The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-18
MRS. CARMAN FREE
ON $4,000 BOND
Released After Being Indicted
for Manslaughtcr in First
Degree.
TRIAL PROBABLE IN FALL
Accused Woman Succeeds in
Magnificent Fight to Sup
press Her Emotions.
TRIAL PROBABLE IN FALL
Especial to The Times-Dispatch. ]

. has starred. was released from the Mas
sau County Jail to-day under $4,000
4 hond to appear in court some time this
! fall and answer to the charge Of XIII
| ing Mrs. Louise Duryea Bailey.
\ tense. white woman she was when
! she faced Justice Van Sicklen in the
/ blue and buff Supreme Court room in
Mineola. and was told that the grand
/ jury. seventeen OF her neighbors. had
decided tina, she had killed Mrs Bailey
, in the heat Of passion and was there
Tore indicted for manslaughter in the
first degree.
She strobe into the courtroom as a
woman walking to her death. She was
horribly pale, as pale the soft muslin
shirtwaist that she wore. Her hands
| we're clenched tightly that her
knuckles protrudcd. sharp and white.
But she was as erect as "A West Pointer.
aud she swung her shoulders like
college girl on the campus.
She wore a white skirt and waist
and a rather fetching black hat with
purple flowers perched in front. The
neck Of the shirtwaist cut round
and deep and her bosom Was hcavng,
as II something was bursting for room.
Her lips were clamped until her mouth
was nothing but "a scratch across AN
absolutely colorless face.
LOOKS AS THOUGH
SHE Is HYPNOTIZED
Beneath her blue eyes. which stared
dark circles we're cut Tho woman
looked as though she had been
see nor hear She was suppressinr .,
was her struggle with her emotions
that every one in the courtroom waited
TO see HOY drop
Directly after she had been Informed
that the indictment had been found.
and her attorney had agreed with Dis
n
all right rs bail. Mrs Carman retired
into The i,ntc-room. where Smith, Cox
and Ernest Randall. her wealthy
ncirhhors in Freepo-t. signed the bail
bond " ith Cox and Randall hack she
strobe INTO the courtroom with the
sauc stiff. swinging stride and
cl-nched hands. .Mechancally She
raised her hand, and was sworn with
ncr bondsmen.
six cameras clicked. the accused
womrn started as If rife volley had
nc.n fred. Then she showed the fight
:nC spirit She swung halfway
around toward the cameras and tried
10 smile. liut the smile wouldn't come.
although :he tenseness about her
mouth fed.
REriRES TO SURRENDER
TO DESIRE TO COLLAPSE
She retired TO the rear room TO sur
rendcr 10 the irrcpressible desire to
collapSe. She Toll into n chair. and
began Ia weep hysterically. Ten min
utes later in = curtained Limousine she
left the Jail for a trip over the hard.
sun -broiled roads of Long Island.
Then. Cor four hours. she eluded the
regiment Of reporters. who have
watched her since the night of June
80. when Mrs. Hailcy was shot TO death
in the Office OF Dr. Edwin Carman--.
this remarkable womans husband.
!, was .:2l T. NJ. when Supreme
Court Justice Can Sickien took the
ncnch and the seventeen hot-looking
grand jurors filed into the courtroom.
y crowd which might have brought
! -ladness to the promoters of the Mas
sau County Fair. had congregated in
the courthouse corridors and on the
steps outside. 4 score OF women fought
for an opportunity OF looking at the
accused woman. But il was neces
sary TO have some influence or to be
=, reporter to get inside the court
room.
They say that in that crowd were
persons who had come all the way
from Connecticut to look at Mrs. Car
man. Anyway. they showed. jostled
get peep through the glass doors.
Maybe Mrs. Carman knew that they
We're there. because she fought like
AN amazon 10 appear Self-controlled
and brave. Whether this woman is
guilty or not. she is magnificent
creature in spirit and body.
FOREMAN OF GRAND JURY
TURNS OVER PRESENTMENT
Raymond Cheshire. foreman of the
grand jury. and patient OF DR.. Car
man. turned over to the justice tho
prescntment and the jurymen left
with the instructions that they were
to meet again on September 81. un-
less otherwise notified
Mrs Carman came in like an ami
mated marble carving. She stared
straight into the face of the justice.
and not once did her glance falter.
Her counsel waived the reading of the
indictment-a merciful thing to do be :
cause she would have dropped as
though shot had ii been read.
How do YOU plead demanded the
justice.
we plead not guilty" replied the
attorI.ey and ask permission to with
draw this plea in TWO weeks. and TO
file a demurrer il ii becomes ncccs-
sary. | now make application to have
the defendant admitted to bail"
District Attorney Smith announced
that he thought that $4,000 would be
about right. The defense agreed. and
Justice Van Sicklen made 1t $4,000.
Cox and Randall offered real estate
worth amout ten times the amount of
bail asked. and Mrs Carman was set
at temporary liberty-liberty which
she and her popular husband declare
will be permanent after her story is
heard in court
MRS. CARMAN CONSENTS
TO GRANT INTERVIEW
After eludinG the reporters for four
hours. Mrs Carman Tonight announced
she was willing to grant an interview.
Seated in the reception room OF her
husbands Office. adjoining the apart
mcnt in which Mrs. Bailey was shot to
death. Mrs. Carman received the re-
portcrs. She had completely recovered
her poise. and talked animatedly,
laughing heartily at times when some
, thing was said which struck her
, / humorously.
Mrs. Carman said she was intensely
disappointed at the action OF the grand
jury.
II do not think they treated me fair
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