Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-04
STORIES Of BAILEY
MURDER CONFLICT
Mrs. Carman Endures Grueling
Examination at Coroner's
Inquest.
SEARCH FOR REVOLVER
IS TO BE CONTINUED
Officials Regard Finding Of Weapon
Vital to Clearing Up Of
the Mystery.

Cne myStcIy.
BREEPORT. N. Y, July 4.-The recess
IN the coroner's inquest until Monday
was taken advantage of today by DIS
trict Attorney Smith and Sheriff Pettt 10
Investigate certain features OF the mur-
der Of Mrs Louise Bailey. developed at
the hearing before Coroner Norton yes
terday The search for the pistol win
which Mrs Bailey was killed as she
was about to leave DR.. Edwin Carman s
ofice last Tuesday evening was 10
be continued, it was said.
Conflicting stories marked the inquest
Yesterday. The statement of George
Colder. a farm hand. that he saw Mrs.
Carman passing through the hall OF
the doctors house adjoining his once
within five minutes Of the murder. was
contradicted by Mrs. Carman, who de-
cIared that she was in bed at the time.
Later Colder identified Mrs. Carman as
the woman he had seen when the Ques-
ton arose If 1t could not have been her
sister, Mrs. Ida Powell.
Undergoes Severe Ordeal.
This identification was only part OF
the ordeal which Mrs. Carman was
Obliged to undergo at the inquest. Under
searching questioning as to her use OF
telephone device to listen to converse
tions between her husband and his wom-
an patients. she was forced to reveal the
cause of her jealousy. This was quar-
REL about which DIR. Carman also
testified.
Mrs. Carman said that she found the
doctor and a nurse in his private once
at time he was handing the nurse
some money. Also both were made TO tel
how Mrs. Carrnan had slapped the nurse
face taken the money away and ordered
her from the house. This woman was
Mrs. Elizabeth Variance OF Seaford,
town seven miles away from Freeport
She will be called as a witness In the case
Monday when the inquest Is resumed
Four detectives from New York. re-
tanned by Roland Lamb, the village presi-
dent, began to work on the case today.
Tells of Her Movements.
Mrs. Carman, when placed on the stand
at the coroner's inquest yesterday. ap-
peared perfectly calm, but her responses
to- District Attorney Smiths questions
were In low tone. She told OF the viz
its she made to several department stores
in New York on the day Of the murder.
She was dressed. she said. as she was yes
Ierday-in a blue tailormade suit. She
returned to F'reeport about O'Clock, ate
dinner and immediately retired to her
room.
Mrs. Carman denied that she was on
the front porch or the front steps at
any time after she returned from New
York. She was in her room. lying across
the bed. she said. until she heard a
confusion Of noises. She heard glass
breaking and a pistol shot. but she did
not know which noise she heard first.
She jumped up Immediately.
AFTER ] got up from the bed Mrs
Carman continued. 'I went out into the
heard a lot of commotion, and after
returning to my room to put on a
kimono / went downstairs. I did not go
into my husbands Office. We once had
in his Office again. So I went upstairs
again"
Forbidden to Enter Office.
why didn't you look in the office"
asked the district attorney.
Because the doctor had forbidden ME
to-"
"He did not tell YOU to stay out when
there was dead woman in the office,
did he?"
81 did not know any one was dead.
You knew something serious had hap
pened. didn't your
7 thought so. but ! didn't know what
had happened"
MIS- Iarnan was tfemDhnS as she
answered these questions.
IN regard 10 the purchase OF the tele-
phonic instrument MIS- Carman SAID she
mad visited the ofices OF the manu.ac-
turers IN New York. believing that the
INSTRUMENT she had In mind was one
thei would record conversations.
About the anair with the nurse. Mrs.
Cafman said she approached the window
looking into the doctors once, by going
through the kitchen and passing around
o,
HeW money 01ven NURSE.
1o m aao sa~ Sno ooceor po"!hs
ha,A IN his pocket, took out eoo and pass
- H b me nurse. Then she leaned over
ana Heed MN on tne cneeA Knocked
on the WINDOW then ana went into the
omoe. snapped 'he nurses race, toid the
oootor ana tne woman they ought 70 De
anameo OF themselves ana then demand
Cd the money
MI. C3f1nan paused at this point TO use
oouie Q! sneaim9 saits. IN q moment
HnS couso, lying sue 9ot the money.
tno ataH VIII IN tno nurse Mre. Car-
nAn "sht on, leo me % see the teie-
yysr, .hns ~ osou .s - t,,aiiy ..nn u.e,es =
Hs,n Ho.i men on: was pe1fecey sansneo
wtn evefyImns ! heasd over the IN,
stumen. w ma. neara Eeassureo me.
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