Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-07
CARMAN THINKS
SLAYER SHOT TO
BRIGHTEN VICTIM
But Physician Refuses to Ex-
plain Why He Believes in
New Theory.
BURNS MEN SEARCH FOR
REVOLVER WITH MAGNET
Detectives Confident They Can
Lift" Weapon Hidden in
Murder House.

fREbPpRT, n. Y. July DIR. Ed
win Carman. in whose office Mrs.
Louise Bailey was killed last Tuesday
by bullet that came through a win
dow. offered new theory today as to
how the shot came to be fired. He
said that mall probability the person
who fired the shot did so with the in
tention OF creating only a scare and
that there might have been no intent
to kill
He would not be definite when aues-
toned as to who might want to give
such a scare and the reasons for 1t.
DR.. carman also admitted that his
wife was under suspicion of knowing
something about the murder.
Il know that they suspect Mrs. Car
man, he said. They would have ar
rested her long ago. if they could
have got the stuff on her. but they
cant get IL"
The physician would say nothing TO
advance further his previous theory
that the person who fired the shot in
tended TO kill him and not Mrs. Bal
ley.
Detectives Use strong Magnet
Detectives today began digging CD
a considerable portiorl ~ the grounds
in search for the rs cahber revolver
used by the slayer
Equipped with a powerful magnet
they also began a search for a re-
volver in the attic of the Carman
home The house is a frame building
and the operatives .fshed" between
the weather boarding and inner
lining. The magnet is strong enough
to lift a revolver which might have
been dropped between the walls
I'VE are going over the entire pla,e
with a fine tooth Comb" said one Of
the detectives. <Ne have informa-
ton which leads us to believe the
murder weapon was hidden near the
scene of the crime
Mrs. Florence Carman wife of DIR.
Carman, first became suspicious Of
her husband ten years ago the detec-
lives were informed today. Her jeal-
ousy was so aroused at that time
that she oured holes through the
floor OF her bedroom that she might
spy upon her husband and his wom-
en- patients. This is being carefully
investigated by the detectives.
Search for Two Women.
With the advent of the Burns detec-
| tives into the case and the re-enact-
ment OF the murder last night at the
Carman home search was being made
today for two mysterious women who
were in the waiting room of DIR. Car
mans Office at the time of the shoot
ing And it now develops five women
went to see DR.. Carman on the night
Of the murder One was Mrs. Bailey.
Two others We're Hazel Coombes and
Hannah Kahn, who left before the
shooting occurred There were two
other women who were seated in the
waiting reom with George Golden
and Archie Post when the shot was
fired At the sound of il these women
darted through the portieres and into
the hall. 1t is believed that they left
by the door on the east side of the
house.
Speculate About Witnesses
Speculation is rife today regarding
the identity of the two upon whom
District Attorney Smith and Sheriff
Petit seem to be relying to convince
the grand jury that an indictment
should be returned against the
woman 1t has been intimated that
the witnesses are Elizabeth variance,
the nurse whose face Mrs. Carman
slapped in the PHYSICIANS office some
weeks ago, and Theodore Bedell, the
village blacksmith. whom DR. Car
man summoned to the house to estab-
CONTINUED on Page ?. Column ~