLDING GUN
THRUST THRO WINDOW
Detectives Suspect That bullet Wns
DETECTED and That killing Of Mrs,
Louise Bailey, Society Leader,
Was Mistake.

Frceport y. Y, July i.r-Invcstiga.
ton today of the mysterious death by
shooting of Mrs. Louise Bailey In tho
office of Or. Edwin carman last night
led TO the startling discovery that a
dictagraph had been installed In the
PHYSICIANS office with a concealed
wire leading upstairs to the bed cham
Der Of Mrs. Carman and It on
Thursday last Mrs. Carr Il OBJ
tanned additional ba. order
chat the delicate ipstt...--- might be
so finely adjusted as to transmit
clearly the faintcst sounds from the
physicians Office
The mystery of the fatal shooting of
Mrs. Bailey had seemed to be beyond
solution when this startling discovery
was made. It was followed by extra !
ordinary activity on the part of coun-
~ authorities. and the tcarman house
was Immediately surrounded by ~
Gordon Of police and detectives, no ono
being permitted 10 enter or leave with,
out consent Of the authorities
The shot that killed Mrs. Baile
was fired through the window TIL
doctor was showing her to the doq
when the shot was fired He immed
ately called the police. Mystery "
added to the tragedy when William
Bailey the woman's husband decll
ed that he did not know his wife i
gone to the doctors office. He v
greatly surprised to learn that
Bailey was accustomed to call on
doctor occasionally.
Doctors Wife jealous.
The story of Mrs. Carman's ncgs&
| lions for the installation OF the dss
graph was most sensational. It4
told by CASTOR Boissonnaul mar
OF dictagraph company Of New d -
He. said Mrs. Carman had come .Mk
Office on May 10 last and AFTER 4
verbal fencing had admitted thu
reason for wishing to have one
instruments installed was thu
wished to overhear the converM
OF her husband with his
patients.
She went on to explain that
lieved her husband was. too
with woman he sometimes e
as nurse, and that she had -
kissing this woman and had =
them by knocking at the vino
The machine was installed
20. being placed tsMnAq2 q bnAlcle IN
the physicians office Xhfle he was
away, at his wife's suggestion. Last
Thursday Mrs. Carman had asked for
information as to how the machine
might be adjusted as to transmit whIs-
pered conversations. Most Of the con-
versation between the doctor and the
women patients. she said. were in
whispers. She was supplied with more
batteries for this purpose.
Did Bullet Find Targetl
Whether the shot which killed Mrs.
Bailey was intended for her or for Dr..
Carman Is still mystery. The police
believe the instrument case which the
bullet struck DETECTED it from thu
course it would otherwise have taken.
Through all the questioning to
which has been subjected Or. Carman
has steadfastly maintained that he has
no recollection Of having ever seen
Mrs. Bailey before she visited his Of
flee Monday evening to request a pre-
scription for malaria. Mrs. Duryea,
mother OF the slain woman, also says
her daughter had been suffering from.
malaria for the past few weeks.
The Doctors Story.
In the presence OF detectives engag-
ed by the county and the murdered
woman's husband, VIM. Bailey,
wealthy hat manufacturer. DR.. Carman
today rehearsed the murder scene. He
was about to pull aside the curtain to
permit Mrs. Bailey to leave his office,
he said. when he heard crash OF
glass and saw hand with pistol
poked through the broken pane. Ha
and his patient were barely two feet
apart, he said, and he did not know at
whom the weapon was aimed He
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