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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
DOCTORS WIFE, TELLS OF
PUTTING IN DICTOGRAPE1

Then came the first OF the questions
ahout the dictograph. which Mrs. Car
man installed 10 hear the conversation
between the physician and his women
Daticnts. Mrs. Carman Immediately
seized the opportunity 70 get IN rap
NJ the company which sold her the
machine. She evidently credlts the
cemDanv with disclosing the story Of
its purchase. and she emphasized the
statement that she had not revealed
her idcntity 10 the manager until ne
had assured her that all her transac-
tioDs with him were "in sacred conf
dence. never 20 be told TO any one"
81 really did not want dictograph
when | first went TO the Office OF the
company" Mrs. Carman said. 81 had
vague idea Of it. ! thought 1t was
some kind Of a recording instrument
made records, don't you know l
thought il was a Photographic record
that all you had 20 do was to put IN
= new record each time and It would
reproduce the conversation.
when 7 went 10 the company SAID
I was a dressmaker. said that be
cause my sister used 10 be one. CASTOR
Boissionault, the manager, told me ne
would never betray my confidence ana
gave him my name. told my mother
that / was going 20 put IN the dlcto-,
oranh. and She said 10 me: You should
rot do so: YOU arc unwise and foolish,
Girl, But / did il. ] did not tell my
sister about it then. ] told Boissionan, {
about the affair with the nurse girl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
POST ALMOST CERTAIN
HE SAW MRS. CARMAN

@. Do you know Mrs. Carman and
would you recognize her voice? A.
Yes, know her. but | don't believe
would recognize her voice.
o. Well, before the shooting did YOU
hear any ono pass through the lower
part Of the house? A. heard some one
pass through the kitchen TO the door
The person went from the front Of the
house to the kitchen. Il was walking
fast.
Q. What time WAS this? A-Right
after the little girl was told 10 stop
playing and FIVE or ten minutes before
the shooting.
O. Did you hear any noise sounding
like skirts? A.No. | didn't hear any
skirts. The portieres TO the dining
room we're almost closed. There was
Just :. small opening.
O. After the shot what did you
hear? A. heard some one say "0h.
my Cod" | don't know who it was.
but believe it was DIR. Carman. /
didn't hcar any one say 81 am shot"
Q-What became OF the two women
in the Office? A-They disappeared.
Q. How long was Mrs. Bailey in
there with Dr.. Csrman? 4. / think
twenty-five minutes.
That ended Posts examination.
\ short technical examination Of the
three physicians who conducted the
autopsy followed. bringing TO an end
;he first day o. the inquest. Their tes-
.imony was conclusive of nothing. They
said that parts Of the body were in
such a condition Of Inflammation that
they rad sent them 20 bacteriologist
for further examination.
The inquest was then adjourned IN.
Ill 10 o'clock Monday morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

Yes. ] got the photograph and had II put
in not more than two weeks after the
affair."
Describes Meeting with Nurse.
"Now, about this affair with the
nurse. You went downstairs and went
to the window and raped on it?"
81 did" the witness replied. Here
the questions and answers ran thus:
Q.-You went downstairs and out
through the kitchen to the window
from which the shot was fired? A
! did.
Q.-You looked into the window ?
Q.EHow did you know the nurse
was in the Office? A.-Well, | knew
She had been in the waiting-room.
c. How long were you at the win
dow? Al was looking in for fe"
minutes before | saw the doctor take
out the money and give it to her. He
counted il over. then he looked at her
and gave her fifteen dollars.
Q.-Then you raped at the window
Al raped on the window. Then |
went around and into the house and
to the door. ! knocked at the door, and
the doctor opened it at once. ] walked
in. told him that that was a pretty
way for two old married people TO be-
have: that those were pretty actions
for them. ] slapped her on the face
with the back of my hand, just like
this. had seen her kiss the doctor
on the cheek just before.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

of Mrs. Bailey? AIR. Levy asked
me if would he willing to go, and l
told him ! would.
Q. When did Mr.. Levy call? A.
Mr.. Levy called on Wednesday after
noon. told him | had seen the alter
noon papers and that they were con-
meeting me with this shooting. ! asked
him if he would advise me and be my
counsel if needed him, and he said he
would.
Q.-Was the visit to Hampstead at
your request: Alt was not. 1t was
at Mr.. Levy's.
O. When was the last time you were
in the doctors Office? Alt was the
time that the woman was there; the
nurse. 1 don't recall ever having been
in the Office since then. but | don't re-
call that have not perhaps on one Oc-
cssion.
Odd you listen on the night of
June 80 on the dictograph? A.-NO, !
did not Try 10 listen that night.
Q.-That is all. Mrs. Carman.
Mrs. Carman left the stand. Her
husband joined her and together they
left the hearing room. Mrs. Carmar
showed no effects Of the ordeal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
WITNESS SAYS HIS WIFE.
SLAPPED WOMAN PATIENT

