The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-10
Charged With Firing
Bullet Through Heart
of Mrs. Louise Bailey
NERVE FAILED AS
JAIL DOORS CLOSE.
Assisted BY Husband end Sheriff
To Top of Floor, Mrs: Car
man Gives Way : u
(Ry Associated Press,

(Ry Associated Press)
Freeport. NY, July S..-Mrs. Flor
ence Conklin Carman, wife of DR.. Ed
win Carman; was arrested today, nc
cusod of being the assassin who a
week ago last night murdered Mrs.
Louise Bailey. wife OF q Hampstead
manufacturer. fnby firing bullet
through her Heart as she stood In, the
physicians Office
Tonight Mrs. Carman, at whom the
fngersof suspicion has pointed since
the discovery that she had installed a
telephone instrument In her hus-
band'stofflce to hear conversations be-
tween him and his women patients, is
In the NASSAU county jail tat Mipeoin:
There she Will remain untik Monday:
: when she again will be examined by
the coroner. before, whom shcspleaded
not guilty when arraighed after her
arrest in the room whers Mrs: Bailey
died. - II r \
/ Mr5. sCarmen's, nerve Is shattered.
When the door of the Mineolaf Jail
ssclosed behind her today she pulled her
|. heavy veil FROM her face and broke
down. Her husband and the sheriff,
Z who ato0ks her In an automobile from
her home here to the Jail. assisted her
TO the top floor OF the building.
The immedlats cause .pf THE Arrest
!. vas the test nonys giyepsth morning
Esa sS9Isl' ssss
,sstEs Single faliabfe Eye switfihys .of the
crime. Bhrdes is nIBus under lock and
key, detained aB d material witness,
for his story is of such, Importance
that the authorities feared that an
attempt might be made to get him out
OF the Jurisdiction of the New York
courts sN ,sctt.l
Bardes story, briefly told, Is this:
At 1880 O'Clock ON the night OF the
murder. Bardes said, he determined to
visit DR.. CarMan to have him dress a
minor injury He walked to the ply
sician's home. Arriving, he decided
he could dress the injury himself ard
thereby save q doctor's- fee, So ,.e
walked past the house and then turned
around to begin his journey home.
At that instant he, heard an ex-
ploaion. He thought 1t was caused by
an automobile tire, but when he look
ed for the machine he could not find
It. : He looked toward the lawn at the
side Of DR.. Carman's home. A wo-
man. tall, we'll built, hatless, wearing
q light shirt waiet md a dark skirt.
was moving awaS from me Of the
windows at the st-s Of the physician g
Office toward tho rear Of the house.
She was walking, 'in a hurry" the
witnesss swore: ~
Bardes was discovered yesterday.
His story might still remain untold
. had he not mentioned 1t, first to a wo-
man who telephoned the district at
nd En- "a r,.1 ct ha tytcifn
for advice. The priest urged Bar
des to make his story known. But be-
fore an opportunity presented itself,
he was taken .lto custody by order of
the district attorney.
Bardes testified today after Mrs
Carman's 12syear-old daughter, Eliza
beth, had tried to strengthen her
) mothers alibi, and representatives of
the manufacturers OF the. telephonic
instrument told Of selling the device
to the. physiclep's wife, and OF. Install
! ing It in her home.
Coroner. Norton, after. spending an
!, hour stldyiagi the testimony. wrote
out his charge, stating that he "does
: on his oath say that Louise Bailey
came to hcrideath by criminal means.
by reason OF bullet fired Into her
body with q rotplver held by Florence
Carman.p He then ordered Mrs. Car
mans arrest. 81 ~ ,s- ss
George lazy. Mrs. Carman's
z counsel. te!eDhaned DR.. Carman Of
this action. s y, = q: .ss y. =
!. IS Word was sent to Mrs. Carman that
Z, she was about 10 be. arrested and q
& few iinatea later county officials en-
tered the nhyHlctnh's Office airg. Car.
!, man. pale but Controlled. accompan-
4 led by her husband her attorney and
others came III q minute later. Cor
spner Norton. for years an. intimate
3. friend OF the family. with tears In his
eyes, read his u,iarge ana the war
rant of arrest be- had signed. Mrs.
A Carman sto1f1 erect facing him. Be-
tween thef on the floor. was d dark
stain marMIlg the SPOT where Mrs.
! q. ...Afe syous sitiitygof this charge Oh
] not guilty Is ksS AN assistant dis
'at guilty swsred 1 sirs. }; Car
g ia sorry sAd TO g, began The
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