New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-02

The Freeport authorities received
the dictograph clew early yesterday af-
ternoen from the Offices in Manhattan
of the company which sold the device
to Mrs. Carman. Their pursuit of the
case, which had Jagged rather hope
lessly in the morning, quickened.
Sheriff Stephen F. Petit Of Nassau
County and Assistant District Attor-
ney Weeks questioned DR.. and Mrs.
Carman and the Sheriff obtained an
admission from the doctors wife.
"Mrs. Carman," he said, "hss admit
ted purchasing a dictogrsph several
months ago and placing it without her
husbands knowledge in his Office, run
ming the wiring TO a clothes closet in
her own room.
"She said she had done this because
she was jealous and suspicious Of her
husband and wanted to know the con-
versations which took place when
women patients visited him.
"Shc said that she had taken the
dictograph out some time this morning
and had then told her husband for the
first time that she had installed one IN
his Office, but she ado d that .he con-
versations she had succeeded in hear
ing comforted her"
Carman Home Surrounded.
1t was after the finding Of the dieto-
graph, considered so important in the
murder case, that the police guards
around the Carman home were in
creased. No member Of the family was
permitted TO see any one. II was de-
MED with emphasis that any one Of the
household was under arrest or likely
TO be Immediately. Great precautions,
however, were taken to prevent the oc-
currence of anything in the house with
out the knowledge of the police.
simultaneously with the discovery OF
the dictograph. the Freeport and
county authorities dropped the other
lines of investigation which they had
begun the morning By pursuing SO
eagerly.
Stories Of domestic troubles between
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey, which had been
assidiously traced, were at once treated
as not worthy of mention. Rumors
that some of DR.. Carman's warmest
friends might have turned into bitter
enemies were ridiculed, instead OF
being hopefully followed. The discus
sion revolving around the question OF
whether it was a man or woman who
fired the fatal bullet suddenly ceased.
Only the question whether the bullet
was intended for Dr. Carman or for
Mrs. Bailey continued to be argued
with undiminished interest.
The discovery of the dictograph had
changed the entire aspect of the case.
In the opinion Of experts, this ins.ru-
ment will prove the greatest factor in
the solution Of what promised 10 be
one OF the deepest murder mysterie,
Of years.
Within few hours the discovery
had led back to the incidents of a MAY
day, the 10th. when Mrs. Carmsn
entered the Offices of the General
HN"NSNAN NoHPaHst SSV west 9Z0 ST.,
Manhattan. and asked for a conference.
"l'm dressmaker and my employees
arc stealing from me. I'm convinced
of it, but | want a dictogrsph to con-
firm it," she told CASTOR Boissonnault,
one Of the company's officials.
Mr.. Boissonnault, who used to be
chief of the Canadian Secret Service
and is a pretty good judge of character,
looked the woman over. lie quickly
made up his mind.
"We can't let you have q dieto-
graph" he said.
"Why not?" The woman was aston
ished.
simply because you're not a dress
maker, and we have to be careful
about renting our instruments. We
must know why they are wanted; TO
what use they will be put"
The "dressmaker' looked just as hard
at Mr. Boissonnault as he had looked
at her a moment before.
"I'm going to trust YOU" she said.
81 don't know why, but woman never
knows why, you know. I'm the wife OF
DR.. Edwin Carmsn, Of freeport. Long