Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-09
MRS. CARNAN TO
Be RELEASED ON
MONDAY, BELIEF
District Attorney Admits His
Case Against Accused Won-
an Is Weak.
NEW EVIDENCE SKATERS
STORY TOLD BY BARDEs
Doctors Wife. in MineoIa Jail,
Becomes Seriously III After
Husband Visits Her.


MINEoLA. I. J.. July Alt is not
at all certain thai there will be
enough evidence for a grand jury in
dictment against Mrs. Florence Car
man. charged with the murder OF
Mrs. Louise Bailey. and yesterday
committed 10 the county Jail await
ing an examination on the charge.
This was the opinion that Assistant
District Attorney Weeks expressed
today
Mrs. Carman's case was expected 10
come up before the grand jury late
today, but, according to Mr.. Weeks.
there was little likelihood Of an IN
dictment. The number Of witnesses
to De examined would preclude THE
possibility today.
IT is not unlikely. said the as-
sistant district attorney, that when
Mrs. Carman appears On Monday be-
fore Coroner Norton. who will then
be acting in the capacity Of justice Of
the peace. she will be discharged
At that time Mrs Carman.s attorney
VIII have a right TO cross examine the
witnesses who testify against the
prisoner.
Or. carman Visits Wife.
DR.. csrman. who has come TO Nine-
ola for the day. found lnie wife in bel
ter spirits when he visited her IN jail.
She seemed to have recovered her
composure and to be less nervous
After her husband left Mrs Carman
broke down in her cell and her condi-
ton became so acute that the prison
authorities were alarmed and called
in the staff physician. She was taken
TO the wardens office, whebe she iay
down on a couch and became quieter
after sedatives had been given hcss
She refused, however, TO go to bed.
George Levy. attorney for Mrs. Car
man, said today that he had ciscot-
cred two new witnesses whose tesfi-
mony he considered extremely Nalif-
able. he also said he had informa1
tion that two of the witnesses whose
testimony had been Instrumental IN
causing the arrest of Mrs. Carman
had been far from the Carman home
Rt the time of the murder
An effort was made today 10 dis
credit the story told Yesterday bs Fl
T, Bardes, the Insurance. agent Hts
account that he saw woman on The
lawn OF the Carman home at the time
the shot which killed Mrs Bailey WIS
fred was apparently completelH shat
tered today IL was Bardes's- testf-.
mony which practfcallf resulted IN
the arrest Of Mrs carfnan Sher;fr
Petit, on investigation, however. seI<l'
he had learned that within ten min
utes after the time Bardes declared he
was in front Of the Carman residences
he was at the home of a young WON
an.lthree-quarters OF mile away.
We are still pushing the matter 70
finish. said Sheriff Petit today
We are not caring for a victim, but
we are determined TO get at the boz
tom of the mystery. II Mrs Carman
is innocent | will be Just as happy 20
unlock her cell and permit her to step
forth a free woman as any Of her
relatives
Mrs Carman apparently has only
one worry today, the condition OF ner
mother. the aged Mrs. Platt Conklin
who is on what Mrs. carinan and
her other relatives believe viii be her
deathbed in the Carman home The
only time Mrs Carman Is known 70
have shed a tear in the whole ordeal
through which she has passed from
the luxury of her home to the shadow
Of the death chair, was when she was
bidding goodby to her mother imned-
lately after her arrest.
Mother. VIII soon Be Back
Mother. | viii soon be back To
nurse you and take care of you, she
said. as she embraced her and then
hurried away. MIS- 1aTTndn was Wip-
ing tears from her eyes as she de-
scended the stairs, but she composed
herself quickly as she rejoined the
district attorney and sherin and other
officials who escorted her to Jail
sympathy is widespreaS today for
Mrs Carman. Even Mrs. Jennie 3
Duryea, mother of the slain woman,
SAYS she feels sorry for her.
If that woman is innocent, then
God help her. the grief-stricken
mother said. And If she is guilty.
then she stands in even greater need
of Gods help for she cannot realize
what beautiful home she has oe-
stroyed.r
The sympathy OF District Attorney
Smith. Assistant District Attorney
Weeks. Sheriff Stephen P. Petit, Ro-
land Lamb, Coroner Norton ana other
officials are with the prisoner Most
of these men wept when. on almost
the spot where Mrs Bailey fell life
less, they ordered the arrest Of Mrs
Carman. In the Carman home these
men had often called and several
were intimate friends of DIR. Carman.
While it is officially stated today
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