Evening journal., 1914-07-01
wealthy WOMAN
IS shot DOWN IN
DOCTOR 5 OFFICE
BlOodhoundS Fail to Trace
Slayer Of Mrs. Louise
Bailey, Of Freeport
DR.. CARMAN SAYS FATAL
BALL Came FROM OUTSIDE
BY The United Presa.

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FREEpORT, L. L, July blood
hounds having failed TO pick up trail
expected TO be found leading from the
home Of Dr. Edward Carman. wealthy
physician Of Freeport, police and county
authorities were today bending every
effort to find some clue which would
lead to the solving Of the mystery Of
the shooting Of Mrs. Louise Bailey in
the physicians office. Failing to find
any trace Of a person who is supposed
TO have shot Mrs. Bailey, firing through
window, the police at first believed
the woman might have committed
suicide. No weapon has been found ia
the house, however. Mrs. Bailey is The
wife Of William ID. Bailey, wealthy
Brooklyn manufacturer. She called At
the office Of Dr. Carman last night for
treatment, according TO the story told
by the physician While there shot
was fired through window, penetrat
ing her heart,
The police were mystiHed when,
after Bailey had been summoned, he de.
cared he had never heard Of DIR. Car
man.
The physician called tho police him
self, after Mrs. Bailey had been shot
down. lie declared he was just re-
turning TO his office, which is located
in corner room Of his residence, when
he saw flash through a window and
Mrs. Bailey fell. The police are invcs-
tigating the physicians story, as they
declare most of the broken glass from
the window fell on the outside rather
than inside, as they believe would have
been the case had the glass been broken
by a shot from the exterior. A screen
in the window was not broken This
latched from the inside. but Or. Carman
explained tnat the screen had been un-
latched earlier IN the day.
Bailey was prostrated upon finding
that the body in Carmans office WAS
really that OF his wife and was un-
able Go give the police any great as
slstance last night Bailey is q hat
manufacturer and with his wife has
been prominent socially There ar,
two children in the family. Madeline
| ~. and Harry. 12.
Mrs. Bailey was a daughter of Mrs
Jennie Duryea, OF the wealthy FAM
ily we'll known as dealers In thor
oughbred horses.
Although DR.. Carman said he knew
OF no one who might have endeavored
TO kill him, he declared today that it
was his belief that the shot was in
tended for him or that Mrs. Bailey
was mistaken for some other woman
The physician said he did not recog-
nize Mrs. Bailey when she first came
to his office. but that she told him
they had met in the home OF a Mr.
Kimbel In Hampstead Mrs Bailey
was given a malarial tonic DR.. Car
man declared. and was preparing TO
leave the Office when there was a
crash OF glass. a hand was thrust
through the window and a shot fired
from q revolver. Bloodhounds fol-
lowed a trail from the window to
Lynnbrook, nine miles away, soon af-
ter the shooting, but there the scent
was lost
Dr Bailey believes that fresh tar on
the road prevented the bloodhounds
from following the scent beginning as
the window Of his house
Mrs Bailey was stranger TO mc.s
said Dr. Carman. n do not remember
even having seen her before. She said
she met mo at Mr.. kimbe's when
called to attend him prescribed fof
Mrs. Bailey and She was preparing IL
leave when there was a noise al the
window. Y turned and saw a hans
pointing a revolver. ! immediately
dropped Go the floor and then came the
shot. We were about IS feet from
the window when the shot was fired.
We We're standing close together