Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-02
TRAIL WOMAN IN
BAILEY MURDER
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latter part of May at the request of
Mrs. Carman several of the officials
went to the Carman home to ques-
ton her, particularly regarding her
motives for having the instrument
placed in the doctors office.
The officials went to the office OF
the doctor to find the dictagraph but
it had been removed since the
shooting. Mrs. Carman admitted to
them that she had removed 1t from
the office and that she had also
taken the receiver from the clothes
closet in her room and placed the
whole thing in the attic. She went
to the attic this evening and brought
down the instrument This will in
all probability be set up in either the
district attorneys office or that OF
the sheriff at Mineola for the purpose
iof getting a record of what tool;
place in the office of the physician
while Mrs. Bailey and the physician
were there alone. The officials hope
to get the conversation of the pair
before the shooting occurrd,
According to Constable Murray,
who has been making an investiga-
ton for Sheriff Petit, Mrs. Carman
told him that she had never been
able to hear very distinctly over the
dictagraph She also said that she
heard no part of the conversation
between her husband and Mrs. Bailey
in his office In fact, she said she
made no attempt to listen to any such
conversation. She had q headache
when she went to her room about
o'clock on the night of the murder.
and. hoping to get rid of it, she lay
down on the bed She said she was
still lying down when she heard a
connection in the Office below.
Did Not Hear Shot Fired.
She was emphatic in her statement
that she heard no shot fired. She said
the receiver for the machine was In
a clothes closet in her own room,
where she had it placed so that she
would be able to hear through 1t what
was going on in the doctors office.
She also said she was alone in her
room when the 'commotion" occurred,
her sister, Mrs. Ida B. Powell, and
her twelve-year-old daughter, Eliza
beth, being downstairs in another
room, and servant in the kitchen.
She said her daughter had been play
ing the piano after she went to her
room. and she had to ask here to
cease because her head ached so.
She was positive in her statement
that from the time she went to her
room, about o'clock. until she heard
the "commotion' in the doctors office
she had not left her room, nor had
she listened at the receiver in the
clothes closet. She also said she did
not know Mrs. Bailey and, so far as
she knew, had never seen her
DR.. Carman was not prohibited from
attending to his calls yesterday, and
he was allowed to go and come in his
automobile as it became necessary.
He also was permitted to receive what
patients came to the house, but
otherwise no one was allowed to
enter or leave the house.
Whether the shot which killed Mrs
Bailey was intended for her is still
mystery. Those who maintain the
bejewelled Hampstead woman was
the target, put forth this as their
reason:
eff the person with the pistol
wanted to shoot the doctor, why did
they fire the fatal shot after the ply
stefan had stopped behind a chair and
hidden himself?'
Neighbors Carried Stories.
Reporters We're barred from talking
with Mrs. Carman last night, but
her counsel. George Morton Levy,
freely answered questions put to him.
He said that Mrs. Carman had adj
mitted to him that neighbors had
carried tales to her concerning her
husband, which caused her to become
suspicious and caused the dictagraph
to be installed.
The lawyer said that Mrs. Carman,
when she heard the "commotion" in
the downstairs ran from her room
to the DOCTORS office, but hurried
right upstairs again. She did not
notice Mrs Bailey in the room, he
said.
Mr.. Levy also said that at the time
of the murder Mrs. Powell was not
on the first floor, but in her own room
on the floor above, and that she Went
downstairs and helped the doctor in
caring for the woman who had been
shot
When asked about the revolver,
which il was reported the physician
owned. the lawyer said that Mrs.
Carman had been asked about this
weapon by the sheriff and the dis
trict attorney. She admitted the doc
tor owned revolver. ..23 oalibre.
and she handed this weapon over to
Mr.. smith. Levy SAID tnlS weapon
had been purchased some time ago
hui never used, and it was fully
loaded when the wife of the physician
turned it over to the district at
torney last nignt rhe lawyer said
that the autopsy performed upon the
murdered woman showed that the
bullet which caused her death was
fired from a .SS calibre revolver.
Mrs. Carman Practically Absolved
District Attorney Lewis j. Smith,
Of Nassau County, spent two hours
al the carman house last night
Most of the time was in questioning
Mrs. Carman. When he left the place
he said he felt<satisfied that neither
Mrs. Csrman nor any member of the
household had anything to do with
the shooting, When questioned FUR
ther regarding whom he suspected