South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
Coroner Delays Inquest Over
Mrs. Louise Bailey Until Ex-
animation of Body Can Be
Made-PurpOSe is Secret.
SHADOW OF SUSPICION
MOVES FROM WOMAN
Wife of Dr.. Carman Believed
innocent After a Grllllng
Which Followed Discovery of
Dictagraph She "PIanted."

NEW YORK, July Coroner
Norton OF Nassau county today post
poned the inquest over the body OF
Mrs. Louise Bailey. who was muir
dered in the office of DR.. Edwin Car
man at Freeport. until an autopsy
could be held.
The district attorney will be rep
resented at the autopsy" said the
coroner. The necessity for perform
ing a thorough autopsy has arisen but
I cannot tell at this time why il was
ordered"
The coroner's action, coming close
on the heels Of the discovery that Mrs
Car1nan, wife Of the physician, had
used a dictagraph to spy on her hus-
band, caused "a sensation. Another
although milder one. developed when
Sheriff Petit of Nassau county. learn
ed that a week ago a rich and promi-
nent resident of the South Shore dis
trict threatened 10 whip the doctor
unless he stopped receiving visits
from tIe mans wife.
Arrest to Come Soon.
There seems no little doubt an ar
rest in the case will be made soon out
OF whom and when neither the officials
of the county nor those Of the village
will make any definite statement.
I A pitiless searching inquiry 10 which
Mrs Carman was subjected in the very
room in which Mrs. Bailey Wa STAT
to death occurred. And not the least
gruesome touch was the fact that
Mrs. Carman was compelled to sit in
the very chair that was occupied by
ID. ffFns 10 tor M
dered.
For more than three hours Mrs.
Carman was examined and then 1t was
announced that Mrs. Carman had
been eliminated from the case.
Release Mrs. Carman.
Eve have become convinced said
Dist Atty. Smith, that at the mo-
ment the fatal shot was fred. Mrs.
Car1nan was. as she says. upstairs.
lying down upon her bed. We not
only have her own word for this, but
the testimony of her mother. Mrs.
Plat Coenklin, and her sister, Mrs.
Ida Powell. They were sitting to-
gether in a room opposite her about
s o'clock She and they were talk
ing across the hall to each other at
intervals. Just before the shot was
fired they had exchanged some re-
marks. Both mother and sister said
positively that whens they started at
tne SOunU Ol tllt SAAOA oAAu NtAN NNN
TO investigate. Mrs. Carman was still
lying upon her bed"
Tells Curious Story.
George Golden OF Baldwin, l.. l.,
who was in the reception room at DR..
Carman's home when the shooting oc-
CURED, told a curiOusly interesting
story TO Dist. Atty. smith. This story
involves a woman who mysteriOusly
disappeared in DR.. Carman's office
Immediately after having helped to
carry Mrs. Bailey's corpse to couch
Il thought that it was Mrs. Car
man. but as i had never seen her
could not be sure" said Golden. Mrs.
Bailey and another woman were in the
doctors outer office when / arrived
there Tuesday evening. Presently
Or. Carman. who had been eating his
dinner. appeared at the door and sig
nailed Mrs. Bailey TO enter his con
sulting room. She did so. We could
hear their voices in friendly cOnver-
sation for about five minutes then
there was a scuffiing OF feet and the
Scraping of chairs as though they had
arisen.
Woman Disappears.
I'm a few minutes we heard Mrs
Bailey laugh and then they seemed 10
sit down again and resume their con-
versation. Then / heard the break
ing OF glass followed by a pistol shot.
Dr. Carman with a white face appear
a
in his arms DR.. Carman set Mrs.
Bailey on the floor and / heard a
woman sobbing. The woman finally
came in where We were. sObbing and
wringing her hands and I supposed il
was Mrs. Carman. / ran out and
tried TO find some one. In the mean
time the mysterious woman disappear
ed as quickly as she came,
The story OF Mrs. Carman's negOti-
atoms for the installation OF the die
tagraph was most sensational Tt was
told by CASTOR BoisSonnault mana
ger OF the dictagraph department OF
the General Acoustic company OF New
ork. Mr. Boissonnault said Mrs.
tarman had come 10 his Office on
Nav ls last. and after some verbal
fencing had admitted that her rea-
son for wishing 70 have one OF the
instruments Installed was that she
wished TO overhear the conversations
az her husband with his women pa
TENTS
I don't want 20 get a divorce" she
said. Il simply want 10 overhear
u hat ne says 20 women have
young child whose name must pro-
tect"