The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-09
Charged With Firing
Bullet Through Heart
of Mrs. Louise Bailey
NERVE FAILED AS
JAIL DOORS CLOSE
Assisted BY Husband and Sheriff
To Top Of Floor, Mrs. Car
man Gives Way
(By Associated Press)

Freeport. N. Y, July s.-Mrs. Flor
ence Conklin Carman. wife of DE- Ed
win Carman. was arrested today, ac-
cused of being the assassin who a
week ago last night murdered Mrs.
Louise Bailey. wife of Hampstead
manufacturer. by firing bullet
through her heart as she stood in the
physicians Office
Tonight Mrs. Carman, at whom the
finger OF suspicion has pointed since
the discovery that she had Installed q
telephone instrument in her hus-
bands office to hear conversations be-
tween him and his women patients. is
In the Nassau county Jail at Mineoln
There she will remain until Monday.
when she again will be examined by
the coroner. before whom she pleaded
not guilty when arraigned after her
arrest in the room where Mrs. Bailey
died.
Mrs. Carman's nerve is shattered.
When the door OF the Mineola Jail
closed behind her today she pulled her
heavy veil from her face and broke
down. Her husband and the sheriff,
who took her In an automobile from
her home here 70 the jail, assisted her
toEthe top floor of the building.
The Immediate cnpse OF the arrest
j, Was the testimony. geiyen this incoming
by EllwOOd IT. Bardes. an insurance
agent. whom the authorities called
the single reliable eye witness Of the
crime. Bardes is also under lock and
key. detained rs a material witness,
for his story is of such importance
that the authorities feared that an
attempt might hs made 10 get iiim cut
- hn ,,rs1
courts
Bardes story, briefly told, is this:
At 1880 o'clock on the night of the
murder. Bardes said, he determined to
visit DR.. Carman to have him dress q
minor injury. He walked to the ply
sician's home. Arriving, he decided
he could dress the injury himself and
thereby save a Doctors fee. So he
walked past the house and then turned
around to begin his journey home.
At that instant he heard an ex-
piosion. lie thought it was caused by
an automobile tire. but when he look
ed for the machine he could not find
Ii. He looked toward the lawn at the
side of DR.. Carman's home. A wO-
man. tall. we'll built, hatless, wearing
q light shirt waist and dark skirt.
was moving away from one OF the
windows at the side OF the physician's
Office toward the rear OF the house.
She was walking Sin q hurry" the
witness swore.
Bardes was discovered yesterday
IIis story might still remain untold
had he not mentioned 1t. first to wo-
man who telephoned the district at
torney. and then to priest he visited
for advice. The priest urged Bar
des to make his story known. But be-
fore an opportunity presented itself.
he was taken into custody by order OF
the district attorney.
Bardes testified today after Mra
Carman's 12-year-old daughter, Eliza
beth. had tried to strengthen her
mothers alibi, and representatives OF
the manufacturers of the telephone
instrument told OF selling the device
to the physicianfs wife and OF INSTALL
ing it In her home.
Coroner Norton, after spending an
hour studying the. testimony. wrote
out his charge, stating that he "does
on his oath say that Louise Bailey
came to her death by criminal means,
by reason of q bullet fired into her
body with revolver held by Florence
Carman." He then ordered Mrs. Car
mans arrest.
George Levy. Mra carman's
counsel. telephone1 DR.. Carman OF
this action.
Word was sent to Mrs. Cnrman that
she was about to be arrested and a
few :linutes later county officials en-
tered the phyHician'S Office; Mre. Car.
man. pale but controlled; accompan-
led by her husband. her attorney and
Othera came In n fnibUtG% lhtef-ss Cor.