Evening journal., 1914-07-20
NEW YORK ALWAYS
HAS crime MYSTEP'
Carman Case the Latest
Cause Talk Throughout
the Country
AS USUAL THERE
is WOMAN IN CASE
BY CARLTON TEN EYCK.

NEW YORK, July 20.-Each sum
mer New York may be depended upon
to produce its sensational murder
mystery. If not in New York proper
then from out of one OF the scores
of towns and villages in the vicinity
of the metropolis will come story
of violence and death. Usually there
is a woman.
The fierce glare Of notoriety blazes
down upon families which were never
heard of before. If in one of the
villages. the entire routine OF the lit
tie community Is broken up. Busi-
ness is practically suspended. From
cut of the closets OF the families
which attracted nothing but the
highest respect from their neighbors
come -attling the skeletons which
have so long been shielded from pub
lie gaze. Tragedy, scandal and death Is
discussed on every street corner. It
is the morning gossip of the house
wives in the morning back door visits.
For the first time. probably, in the
history OF the quiet village, the
Coroner and Sheriff are regarded with
awe. The sheriff may have been the
fayorite Of every child in the village
before the little community was
shaken by the sudden breaking OF a
home. bur now he is summed and
feared.
"The sheriff will get YOU" mothers
tell their children when they petu-
lently insist upon another hour OF
play. And the big, kindly-faced man
walks through the streets alone. Chill
dren no longer follow at his heels.
He is only human and may break
down and weep as he arrests
oman he has known for years on a
charge of murder. But the village is
transformed. The real cause OF the
presence OF a sheriff in the community
is brought to light. This man who
/ has played with the children, has
! ioked and laughed in the homes OF
his neighbOrs. becomes a figure to be
feared ana avoided.
These scenes might be enacted in
any village in the country, or in the
world. II is human to love and TO
hate. The animal instinct is to kill
those who may cross these elemental
/ passions. And when New York
! swelters in its summer heat, always.
rearing up its head from some sup
/ posedly peaceful family or com
munity steps the spectre Of the spirit
/ Of elemental man. breaking through
| tie veneer of civilization and striking
TO kill.
Such conditions as these have pre-
! vailed for weeks in two villages near
/ New York. Freeport, l.. l., was
/ thrown into a turmoil by the shooting
of Mrs. Louise Bailey. wife Of we'll
! to-do manufacturer, as she was about
] g. r.F
man. Only short time before
Stamford, Conn. awoke to find scan
Gal stalking abroad while when
/ Waldo r. Ballou GO. known TO every
man. woman and child in the town
vas found dead i'm front OF the build
| ing in which Mrs Helen NJ. Angle
I equally well known. had her apart
monts. Ballou and Mrs. Angle were
known to have been friends Bloody
| footprints upon the stairs we're found
which led directly to her door. Blood
stained garments and Ballou's hat
we're found in the apartment Mrs
Angle was arrested. She protested
her innocence. but evidence brought
out at the Coroner's investigation
pointed only to her, in the belief OF
the authorities.
rounding the shooting of Mrs. Bailey
were even more mysterious than
those Of the death of Ballou. Tn
known TO her husband or other men,
bers of her family. Mrs. Bailey called
al the Office of DR.. Carman. The
| physician said he prescribed some
quinine capsules for her. She was
just walking toward the door. when
suddenly there was a crash. The
window was broken The curtains
moved and then a hand, grasping a
revolver. was thrust in. The revol-
yer moved up and down for an in
stant. Dr. Carman said he jumped
behind an operating table. There
was a shot and Mrs. Bailey fell
When Dr. Carman picked Mrs.
Bailey up she could only whisper that
she had been shot, and then she died
There we're patients waiting to see
the physician in the outer Office. One
oi them came in and helped Dr. Car
man place Mrs. Baileys body on
couch. The woman's relatives living
in Hemstead were notified and then
came the long hunt for the murderer.
Outside the window there was abso-
lutely no trace left by the killer. The
authorities were completely baffied.
Then came the knowledge that Mrs.
Carman had installed a dictograph
in her husbands Office that she might
listen TO the conversation he had with
women patients. She admitted her
jealousy and that she distrusted her
husband Sensation after sensation
followed as various theories were ad-
Nanced with witnesses to testify in
their support
Freeport was fairly torn up by the
roots. Little was thought OF talked
of in the village but the killing OF
Mrs. Bailey. Everyone knew the
Carmans. The doctor had attended
most of the families in the village.
As climax to the inquest one wit
ness swOre that he saw a woman on
the lawn near DR.. Carman's window
az the time she shot was fred. His
description lt Mrs Carman. She
was arrested in her home and taken
tc Jail. Then came doubt as TO the
truth of the story told by this prin-
cipal witness. The day following
her arrest it was openly asserted that
| the case against Mrs. Carman was
, weak and that she might be expected
/ to be released. The stirring mn Of
! treeport was then complete. The
case had worked in a complete circle.
p Newspapers had screamed with the
r annual New York mystery murder
ana what town or village nearby NAV
furnish the next sensation only next
year can tell.