The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-06

Of milling over the ground has mere-a
" confused an already inexplicabis
case. Nobody assumed that the io-
cal police force Is made up Of Sner-
lock Holmes; although DR.. Watsona
can be identified here and there, aud
If there ever was q murder case thar
required the application of first-clas1
minds ard detective genius this liz tn.
one.
Can't Get Needed Evidence.
From the very start, prosecutor ana
sheriff made as much as possible OF
Mrs. Carman' Jealousy toward herI
husband and of her almost unbelicv-
able conduct in invading her hus-l
band professional privacy with 81
dictograph. but they have not beens
able to secure uncontradicted EVIDENCE
that she was near the doctors office
window shortly before the murder Oh
Mrs Bailey. The statement of the
farm hand. Colder. that he saw ~
woman in white who he was sure was
! Mrs. Carmen on the porch at about
7:4A +. M. Is attacked by four Wit
nesses, including Mrs. carman hers
self
DR.. Carrcan, placed IN the most ex-s
traordinary position 1t would be pos
sible for any man TO be in, will not
listen to the slightest intimation con-
corning his wife. He insists that his
own death had been planned, and
that the assassin shot al him ana
killed Mrs. Bailey. 1t will be remem-s
bered that he was standing at Mrs
Railey's side with a hand on her
shoulder when the shot came through
the window He can't even make n
guess at the identity of the person he
believes wanted to kill him. 1t might
have been former patient with a.
gr,ltge IL the only explanation that
he can offer, His own notion Is that
a man murdered Mrs Bailey, a man
who wanted to Stay him.
Arrest soon Promised.
E- Sheriff Petit after pandefiHEs
twelve hours upon the significance Of
an automobile dealers business card.
which was found near the Carman
house. gathered the reporters 70 him
this evening and permitted himself
to be interviewed.
'T think l can promise that an ar
, rest will be made In this case within ~
week or ten days" he began. Moths
ing can be done until after the tn-s
quest tomorrow. What I say is likely
to happen can hardly be accomplishing
within a week Yes. there is new
line of evidence. ] can't say what IL
is II ought to bring results within
week"
The sheriff said he was stu helieysA
ing that a woman killed Mrs. Bailey
The inquest viii be resumed at 10.a0
o'clock tomorrow morning with Corss
oner Norton presiding, and District
Attorney Smith questioning the witt
nesses. There win hs testimony Tor
and against Mrs Carman. Her sister
Mrs. Ida Powell. will testify that she
spent several minutes thA front.
porch at the time Colder insists he
saw Mrs Carman there, and that II
must have been herself that Colder
took for Mrs. Garman.
For a time today Sheriff Petit
thought he had a sizeahle clue in =
business card. which was discovered
in the Carman yard. 1t bore the in.
scription. Farrell Auto company. ITS
| Bedford avenue. Brooklyn" There was
passing theory that 1t had BEEN
dropped from an automobile that took
away Mrs. Bailey's assassin. although
it is not exactly the habit of assasstna
to leave their visiting or business cards.
Sheriff Petit went to Brooklyn. He
found that NJ. G. Farrell. one Of the
partners of the Farrell company,
makes several auto trips a week to.
the towns and villages in the neigh.
| borhood OF Freeport in order to call
upon customers who need automobile
supplies