The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-09
BULLET WAS MEANT
FOR DR.. CARMAN
Hired Gunman Says Mrs Bailey
Was Slain in Error.
SAYS WOMAN FIRED THE SHOT
District Attorney Declares One Of
WouId-Be Assassins Confessed
That Woman Grabbed Gun and
Slew Manufacturers Wife.

Freeport. L. T., July S.-"We are
prepared to go before the grand jury
on Thursday and ask for the indict-
ment of a woman whom we believe
murdered Mrs. Louise Bailey in the
office of DR.. Edwin Carman on the
night of June 30"
This was the declaration of District
Attorney Lewis J. Smith after receiv-
Ing detailed report from William ].
Burns, the detective.
I'VE are confident that we have
sufficient evidence to indict
THE first witnesses we shall call
will be Drs. Towards NJ Pipps, Roy
D. Grimmer, who performed the autop-
sy on the body of Mrs Bailey, and Dr.
William III. Runcie, who will testify
as to the causes of death. These
physicians have found that Mrs.
Bailey was in delicate condition.
They add that there was no evidence
that there had been an operation"
Hired Assassin to Appear.
District Attorney Smith said That
when the grand jury met in Mineoia
on Thursday there would be present
man who has come to the author
tiles here with a startling tale. This
man came to Freeport on Monday and
demanded at the door of the Elks'
club to see District Attorney Smith.
He declared that he knew who slew
Mrs. Bailey
The man declared he and man
named Joe Anderson had come to
Freeport from New York, where they
were employed by woman who want
ed Doctor Carman killed, said Smith.
He said he and Anderson were prom
ised $50 for the job and that they
were to present themselves in Free
port on the night Of June 80, He de-
clared that they came, met the wom-
an, were taken to the window by this
woman, and, when the screen was
raised and the window broken, the
woman took the gun from the man
who was to have done the killing,
saying that she would do the shoot
ing herself.
He said the paid assassin willing
" gave up the gun and the woman
shot. She saw Mrs Bailey drop and
saw Doctor Carman drop. She thrust
the revolver back into the hands OF
the gunman and they fed
This man says that Anderson fed
to Kansas City, forgetting to divide
the money received for assisting at
the murder. He says he tells this
story to wreak vengeance on his
perhdious companion"
carman DiscredEts Tale.
Smith declared there was more to
the strangers story. Who the WON
an in the story is is not made public.
I cannot credit this mans story.
cannot believe it for a moment" Doc
tor Carman said
Il never heard the name of Joe
Anderson declared Mrs. Carman.
1T is a terrible story; one that can
not be believed. Now people will de-
clare am that woman Have | not
enough to bear without this? ?"
Enraged at the third degree exam
ination to which his wife had been
subjected by Detective Burns, DR.. Ed
win Carman, in whose Office at Free
port, L. l., Mrs. Louise Bailey was
shot to death last week, declared that
If Mrs. Carman were arrested he
would exhaust every resource in his
power to fight her battle for her.
Il know that an arrest is impending
and that my wife is suspected de-
clared Doctor Carman
AS soon as he reached the Carman
home Burns aggressively walked up
to the doctors wife and shaking his
finger In her face. said:
I'm going to get the murderess.