The Washington times., 1914-07-09

worry. Ed. did not kill Mrs Bailey.
This will come out all right"
But today. under the double pressure
of being torn from the bedside of her
dying mother and being parted from
her twelve-year-old daughter. who un-
Willingly had added link in the tes-
timony against her mother, Mrs. Car
man lost her self-possession and sobbed
and wept as she brokenIy denied any
knowledge of how Mrs. Bailey met her
death.
Il was jealous, I admit it, the pris-
oner stammered between her outbursts
Of grief. But I am innocent. God
knows I am innocent. Oh, take me
home, and away from this
Meanwhile little Elizabeth, Mrs. Car
mans daughter, stood out as a tragic
figure in the case. Big Sheriff Petit
wiped away tears as the child plain
lively inquired. when will you bring
mamma back?''
L Just can't stand 1t without her."
the little girl cried, just before the start
for the Jail She must come back
soon
Mother Is Near Death.
A rose bush, laden with roses, climbs
up the side of the Carman home to a
window in the room which, until today,
vas occupied by the physicians wife.
A breeze swept the odors through the
empty, silent room, and across the hall
TO where Mrs. Platt COnklin, the
cused woman's mother, is believed to be
dying.
When she parted from her daughter.
ana gently pushed the fearful child
side of her stricken mother, and kissed
her good-by, Mrs. Carman retained her
Composure.
The same extreme calm was evident
as she stepped from her home. At the
Jail she quietly asked about arrange
ments, and when she was assured by
her attorney that everything was being
done for her. she bade those who ac-
Companied her good night, and retired,
still displaying the same steal nerve
But those who saw Mrs. CarTlSn this
morning realized she had spent sleep
less night Her eyes were red, her gen.
sral appearance was haggard. She re-
fused any breakfast, and, for :he first
time. attempts at repression of her emo
lions were evident Later, when visitors
arrived, and newspaper men came, she
broke down completely, and sobbed
brokenly. protesting her innocence in
broken, almost incoherent sentences
Officers Were Unnerved.
Men WHO were IdIuldH 1ElenuS
and neighbors drew up the papers and
look the necessary legal action which
renewed her from her home and placed
her in a cell. Reluctantly they took
up the investigation of the shooting of
Mrs. Bailey. With greater reluctance
Sheriff Petit and Coroner Norton went
10 the Carman home yesterday and
placed the attractive wife of the physi- |
clan under arrest.
Now, however, her fate may rest with |
jury, and standing in bold relief as |
that feature of the mystery u.'on which |
the prosecution most relies in its cir /
CumEtantial story is the bitter jealousy |
OF her husband, acknowledged by Mrs. |
CarTnan.
Iieports were circulated TODAY that, if |
Mrs Carmen is indicted, William Trav- |
ers Jerome, former district attorney of |
New York, who prosecuted Harry n |
Thaw for murder OF Stanford White, |
may be retained to defend her.
Husband Is Loyal.
DR.. Carman today declared his wife |
vas ''as innocent as a child Nothing
will be left undone in the defense of
Mrs. Carman, and a bitter legal fight
is certain if the accused woman is act
ually brought to trial. The grand jury
will convene at Mineola today, but not
even the officials who arrested Mrs
Carman would predict that she would be
indicted. - y
Many residents of Freeport believe
Mrs. CarTnan will be freed after her
arraignment before Coroner Norton
next Monday. This belief is due to
the fact that there is little direct evil
dence All is circumstantial Assistant |
District Attorney Weeks today said
whether Mrs Carman was released de- |
pended entirely On how the stories told |
by various witnesses stand up under |
cross-examination. |
George n. Levy, attorney for Mrs |
CsrInan, will have the right TO cross |
examine these at Mondays hearing, and |
there are reports in the village that |
some of the most damaging evidence |
may be weakened under his verbal bat
Jering.
Admits Guessing
Mrs. Carman's attorney today said |
he was certain of breaking down COM
pletely the story Of George Colder, one |
Of the patients in DR.. Carman's office |
the night of the shooting. Colder testi-
ned that he saw a woman he took to |
be Mrs. Carman on the front porch. that
she walked through the house to the |
kitchen. and then back again a few |
minutes before the shooting. Levy as
Eerts Colder has admitted he guessed
at a great deal of his testimony.
The theory on which the prosecu- |
ton rests its case was outlined for |
the first time today Those who |
would prove Mrs Carman guilty hold |
that this woman of distinguished ap-
pearance and forcefuI mind had long |
been Jealous of an attractive and |
agreeable husband, upon whom wom- |
en- smiled easily. She had reached a ]
time OF life when mere suspicious had
become OOsessions. Unable to curb
her mad jealousy, she did the un-
heard of thing of spying upon her
husbands professional secrets with a |
CIctograph-
Theory of Prosecution
Whether or not her suspicion had |
centered upon Mrs. Bailey, a casual |
patient, does not appear; but she |
rushed to the dictograph according |
20 this theory the minute Mrs. Bail |
ey was admitted last Tuesday night |
10 DR.. Carman's office
As the doctor talked to Mrs. Bailey,
the wife on the floor above heard some
thing or construed what she heard INTO
something, that sent her downstairs,
pistol in hand, insanely angry. She
shot-whether at the doctor or Mrs
Bailey none can telI-and her bullet
struck the woman. This is tho estimate
Of the case On which the authorities