New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-10
SAYS PROSECUTION
WILL BE BENEFITED
Physicians Negro Maid Is
To Be drilled Before
the Grand Jury.
LEVY MAKES HARD
ATTACK ON BARDES
Lawyer Says Two Persons Can
Prove He Was Not Near Car.
mans at Hour of Murder.

Prove he was Not Near Car.
mans at Hour of Murder.
From a stan Correspondent OF The Tribune
Frceport, n. Y, July 9.-Vigorous
attacks by the defence upon the tcs-
timony given at the inquest into the
death of Mrs. Louise Bailey which led
to the arrest of Mrs. Florence Carnan,
thus far tonight had failed of their
purpose.
The states case against Mrs. Car
man was regarded by District Attorney
Smith as stronger than when the ar
rest was made. The authorities have
in reserve evidence which they believe
Will prove more damaging than that
already produced.
Mr.. Smith is proceeding slowly. He
does not want TO show his full strength
until the case goes to trial, unless he
thinks il necessary 20 do so TO get an
indictment from the Nassau County
Grand Jury. II met in Mneola to-day,
to adjourn until next Tuesday, when IL
will take up the testimony against
Mrs. Carman.
I While it is admitted that several OF
the witnesses az the inquest may prove
weaker for the state than their testi-
mony there would indicate, the prose-
cution is convinced that other wit
nesscs will change their stories, and
that these changes will more than off,
set the loss.
District Attorney Smith has received
numerous reports that some OF the
peoples witnesses have been tampered
With. He announced emphatically to.
day that he will go to the limit to pun
ish any one who attempts to use il
legal pressure.
States Case Now Weak.
The states case, as IT stands, is ad-
mittedly weak to take before a jury,
and Smith and Sheriff Petit,
with the aid of outside detectives, are
busily at work bolstering il up. 1t is
regarded as certain that Coroner Nor
tor will hold Mrs. Carman for the
grand Jury at the hearing which is
scheduled for Monday.
The District Attorney has asked MIR.
Levy, Mrs. Carman's counsel, to con-
sent 10 an adjournment of this hear
ing, but Mr.. Levy is eager to have the
hearing held as scheduled. The pris-
oner's lawyer hopes to sc confuse the
District Attorneys witnesses on cross
examinations that the Coroner will be
forced to release Mrs. Carman.
II the Coroner should release the
prisoner the presentation of the case
to the grand jury will not be affected.
OF Mr.. Levy's attacks to-day upon
Elwood T. Bardes, the states star wit
ness, and George Goulder, Mr.. Smith
said:
"It will take more than the attack
of any one connected with the defence
to shake Bardes's story. As for Gould.
err, he may say anything he chooses.
We are not at all dependent upon
him."
Suffers from Reaction.
While the defence was attacking ths
states witnesses and friends of Mrs.
/ Carman elsewhere were rallying to her
support, Mrs. Carman passed a quiet
day in the ivy covered Jail at Mineols.
Strong as she is, the reaction from
the strain she has been undergoing
since Mrs. Bailey was shot, nine days
ngo, has at last come. To-day she was
highly nervous, with an unusually
quick pulse. Or. Guy +. Cleghorn put
her on a diet, which excluded sll
meats, and gave her sedatives.
She is not suffering from a nervous
breakdown. Her courage is still with
her. and she grows more and more
confident that she cannot be indicted,
much less convicted. There has been
no sign Of Mysteries since the door to
her prison closed behind her. DR.. Car.
man tonight made this statement in
Frecport:
THE authorities know, as we'll as
we know, that Mrs. Csrman is inno-
cent. They have new evidence which
convinres them of this. They yielded
TO the ciamor for an arrest in this
murder case and arrested my wife.
They know they have made . mistake"
The opinions of the physician and
the authorities arc Numerically OPP
posed concerning the character Of this
new evidence. The latter say Il
strengthens the case against the
woman. Celia Coleman, the Carmsns's
negro maid, is sure, hey believe, to
furnish part Of II by telling the grand
jury a different story from the one
she told at the inquest. Celia's testi-
mony is certain to play q leading part
either in convicting or acquitting Mrs.
Carman.
The real Importance of the girls
story lies in the fact that she claims
to have been n the kitchen doing her
work from the time supper was over
the night Of the shooting until the
time the fatal shot was fred. Celia
says that during that timc NOT n nsr-