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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05

Henry Spclman when the Indians Killed all his com
panions
In the spring Of 1913 she went to visit a ncighboring
tribe Of Indians, among whom she had relatives and
when there captured by Captain Argall and taken
as hostage to Jamestown
The story runs plausiby enough, that Argall bribcd
one Of her nsmcn to beay her TO him. the price being
a copper kettle As a captive she was exceedingly
pcnsve and disconnected; yet We are told, "eXtraor
binary courteous usage by little and little at length
wrought her patience, and TO Jamestown she
brought There she was taken under the OF Sir
Thomas Dale the Marshal and acting Governor Of the
colony a singulary high-minded and noble man, and
also that Of the sanity Thomas Alexander Whitaker,
the first missionary and preacher in the colony Under
Whitakcrs teaching She quickly accepted Christianity
was the first convert to Professionalism in America, and
on April H. 1913 she was baptized by him in the James
town church
Early as the day in the history Of Virginia, that
was the third church to be built at Jamestown The
first was little more than tent, and the second year
later was rude hut But this one built by Sir Thomas
Gates, the Governor in 1910, was substantial timber
structure twenty-four by sixty feet in SIZE with spre
in which were two bells. The chance was lined with
cedar and the pcws were of the wood; while the
pulpit and communion table, altar were OF black
walnut TIL baptisma font, which probably used
for the first time for Pocahontas, followed out,
canoe fashion, from cedar log.
Gates had passion for flowers and directed that the
interior OF the church should be decorated daily with
wild blossoms and this practice scrupuously fol-
lowed by Sir Thomas Dale after Gatcss departure.
This church was replaced in 1917 by the "Bruton
church, Of brick the ruined tower of which IS still visible
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IIfNNH l1IIItfNU married I ole
,ncl Richard Ranlolrh ,
R,ro,ss and Tr,,s,,r,r a.
V;r@;,;, ,,J ,b,,. f,.,,,,t..f
"a familv that has attained
,x,c,,io1al distinction.
Mary Boiling married Col
oncl Iohn Fleming. also a
Burgess and Trca,ur,r.ar.l
founder a. another uo,.I
family Elizabeth Boiling
married William Cav.
Nr.-,r, R,l',,g -,.-,-.. y
1.r,,uas Fl,lr;,io. and Ann.
Rolling married Iam,s
Murray. an well known
names i'm Virginian and in-
decd in American history.
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The rector Of the church
at the time Of Pocahontas's
marriage was the Rev.
lanes Buck, who assisted
at the ceremony; but the
officiating minister was
Whitaker, who was then
living at Coxendale, oppo-
site Rolfe's plantation Of
Varina, far up the James
River near Richmond.
JOHN ROLFE was a twin,
born at Heacham Hall,
Norfolk. on May Is. lj>j.
and was at this time a child
less wilowcr. He was a
man of fine character and
marked ability, who was
presently made Secretary
and Recorder General Of
the colony, and was the
founder Of tobacco culture
in Virginia. His prcdcccs
sor as Secretary, Ralph
Hamor, says Of him, in re-
fcrring TO a visit that he
himself made 10 Powhatan:
Long before this time a
gentleman Of approved be-
haviour and honest car
riagc, Master John Rolfc,
had bin in love with Poca-
huntas and she with him,
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POCAHONTAS -ROLFE. Mar
ried. at the Protestant Episcopal
Church at jamestown, Virginia, on
April ,. 1914. by the Rev. Thomas
alexander Whitaker, assisted by the
Rev. lanes Buck, the Princess Poca-
hontas Matoaca OF Wcrowocomoco,
daughter Of Powhatan, Werowance OF
acknowledgements, to John Role.
I,q.. of Varina. Virginia, and lately
II Heacham, Norfolk. England.
r. was Americas first fashionable
society wedding, as alsp the first
wedding Of an American girl q.
an Englishman, and the setting Of
,lc scene was worthy Of the occasion.
