Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-10
Composition of Grand jury.

The grand jury which District Attorney
Smith will ask to indict Mrs. Carman on
a charge of murder in the first degree is
made up of farmers, merchants, building
contra ctors, real estate agents and sew
eral wealthy residents of Nassau county
Among the twenty-three men whose
names have been drawn is Clarence H.
Mackay. president of the Postal Tele-
graph Gable Company. Another name
drawn is that of George V. Bailey a
stock farmer of Glen Head. He is not
related to Mrs. Louise ID. Bailey, whose
death the jury will investigate
The battle to free Mrs Carman was
started yesterday by George Levy, her
attorney. Levy began by informing Dis
trict Attorney Smith that he had an af-
iidavit from George Colder. in which he
repudiated a part of his testimony at the
inquest Then he attacked Elwood T.
Bardes, the insurance agent whose story
window a tall woman, dressed in dark
skirt and white shirt waist. was direct
ly responsible for Mrs. Carman's arrest.
District Attorneys Statement.
Both these efforts were anticipa ted by
the district attorney, who issued the
following statement:
Il heard the story of Colder before
he appeared on the witness stand. He
told me the same story he told at the
inquest which was that when he called
at the Carman home the night of the
murder he saw {. woman dressed in
white sitting on the porch. and that he
later saw this same woman in Dr. Car
mans office. He told me he was sure
he knew Mrs Carman when he saw
her
Il told Colder he was mistaken T
knew he was then, and | know he is
now. 1t was Mrs Powell, Mrs Car
mans sister. who was on the porch and
in the office. AS for Bardes, his story
stands up well. I believe he is telling
the truth"
"Gunman" Indicted,
The grand jury after meeting yester-
day adjourned 20 Tuesday to give the dis
| trict attorney more time to prepare his
case. but before it adjourned it indicted
Never d. Newman for carving a revoly-
er Newman, who says he is a leader
of band of New York g,Inmeu. is the
man who told District Attorney Smith
that George Anderson. a member of his
| band, carried a revolver from New York
to Freeport al back again after Mrs.
Carinan had used it to shoot Mrs. Bailey.
revolver was found in Newman $
pocket yesterday. He was arrested plead
ed guilty and was remanded for sentence
He may be given the maximum sentence
| seven years IN jail.
| Unless other arrangements are made
Mrs. Carman will be taken to Freeport
| Monday for n hearing
| District Attorney Smith last night de-
| clared he was not sure he would allow
Mrs. Carman to tell her story to the
grand jury. If he does she Will be forced
to sign waiver of immunity. he said,
and will not he placed under oath.
Under Bond as Witnesses.
| Bardes was arraigned yesterday before
a Justice of the peace and held in SOON
bail as a material witness. Frank J.
Farrel. alias Calen. also was held under
$1,000 bail Farrel is a tramp who said
he was at III" tarman garage the night
of the murder. He told the authorities
| he heard crash of glass and saw a
woman walk rapidly from the west side
of the house. where DR.. Carman's Office
| Is located. around and back and then
toward the front on the east side.
Mrs. Carman Hears From Her Child
| Mrs. tarrnan seemed to have recov-
cred today from the nervous collapse
| she had Yesterday and sat quietly in
her cell reading books furnished by the
wardens wife. She received letter to-
day from her tWeive-year-0d daughter
| Elizabeth. who testified at the last ses-
| sion of the inquest in an effort to
strengthen an alibi for her mother The
letter read
Dear Mammal We all think of you
always. | don't quite know why you
cant come home. If l don't see you
very soon I'll write and ask Mr.. Petit
Uhe sheriff) why you do not come home.
| Your loving daughter,
"ELIZABETH."