The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-07
TEN NOTED DETECTIVES
WORKING ON CASE DAY
AND NIGHT
N EW WITNESSES
Give Testimony, Character of
Which Is Unlknown-Sheriff
Won't Talk

FrepOrt. ". T., July 6.-The head of
national detective agency tonight be-
gan an investigation into the murder
murder OF Mrs. Louise ,,ailcy. who
was killed mystcriously III the office
OF Dr. Elvin Carman lust Tuesday
night. This detective is in the en-
plpy of the Nassau county authori-
ties and ten men from his office are
working on the case.
After the chief had inspected the
grounds and the Carman house. he
returned to the lawn and the murder
was rehcarsed.
The inquest into the murder of Gs.s
Bailey WIS abruptly adjourned today
until Wednesday. This action was
taken In order to give the authori-
ties lhance to investigate several
new clues and to look into the story
told last night by DR.. Carman. who
informed the polio hat bicyclist
who had followed L.. automobile from
Rockville Center. near here had fred
three shots mt him while he was
driving along q lonely stretch of the
road
Secretly Questioned.
1t was learned later from Sheriff
Petit that after 1t had been decided
to adjourn the inquest, two witnesses.
whose identity the sherl ffrefused to
disclose. had been brought into the
Elks' Club, where they underwent an
examination, lasting more than an
hour, behind closed doors. The sher-:
iT refused to discuss his conversation
with these wlthesses, further than to
FAY that their statements were o., the,
highest imports
Four persons living near the spot
II, ,Aysn ~ II
was made upon his life told the inveB-
tigators today that they too had heard
shots. Dete tives were unable, how
ever, to flpI any one who had heard
the shot which j. w. Half. Jr res
idcnt Of LynbrOok. Il neighboring VII
lagc. said today was fired at him early
today while he war driving his auto
mobile outside Freeport Haff. who
resembles DR.. Carman in figure and
face. is the owner Of an automobile
Of type similar to the one of several
owned by the physician.
Stories Didn't Tally. M
The inquest was adjourned after
several witnesses had been heard. Two
of these witnesses. Miss Hazel Combs.
a patient Of DIR. Carman's and Miss
Annah Kahn, a friend who accompa-
MED her to the Office of tn. '.vsit:ian.
less than an hour before Mrs. Bailey's
was murdered. fatty contradicted
Mrs. Carman's statsment that she was
not walking arQHet the ground floor
of her home lass Aa5ht, was not In her
husbands oHicE and had not admit
ted any patients.
Both OF these. women swore that
they had seen Mrs. Carman enter her
husbands Office to answer the tele-
phone and corroborated the testimony
or George Gelder. the witness who
testified Friday that Mrs. Carman
ha1 admitted him to the house.
The corr0boration combined with
the testimony given by negro maid
In the Carman house, constituted
What was declared by District At
orney Smith to be the most important
information ELECTED during the days
proceedings. The maid, who admit
led that she had long talk with
Gearge Levy. counsel for Mrs. Car
man. after the murder. appeared to
be troubled With serious loss ct
memory to many vital questions she
answered. II don't remember" When
asked II she knew whc: perjury. was.
she. asserted that sometimes he could
rememhe events and sometimes she
co.., not .