for married man and married Hom-
an. Nice for married man 10 be Civ
ing money to married woman not his
wife"
In response TO Mr.. Smiths direction,
Go on" the doctor explained:
"Wcll. Mrs. Varians had come i'm 70
pay me some money shc owed ile. She
said: Il want to pay you back that $50
] told her it was Slj. She said il rs
S25. She said: Il want to pay you back
that $25 and to borrow $50
az said: well. il is new ono TO me
10 pay me $2j and borrow $780, gave
Ter SIS and the usual story about be-
ing hard up and broke. We sat down
and talked, and then when we got up
gave her the SIS. She said had been
an awful good friend OF hers and she
would pay me back: that she did not
know how she could have got along
without mo: said | was ono Of her best
friends, even il had scoldcd her some.
times
"My wife says she kissed me on the
forehead or somewhere. ! did not re-
member about that. Then my wife
came in and demanded the money. And
she, the nurse, asked me what 10 do. /
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
MRS. BAILEY LEFT GRABAO
HOUSE TO RETURN HOME

never even had heard OF him before
that terrible night.
"AIrs. Bailey was very kind and very
sympathetic. and | IN sure tnst she
LEFT her husband and children that day
because she heard ] was sick. We
talked for several hours. She was
bright. active little woman and 1t was
pleasant for me TO have her near.
about o'clock she said that she
must pc going home and help about
getting dinner. | suggested that she
call my husband Up before she lett.
and so she went to The telephone. and
when she got him on the wire pre-
tended that she was giving an order
for some grain. He recognized her
voice, and then she came back laugh
ing and said:
~ couldn't fool him"
"She eft the house hurredly. after
kissing me goodby, and saw her run
ming to catch the car"
It is four long blocks from the Gra-
bau house to the streetcar line where
Mrs. Bailey boarded n car, presumably
bound for her home.
Mr.. Grabau said that she could not
see whether Mrs. Bailey continued run
ming until she reached the car
Late in the evening" Mrs. Grabau
continued. "whcn VIC heard that Mrs.
Bailey had been shot. ! wondered 81
the eXertion Of running for the car had
not made her sick and ii she had not
gone 10 the doctors Office for that rca-
son. remembered then that Mrs. Bal
lcy's lips had been very pale all during
the afternoon. She probably was halt
sick herself, but did not say anything
about 1t to me because she was afraid
il might deprcss me, when she had
come to cheer me- up.
Mrs. Bailey was very lovable
woman. Every one who came in con-
tact with her was attracted 10 her. be-
cause she was always SO very kind
and sympathetic. If men liked her it
was not because she tried to draw them
to her. but because they could not help
bat admire her as q splendid woman.
'She was very fond Of her home and
her family. and almost always when
she came 10 ace me she brought some
Of them with her"
Mr. GrAbau was equally emphatic as
to Mrs. Bailey's character and was out
good many years" he said, "and will
spoken in his condemnation of those
who have set ugly rumors on foot.
We ksss kasgn Mys. Bailey for q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

Mrs. Varans. the nurse. who accord
ing 10 DR.. Csrman's testimony to-day
had her face slapped by Mrs. Csrnan
IN tho phvsicisn's Office six or eiGl
weeks ago. will be subp@naed to ar
pear at the continuation Of the inques;
sheriff Petit decided on this cou~'e
tonight after going over the testimony
in which her name figured TINS al'er-
noon. He believes she can shed SONG
further light on the mystery. lie j'-
rected that subpoena be served on haE
The Sheriff. it was learned to-niGh,'
HIS brought in a number OF private &c
tectives from New York TO WORK OH tuJ
,,,,,rdor case While he has not changed
his opinion as to the person he sus-
meets of committing the crime; ne Is
determined to run down every Gle" o.
fered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
COLDER SAYS DOCTORS
WIFE, IS WOMAN HE SAW

