New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-01

her hands. stagger and she fell as ]
tried 10 get out 20 catch her.
There was big wound in her right
shoulder. She tried TO speak, but all
she could say was i am shot
Il think she made another effort 40
speak, but she could not and in two
minutes she was dead.
81 called DR.. Runcie. who lives right
across the street, on the phone. Then
called the police and the Coroner.
That is my best recollection OF all that
happened. II was a terrible shock to
me-"
Doctor, do you think it usual for
woman who was not one Of your retu-
lar patients to come five miles 10 see
you and get you TO prescribe for
malarial complaint, when there are
numbers Of doctors in her own town.
mo, don't. ] have big practice,
| 20 to Hampstead frequently. Be
sides. she did not come TO see me from
her home. She stopped over on the
way back home from Rockville Cen
ire"
"How do you know that?" the re-
porter asked.
"She told me-" ne replied. "She said
she had been TO Rockville Centre TO
visit n sick friend"
Whom do you think that bullet was
intended for?'
81 think it was intended for me-"
why do you think that" he was
asked
Because Mrs. Bailey was not known
10 any one in Freeport No one knew
that she was coming here
"Have you any enemies?' was the
next question.
81 do not know that have a single
enemy. Until tonight did not think
had any But the bullet must have
been intended for me. The police are
working hard, but they have made no
progress toward solution. They
know no more than I do. They have
sent for bloodhounds, and maybe that
will do some good"
Mrs. Bailey Not Excited.
Did Mrs. Bailey appear to you TO be
excited when you talked with her"
81 noticed no excitement IN her man
ner. She talked calmly and | thought
naturally
"Then you have no explanation to
offer whatsoever, and do not even IN
your own mind suspect any one =
that seems TO me at all reasonable,
replied DR.. Carman. firmly, "snd there
is not soul in the world whom
suspect"
The doctor described his residence
as about twenty feet back from the
sidewalk, "but my office is about sew
enty-fve feet from the street" he add
ed, saying that it is in wing OF the
house.
Husband Rushes TO Aid.
William Bailey. the murdered WON
ans husband, was in ignorance OF the
murder until long after II had taken
nj, &C. He was at his home at l0Z
William ST.. Hampstead. when a tele-
phone message reached him from Free
port, telling him that has wife had
been injured, and TO come to Freeport
at once. lie rushed over in an auto
mobile, and broke down entirely when
the news was broken to him.
Both he and Mrs. Bailey were popular
in Hampstead social circles. They had
a charming home and entertained eX-
tcnsively. They were also well known
IN other Long Island colonies. q,
Chief of Police L. Lamb, who IS VII
lage president of Freeport; Sheriff Pet
tit of Nassau County, County Detective
Gordon Norton and County Detective
Phineas Seaman went over the GROUND
which was covered by Policeman Coz
zens immediately after his being called.
They examined the outside of the WIN
dow and found nothing that would al
ford a clcw.
Norton. who. besides being a detec-
tive. is also the coroner, noticed as
soon as he entered the physicians OIL
fee that Mrs. Bailey's body was on
sofa. with her hands folded across her
brceat.
"How is that" he stcrnly demand
ed. "Who moved her body?'
DR.. Carman replied that, as soon &c
he realized that the woman was dead,
he had lifted her to the sofa and folded
her hands. An examination OF the
BODY showed that the bullet had passed
almost through thc body and pene-
tratcd the lcf. breast. An autopsy
will be held to-day.
DR.. Carman's lawn runs right up 10
the wall of the house and the thlcS
grass completely hid any footprints
1t could not be told whether the WIN
dow was broken with stone, the putt
of the revolver or something else the
assassin carried. Whatever was used
was taken away.
Dr. Carman's residence is IN the pest
district of the town. lie occupies IL
with his father-in-law, Plat Conklin.
Shrubbery surrounding the house FUR
nished excellent cover for the murder
er. and several roads leading from
points near by afforded easy routes OF
escape. Villages both east and west
Of Freeport have been notified TO keep
a sharp lookout.
Mrs. Duryea. the mother of the muir
dered woman, is seventy years old, and
the news of the tragedy has FRUSTRATED
her. She is under the care of physi-
clans.
Removed as Health Officer.
Dr. Carman, who was health officer of
Freeport, was removed from that posi-
ton in November, 1910, by the State
Health Commissioner. The charges
against Or. Carman were taken up by
the grand Jury, but nothing came OF
them. In removing DR.. Carman DR.. Eu-
gene II. Porter, State Health Commits
siOner, sald
.The evidence shows clearly viola
tions of the public health law, a disre-
gard and neglect of sanitary ordinances
and regulations OF this department ootn
on the part of the health officer and
the Board of Health.
among other derelictions Of duty
il NAV be noted that cases OF con-
taeious and infectious diseases have
not been thoroughly and carefully
oualantined and that the public
health Aas not been properly protected
in this regard >.