Evening star., 1914-07-15
Now Says the Accused Woman
Passed Through Kitchen
After Shooting.
DICTOGRAPH ONLY WORRY
FOLLOWING THE MURDER
DR.. Ruucie Declares Mrs. Carman
Innocent or Most Marvellous
of Actresses.

MINEOLA, n. Y, July 15.-At the re-
sumption today of the grand jury inves-
tigation into the murder of Mrs. Louise
Bailey on the night Of June 30 in the
Office of DR.. Edwin Carman at Freeport
District Attorney Smith planned to call
the three physicians-Dr. Roy D. Grim
mer, Dr. Howard Phipps and DIR. w. M.
Runcie-who performed the autopsy on
Mrs. Bailey's body.
OF the three physicians, DR.. Runcie,
who has been close friend Of the Car
man family and lives across the street
from them in Freeport. was the first per-
son called by DIR. Carman after the mur-
der. He is expected to tell the grand
iurv about the conversation he held with
Mrs Carman, who, it is said, told him
about the telephone device by means
of which she was enabled to hear con-
yersations between DIR. Carman and his
woman patients.
Other Witnesses Called.
Other witnesses under subpoena Tor to-
day include CASTOR Boissonault and r. T.
Burner of the company that installed the
telephone wires and instruments for Mrs.
Carman; Coroner Norton and Mrs. IDA
Powell, sister of Mrs. Carman. The coro-
ner is expected to produce the bullet the
medicine that DR.. Carman gave mrs.
Bailey and the handbag and purse she
carried when she was killed.
1t was expected that the jury would
complete its work today and that II an
indictment were found it would be re-
turned tomorrow.
With the resumption of the hearing, DIS
trict Attorney Smith announced that he
had issued subpoena for Mrs. Ellen
Corby, a niece Of Mrs. Carman. 1t is un-
derstood that she is one OF the two Wom-
en- who have been sought since the mur
der as having been in the doctors wait
ing room and who fled when they heard
the shot fired
These women, the district attorney
asserted, may be able to offer corrobo-
ration to the testimony given by Ell
wood T. Bardes at the inquest and the
story told the grand jury by Celia
Coleman, a negro maid in the Carman
home.
q woman dressed as Mrs. Carman was
dressed walk away from outside a
window in DIR. Carman's ofnce immedf-
ately after Bardes' heard CRASH OF
glass and the report of a revolver-that
was responsible for the arrest Of Mrs.
Carman.
Mrs. Carman May Not Testify.
The first witness examined was
Henry De Beau, who testified to seeing
Mrs. Bailey going to the Carman home.
Another witness was Miss Helen Combs,
who was in the waiting room when the
murder was committed.
1t was thought likely that Mrs. Car
man would not be called before the
jury Her counsel had agreed to waive
Immunity for her. but In the opinion
of the district attorney it is mex
pedient to have her testify.
The last witness before the jury was
Frank J. Farrell. tramp. who went to
night of June 80 to ask for food. 1t is
understood that Farrelrs story cor
roborated in general the account given
yesterday by Celia Coleman.
Alleged Confession Appears.
DR.. Carman made public today a let
ter addressed to his wife from Roch-
ester, N Y. The writer said he had
shot Mrs Bailey. He had donned a
woman's clothing, he said. as dis
guise. The letter was written in what
was apparently disguised handwriting
and looked as II 1t might have been
penned by q woman. 1t was not taken
seriously.
Servant Changes Story.
The negro maid yesterday amplified
the testimony she gave at the inquest.
The essential part Of the maids testi-
mony as related to the grand jury Is
that she was in the kitchen of the
Carman home at the time OF the shoot
ing; that she heard the fatal shot and
the commotion in the doctors office
which followed, and that while she
stood stock still in the kitchen too
frightened to move Mrs. Carman came
rushing in from the rear yard. Mrs
Carman was breathless and excited,
the maid said She did not see revol-
yer, but she not only saw Mrs. Car
man but spoke to her. and Mrs. Car
man answered.
The girl. it is understood. said Mrs.
Carman had on a kimono at the time.
Mrs. Carman herself has said she wore
q kimono. but has insisted she was in
her bedroom. At the inquest Celia
Coleman fatty denied she had seen Mrs.
the time she left the dinner table until
fifteen minutes after the shot was fred.
when. she said. Mrs. Carman was in
her room.
appeared before the grand jury yester-
day: George A. Fairfield, surveyor;
DR.. Carman. Celia Coleman. Mrs Jennie
Duryea, mother Of the murdered woman;
William Bailey. her husband; Mrs. May
Kmball, her cousin, and Archie Post
and George Colder. patients. who were
in the Carman home the night of the
murder.
Carman Before Grand Jury.
DIR. Carman's story. 1t is understood.
was much the same as the one he told
at the inquest. The murdered woman's
family and relatives were called to tell
Of her actions the day of the murder
and of how they were informed of her
death.
Colder has changed his story since
the inquest, at which he said he was
sure 1t was Mrs. Carman he saw walk
through the hall just prior to the mur-
der. and that he also was positive he
saw her on the porch and in her hus-
| bands office while Mrs. Bailey's body
| was still lying on the floor. His re-
| vised assertion Is that he isn't sure the
woman he saw was Mrs Carman. The
| district attorney said Colder had at
first made an honest mistake"
District Attorney Smith said the
Jurors questioned Celia Coleman close
| ly. The amplifications she made were
| Of the utmost Importance he declared
May Have Another Witness