Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-16
SAW TALL WOMAN
CLAD IN K|M0N0
Man Seeking Food at Carman
House Tells of Hearing
Shot.
PRISONER MAY NOT TALK
District Attorney Refuses Doc
tors Wife Permission to
Testify or Relate Story
to Newspaper Men.
PRISONER MAY NOT TALK

Mneola, n. Y, July l5.-When the
grand jury investigating the murder OF
Mrs. Louise Bailey at Freeport on June
80 and the alleged completely of Mrs
Florence Conklin Carman completed the
work mapped out for II to-day but three
more witnesses remained to be heard
These will appear tomorrow morning
District Attorney Smith said he believed
the inqusitors would dispose of the case
immediately and that action of some
KIND might be expected by noon or soon
thereafter.
Whether Mrs. Carman herself will be
brought from the Nassau county Jail to
tell her story to the jurors is a problem
only the grand jurors themselves can
solve. Their final decision is expected to
be made tomorrow morning.
District Attorney Smith stated positive
ly that he would refuse the physician's s
wife permission to testify. even though
she should sign a waiver of immunity.
Then her attorney, George NJ Levy. and
her husband visited her in the jail and
had her sign petition addressed to the
grand jury in which she requested the
privilege of appearing before that body
and abandoned all rights she might have
of claiming protection from prosecution
in return for testifying
JURORS ARGUE AN HOUR.
The members of the grand jury argued
among themselves for more than an hour
late to-day over the petition. Then they
took an adjournment. Some, 1t was re-
ported, favored hearing what Mrs. Car
man might have to say while others
sided with the district attorney. that it
would not only be unwise to listen to
her, but would be contrary to a decision
OF the Supreme Court handed down ls
wears ago which stated in effect that a
person charged with murder cannot offer
evidence before a grand jury.
Although Mrs. Carman was anxious To
tell her story to newspaper men late to-
day, the district attorney would not per-
init her to do so.
The witnesses who appeared to-day
were Henry De Beau, CASTOR Boissonault.
who sold Mrs. Carman the telephone de-
vice she had installed in her husband s
office, II. Burnell, who made the installa-
ton Hazel Combs, patient of Or.
Carman. Anna Kahn, her friend, Nellie
Gherkin. DR.. r. d. Grimmer. DR.. How
ard Phipps. Coroner Norton, Frank j.
Farrell and Archie Wallace, deputy
sheriff. OF these, Farrell was by far the
most important witness.
SAW WOMAN IN KIMONO.
Farrells story as he told II to Dis
trict Attorney Smith was that on the
night of June go being out of a job
and hungry, he started for the back
door of the Carman home to ask for
food. He was rounding one of the
rear corners of the house. his story
goes, when he say tall woman
dressed In long cloak or kimono
come from the back door, go directly
TO a window In what he nov knows
to be the Doctors office and break the
glass Farrell said ne didn't know
whether the woman had revolver.
lf she did he did not see it. FarrelIs
story continues that he heard a shot
and quickly hurried off. for he had no
desire to be around any place. he said.
where bullets We're liable to be flying.
when he read about the murder in
the newspapers Farreu yas ouo.oa
as saying he went 70 tho dis,r,o. -.
torney. He wasn't sura {, ~.
Carman's bouse no had soo, ~ ,,
an ana hoora a. "''''
shaun tbo ,,ooo VIZ, NV was
,u'H'sHes
pegro r,aia l., oie'i'ah'
uhos, -,,a man reslacnce'
r,aa s'ory toio yesterday
, eie'l 'hat her mistress,