Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-02
TRAIL WOMAN IN
BAILEY MURDER:
ARREST IS NEAR
Authorities Convinced long lsl-
and Crime Was Prompted
by insane Jealousy.
DOCTORS WIFE PLANTED
olcTAcRAPH IN ROOM
Suspected Husband, but Tore
Out Apparatus After Worn-
an Was Slain.

FREEPORT. y r. July Almost
fully convinced from facts already
known that a woman. prompted By
insane jealousy. fred ihe shots which
killed Mrs. Louise Bailey in the enes
OF DR. Edwin carman. District Affor-
ney Louis ] Smith and the county aa-
thorities are today forging a chain of
evidence which they hope viii lead 10
an arrest within twenty four hours.
Virtually abandoning the theory
tEat man had fred the shot. fhe a1z
thcrities admit today that their actix-
itaes ale now mentreiug around an ef-
/ fort To fasten the crime on q sxafs7a n
whose identity they win moi dfseIosk
OF even infinite
Although the district attornes Is 81
5 lent about the woman who na* be
involved II is reported that her every
move and action is being reported to
him. Detectives have been Question:
IN gher friends since Wednesday, AFT
ernoon. Two detectives found aues-
tioning woman along these lines adj
xised her to remain silent with re-
porters and then f1rried away. refus-
ing 10 say word about their mission.
shado~ing One Persea
While Mr.. Smith and Sherff ste
phen P. Petit haze assigned detee-
tlves TO run down several other clues
which have been suggested to tlefr1 II
IL noteworthy that they themselves
and the men they rely on most in big
cases are centreing al their attention
on one person.
Tangible clues arc expected to be
obtained by MIR. Smith and the sheriff
al the inquest which Coroner EprDdan
Norton will hold today Or. Carrnan
IS 10 be the important witness Mrs.
carman. his wife. her SISTER Mrs. Ida
Powell. and her father Piatt Conklin,
who live in DIR. Carman's home. are
also TO testify. DR.. Runcie. who was
called into consultation BY Dr. Car
man when Mrs. Bailey was shot. and
Theodore Bedell the blacksmith. wlo
was summoned to identity Mrs.
Bailey. have also been subpoenaed
Hrs. carnsn Gets pictagraph
The story Of Mrs. carnan's neeoti-
atoms FOR the installation q tise
dictag pie WI most sensational tt
was told by CASTOR Boissonnauit.
manager q the dictagraph aspark
fnent Of the General Acoustic Com
panv. OF New York. Mr. Boisson-
nault said Mrs. carman had come
to his office on May 10 last, and after
some verbal fencing, had admitted
that her reason for wishing to have
one of the instruments installed vas
that she wished to overhear the CON
versation Of her husband with his
women patients.
Il don't want TO get divorce, shs
said Il simply want to overHear
what he says 10 women. / have 4
young child whose name must pro-
tect-"
She went on to explain that she be-
lieved her husband was too friendly
with a woman he sometimes employed
as a nurse, and that she had seen him
kissing this woman and had disturbed
them by knocking at a window. The
machine was installed on May IS
being placed behind a bookcase ia
the PHYSICIANS Office while he Was
away on an antEhcbile trip taken at
his wife's suggesaon. Last Thursday
Mrs. Carman had asked for inforu1a-
ton as to how the machine might be
SO adjusted as to transmit whispered
conversations Most Of the conVersa-
women patients. she said was in
whispers. She was supplied with
more batteries for this purpose
OniciaIs Question Mrs. carman.
Nassau county officials worked hard
ali day yesterday making every effort
to locate the murderer Of Mrs. Bailey,
and admitted that they we're very
close to making an arrest As soon as
they learned that dictagraph had
been installed in the house IN the
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