Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-08
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HAND OF MYSTERY
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N. T., July 6.-The name or
Or. Edwin Carman's wife did not ap-
pear on the list Of witnesses sum
moned for the inquest, this afternoon,
into the death Of Mrs. Louise Bailey,
VINO was murdered in DIR. Carman's Of
lice last Tuesday night.
Since almost every one else in and
about the physicians house that night
had been notified to appear at the i'm
quest. the omission of Mrs. Carman's
name caused much comment. The dis.
trict attorney explained he had excel
lent reasons for not calling. Mrs. Car
man. 1t was understood he desired to
reserve her testimony for the grand
jury. unimpaired by any premature
revelations at the inquest.
among the witnesses called were
Archie Post, Joseph Colder and Miss
Hazel Combs. patients, who were watt
Ing In DR.. Carman's outer office when
Mrs. Bailey was murdered. A man.
named Burke, resident of a neigh
boring village, had been summoned, 1t
was said. to repeat a story he had told
q detective about having seer a woman
dressed IN white running away from
the window of the doctors office i'm
medfately after the shot was fired.
Talking over the telephone today
Mrs. Carman declared that she wanted
to testify at the inquest and was ready
to tell all h knew. II realize fully that
IN a measure I am under suspicion"
O..S o~ANs AN NAAok az la pkOSCxlL IlOs
ment l am restrained as to my move
ments."
Mrs. Carman denied a story that e v
eral weeks g she had attacked a
woman patient in her husbands Of
flee. She repeated her declaration that
she had v seen Mrs. Bailey until
she looked on her dead body at the
morgue yesterday.
Were you Jealous OF Mrs. B~ailey?'
she was asked.
mo. indeed" she answered.
Mrs. Carman Views Body.
h body of the murdered woman
was taken from her home in Hemp
stead to an undertaking morgue for an
autopsy. which had been ordered by
the district attorney. William d.
Bailey at first refused to allow his
,wife's body to be moved from the
mouse, U after the authorities had
threatened to go to a supreme court
justice n secure an order permitting
the autopsy, he gave his consent.
MRS. Carman. wife of the doctor in
whose office the woman was shot, and
her attorney were waiting at the
morgue. Mrs. Carman was taken in
70 a rear room and asked to look at
the dead wOman's features.
Poor woman" exclaimed the phy-
scans wife, II am SO sorry for her"
"HaVe you ever seen this woman be-
fore?" her attorney asked
n,; MIs' G car 7 baI perfectly calm. re-
woman in my whole life"
the physicians who performed the
autopsy traced the course Of the bull
let, but nothing else having a bearing
on the tragedy was revealed.
Detectives late yesterday interviewed
grapher, who told them she was in the
PHYSICIANS house at the time Of he
shootlng. having gone there for treat
ment. She said she was admitted to
n house by Mrs. Carman. DR.. Car
man was eating dinner and Miss
combs said h was told to wait.
Miss Combs Story.
while I was there" Miss Combs 10
said to have told the detectives. "a
woman whom I now know was Mrs.
Galley, arrived. She did no knock or
herself. She walked right in
and q few moments later went into the
Mrs. Carman passed through the room
and went Into he kitchen at the rear
OF the U Later she went out on
Inc porch and while she wa there
heard her tell n of her children not
70 play the piano as the doctor had q
10 minutes before I heard q. shot"
IN telling her story to the detectives
and the district attorney yesterday.
MRS. Carman declared she returned
L.om New York about 2 o'clock the
night OF the murder and went imme-
q the house where she prepared to re-
tire. She denied going to the GROUND
1ioor even when the shot was fred.
Miss Combs. the detectives also say.
told them It was a woman and not Or.
Carman Who folded Mrs. Bailey's hands
been raised from the floor and placed
upon the office couch. Joseph Colder;
another patient who wa waiting to
CONSULT Dr. Carman. also told the DO
sice Y was g woman who did this and
ne edded that It was woman who