Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
FIND MISSING
WITNESSES IN
BAILEY CASE
Discover Women Patients Who
Were at DR.. carman's on
Night of Murder.
REPORT NEGRO MAID
HAS CHANGED STORY
Said to Have Told Friend She
Met Doctors Wife Rush.
ing Up Stairs.

FREBPoRT. n T. July io.-As-
sistant District Attorney Weeks has
learned the names and addresses Of
the two women patients who were IN
the office of Dr. Edwin Carman the
night AIRS. Louise D. Bailey was shot
and killed there. and today win harz
talk with the women. who disap4
peared Immediately after the shoot
ing. From them it is hoped to learn
whether Mrs. Florence conkiin Car
man was seen in the house, clothed. At
the time she says she was upstairs
and lying down. partly disrobed.
Celia Coleman. the negro maid Of
the Carman household. is likely to be-
come a valuable witness SO far As This.
point goes, 1t was said today by the
authorities. who hinted that she
might possibly be locked up as a
material witness. negro detective.
employed by District Attorney Lewis
J. Smith, is said to have gained the
acquaintance of the maid and to have
gained from her a story which differs
from the one previously told.
Met Mrs. carman on stairs.
The story. which reached the Mas
sau county officials this morning. Il
10 the effect that the Coleman girl
told Mrs. Alfred Paris. of Washing
ton street, Rockville Centre. that she
was upstairs in her room when the
shot was fired; that as she rushed
downstairs she met Mrs. carman
hurrying up; that the latter ordered
her to return to her room and keep
quiet. and then ran into her bed
room
At the coroner's inq Celia sWors
that she was in the kitchen when the
shot was fired, and that when she
went upstairs directly after she saw
Mrs Carman in her bedroom.
The exact words Mrs. Carman Is
alleged TO have used when she met
Celia on the stairs were. according 70
the story:
GO back to your room and keep
quiet.
Anonymous Letter Beccises.
The authorities today received the
following anonymous letter purporf
ing TO be from trained nurse
For Gods sake, free Mrs. Carma1a
She is a good, honest woman. She Is
good, honest woman. ! am the one
who fired the shot | meant to get
DIR. Carman and he knows Why I
Gid not mean TO hit Mrs Bailey /
viii get him yet
A woman who appeared al the home
several days ago and told a strange
story of the shooting has been sent
from the village, the authorities be~
lieving her insane, and Meyer New
man, who arrived al Mineola yester-
day, is now to be examined as 10 his
sanity Newman claimed to know ;
gunfnan who was paid $50 to fire the
shot for Mrs Carman
The murder is now ten days Old ans
the authorities, although Mrs Car
man has been arrested, appear no
much nearer to the solution of the
mystery than they were at the start
Several theories are under considers
tion and investigation. Soms of them
apparently are very wild, but every
possibility is being gone into. One
of these is that Mrs. Bailey Was NOT
slain by woman, but by man
wearing a Woman's dress over his
own clothes. Sidney Schioss tall
ors helper, who was delivering some
clothes near the Carman home the
night of the murder. has declared
that he saw woman run from thu
tiOAEr anu iiAtC a AOut-ctdlbl
automobile which stood with its en-
gine running in front OF the Elks
Club. diagonally across the stree.
from DR. Carman's house There WIS
no chauffeur in the automobile. he
said.
Tive stories of same Kind.
The authorities are trying 10 dove
tail with this story one told them By
the collector for a wholesale drug
house, who called on DR.. Carman one
night about three weeks ago. When
the collector reached the lawn of the
Carman house be saw a person he
thought was woman go TO the frent
door AS he walked up the path he
asked If she wanted to see the physi-
clan and told her to go TO the side
door, which leads TO the office.
She went TO the door. he says. and
then peered through the window
through which Mrs. Bailey was shot
Her behavior struck the collector
as most peculiar and he stopped 10
watch her After peering through
the window the woman walked uuiet-
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