The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-09
MRS. CARMON SAID
HUSBANDWH|SPERED
TO WOMEN PATIENTS
Told This to Man Who
Supplied Her Die
tagraph,
MAN EYE WITNESS?
MAN EYE WITNESS?
District Attorney Says He
Has Found One Who
Saw Shooting.

SoW oIlOOllIlR.
Freeport, N. Y.-Gaston Boisson
ault, manager of the detective divi
sion of a company which manufac
lures telephone device to record
conversation, was the first witness al
the resumption today of the inques,
into the death of Mrs. Louis Bailey
who was shot to death in the office
of DR.. Carman.
1t was Boissonault's company that
Installed the telephone device in DR.
Carman's Office some time before the
murder, on the order of Mrs. Car
man.
The witness told of the first call
Of Mrs. Carman at his office. She
first said she was dressmakersand
then admitted her identity, adding
that she had many domestic troubles
and wanted to hear what went on in
her husbands office. This was on
May 10. The witness said that ar
rangements for the rental of the in
strument were made that day.
Mrs. Carman made the arrange
ments to have her husband away for
two days while the instrument was
installed in the office and house.
The witness said that Mrs, Carman
told him of seeing the nurse kiss DR..
Carman.
MRS. Carman said she was mad y
the witness went on, when she saw
that kiss, that she almost broke the
window by knocking on It."
Husband Met Many Women.
Mrs. Carman told him further. he
said, that she knew her husband met
many women both in his home and
out side. She asked the witness
whether he could furnish detectives
to follow him. She said emphaticaliy.
however, that she would not get a
divorce on account of her daughter.
The witness then told of the in
stallatton of the instrument in the
Carman residence. sAf
Mrs. Carman and also her mother
called upon him ON May 25, said the
witness. Mrs. Carman told him that
she was Satisfied" and that she had
been Keeping a diary record OF
everything she heard over the instru-
ment. She said that she had SONS
difficulty in hearing all that went on
In the doctors Office, because the
doctor and women patients sometimes
whispered. She bought two addition
al batteries for the instrument on
this occasion.
Elizabeth Carman, the twelve
year-old daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Carman, testified that directly after
the shot was fired, she ran upstairs
and saw her mother, her aunt and
her grandmother there. Her mother.
she said. was In kimona.
Eye Witness of Murder Found.
Just before the inquest into. the
death of Mrs. Louise Bailey was re-
snmed today, the district attorney an
Dounced that no had discovered a
new witness who says he saw the
murder committed.
This man, an insurance agent, said
he vas passing the Carman house
at about eight O'Clock on the night
of the murder. when he heard
crash of glass and turned to see
what caused 1t, saw a woman. dress
ed in white looking into the win
dow of the physicians office. Then.
he told the detectives, he heard the
report of revolver and saw the
woman disappear toward the rear
of the house.
Expect to Indict Woman.
The indictment Of woman for
firing bullet into the heart of Mrs.
Bailey In the office of DR.. Edwin
Carman, just week ago, was prom
ised last night by District Attorney
Smith, who will present evidence In
the case to the grand jury Thursday.
II intend to have this woman in
dicted il I have to present the evil
dence to every grand jury that meets
years." he declared after admitting
that an Indictment might be refused
at this time because of insufficient
evidence. fs
: II believe. though" he went. ON,
that the indictment, will be return
ed. If the unexpected should happen,
the evidence at hand now and any
new facts that may be discovered will
be presented to the next grand jury"
The story told by the witness who
was examined in secret during the
recess between the morning and at
ternoon sessions of the inquest yes
terday was revealed today.
A half hour before the morning
proceedings opened, man whose
name is kept secret. told the district
attorney that he knew who shot Mrs.
Bailey. Briefly his statement is as
follows:
Story Of Shooting.
Last Tuesday morning the woman
suspect met him (the new witness)
and man whose name he gave and
whom he said is now in New York.
The woman agreed to give them $50
each If one would bring a revolver
and deliver 1t to her on the lawn ct
the side of DR.. Carman's house. The
new witness and the man he declared
has since fled. came to Freeport from
New York on the same train with the