The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-03
Police Convinced Crime Was
Not Committed by
a Man.
NOT YET ENOUGH
EVIDENCE TO ARREST
Teamster in AnterOOm Tells
of Seeing Woman i'm
White on Porch.
! MRS. CARMAN STRUCK
! ONE WOMAN PATIENT
Doctor Admits Hair Pulling and
Shaping Three Weeks
Before Shooting.

FEEEpoEr, l.. l.. July 1.-THE not re-
suit OF tho days investigation Of the
murder Of Mrs. Louise bailey last
Tuesday in the home Of Dr. Edwin
tarman was announced here just be-
FOR" midnight tonight by Sheriff Ste
phcn Petit in the presence of District
Attorney Lewis J. Smith ana Chief Of
Police Lamb. who have been directing
Tho hunt for the murd rer. These men
agree that:
There Is not sufficient evidence TO
warrant the arrest of any one for tho
murder. even though every possible clue
has been run to earth.
That there is no suspicion Of any
malr person in connection with the
crime
And finally that the only person who
is suspected at all is a woman.
MIR. Smith told at midnight tho de-
tails OF tho days operations. His in
vcstigators spent much of tho time in
Duplicating az near as possible tho ar
DR. Carman's Office az they were the
evening Of the murder. From this OK
Fermentation Mr.. Smith Is convinced
| that no effort WAS made to kill Dr.
Car,nnn lie WIS standing hidden from
the window through which the fairl
shot came. and, at any angle from
which tho revolver might have been
pointed. its bullet could not have struck
the doctor, said Mr.. Smith
.'RuIIet tor Mrs. HALEY"
Mrs. Bailey however, SAID Mr.. Smith,
wes in direct view Of tho window. and
for her he believes the shot was meant.
Early to-day clue developed which
led to the house OF man at Lynn
/ brook Sheriff Petit and tho District
Attorney and the county detectives
called upon him. He told n waNcring
story of his whereabouts on Tuesday,
but immediate investigation Of MS
statements OF his goinRs and cominSs
established for him complete slibi
The county officials do not place
.
two negroes. Charles Adams and Archie
Smith. who to-day made the statement
that about eight o'clock Tuesday night.
the time of the murder, they saw
man with a hat in his hand run across
the cambridge lawn, which IL nest
to DR.. Carman's, and disappear south
on Ocean avenue.
Admits Attack by Witr.
Dr. Carman admitted to-day that his
wife had burst into his office three
weeks ago. where she attacked woman
patient. Shaping her in tho face and
pulling her hair.
The doctor refused to go into details
OF this scene in his office. He admitted
that IL had taken place shortly before
Mrs. Carman installed secretly in his
office the detective photograph. which
she has now explained Was done be-
cause she was suspicious Of the doc
tors frequent visits from certain
women
"The whole story of that scene VIII
come out at the inquest tomorrow
morning" said the doctor, "and just
now can't tell much more about Il.
The stony is true in important parts,
but the name mentioned lby rcportorsl
Is not right The real name Of the
woman Will come out tomorrow, as
viii the whole story. ana every othcr
sid, issue of this case
start New search 81 House.
The county authorities began his
evening new search Of Tho Carman
house and grounds. Although ycster-
I day they had announced that a care
fui search of the house and grounds
, had failed to bring to light any ev!-
dencc, when the newspaper men told
2 the District Attorney, the Coroner and
the other officials Of the presence OF
the photograph Mrs Carman readily
turned the instrument over to the offI-
Gals.
4 In the dark tonight gang Of men.
under instruction of Coroner Corodon
Norton. began to search the drainage
/. system OF the place. Eight laborers,
without any official in charge worked
/ by the fckering light OF lanterns and
q AT 10 o'clock, when they had finished,
i they had failed to find the revolver
r which the authorities had thought
might have been thrown into the reser
voir.
n Another important feature of ths
L case became public to-day. 1t is that