The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
WOMA AN WILL BE ARRE ST ED IN THE BAILEY MURDERC CASE
Sufficient Evidence DiscOv- cred to Warrant Arrest, Declares Sheriff of
 Nassau

Freeport. N. r., July 5.-sufficient ev- ioence has been discovered to warrant the arrest of a woman for the murder Of Mrs. Louise Bailey In thf office of Dr. Edwin Carman last Tuesday night, according to Sheriff stephen P. Petit, of Nassau county.
 The sheriff tonight refused to dis close the exact nature of this evidence. He announced the woman would be taken into custody before the end of the week, possibly at the close of the coroner's inquest which will be resumed tomorrow. The sheriff added that the important evidence in his possession would not be presented at the inquest Whether this -cal1ed new evidence is the revolver with which the mur- der was committed the sheriff would rot say. The ends of justice, he de- clared, would be defeated should he amplify his statement.
 When the inquest Is resumed, Mrs. Ida Powell. sister of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, wife of the physician,
 
 Norton said tonight It is understood she will be given an oportunity to change testimony she gave Friday con. cerning her whereabouts just before the murder
 George Colder, one of Dr. Carman' s patients who was in the house when the shot was fired. testified he saw Mrs. carman on the front porch of her home when he entered the house half hour before the shot was fired When it was suggested he might have mistaken Mrs. Carman for her sister, Colder was confronted with the two women and immediately identified Mrs Carman as the woman he had seen not only on the porch before the muroe, but in the doctors office just after It.
 Ms. Carman and Mrs. Powell both denied they were on the front porch at all last Tuesday night Now, Cor oner Norton says he understands Mrs Powell has refreshed her memory, and remembers she was sitting on the porch with Mrs. Platt Conklin, her mother, when Colder arrived.
 Mrs. Conklin is too i'll to testify at the inquest and the coroner will visit tle t'hIiidH noiut ioiuoiioW ID near ner story.
 Mrs Conklin, according to District Attorney Smith, who has already inter- viewed her. will say she was on tho porch when Colder arrived. Mrs Con- kiin's statemen4 it Is said. was one of the things that caused Mrs. Powell to refresh her memory
 I. May Have Been Conspiracy Detectives working on the case de- clared tonight that one of their num- Der had discovered a clew which led him to believe the murder of Mrs. Bailey was the result of conspiracy, matched by three women living in a nearby village. The motive, the de- tective said. was revenge.
 This clue was discredited by the county authorities The women the detectives said. were trying to kill the doctor and shot Mrs. Bailey by mis- take.
 The heavy guard thrown around the On ffnan house last midnight was talk en off today.f One policeman in uniform remained at the house Tonight, how ever. the guard. on all sides of the house was replaced and Sheriff Petit seid it would remain until morning. Dr. Carman told the authorities to- lnfght he feared some persons whom he named. might secret .38 revolver with one exploded chamber in 1t or his property or in his home in an effort 1 to support theory. Detectives and uniformed policemen guarding the house admitted that their instructions lincluded something about the planting of evidence"
 1 The body of rMs Bailey was buried Y (Continued on Page Two)
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