Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-15
New Phase of
 Carman Case
POSTMASTER SAID TO HAVE HEARD SHOT, AND GLASS CRASH
LIVED ACROSS STREET
Detectives Sent Out to Investigate
 stery-AIso Looking for Two Strange
 Women as correboratIve Witnesses.

Mfneola, N. r., July 14-whfle the grand jury was engaged today in hearing nine witnesses tell what they knew about the mysterious murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey and the actions of Mrs. Florence Conl<lin Carman just before and just after the crime, de- tectives were running down a clew District Attorney Smith said he be- lieved would lead to the finding of the two strange women whom Mrs Car man and her sister Mrs. Ida Powell, said they saw hurrying away direct ly after Mrs. Bailey fell to the floor of Dr. Carman's office in Freeport with a bullet hole through her heart.
 These women. the district attorney asserted. may be able to offer corro- boration to the testimony given by Elwood T. Bardes at the Inquest and the story told today by Celia Cole man, a negro maid in the Carman home, to the grand jury.
 It was Bardes statement that he saw a woman dressed as Mrs. Car man was dressed walk away from out side a window in Dr. Carman's office immediately after Bardes heard a crash of glass and the report of re- volver that was responsible for the arrest of Mrs. Carman.
 Negro Maid Gives Damaging Evidence
 The negro maid today amplifed tine testimony she gave at the inquest. Ac- cording to reliable authority her story now is that after she heard the tinkle of breaking glass and the report of a revolver her mistress hurried into the kitchen through the back door and went upstairs. At the inquest Celia Coleman hatly denied that she had seen Mrs. Carman the night of the murder from the time she left the dfn- ner table, until fifteen minutes after the shot was fired when, she said, Mrs. Carman was in her room.
 These witnesses fn the order named. appeared before the grand jury today: George A. Fairfield, a surveyor; Dr. Carman. Celia Coleman, Mrs. Jennie Duryea, mother of the murdered wo- man; Miss Madenilne Bailey, her daughter, William Bailey, her husband, Mrs. May Kimball. her cousin and Ar chic Post and George Colder, patients who were in the Carman home the night of the murder.
 Same Story by Dr. carman. Fairfield had with him drawings ot and the ground surrounding It. pr Carman's story, it is understood. was much the same as the one he told al the inquest. He was not asked to sign a waiver of immunity. The mur- dered woman's family and relatives were called to tell of her actions to- | day of the murder and of how they l were informed of her death. Post, il | is said, repeated the story he told al | the inquest which in brief, was that | he saw two women sitting on the l porch when he arrived to call on the l physician
 Not Sure He Saw Mrs. carman. Colder has changed his story since i the inquest at which he said he was sure 1t was Mrs. Carman he saw walk | through the hall just prior to the mur- | der and that he was also positive he saw her on the porch and in her hus- \ bands office while Mrs. Bailey's body was still lying on the floor. His re- >vised assertion is that he Is not sure | the woman he saw was. Mrs. Car | man. The district attorney said Gold | CT had at first made an honest mis- ! take"
 | The fact that Celia Coleman wal | about to appear before the grand jury | was kept a secret It was not knowr | that she was even in Mineola until ar hour after she had testified and lef for New York under the guard ol detectives who have been guarding hel for several days past. The detective | agency announced that she had beer | under their surveillance during thu time she was thought to have beer kidnapped.
 tory" said the district attorney "Celia's story as she told it at the in quest vas not complete. that's all
 believe she told the truth both ther
 and today"
 At the inquest Cena answered '' INdon't remember" to more than e SCOT ] of questions.
 The turors," continued MT. Smith
 "ouestioned Celia closely The am
 plihcations she made were of the ut
 most importance"
 Do you consider the Coleman wo
 man or Bardes, the state's most i'm
 portant witness7' the district atter
 ney was asked.
 T can't answer that replied MT
 Smith.
 'There may be a third witness 6
 important as either of them"
 Heard Crash of Glass.
 The district attorney was inferme
 tonight that Robert Anderson, post
 master at Freeport, who lives acres
 the street from the Carman home. hai
 been quoted as saying he was on hi
 lawn the night of the murder, that h heard the crash of glass and the re
 port of the revolver and had locke
 to see where it came from. Detective
 were irIrn nediateiy sent out to iavesu | gate this story and to subpoena An
 dersoa. should the statement eFedite
 to him prove or value.