Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-08
District Attorney Asserts
Evidence Sufficiently to
Justify True Bill.
SLAYER OF WOMAN
MURDERER OF TWO
Physicians Report That Mrs. Bailey
Was Enciente When Slain-Strang-
er Appears and Tells Incredible
story OF the Murder.

Frceport L. L., July I've are
prepared to go before the grand Jury
on Thursday and ask for the mdlct-
ment of a woman whom we beleVe
murdered Mrs. Louise Bailey i'll the
office of DR.. Edwin Carman ON the
night of June go
This was the declaration OF Dis
trict Attorney Smith tonight after
receiving a detailed report from Will
liam J. Burns, the detective.
1--WE are confident that we nave
sufficient evidence to indict. If the
grand jury thinks otherwise, we
shall put the matter up to the next
grand jury. If necessary we shall
keep this matter before grand 1uries
for ten years. But We believe we
have solved the mystery" :,
"The first witness we shall call
will be Mrs. Howard M. Pipps and
Roy d. Grimmer, who performed the
autopsy on the body of Mrs. Bailey.
Next we shall call DR.. William II.
Runci, who will testify as to the
causes of death. These physicians
have reported that they found that
Mrs. Bailey was in delicate condi-
ton when she was killed. They add
that there was no evidence that
there had been an operation. These
facts may and may not be OF vast I'M
portance. Following them will come
the stories of the purchase by Mrs.
Carman of a dictagraph, and We SHAH
seek to reveal whether or not she
kept a full diary Of Everything that
was said in the office Of DR.. Carman
on the night of the murder"
Another Weird Story.
District Attorney Smith said that
| when the grand jury meets in Mineo-
la on Thursday there would be pres
ent a man who has come to the au-
thorities with such story that is
hardly credible. The man, whose
name Is withheld, came to Freeport
| on Monday and demanded at the door
of the Elks' club to see District At
torney Smith. He declined to give
his name but declared that he knew
who slew Mrs. Bailey.
THE man declared that he and
man named Joe Anderson had come
to. Freeport from New York, where
they were employed by woman who
wanted DR.. Carman killed." said
Smith. "He said that he and Ander-
son were promised $500 for the job
and that they were to present them
selves in Freeport on the night OF
June 30. He declared that they came,
met the woman, were taken to the
window by this woman, and, when
the scresa was raised and the win
dow broken, the woman took the gun
from the man who was to have done
the killing, saying that she would do
the shooting herself.
| "He said that the paid assassin
willingly gave up the gun and that
the woman shot She saw Mrs. Bailey
| drop. She thrust the revolver back
into the hands OF the gunman and he
fled. Both men made quick get
away.
This man says that Anderson fled
to Kansas City, forgetting to divide
the money received for assisting at the
murder. He says that he tells this
story by way OF wreaking vengeance
on his perifidious companion"
Mrs. Carman Makes Denial.
Smith declared that there was
more to the strangers story but 1t
| would be out of the question to
publish it. Who the woman in the
story is, was not made public by the
district attorney.
Believing that DR.. Carman might
be able to pick out some woman who
was SO bitterly his enemy as to want
him murdered, the correspondent OF
the International News service
sought him. Carman shook his head
in arnazement.
II never heard Of Joe Anderson"
declared Mrs. Carman. 1T Ia ter
rible story. one that cannot be believ-
ed. Now people win declare that |
am that woman. Have / not enough
to bear without this? Those who say
III am this woman will be telling y
terrible lie; damnable lie. Not In
the nature Of a denial at all, but
rather to set mysef on record before
this story becomes widespread, let
me make this emphatic that never
met a man outside by home. ! am
not that sort. Neither in New York
or elsewhere have l done 80. Every
day new lies are being perpetrated.
Now they say that bored holes In
the floor through which might spy
upon my husband"
Tomorrow morning the third aad
final session OF the coroner's inquest
will be held.