After George Colder. in his working
clothes and with two days growth
Of beard on his face. had taken the
witness stand and answered few
questions. it was apparent to every on
that he would make a good witness.
There was no hesitation about his re
plies. After giving his occupation as
a farmland. he said:
1T was O'Clock Tuesday evening
when first arrived at the home Of
nr. Carman. The room was full Of
people. There were two women sit
ting on The veranda when / walked up
to the house. One took TO be Mrs.
Conklin and the other Mrs. Carman.'
Odd you know Mrs. Csrman
A.-Yes; | had seen her many times.
Q.--Hsd you ever been introduced to
her? A.-No; | had seen her often
and know her.
q. What did you do when you
looked into the waiting room? Al
saw il full and walked away; it was
1870 when got back.
Q.-How do you fix the time? A.
looked at my watch.
Q.--How was Mrs. Carman dressed
A.-She was dressed in white. did
not notice her hair or whether she
had glasses on or not.
Q.-Who was in the waiting room
when you went in after coming back /?
A-Post and a lady were in there.
Q.-Were the portieres to the din
ing room drawn? A.-The porteres
were half drawn.
Odd you see Mrs. Carmsn? Al
sHw Mrs. Carmsn pass b. the portieres
and pass through the dining room to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
FREEP0RT CHIEF
HINTS AT ACTION
Denies Officials Are Trying TO
Cover Up Anything in Bailey
Death Case.

Roland b. Lamb, President Of Free
port and its chief of police, said 10 a
reporter for The Tribune late to-nigi.:
THE result of the first days inquest
does not at least change the situation
which has been in existence here ior
the last two days.
I'VE have run down many clewS, ard
We have found only ore which we nave
not been forced to discard. Nhca
asked District Attorney Smith tonight
whether the guard around the Csrmsl
house should be withdrawn, his reply
was: No, you must keep il there
Il will be glad when this inquest is
over. Then we will be able TO size %
the situation better. Some of Us hay'
pretty clear idea of il in our on
minds, but this is not the time 10 &c,
upon that idea. although the time may
not De long IN coming before II Is time.
we do not want the public TO think
that we here in Freeport arc trying 20
Keep anything under cover. This viii
lage wants the investigation OF the
Bailey murder pressed with all possl-
bic speed and with all poss-
bic efficiency"
That Mrs. Carmsn was hyStcrieal
throughout the greater part Of the day
was the statement made last night by
Plat Conklin, her father.
"My daughter" said Mr.. Conklin,
has been unnerved by this terrible
thing. This morning she gave way TO
her feelings for the first time, and
during the earlier part Of the day was
in a hystericsl condition from time 10
time"
Although the Csrman house was
guarded, the doctor and his wife went
out sutomobiling tonight. Chief Of
Police Lamb denied reports that he
had ordered Mrs. Csrman made priS-
oner.
The story that District Attorney
smith gave out early yesterday mora
ing regarding an interview with two
negroes. Charles Adams and Percy
Smith, in which they said they saw .
man running from the vicinity Of the
Carman house the night 81 the shoot.
ing. was fatty denied by both men last
hight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

Here Mrs. Carman showed more emo
tion than At any time she was on the
stand. As she related the incident
and spoke o. "the woman her teeth
involuntarily snapped together several
times. There was emotion, repressed
but vehement. in her voice. DURING
this recital she did not look at her
husband. but nc kept his eyes steadily
upon her. .,
"Why did you 20 10 the window ?"
:ae District Attorney asked.
Il went % sec IL he had told her
that he was going TO cut II out
THAT nurse incident prompted me
10 Witt the photograph company" Mrs.
Carmsn said, IN reply 20 other ques-
tion7, "and nothing else. was a
little suspicious. you see. ] never go;
ANYTHING very connected over the die
tograph. especially not wnen two OF
three people were in the Office At the
same time"
@. Why did you have tho photograph
nut ing A. We'll. was a little suspi-
ciOus 7 wanted % hear what was going
on. / wanted 20 know what my husband
wa saving and doing ! had been a lit
ne suspicious Of him. had not quite felt
zure Of him. for perhaps 4 year. J
wanted 70 know what was gong on ]
Rad told the nurse that 10 would be as
well Tor her not 20 come.
0. Were you st.ll suspicious o. your
Iueband after listening % the dicto-
graph? 4. Well. ! may have been,
though everything / heard over II az
srcd me, made me feel confident OF
him. The manager told me that a.
roon ~ the winter came AID the win
6ows we're clozcd J could hear every
thing said over the dictograph easily
That was what decided me, J suppose,
30 boy n.
CorrobOrstes story Of Loan.
O. How about TIE money the doctor
rave The Dufaeg A. Vel, I told her 20
ajge IL bzek and sbc turned 10 The doe
OR and raid, what must d0T and
che deetDr sald, ri zte wants yOu 20,
you goust DO ~ che wants" Then the
woman handed the money bach.
y. I1g did not take the photograph
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
DOCTOR, NERVOUS, CANNOT
RECALL WIFE'S MOVEMENTS

