The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-04
Submits to Rigid Examination
as to Actions About Time
Mrs. Bailey Is Killed.
ON STAND OVER TWO HOURS
Emphatically Denies Evidence
Given by Another Witness
as ito Whereabouts.

OF wealthy New York manufacturer.
was mysteriously murdered on Tuesday
night. was on the witness stand at the
coroner's Inquest more than two hours
to-day. and submitted 10 i rigid cross
examination concerning her actions
just prior to the killing. just after it,
and at the moment IL occurred.
Mrs. Carman einphatically denied sho
was the porch of her home just
before the murder. that she had walked
around on the ground floor while Mrs.
Bailey was in her husba and's Office.
that she entered the Office while tho
victims body WAS lying on the floor.
George Colder. patient who had been
waiting TO gee DIR. Carinsu on the night
OF the murder. sworc he had seen the
physicians wife do all these things.
Whom IT WAS suggested that perhaps
Colder had mistaken Mrs. Carman for
her sister. the witness was confronted
with both women. and Immediately
Identified Mrs Carman az tho one nc
had seen.
Mrs. Carman. although nervous, told
substantially tho same story sho
lated the morning after the murder.
This was that she had gone to her room
Immediately after dinner the night Of
tho murder. and except for space OF
a minute had remained thcrc even after
she heard the tinkle Of breaking glass
and the report OF the revolver az Il
sent n bullet through Mrs. Bailey's
heart.
KIPs OUT DIcTAGnApu
EARLY NEWT MORNING:
she told how she had contracted for
the installation OF the dctngraph in
her husbands Office so she could hear
what he said TO his women patients.
and how she had ripped II out the
morning after tho murder before she
had clothed herself or had her break
fast
Mrs Carinan also told OF spying on
her husband through the same window
the assa ssin uscd OF secnS him hand
nurse, Mrs. Variance n $40 bill.
and Of watching the nurse kiss her
husband on the cheek The kiss, she
said. caused her 10 rap on the same
pane OF glass which later was broken
by the person who killed Mrs. Bailey.
Then she went inside, whevc she
slapped the nurses face. demanded
and received the $50 bill. and in turn
was warned by her husband that il
she ever repeated the performance or
ever spied on him again "all would
lie over" between them.
Mrs Carrnan's sister. visibly nervous.
also testified. The other witnesses
were DR. Carnan himself. two pa
tients who We're waiting to consult
him. and the physicians who performed
the autopsy.
The others under subpoena viii
tell their stories on Monday
WIFE: NOT IN OFFICE
AFTER WOMAN Is SHOT
Or Catman denied that his wife had
been Sin the Office after the shooting.
lie might have seen her in tha wait
groom. he said. He saw her next
upstairs. he said. after everything
had quieted down.
Who lei MIS- Bailey into the
house, asked the district attorney.
piled.
He said Mrs, Bailey died two min
utes after she was shot He told OF
removing the bullet. aud he identified
when Il was shown to him. He said
hc heard no sound outside of the win
dow before the glass was pushed in
DR. Carinan sal lie did not know
where Mrs. Carman was when the shot
was fired
Mrs Carman when placed on The
stand appeared calm. She told OF vis-
It's TO department stores In New York
on tie day of the murder
She was dressed. she said In a blua
auit She returned to Freeport about
o'clock. ate dinner and i,nincdiately
retired TO her room.
Mrs. Carnian denied she was on the
'front.' porch or the front steps at any
time after she returned from New York
ohe was in her room. lying across the
bed. she said. until she heard a con.
fusion OF noises. She heard glass
breaking and pistol shot, but she did
not know which noise she heard first.
Sho jumped up Immediately.
TOLD NEVER TO LOOK
IN HIS OFFICE AGAIN
After ] got up from the bed" Mrs.
Carman said, II went out into The
hall and looked over the banister.
heard lot OF commotion, and after
returning to my room to put on a XII
mono, ! went downstairs did not
go into my husbands office We once
had quarrel and he told me never to
look In his office again. So went up-
stairs again"
Why didn't YOU look into the oficeo'
asked the district attorney.
Because the doctor had forbidden
me to-
"FIe did not tell you to stay out when
there was i dead woman In the office.
did hec"
II did not know any one was dead"
In regard to the purchase OF the
dictagraph, Mrs. Carman said she had
visited the offices of the manufacturers
in New York. believing the instrument
she had In mind was one that would
record conversations. She told the
agent first she was .dressmakcr but
later admitted her identity.
About the affair with the nurse Mrs
Carman said she approached the win
dow looking into the doctors office. by
going through the kitchen and passing
around the rear of the house.
Il looked in and SAW the doctor bow
ing to the nurse she said.
SLAPS NURSES FACE
AND DEMANDS MONEY
Then he put his hand In his pocket.
took out SEQ and passed it TO the nurse
Then she leaned over and kissed him on
the cheek. I knocked on the window
then and went into the office slammed
the nurses face, told tho doctor and
the woman they ought to be ashamed
or themselves. and demanded the
money.
THE affair with the nurse led me
to get the telephone instrument.
used 1t many times from then on
was perfectly satisfied with everything
heard over the instrument. What
heard rcassurcd me-"
Mrs. Carman was asked many uuc:-
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