South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-10
FEAR WRITER MAY BE
CRANK BUT START HUNT
Detectives Run Down New
Clue While District Attorney
Threatens Those Who lamp
er With Witnesses.

NEW YORK. July 1O.-Sherif >. &.
Petit Of Nassau county today re-
ceived a letter written by a woman
and mailed in Brooklyn in which the
writer confessed that she killed Mrs.
Louise Bailey in the office Of DR.. Ed
win Carman at FreepOrt.
For Gods sake free Mrs. Car
man." said the letter. "She Is a
good honest woman. She did not
commit the act i fired the shot
and ] am glad of il.
II tried TO get DR. Carman. l did
not mean 10 hit Mrs. Bailey. l am
sorry for her and her family and /
intend TO get DR.. Carman yet. /
tried 10 get DR. Carman. He knows
the reason why and he knows who
I am. Let him tell the authori-
ties"
The missive was signed IN. A. D."
II was mailed at station l. in Brook
lyn. and detectives are trying TO trail
the sender from that point
VIII Hunt Sender.
Though Sheriff Petit said that the
letter might have been written by a
crank, he will make every possible
effort 10 find the sender. DR. Car
man said he could throw no light up
on the communication.
lbSI. AIlN. 0IlliLn OF NASSAU IOunA1
declared today that attempts had been
made TO tamper with witnesses upon
whom the state relies to prove that
Mrs. Florence Carman shot Mrs.
Bailey.
"I am going 20 prosecute to the
limit any one who uses illegal pres
sure on these witnesses" asserted the
district attorney. "Our case is strong
and we shall not tolerate the ne
fnwfCrrg that have hRan
sorted to in an attempt TO weaken it. !"
Prosecution Gains Confidence.
The prosecutor appeared more con-
fident today than he was yesterday
over the probability Of establishing
"A clear case against the prisoner con-
fined in the MineOla Jail.
while some of the witnesses at the
inquest may prove weaker for the
state than their testimony would in
dicate. we are convinced that others
will change their stories and that
these changes will more than offset
the loss" he said.
Gained by the sedative prescribed
by a physician after he had visited
her in the Mineola Jail yesterday, Mrs.
Carman showed no trace of hysteria
when she awoke today and began an
other day as prisoner. She reiterated
her innocence to Mrs. Hulse, the war
den'S wife and predicted that she
would be freed in few days.
She showed no agitation when told
that Celia Coleman, her cOlored maid,
had been taken into custody as a ma
terial witness
"I suppose they will arrest my little
girl next" she said.
Wants Arraignment Delayed.
The case today had narrowed down
20 conflict between the district at
torney and Atty. Levy, counsel for
Mrs CaTman. as 20 whether Mrs
Carman shall be arraigned on Mon
day. The state official wants the
hearing TO go over at least a week
Levy insists that the hearing shall
take place at the time set, believing
that evidence against his client is so
weak that the examining magistrate
will order her release. The hunt for
evidence in the case shifted today to
Manhattan where Burns detectives
sought in the haunts Of west side
gunner for a verificatiOn of a story
that Mrs Carman had been there
seeking a man who furnished her
with a revolver.