The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
SAW WOMAN DRIVE
FROM CARMAN HOME
ON DAY Of MURDER
DR.. and Mrs. Carman In Better
Spirits New Witness Gives
Light on Mystery

Freeport, y. Y. July 4.---Mrs. Ed
win Carm0n smiled confidently this
evening as she spr!nkled the roses IN
her garden and the doctor, her hus-
band. staCnchly defending her inno-
cence Of the murder Of Mrs Louise
Bailey mAde his professional calls
about town with a new lift to his
shoulders.
A witneus has been found who saw
q woman run from the Carrnan
grounds after the shot was fired that
killed Mrs Bailey spring into an auto"
mobile, whose engines were already
racing. and drive rapidly toward
Baldwin. II this story is accurate.
II tends to exonerate Mrs. Carman,
although +. brings even more mystery
Into an already battling case.
The witness name ia Sidney
schloss. He is an intelligent. repu~
table youth of twenty~three, who
works for John Schneider q tailor,
Of F'reeport Last Tuesday evening
young SchloSs started for a bicycle
ride and pedaled slowly along the
Msddiek read As he reached Grove
street, n irfrt,k frotff t}aa Gaf'affaf II
house, he heard a noise Ike the re-
port Of PISTOL although at the time
he Thoughts some youngster had ex-
rl0dea ttTeffaEkeT+
A woman came running from the
Carnan yard--~a woman Of medium
height Her head was covered with
"A lace scarf go Schlass thQught) aud
her figure was concealed by a long
white auto coat She was running
as fast as shs could, and Schloss Won
dered why The next Instant he no
tieed that an automobile was stand
ing near the Ellis clubhouse. half a
block frorS where he stood, and that
tho chauffeur, who was muffied 70
the eyes was holding open the tom
neau door Schioss heard the en-
gines OF the car racing, and the whole
business stluck him as Queer
safety Pins Found.
As he looked the woman In the
white coat sprang into the car, the
chauffeur giving her hana. and the
automobile darted away. taking the
road 70 Baldwin. Srhloss went on
about hts business. taking long hicy-
Gle ride and did not know until hours
later all about the assassination Of
Mrs. Bailey Then he wondered what
would be the w4sest thing for him to
DO. He did not like 10 get himself
involved. but he finally decided that II
was hts duty to tell the prosecutor
what he had seen and heard.
As It happened the lads curious ex-
oertence fitted well enough with q
discovery a very trivial thing IT was
regarded. although il may prove 10 be
of the utmost Importance that was
made the morning after the murder.
Underneath the window through which
Mrs Bailey was shot down. an ordi-
nary safety pin was found The stieker
was bert as II the pin had been
wrehched from its hold in the cloth
ing Today a policemen found sim
liar pin on the Carman porch. These
discoveries are petty clues. TO doubt.
hut II they indicate anything NJ all.
they indicate that Mrs. Bailey was
killed hy woman. since men do not
ordinary use tNo-inch safety pins.
Points Away From Wife.
Schioss story becomes OF increas-
Ing interest since it tends 10 show
that although a woman was the SLAYER.
that woman could not have been Mrs.
Csrman Some OF the Freeport off,
ciaIs aemmed and hawed n bit over
young Schlnss statement taking II
lightly. or seeming to do so, but the
newspaper men who talked, 70 Schloss
ind sized him up. saw no reason for
minimizing the importance of hts tes-
timony. At any rate. he will be an
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