Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-08
New Witness Tells Extraor-
dinay Story of How Mrs.
Bailey Was Shot While Talk
inc With Her Physician,
ACCOMPLlCE RAN AWAY
WITH REVOLVER USED
Coroner Says Probably Some
one viii Be Held for Crime
at Conclusion of InveSti-
cation,


Freoport. ~ Y, July THE indict-
ment of woman for firing It bullet
into the heart of Mrs Bailey in the
office Of Dr. Edwin Carman Just a
week ago. was promised tonight by
District Attorney smith. who viii pre-
sent evidence in the case to the grand
inry Thursday.
II intend To have this woman In
dicted if / have To present the eVi-
dence to every grand jury that meets
in Nassau county for the next ten
years" he declared after admitting
that an indictment might be refused
at This time because of insufficient ev-
denCc.
u lelieve though" he went on,
chat the indictment will be returned.
If the unexpected should happen, the
evidence at hand now ana any new
facts that may be discovered Will be
presented to the next grand jury
New Witness Appears.
The story told by the witness who
was examined in secret during the re-
cess during the morning ANA after
noon sessions of the inquest yesterday
was revealed today.
A half hour before the morning
proceedings opened man whose
name is kept secret told the district
attorney that he knew who shot Mrs.
Bailey Briefly his statement is as fol-
lows
Last Tuesday morning the woman
suspect met him che new Witness
and a man whose name he gave and
who, he said. is now in New York,
The woman agreed TO give them 500
each if one would bring "A revolver
and deliver il 10 her on the lawn at
the side of Or. CarmAn's homie. The
new witness, and the man he declared
has since fled. came to Frceport from
New York on the same train with the
woman The man now missing had
the revolver in his pocket
Tells How Killing Was Done.
At half past seven o'clock that
night he went TO the Garman home
and there met the woman, who said
she wanted to scare someone inside. "
After short walk the woman took
the revolver, the man propped up the
screen and broke the window and
then stood to one side while the
woman thrust the weapon through
the opening and fired. Then, accord
ing to the story, she HANDED the re-
volver back to her accomplice. who
leaped over the low fence at the side
of the house an escaped, while the
woman disappeared in another direc-
ton.
According to the story. the man
who told il decided to inform the au-
thorties when his companion failed
10 turn over the money collected for
bringing the revolver from New York
and carrying it away.
When the coroner's inquest into the
murder is resumed tomorrow morning
several important witnesses will APP
pear to testify. Among them will be
George Boissonault, manager of the
detective division of the company that
manufactured the telephone instru-
ment which Mrs. Carman had IN
stalled in her husbands office; another
witness will be the man who installed
the instrument
Likely TO Hold Some One.
In statement today Coroner Nor
ton declared that it was highly pos
sible he might hold some one for the
murder upon the conclusion of the in
quest He added that he may decide
upon verdict before tomorrow night
District Attorney Smith, when in
formed that John Howe of Philadel-
pha had admitted that It was he who
called up David Kennedy yesterday
AMI Informed him that he was ready
to make an affidavit that a woman he
knew had vowed she would kill Dr.
Carman, said.
Il have heard the story told by