South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-09
Physician, Loyal to Woman
Who DiStruSted Him, SWearS
She's Innocent and Starts
Hunt for Bailey Slayer.
PROSECUTOR ADMITS
WEAKNESS OF CASE
Fears to Take Decisive Action
Prisoner Volunteers to
Testify Before Grand Jury,
Waving Immunity Right.

NEW YORK. July 9.-With Mrs.
Florence Carman prisoner in the
jail at MincOla accused of the murder
of Mrs. Louise Bailey. who was shot
to death in the office OF DR.. Edwin
Carman. the prisoners husband, Mas
sau county officials admitted today
that they expect one OF the greatest
legal battles in the history OF New
y Ork state before they succeed ln
fastening the crime upon her.
The evidence against Mrs. Carman
thus far gathered is purely circum-
stantial The authorities believe that
they can establish the motive for the
crime by proving that Mrs. Carman
was intensely jealous OF her husband.
a jealousy that she manifested by at
tacling one woman visitor in his Of
fee and by having a dictagraph in
stalled with which she eaNesdropped
upon the physician.
Will Use His Fortune.
Or. Carman declared today that he
would use all his fortune If necessary
TO establish the innocence of his
wife. Loyal to the woman who sus-
pected him OF love affairs with his
woman patients, he asserted that Mrs.
Carman was guiltless of the crime.
My wife VIII be acquitted" he
cried at his Freeport home. where
he was comforting his little daughter
El4LdDeln. with promises LIlttL
mamma viii soon be back.
Perhaps my wife made some fool
ish mistakes but everything will come
out all right. We viii find out who
fired that shot. It's bound To come
out in time II Mrs. Carman had not
gotten mixed up in that dictagraph
matter her name would never have
been mentioned in this case"
Though brought into the shadow
Of the electric chair by her arrest.
Mrs. Carman's nerve was unbroken
today when she awoke after a restful
night. Her quarters are in a private
room OF Warden William II. Hulse in
the Mineola Jail. She has thus far
been spared from Imprisonment in a
cell. Her only guard is the warden's
wife, Mrs Catherine Hulse.
Arrangements We're made today 10
have her meals brought 20 her from a
nearby restaurant.
Declares Her Innocence.
IT know that public opinion is
against me-" she said To the warden's
wife when breakfast was taken 10
her. "but / am innocent. The public
demanded a victim and I was selected.
The officials who put me here are
going TO find out their mistake.
'I am ready and willing 90 go be-
fore the grand jury and tell my whole
story. I am confident that no indict-
ment will be returned against me. The
grand jury wiz not be swayed by
public clamOr as were the officials
who ordered my arrest"
Backing up his clients statement
that she was willing 10 go before the
grand jury, Atty. George A. Levy de-
clared today that Mrs Carman would
waive immunity and testify. He made
this declaration with every confidence
that Mrs. Carman would be able 20
clear herself
lawyer is Confident.
"T am confident that she is inno-
cent. or ! never would make this re-
quest" said the lawyer. "It is the
first time in the history OF Nassau
county that a defendant ever asked
TO go before a grand jury. II ] were
not satisfied that Mrs. Carman is the
victim OF misdirected energy We
would never make such an offer"
Atty Levy declared that he would
riddle the story told by +. # Bardes
at the inquest yesterday I'm which he
asserted that he had seen a woman
walking from the window through
which the shot was fred 20 the rear
OF the Carman home
That the authorities are not thor
oughlv satisfied with Bardes' story
was indicated by the fact that he was
held ia custody today at MineOla.
Plans as 20 the grand jury's taking
up the case Immediately We're con
fused today Confessing the states
case against Mrs. Carman was weak.
Dist Atty Smith and his assistant.
Atty Weeks. hesitated as 10 prompt
action. but both feared that III they
did not Mrs. Carman might he set
free