South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-04
Woman Connected With Death
in Husbands Office Talks
While Police Are Trying to
Find SIayer'S Weapon.
DICTAGRAPH PROVED
HUSBAND INNOCENT
Admits She Should Not Have
Bought instrument But Says
She Was Assured Matter
Was Confidential.

NEW YORK. July while house
and premises Of Dr. Edwin Carman
were being searched today for the
weapon with which Mrs. Louise
Bailey was shot to death in the
physicians Office. Mrs. Florence Car
man, the beautiful wife Of the doc
tor. declared her innocence Of any
share Of guilt for the crime. Weary
and worn by the ordeal 10 which
she has been subjected since the
tragedy. and charges that discrepancy
have been found in her story. the
handsome woman nevertheless calm
~ discussed the tragedy.
L do not know who fired the shot
that killed Mrs. Bailey" Mrs. Carmon
asserted. L have no theory as to
the murder or whether the bullet
was intended for my husband or Mrs.
Bailey. The case is just as much a
mystery 10 me as it is to the general
public.
Didn't Know Woman.
why should 1 make a formal de-
nial of guilt?" she went on to the In
ternafional News Service in the first
interview she has given since the
tragedy. THAT would only strength
en- the insinuatiOns-they do not dare
10 make actual charges. know
nothing whatever of this terrible af-
fair. / did not even know Mrs.
Bailey"
With her statuesque beauty set off
by a white linen gown embroidered
in black. Mrs. Carman gave the in
terview in the pretty parlor of the
home at Freeport over which the
shadow Of tragedy and suspicion has
hung since & hand was thrust
through a window on Monday night
and fired the bullet that ended Mrs.
Bailey's life.
when I arrived home on Monday
evening" she said, 81 had a bad head
ache and was very tired, so I did not
stop TO eat dinner, but went upstairs
and went to bed at once. After
awhile I heard the crash Of shlver-
ing glass. and a pistol shot, and the
excitement that followed. I jumped
MP and put on a dressing gown, and
ran downstairs but my sister had al
ready gotten down before me. and
did not let me enter the doctors
office at all, and so I did not see Mrs
Bailey.
Tells of Dictagraph.
AS for having had the dictagraph
put i'm my husbands office / will ad-
init that / was jealous of him. and
curious TO know what ne did. He
me about his cOnquests among the
women, and that one being his girl
and wherever we went out other peO-
pie were always guying him and tell
ing him what "A devil of a fellow ne
was among the women. 1t made me
want to know just how much truth
there was in it,
so one day in the early part OF
May when j was I'm New York. / was
passing place where there were
electrical devices for sale in the win
dow and l went in and asked If they
had dlctagraphs. They sent me &c
another place
81 went TO the place and in the
conversation that I had with the mar
in charge I asked him If I bought one
could i rely on its being kept a Sc.
CTet, and he assured me that no one
could possibly know il. as they re
garced all their transactions Will
their customers as confidential. WITT
that understanding I bought il.
considered that the company IA,
treated me very badly in breakins
faith with me and making the matter
public.
Didn't FOrcsce Accident.
"Of course. I am sorry enough nov
that L did install the dictagraph. bu
nobody could foresee this sad acci
dent that has happened in our house
As for the rest. everything that
have heard over il and l have lis
tened 20 NY husbands conversation
with his patients, has been perfectl
proper. and OF nature 20 allay all O
my suspicious and renew my conf
deEce IN him. In q word. 1 wante
To know the real truth Of my hus
bands relations to his patients. wha
he said 10 them and they to him be
hind his closed doors. and 1 hav
found out through the dictagraph.
"On Monday L had headache a
I said and l was not listening and s
7 heard none Of the conversation tina
passed between my husband and Mrs
Bailey"