There is no livclicr season Of the year
in old Virginia than early April,
with the SPRING new foliage clothing
The world in emerald verdurc, and
an almost infinite multitude Of
Il ...,.. .;,,c, -, color aud perfur11,
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which thing at the instant that at Parlec with
them myself made known TO Sir Thomas Dale bya letter
from him, whereby he intreaed his advice and further
ance in his love- if 50 it seemed fit TO him for the good
Of the Plantation; and Pocahunas herselfe acquainted
her brethren Herewith; which resolution Sir Thomas
Dale wei approving . The brut OF this pretended
intended marriage came soon to PowhatanS knowl-
edge, thing acceptable TO him, appeared by ms
sudden consent thcreunto who some ten days after
sent an oldc once OF hers, named OpachiSca, to give
her his deputy in the church and two OF his sonncs
TO see the marriage Solcmnized
Roles letter to Dale related ~thc grounds and prin-
cpal agitations which thus should provoke me to be
in love" Speaking Of Pocahontas ne described her us
one so whom my hartie and best thoughts are. and
have a long time bin entangcd and nthrallcd in sd
intricate laborinth that was awcared 10 uu-
winde mysce thcrcout."
Powhatan appears to have acquicsced IN the rcton.1
Of his daughter at Jamestown, if not in the manner
her capture: for ne sent word 10 Sir Thomas Dale '.
he might have her, to adopt as his own daugl'cr
which Dale did, though not by legal contract The Oh
Wcrowance would not, however. come in person 90 The
wedding though only twelve miles away; partly be-
cause of infrmy but mostly because Of sense OF dg-
nifty that would not permit him TO 60 elsewhere toa
ceremony that should have been performed at his Own
home.
AFTER the wedding Rofe and his bride lived for
"a time at Varina, and then went to England, whore
their only child was born. Pocahontas was warmly
received by the other members OF the Rolfc family 10
Heacham Hail. Norfolk, and was presented at Cour'
Her portrait was painted by Of the foremost artists
Of the day In 1916 they started to return 70 Virginia.
but she fell i'll and died Gravcscnd where this record
still appears in the parish register:
1916 March y. Rebecca Wrofc. wyffe Of Thorn
Oohn) Wrofe gentleman, Virginia lady borne,
buried in the chauncel
The descendants of this couple numerous, AMI
have included many persons Of distinction in the pub
life of the nation. They had only one child, Thomas
Rolfe, born in 1915, who married lane Poythrcss, o.
England and lived on his fathers estate at Narna, I'd,
Hcnricopolis He in turn had also only child Jane
Rolfc who married Colonel Robert Boiling Of London
England Again, in the third generation, there was
only one child John Boiling, who became Colonel Il
Virginia troops and a member Of the House Of Bur
gcsscs. He married Mary Kennon, daughter Of Dr.
Kcnnon one Of his fellow Burgcsscs and they left in
the fourth generation, and five daughters, all Il
whom married and increased and multiplied
The son, John Boiling, married Mary Blair niece
Of Dr. Blair who founded William and Mary College
lane Boino married Col
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CHILDREN TO HAVE MANY =$$
NEW FAIRGROUNDS IN PUBLIC PARKS$$$$$$

Department Of Parks Has Provided
Baseball Diamonds. Tennis Courts,
Bathing Facilities and Has Made
Other Important Improvements in
the Forty-eight Parks Of the Borough
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medicine had budded lowered ana beer
brought to fruition in the picturesque
little town on the Great South Bay.
Much OF the success of the young doc
tor was due To the popularity and clever
MANAGEMENT Of his wife. She was an
ideal mother to Elizabeth. her baby
daughter and a devoted wife. The thing
seemed impossible incredible. And
YET
Behind cuppcd hands there began
whisperings that all had not been as Sc
rene as "A summer day In the Carman
household Mrs. Carman was jealous
~ her carcfrec. fun loving husband. At
times the mask which showed her to
the world as a woman Of perfect poise,
a happy wife. was rudely thrust aside.
Then 1t was the calm blue eyes shone
green and the serenity of her face wore
a flush Of jealous rage.
Incidents were cited At the club
dlnCes when scenes were rumnred 80
have been the result Of what the wife
thought We're the straying attentions
OF her husband. Certain callers at the
doctors office In one wing OF his attrac-
tive home found the wife none too cor
dial.
All these OF course were whisperings,
mere rumors. Rumor at It's best ~
likely 10 he nothing more than a mirage,
Then came the news of the dicto-
graph
The woman all Freeport had believed
TO be as far above eavesdropping as the
north is from the south had deliberately
sat IN her room upstairs and listened
to the secrets held sacred between
patient and physician.
