The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-08
WAS NEW YORK CITY WOMAN
And She Was Furnished Revolver by
 Companion of the Witness-Be- lieved to Be a Gunman in New
 Wonderland Jury Works on Case.

" jury will begin an investigation of s the staying of Mrs. Louise Bailey on q Thursday at Mineola. the county seat, District Attorney Smith an nounced tonight. He added that he # would demand that an indictment * charging murder be returned against woman who he said he was posi- tive was the person who broke a window in the office Of Dr. Edwin Carman and fired bullet into the heart of Mrs. Bailey.
 The district attorney admitted there was a possibility and that the grand jury might not heed his de- I mand because of lack of sufficient evdehce.
 T believe, though" he said, that the indictment will be returned. intend to have this woman indicted if have to present taie evidence to every grand jury that meets in Mas sau county for the next ten years The story told by a witness who was examined in secret between ses- sions of the inquest yesterday was revealed today.
 A half hour before the morning proceedings opened man whose name the officials say will remain secret until Thursday boldly in- foimed Carl Darenburg, a captain of the local police department, that he knew who killed Mrs. Bailey. He then told the captain the story he later repeated to the district attor ney his assistants, and several pri- yate detectives. Briefly it is as fol lows:
 Last Tuesday morning the wo- man suspect met him (the new wit ness) and man whose name he gave. and who he said now is in Kansas City or in New York. The woman agreed to give them $50 each if one would bring revolver and de- liver it to her on the lawn at the yde of Dr. Carmans home. The new witness and the man he declared has lied came to Freeport from New York on the same train with the wo- man. The missing man had the re-
 volyer in his pocket
 At half-past o'clock that night
 the man went to the Carman nome
 and there met the woman, who said she wanted to scare" someone in-
 side The woman took the revolver,
 the man propped up the screen and
 broke the window and then stood to
 one side while the woman thrust the
 weapon through the opening and fired. Then, according to the story,
 she handed the revolver back to the
 man and the two escaped in opposite
 directions.
 According to the story, the man
 who told it decided to inform the au- thorities when his companion failed to turn over a share of the money.
 T do not know whether to believe
 his story or not" said the attorney.
 According to the story he told us,
 the man who carried the revolver is
 known in New York as a gunman.'
 The district attorney denied a
 rumor that he had telegraphed the police of Kansas City to arrest the
 man. He added that he knew where
 he could be picked up should he be wanted
 When the coroner's inquest is re-
 suIned tomorrow several important Witnesses will testify. Among them |&wlil be George Boissonnault man.
 ager of the detective division of the
 company that manufactured the tele- phonic instrument which Mrs. Car
 man had installed in her husbands
 office and the man who installed the
 instrument.
 In statement today Coroner Nor
 ton declared it was highly possible
 ne might hold some one for the mur-
 der at the conclusion of the inquest.
 lie added that he might decide on
 verdict before tomorrow night.
 District Attorney Smith, when in-
 formed that John Howe of Philadel-
 nhia had admitted it was he who
 called David Kennedy yesterday and
 informed him he was ready to make
 an affidavit that a women he knew
 had vowed she would kill pr. Car
 man, said:
 T have heard Howe's story and I