New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-03
SAYS HE SAW DOCTORS
WIFE BEFORE SHOOTING

, cot Theodore Bedell and tell him to
come nm. told Archie Post, VINO was
also in the ante-room with me. 10 go
for Bedeu. He had bicycle and
could 20 faster than !. Then l walked
cut and around the house and looked
at the window. o,nod
"The wire screen had been proppeo
nm nv q niece of the small end OF q
new Single, put in half way up, Inc
niece of single was about four lncncs
long and left enough room between
tho screen and the window for per
son 10 get his body through comfort
ably and look into the room.
ii Knocked the shingle down and
took a good look at it, but | ieit u
where it lay when it fell ana dlo ho'
move il. Then | went back INTO the
house and asked if there was anything
else | could do. The doctor told me
there was not and walked home l
walked all the way, rather Slowly lo'
I was thinking about what l nad seen
When | got home | looked at the ciocN
and it was just SAD ;a
The two young women, Gol1eI sa.u
were much excited by the shot; anu
had run out of the house through lhe
main hallway and left by the lro"'
porch. $50. ,oisod
about more activity was notlGeo oii
the part Of the police. 1t was deciueJg
that possibly the revolver. wnlcn nv
been used to murder Mrs. balley Hlsn'
have been hidden. District htVotn. :
Smith, who had a long talk win potL'
the Carmans,. hurried downtown InO nn
tbo;r home. Soon afterward gang
Of laborers appeared with a gasoline
nump. They started damnlng the cess
| pool on the grounds at the back OF
Tho house. When this was done lhe
Gasoline pump was put in action anu
| The task of pumping 1t out began.
Tho nolice had determined 10 pump
ont that pool and one under the house
in the hope Of finding the reVolVel;;
Sheriff Petit appeared later ana ureeu
the workmen to greater eforls' 49,,
This work had not been completed
nm IN a late hour tonight, but 1T IS PC
ing pushed steadily and should De III
isbed before the inquest tomorrow.
AZ the same time that the worKmeIi
anneared. the police guard was III
ceased around the Carman home,
II was understood that the physl..
| c;on,e wife should not leave wlthou'
on official escort. DR.. Carman abou'
tb;s tir,e showed more nervousness.
a conference attended by coroner
Norton. the Sheriff, the District Attor-
nov and his assistant resulted m the
announcement that the murder inquest
u,o,ld lie held in Frecport this AFTER
noon.
/ Saw Man Running Away.
M mo under the District Attorney S
jurisdiction has possession OF inc Ioui
inch niece of single told Of. by Colder
Tho only tangible piece of evidence
With the exception of the safety PIN;
which Captain Darenberg found ahu
has. Mr.. Smith did not appear "UF-
ried over the disappearance OF thls D''
The District Attorney at midnight
said he had found two witnesses VINO
would testify that shortly after Q
o'clock on the night Of the shooting
thev saw a man, wearing straw ma
RIM from the Carman house and vault
over a fence in the rear OF the resi-
The two men are Charles Adams, a
negro. and Percy Smith. The Dlstric'
I Attorney heard their stories.
II is evident from the powder marks
on the medicine case that whoever dlo
the shooting took aim as far to the
right as possible-that is, toward the
doctor. who could barely be seen from
the window. According TO the doctor,
the gun waved up and down and then
horizontally. This also seems to carry
out the idea that the gun was not
aimed at Mrs. Bailey, but at the doc
tor.