Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-07-09
TO EXPOSE
HAND OF MYSTERY
THAT SHOT WOMAN

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THAT SHOT WOMAN
Freeport, N. x, July 6.-The name Of
DR., Edwin Carman's wife did not ap-
moned for the inquest, this afternoon,
into the death of Mrs. Louise Bailey,
who was murdered in DR.. Carman's Of
flee last Tuesday night.
since almost every one else in n
about the physicians house that night
| quest. the omission of Mrs. Carman's
name caused much comment. The dis.
trict attorney explained he had excel
lent reasons for not calling Mrs. Car
man. 1t was understood he desired to
reserve her testimony for the grand
jury, u~nimpaired by any premature
revelations at the inquest. 81
Among the witnesses called were
Archie Post. Joseph Golde and Miss
Hazel Combs, patients, who were watt
ing in DR.. Carman's outer office when
Mrs. Bailey was murdered. A man,
named Burke, resident of a neigh
boring village, had been summoned, it
was said, to repeat a story he had told
a detective about having seen a woman
dressed in white running away from
the window of the doctors office i'm
mediately after the shot was fired.
Talking over the telephone today
Mrs. Carman declared that she wanted
to testify at the inquest and was ready
to tell all she knew. Il realize fully that
in a measure I am under suspicion"
she said, and that at the present mo-
ment l am restrained as to my move
ments."
Mrs. Carman denied a story that sew
eral weeks ago She had attacked a.
woman patient in her husbands Of
flee. She repeated her declaration that
she had never seen Mrs. Bailey until
she looked on her dead body at the
morsue yesterday.
Were you Jealous of Mrs. Bailey p
she was asked.
No, indeed" h answered.
Mrs. Carman Views Body.
The body Of the murdered. woman
was taken from her home in Hemp
stead to an undertaking morgue for an
autopsy, which had been ordered by
the district attorney. William b.
BAILEY at first refused to allow his
wlfe's body to be moved from the
house. but after the authorities had
threatened to go to a supreme court
justice n secure an order permitting
the autopsy, he gave his consent,
MRS. CarInan, wife of the doctor in
whose office the woman was shot, and
her attorney were waiting at the
,nof Mrs. Carman was taken in
LII 10 lOOK- HI
the dead wo1nan's features.
.Poor woman" exclaimed the phy-
slclan's wife. Il am SO sorry for her.
have you ever seen this woman be-
FORE her attorney asked.
Mrs. Garman. perfectly calm, re-
woman in my whole life"
The physicians who performed the
autopsy traced the course of the bull
let, put nothing else having q bearing
on the tragedy was revealed.
Detectives late yesterday interviewed
MISS Helen Combs. 9. lawyers steno-
grapher, who told them she was in the
PHYSICIANS house at the time Of the
sh9otlng. having gon there for treat
merit. She said she was admitted to
tft house by Mrs. C'arnlan. DR.. Car
ran was eating dinner and Miss
COMBS said h was told to wait.
Miss Combs Story.
While I was there Miss Combs is
said to have told the detectives. "a
woman whom I now know was Mrs.
fsailey, arrived. She did not knock or
announce herself. She walked right in
n a few moments later went into the
doctors office. while she was there
MIS-. Carman passed through the room
= went into the kitchen at the rear.
Q! the house. Later she went out on
tne porch and while she was there :
heard her tel one of her children nol
70 play the piano as TIE doctor had a
ratient in he office. That was about
10 minutes before I heard a shot
III telling he. story to the detectiyes
and the district attorney yesterday,
Mrs. C2rfnan declared she returned
from New York about z O'clock the
night of the murder and went imrne-
diately to he. room on the second floor.
OF the heusc Where she prepared to re-
tire. She denied going to the ground
floor even hen the shot was fred.
MISS Cosn5:. the detectives also say,
told them 1T was Il woman and not DR..
Carinaas .vlao folded Mrs. Bailey,s hands
across her breast after the body had
been raised from the floor and placed
upon the office couch. Joseph Colder
consult Ds. 5Ca.;nan. also told the po-
lice u ~es q n who did this and
he sdGcd that it was a woman who
admitted him TO The physicians resi-
dcnce. DR.. Carn,an told the police it
/ was he who folded Mrs Raileyss hands