New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-03

George Colder to-day confirmed
This last statement. He said he looked
nj his watch when he reached home on
Tuesday night and it was then Iust
S:45 o'clock. He put the time Oh the
shooting as not later than 1:4O. Inc
Intervening time he spent IN assisting
DR.. Carman in looking at the smasheG
window. and in the walk OF mlie anu
a quarter from the latter's once 10 MS
home in Baldwin.
Though Golder's story oil whaI nap
pcned on the night of the TRAGEDY ~
admitted to be the most important yet
toId sbould II be verified, the District
Attorney has not directed him TO az
tend the inquest tomorrow. MT. smith
went out and visited Colder to-day ana
listened to his narrative. he "sAeu
few questions" Colder said.
The District Attorney did not nave
Colder repeat his story to stehVe
rapher and then swear to H. nor Ie'
him know that an inquest woulu pc
held. Coroner Norton, who was WIN .ie
District Attorney at the time, ac4ui-
esced in this programme
Colder Tells His Story.
As soon SIS Lawyer Levy, eounsei LOT
Mrs. Carman, heard OF Colder SUI
he hired an automobile and rusne1 o!'
IN see the man. He arrived al GoIueI
home lust as the Tribune reporter Voc
leaving. Colder protested that ne mdu
already told his story 10 inc ''i0'"''
and would not repeat It. ,..Y ho
81 Want 10 tell the truth only, ne
ssid 81 know this is an importaht.
matter and my testimony may hur'
80 ono I must be careful"
Wc was assured that the. reporter
,..ntod only what he had told the DIS
trict Attorney. - Dr
Colder then said that he. went TO VI
Carman's house on Tuesday evening;
10 licked AZ his watch "a he entered
tbe once and noticed it was then ''1o
o'clock. md sat
-, Golden said. There was q
uoT in tho room at the time, put
Al not notice her and she went gu,
bofore the shot was fred. In rev
minutes two other women were leu 80
bv a maid. Both of them must nav
bcen under twenty-five. but l ulu ~
know either of them. we all sat ""'''
ine for the doctor. -, - do
not tnow how long it was, for diG
, not look al my watch, Dut II cou.u
not have been over fifteen or twenty
minutes before | heard some grass
smash and then the shot. ,r
"Durinp the time ] waited sa"
Nre Carman twice. | had seen her
before in town and about, so | knew
her. Once she passed through the nan
bv the portieres from the 'front.' goI"G
tovard the back. The second time
saw her pass the portiers was aoou'
Eve minutes before the shot was hIeu'
"She passed from somewhere IN the
rear Of the house, | do not know Where'
and walked toward the front. She may
have gone out on the porch or she may
bave zone upstairs. / did not know
where She went, but / saw her pass:
Colder then said that as soon as ne
rad heard the shot he rushed out OF
tho ante-room upon the porch ana
then out into the, yard, where he TOOK
a Glance around. Not seeing or near
ing anything, he ran back into Dr.
Carman's Office.
"The doctor was leaning over PITS
BAILEY" he said, "wnen opened thg
door. ! asked him if | could help and
said something don't remember Just
what. He told me to help MN lil'
her to a couch. A.
81 helped him put the body on the
couch and the door opened and Mrs
Carman came in. She glanced over at
The body and exclaimed: on, dear
Iordp She did not fay anything eise,
and after looking at the body &c"
seconds turned around and walked out
She NAV have gone upstairs.
apr. Carman then told me to go and