The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-08
ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO |ND|CT WOMAN
District Attorney Smith Thinks
Mystery of Murder of Mrs.
Bailey Is Solved.
MAN TELLS STARTLING STORY
Declares He and Companion
Were With Slayer at Time
Shot Was Fired.

Frceport, L. 7. July I've are pre-
pared to so before the grand jury on
Thursday and ask for the indictment
of woman whom we believe lnur-
dercd Mrs. Louise Bailey in the office
of DR.. Edwin Carman on :he night OF
June 30" This was the declaration OF
District Attorney Lewis j. Smith to-
night. after receiving detailed re-
port from William ]. Burns, the do
tcctive.
we are confident that we have snf-
hcient evidence TO indict. il the grand
jury thinks otherwise, We shall put
the matter up To the next grand jury
NJ necessary We shall keep this matter
before grand iuries for ten years. But
we believe that we, have solved tho
mystery.
The first witnesses We shall call
Will lie Drs. Howard ". Ph.pps and
Roy l.. Grimmcr. who performed the
autopsy on the body OF Mrs Bailey
Next We shall call Or, William H.
lsunc'c. who will testify as 10 the
cause Of death The physicians. how
ever. arc prepared to say they found
that Mrs. Bailey was in Il delicate
condition when she was killed. These
facts may ana may not be Of vast i'm
porIa nee. We shall establish the fact
II the purchase by Mrs. Carn1an of a
dictagraph. and we shall seek to re-
veal whether or not she kept q full
diary Of everything that was said in
the office of DR. C;,rman.
STARTLING STATEMENT
WILL HE MADE BY MAN
Thcre viii be presented to the grand
iur% a man. whose statement is SO
startling that II is almost unbelievable
THIS man came TO SEQ District Attor.
ney Smith he declined to give his
name. but declared he knew who slew
Mrs. Bailey. The man declared that
he and man named Joe Anderson
had come 10 Freeport from New York.
where they We're employed by wom-
an who wanted Or. Carman killed."
SiiG Mr.. Smith. "Hc said that he and
Anderson We're promised $50 for the
,oh. and that they were To present
themselves IN Freeport on the night OF
June 30. lie declared they came, met
the woman, were taken To the window
by this woman and when the screen
was raised and the window broken
| the woman took the gun from the man
who was to have done the killing, saw
ing that she would do the shooting
hcrself.
"lle said that the paid assassin will
nEly gave up the gun and that tho
woman shot. She saw Mrs. Bailey
drop and saw DR.. Car-nan drop. Sho
thrust the revolver back into tho
hands OF the eunnen and he fled.
Both men made \ quick getaway.
This man says that Anderson fed
TO Kansas city, forgetting to divide
tho money received for assisting at tho
murder. - says tina, he tells this
story by way Of wreakinc vengeance
on his perhdlous companion"
IDENTITY or WOMAN
Is NOT MADE PUBLIC
Smith declared that there WAS moro
TO the strangers story, but it would DO
out OF the question TO publish It,
Who the woman in the story is is
not made public by the district at
torncy
Believing that Dr Carman might he
able 10 pick out some woman who
was so bitterly his enemy as 10 want
him murdered. the correspondent
sought him. Carman shook his head
In ama2clncnt.
Il cannot cred; this mans story.
cannot believe il FOR a moment" no
said.
II never heard tho name OF doe An
dcrson." declared Mrs. curnl.n 1T Is
n terrible story. ono that cannot be
believed. Now people Will declare that
l am that woman. Have I not enough
TO bear without this? Those who saw
that am this woman will be telling
a terrible lie; damnahlc lie Not in
the nature of denial at all. but rather
TO set myself on record before this
story becomes widcspread let me make
II emphatic that ! never met a man
outside my home. am not that sort.
Neither III New York nor eiscwhero
have done 50. Every day new lies
are being perpetratcd. Now they say
that bored holes IN The floor through
which might spy upon my husband.
That Is n lie, lie. My first foolish
act was my purchase of that dicta-
graph. My mother is IA hit better to-
day. and my sister. Mrs. Powell. went
TO business to-day. We are gradual
ly getting back Ia normal hope this
viii soon bc overall over"
FINAL SESSION TODAY
or CoRONER'S INQUEsr
hp
final session OF the coroner's inquest
viii be held. CASTOR Roissonnauit,
the man from whom Mrs. carnan pur-
chased the dictagraph. and Francis
Calvin burnett the man who Installed
the apparatus, Will be Piled with ques-
lions by the grand jury. They will
tell al! the details Of tho purchase and
insta!lation They will tell As far as
they can what Mrs. Carman said to
them. Hoissonnault viii tell what he
knows about the diary that Mrs. Car
man Is alleged TO have kept since she
had the dictagraph Installed. Several
other witnesses. including Mrs Ida
iowcl. Mrs. Carman's sister. will tcs-
tify.
VERDICT Dy CORONER
MAY nE ANNOUNCED.
In statement to-day. Coroner Nor
ron said he might hold some ono FOR
inquest. Iio added that he might de-
cide on = verdict tomorrow.
formed that John Howe. OF phila-
delphla. had admitted 1t was he who
called upon David Kennedy yesterday
and informed him no was ready to
make an affidavit, that u woman he
knew had vowed she would kill DR.
Carman. said
II have heard liowes story, and
have heard all about the telephone call.
also have been informed that Mir.
Howe said IN Philadelphia to-day that
he had been informed that detectives
had been unable to lind the woman az
her home in Frccport II any detec-
tivcs were looking for her ! know
nothing about Il: We have run down
several stories OF this kind. and found
there Was nothing IN them"