Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-08
WITNESS SAYS
HE SAW MURDER

mad he went on, when she saw
that kiss that she almost broke tho
window by knocking on it,
Asks for Detectives.
Mrs. Carman told him further, he
said. that she knew her husband met
paany women both in his house and
outside. and she asked the witness
whether he could furnish detectives
to follow him. She had said emphat-
ieally, however. that she would not
get a divorce. on account of her
daughter.
The witness said one of his instru-
ments was Installed after he received
a letter from Mrs. Carman ANNOUNCE
ing when she would have her hus-
band out of the way. Later Mrs,
Carman demanded and received this
letter.
Mrs Carman and her mother called
upon him next on May 25, said the
witness. Mrs Carman told him she
was Satisfied" and that she had
been keeping in diary a record of
6AEi llAAAlE oAt idQ iNdAQ wv SAAN
instrument. She said she had some
difficulty in hearing all that went op
in the DOCTORS office because the doc.
tor and his women patients some
times whispered. She bought two adj
ditional batteries on this occasion.
Boissanault denied that any instru-
ments had recorded Mrs. Carman's
conversations with him, and he was
excused.
Elizabeth Carman, twelve years old,
daughter OF DR.. and Mrs. Carman
testified that directly after the shot
was fired she ran up stairs and saw
ner mother her aunt and her grand
mother there Her mother, she said,
was in a kimono.
Since the shooting the police have
been unable to find a witness who
saw anybody at the window just be-
fore the tragedy. No one could be
found who saw anybody on the lawn.
Charles Adams, a negro, said he saw
a man leap the fence and disappear.
That is the nearest approach the po-
lice came to learning whether any
body had been seen on the lawn of
the house.
Mrs. Carman's Mother Seriously Ill.
Lights burned brightly all night in
the Carman home. This was report
ed to be due to the condition of Mrs.
Plat Conklin, who is said today to be
dying. Mrs. Carman was all night at
her bedside, as were DR.. Carman and
Mr.. Conklin. Frequently Mr.. Conk-
lin went out on the veranda and sat
there chatting with two guards de-
tailed to the house to prevent any
one leaving in the night.
The condition of Mrs. Conklin be-
came so alarming several times dura.
ing the night that DR., William H.
Runcie was summoned to attend her.
1t was stated that Mrs. Carman, who
is devoted to her mother, refused to
go to bed all night and insisted upon
attending her parent, despite the ter
rible strain Mrs. Carman has been I'M
der since the staying of Mrs. Bailey.
The authorities today adopted a
new tack and refused fatty to make
public any of the theories on which
they are working.
Each day has brought before the
district attorney and Sheriff Petit
new clues as to the person who stood
by Dr. Carman's window. smashed
the glass and then, thrusting a hand
from cut of the darkness moved a
revolver DdCh anu lOIlu unlli IL Dolill-
ed towards Mrs. Bailey, and fired.
The following theories, with wit
nesses to back them up, have been
to date.
That man, possibly some enemy
of Carmans, fired the shot intending
it for the physician. One witness said
he saw a man jump over the fence in
the rear of the Carman home, i'm
mediately after the shooting.
That Mrs. Bailey was mistaken for
some other woman and fell victim to
a bullet intended for someone else.
That a man dressed in woman's
clothes was the murderer.
That a maniac is at large in the
vicinity of Freeport.
That a woman with a New York
gangster as an accomplice was the
murderess.
Sheriff Petit is holding a woman
giving the name of Mrs. Rufus Bar
her for observation as the result of
her story that she was in the office
of DIR. Carman on the night Mrs.
Bailey was killed and saw woman
there.