The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-07-16


shot there was mo premeditation."
which must be present in first degree
murder. but tho courts have held
that generalization may be present In
tho instant occupied In firing the
| fatal shot. When Mrs. Jennie Dur
yea, the mother OF Mrs. Bailey, an
unusually active woman. was told to-
day OF the mo premeditation' plea
! she said:
why did she carry q revolver
downstairs II she didn't have pre-
| medifation?"
There has been but one conviction
| OF first degree murder in Nassau
County. although q number Of indicl-
men,s charging that. crime have been
found. This was In TIE case Of will
lam Jones OF Hempsted. a negro, who
shot and killed another negro named
Llewellyn Bum In 1908. One OF the
jurymen In that case IL member OF
the Grand Jury which Is considering
the evidence against Mrs. Carman.
| Mrs. Duryea Is paying close atten-
ton to the Grand Jury proceedings.
When seen by an Evening World re-
porter at her home In Hempstead to-
! day she " ,lyzed Mrs. Carmap's de-
sire to appear before the Grand Jury:
"Thoss men don't know" she 4.
said. but do, why Mrs. Car
man wants to 90 before tho Grand
Jury. She 10 . woman Of pleasing
personality, great self. possession
and rare nerve. She depends on
her personal appearance to make
. favorable impression.
u think she killed my daughter.
che would mako q confession
and cay she didn't intend 20 shoot
| lvlu I wouldn't care whether she
was punished or not. Furnishing
her wouldn't bring my daughter
back. Ny idea 10 that she heard
my daughter talking and laugh
inc in the doctors office and her
mad jealousy drove her temper.
arily insane. ! have heard that
her father, Mr.. conklin, in ORDER
ing people away from the Conkiin
place. put his hand TO his hip
pocket as though to draw a 70.
volvsr."
DIR. Carmpp repeated to-day his
charge that District Attorney Smith
on his trst visit to the carman home
said he was investigating the muir
der Of Mrs. Bailey as a friend" and
not AZ District Attorney. Mr.,
smith d, Ned the statements Of the
doctor.
u never told Mrs. Carman ! did
not believe her guilty" he said. u
went into this case as a public officer
bound NY my oath. told Mrs. Car
man and her husband from the start
that ! was looking for the truth and
nothing hut the truth. l told them
was going to employ Burns. the
private detective. and advised DR.
Carman to be perfectly frank with
Burns and tell the truth. DIR. Car
man did not tell the truth. and he ID
mistaken when he says that he ha:
given the authorities OF the county
all the aid In his power.
| Inc testimony on u TtUk u. rdt'cl'
alias collins tho man who hal
frequently been referred to In Inter
views as "the tramp" tho District
Attorney believes, greatly strength
cned the case against Mrs. Carman
Farrell went before the Grand Jur'
Yesterday afternoon and VIC ques
toned for nearly an hour,
, Although no had already told hi
story to the District Attorney In con
siderable detail, Mr.. Smith was no
aware OF tho full weight Of Farrell
evidence until Celia Colemap's testi
many was laid before the Gran
Jury. Then. according to informa
ton which IL beyond Impeachment
It was found that his story bore on
In a startling waN the tale which ha
been told by the Carman's colore
maid.
FARRELL FEARED FOR HIMSELF
70 AND FLED.
u Farrell. according to this sam
source. went to the Carman hous
r the night VI the murder to ask 10
0 food or work or whatever be coul
I get.
a 10 WAS on his way 10 the
r kitchen door In the rssr when 10