Evening star., 1914-07-09
District Attorneys Office Not
Certain Evidence Warrants
an indictment.
HER FIRST DAY IN JAIL
SEES SECOND COLLAPSE
Husband. Convinced of Her limo.
cence. Thinks Name Will Be
Cleared of Murder.

M1NEO1-A. L. l., July a.-It is not at
all certain that there will be enough evil
dence for grand jury indictment against
Mrs Florence carman. charged with the
murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey and yes
terday committed to the county Jail await
ing an examination on the charge. This
was the opinion that Assistant District
Attorney Weeks expressed today.
Mrs. Carman case was expected to
come up before the grand jury late today.
but. according 20 Mr.. Weeks there was
little likelihood of an Indictment The
number Of witnesses to be examined
would preclude this possibility today
Likely to Be Discharged.
1T is not unlikely said the assistant
district attorney. that when Mrs. Car
man appears Monday before Coroner Nor
ton. who will then be acting in the ca
pacity of justice of the peace. she will be
discharged. At that time Mrs Carmans
attorney will have a right to cross-ex-
anime the witnesses who testify against
the prisoner.
for the day. found his wife in better
spirits when he visited her in Jail. She
seemed to have recovered her composure
and to be less nervous.
L.
broke down in her cell and her condition
became SO acute that the prison author
tiles were alarmed and called in the staff
physician. She was taken to the warden
and became quieter after sedatives had
been given her. She refused. however
to go to bed.
New Witnesses for Defense.
George Levy. attorney for Mrs. Car
man, said today that he had discovered
two new witnesses whose testimony he
considered extremely valuable. He also
said he had information that two of the
witnesses whose testimony had been in
strumental in causing the arrest of Mrs.
Carman had been far from the Carman
home at the time Of the murder.
One Of the first witnesses to appear be-
fore the grand jury, 1t was announced.
would be Elwood T. Bardes, the insur-
ance agent, whose testimony yesterday
before Coroner Norton caused that off,
cial to issue the warrant for Mrs. Car
| mans arrest. Bardes is also held at the
jail in Mineola as a material witness.
| the prosecutor having ordered his deten-
| ton SO that he would be at hand when
woman near the entrance to DR.. Car
mans Office an instant after the shot
was fired that killed Mrs. Bailey. His
description Of the woman corresponded
To Appear Before Grand Jury.
Another witness before the grand jury
will be the Carman maid. Cecilia Cole
man. a negro girl. Counsel for Mrs
Carman today said that she was pre-
pared to go before the grand jury and
waive immunity thing unusual in the
case Of a person charged with murder.
She was ready, the attorney said, to tell
everything she knows Of the incidents
before and following the murder.
Mrs. Carman will be taken back TO
Freeport Monday for arraignment.
when she is expected to repeat her plea
of not guilty.
DR.. Carman. who accompanied Mrs,
Carman to the Jail. declared on his re-
turn to Freeport last night that moth
ing would be left undone to prove the
innocence Of his wife. While he adj
mitted that he realized the seriousness
of Bardes' testimony, he was positive
that Mrs. Carman did not fire the shot
that killed Mrs. Bailey.
He had known for several days, he
said, that they suspected Mrs. Carman.
and added that if it had not been for
the unfortunate dictograph incident
her name would never have come into
the case as suspect.
She is innocent, as / know well, and
1 am sure that in the end this will be
established without doubt" he de-
clared.
Meyer Newman Arrested.
Meyer Newman. alias Duke de Leop.
was locked up here today. charged with
carrying pistol. A .3S-caliber revol-
yer was found on him.
Newman. who describes himself as a
gang leader of the Bronx, came. TO
Mineola voluntarily TO testify before
the grand jury in the Carman case. he
is the man who announced recently
that friend of his. now in Kansas
City, obtained and spirited away later
pistol for Mrs. Carman. Newman
said he was a party to the transaction
and "squealed" because he did not ger
money promised him.
Charged With Poisoning Well.