Coroner Norton called Dr.. Carman
as the first witness. TO the stand a,
1908 o'clock. The physician was plain
ly nervous and showed that he was
breaking under the strain OF the last
few days. His nervousness showed m
his uncertain voice and in jerky laugh
ter which seemed 80 act as a relief
valve, though TO every observer IT was
evident that he could see no trace OF
amusement in any part Of the proceed
ings.
He was dressed in the same gray
business suit he wore the morning
after the tragedy After being sworn
he gave his age as forty-siX, said he
had practised medicine for twenty-five
years in Freeport and for about twelve
years had had Offices in his present
home. His examination began thus:
Q-When did Mrs. Bailey reach your
office? AT $40, ! think.
Q.--Where were you then?
q. Where were you then? A.-Est-
ing cupper.
Q.-Whcn you went into your office
what did you 40? Al consulted with
Mrs. Bailey.
Q. Did you prescribe for her? A
| prescribed for her.
Q-What did she do? A. She paid
me.
O. Did YOU ever see her before? A.
i don't recall ever seeing her before
Odd you know her when she came
in? A-No. ! may have seen her at
Kimmel's, but | don't remember. She
may have been in my Office Monday
evening, when had to hurry over 20
Baldwin.
O.-Wcll. when she left what did She
do? A-She got up. told her If she
would walk fast she could make the
trolley. II was either the or the $50
trolley. | was walking on her right
alongside her as We went toward the
door. Just as | put my hand on the
doorknob to open il heard tho break
ing OF glass. looked around and saw
the glass breaking. ] saw the curtains
moving and pistol think il was a
nickel plated pistol-waving and two
fingers of the hand which held il.
Q.--Was it white hand or black
one? Al think it was white.
Gould you tell whether it was a
coat or sleeve about it? A.-No.
Gould you tell whether it was
right or left hand? Al think il
was the left hand.
Q. What did you do then? Al
jumped under the operating chair.
Mrs. Bailey's Last Words.
O. What next? Al heard the re-
port OF pistol. Mrs. Bailey said in
an easy tone. 81 am shot / said, "Oh
pshaw, you're not shot" She never
spoke again. ! loosencd her clothes.
looked out the window 1t was dark
and ] saw nothing. 1t was al black
outside.
Q. Are You sure about the time
Att would have had to be either
7:45 or $3.50.
Q. Go on. A.. Archie Post and
George Golden came in. ! sent for
Bcdcli.
q. What was your idea in sending
for him? A. Well, Mrs. Bailey had
said she had met me at the Kimmcls.
knew young Bedell had married Miss
Kimmcl. and ! thought he could iden.
tify the woman's body. finally walkcd
down and got Bedell and We walked
back together.
Q-Who else came into your Office
while the body was on The floor? A
Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Conklin. She
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
WITNESS SHOWS EMOTION
AS SHE ADMITS JEALOUSY

out until Wednesday morning? A-No,
sir.
o.-Why did you take it out then
Al took it out because ! knew the
doctor was troubled by this, and
thought il would be too bad for him 10
find out about it and to think that his
wife had done that to him-that she
did not trust him. ! wanted him 10 feel
that ! believed in him.
Q.-But you didn't tell him about It ?
Al never denied il. | knew it would
be found that he would find il.
Q-Isn't it fact you took it out be
cause you knew the house would Ne
searched? Al knew this thing would
be looked into; that thorough in
vestigation would have to be made; 50
took il away so that it would not b
found.
Q. What time did you take it ont
A. took il out about O'Clock on
Wednesday morning, before breakfast,
and put IL in the garnet. Ny sis,cr
saw me and ] told her II was dicto-
graph. She did not ask me anything
and did not tell her anything more.
q. Well, that evening about .
o'clock, when you and Dr.. Runcic AMI
your mother and Mrs. Powell were al
in the room together and you told your
husband about The dictograph, what d. !
he say TO your A. lie said, "Well.
what IN the world did you do anything
Ike that for?"
Knows Nothing Of Firearms.
Mrs. Csrman testified that she knew
little on nothing about pistols or fire
arms; that she did not know big rc-
yolvcr from little one, or a .38-calib e
DiAtol from Z2-calibre.
81 guppOzc might il vas instruct
ed" Fhc added.
"hrc you left handed2' asked tn 2
District Attorney.
If am right handed" she replied. in
stantly and sharply. and her counsel
smiled, for il rs held by many that, aC-
cOrding 20 Dr. Carmsn's tcstimor -,
only n lcft-handcd person could haY .
fired the fatal shot The questions and
answers from this point ran:
Z. Wig did you 20 10 view the body
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
WILL SUBPOENA NURSE
MRS. CARMAN ATTACKED

One Of the suspects, woman, mas
been a patient Of DR.. Carman. AfIer
talking to her for an hour tonight. the s
Sheriff said, she was abe 70 prov an
abb The Sheriff admitted that an
other woman was also under suspicion
and that the detectives from New York
The sheriff tonight said the my;s,,
tery surrounding the shooting would
continue as battling as ever until the
revolver from which the fatal shot was
cred is found. He had detectives at
work all day long searching near the
Carman house for traces of the weap-
on. but met with no success.
lie is anxiously awaiting the. report
of one Of his detectives whom he sem
out on report from Frank Bangs, OF
Fast Rockavay, that he had overheard
a conversation in which the place,
where the revolver had been purchased
had been disclosed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
MRS. CONKLIN VERY ILL
~, Telegraph TO Tho Tribune.

Freeport, Long Island. July 2. -
While DR.. Carman was testifying at
the inouest to-day. Mrs. Plat Conklin,
his mother-in-lFw, was taken seriously
i'll at his home. and for n time 1t was
thought she would not recover.
Mrs. Conklin has been Frustrated
ever aimee the murder at her daugh-
tcr's home, but her condition did not
become serious until this afternoon,
when she collapsed and her heart be
gan to fail. She is in n serious condi-
ton tonight. Dr. and Mrs Carman
we're not told of the illness Of Mrs.
Conklin until after the lcArinS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

was ali fused up. and couldn't do any
thing
Q.-And Mrs. Carman? Did you see
her? Aim not positive. but J don 2
think Mrs. Carman came in. cant
say positively whether ! saw her or
not. I don't recall seeing her pass. but
| may have seen her in the waiting
room. She might have been in there.
T. | didn't see her standing IN the door
way Of the waiting-room / saw her up
stairs when all was over. ! don't know
whether she was ip her room or in
her sisters. right across the nal! from
hers.
Q. VINO let Mrs. Bailey in? Al
don't know.
Here the physician burst into ncr-
vous laghter. which for moment APP
poared ike impending Mysteries. lie
hraced up and the examination con
tinued.
Odd you and Mr. Runcie examine
Mrs. Bailey? A. Yes. don't know
tkc calibrc OF tho bullet. it hit bone
or something and was smashed up.
C.-ls this the bullet? Showing the
bullet extracted from Mrs. Bailey
wound A. II looks very much
like IL.
Q. DO you know where Mrs. Car
man was when Mrs. Bailey went into
your Office? \. No. sir.
O.-Have you had any trouble re-
Gently? A.-No.
Q.-When did you first learn about
the photograph? A.-When my wife
told me late Wednesday afternoon.
think It was O'Clock or after. she
said she had had one installed. don't
1 L., u a.
il. ] didn't ask her why she put II
here or TOOK it out. don't remcmbcr
shat anvthinc else was said about IT,.
/ don't recall making any comment
about IT,
Q. When Mrs Bailey entered your
Office did you pull down the shade =?
q. Did you ever prescribe for her
before? A. 40. sir.
Smith Dismisscs Doctors.
Then. % the astonishment OF almost
every one in the courtroom. the DIS
trict Attorney announced he had IN,
ished. Sheriff Petit hastily leaned
across the table and whispered some
thing to Mr. Smith and he nodded his
head. In the mean time Mr.. Norton
the Coroner, had few questions to
ask. -.
o. Where was your wife Tuesday:
A. She was in the city. Her mother
and the little girl were with her. She
missed the c'clocl train and took the
next They came back on the 6:40.
She was dressed that day in blue or
black. and don't know really which.
Q. Are you positive that Mrs. Car
man came 90 the antcroom Of your
Office after the shooting OF Mrs. Bailey?
Al am not absolutely positive that
She did. but I am pretty positive she
did | think she stood right near the
looking blass once. She didn't come
INTO the Office.
Q. We're these fingers you saw
around the pistol male fingers or fc-
male fingers? Al think they were
masculine fingers. They looked strong
and capable
O. How long was shc in your Office ?
A. Between eight and fifteen minutes.
Odd you give her any other treat
ment except the medicine? A-No.
Q-When you knew about the dicto-
graph you knew ! had made search
for IL? A. Well, knew you had
searched the Office.