Now the photograph, installed In the
! husbands office while he was on q
pleasure trip with the wife who was
jealous OF even his professional rela-
! tons with other women, had turned
| telltale on the one 1t was made to serve
/ It's t8ttllng tongue furnished a motive
for the murder. The Observing eyes OF
4 the law found where II had been rudely
wrenched from the wall by the hands
, of fear. The wife admitted she had useo
II to silence or ntirm her suspicious OF
+, her husband
There followed speedily the arrest OF
Mrs. Carman, the ational rid,
through Long Island roads where tn,
doctors automobile was almost a!
familiar an object as the cart # tn,
milkman, and imprisonment IN the iyS
grown terraced jail at Mlneoa, wher,
nm ironic fate has allowed the letter,
IN G. u" NASSAU County Jam to b,
worked out In flowers 10 gladden. tn,
eyes Of the prisoners
T!S week Mrs. Florence Carmar
stood at the bar Of Justice to bo trio,
for the murder Of Mrs. Louise Bailey.
Never has there been n prisoner NOR,
unmoved more cold, more imperviou
apparently To every emotion. She ha.
| been callod "rha Woman nf Steci 4
no moment during the ordeal has sn
bclied the title.
by some her manner has been char
acterized as regal Others have disoov
ered the eternal chill that gives tn
mien. Tho face of Mrs. Carmnn Nigh
have been carved from Ice. So far a
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mirroring human emotions it Is a frozen
mask.
Her eyes are blue, not the deep blue
of the night sky. but rather the pale
metallic blue of midday with glints of
gray in their depths. Her lips are thin
and tight. Her hair Is almost white,
waved, and drawn back loosely from
high forehead. Her nose Is long. with
an inward curve. she Is a statue.
One knows NJ glance her toilet IL
always carefully made. Her blue scrCn
suit IL stylish without being smart. \
white lawn collar cut sailor shape
gives evidence she has not yet put
aside her claim to youth Her tribute
10 feminine vanity is narrow black
velvet ribbon banding her throat and
tied in chic bow bchind her left ear.
The desire Of woman to charm goes
with her To the very brink.
\ casual visitor in tie cour, room
would select almost any woman pres
Cnt as the accused before Florence Car
man. She never deigns 10 much as to
give a glance at the twelve men who
hold her life In the hollow OF their
hands. She has way of staring
straight ahead at the witness on the
stand without seeming TO see. During
the most damaging testimony she may
turn and give the conventional smile
to a friend or relative.
She might he attending a tiresome
play Instead Of II fight for her own life.
When the mother Of the murdered
woman wept on the stand over the fate
Of her daughter and sobbed convulsively
ut the sight of the dress In which she
had last seen her daughter alive, Flor
ence Carman was moved To nothing
more than n contemptuOus smile as II
she had little paticnC" with what she
viewed as mclodraina. Yet she is n
mother herself Not two feet back OF
her sat her own little daughter. a tragic
/ figure in this tangle OF disgrace and
death.
"Did you send flowers note OF con-
dolenCe or any message Of sympathy
to the bcreaved family" asked a re-
| porter 1T the time OF the shooting. Con
sidering the fact that Mrs, Bailey was
shot in your house this seems the least
you could do"
Certainly not" was the reply. at
would be very bad form to do anything
of the sort when l am suspected OF
bringing about the bereavement"
What Of the man? What of the in
/ splratlon Of al this passion OF love.
Of jealousy, or hate? What Of the
debonalr, philandoring physician who
, handed out laughs with his phials and
kept his patients happy by the conta-
/ gion of his good humOr?
/ AZ he sat by the side OF the woman
! accused ~ murder for love Of him he
/ looked like anything but the gay Lo-
/ thorlo he has been painted No, more
/ than the ordinary amount of good looks
have come mis- way. lie IL short, stocky,
| heavy-fnced, There is something of the
feminine about his mouth with it's dis
/ tin"t curves and full red lips H. head
/ Is largo in proportion to his body. His
! hands hang n his knees. His eyes. once
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AS before. this is n simple tragedy of
the home.
The accused Is no spoiled daughter of
society. She Is the wife of success
full small town physician.
II Florence Carman. the Woman VI
Steel" Is guilty or II she Ia innocent.
the fires OF love and jealousy that
ragged in the furnace OF her heart must
have fallen into the dead gray ashes OF
remorse. Should she return To her home
free woman. free to return the hand
clasp Of her neighbors, free to turn
the lovelight in her eyes toward her
husband. free 10 take her little daughter
on her lap and mother her as she should
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This shows the popularity OF the game
and the business Of the demand on the
part Of the public ana press which has
mndc the construction of new goIf
course at Van COrtlandt Park desirable.
Permits were issued To a club Of
young women to maintain a tent for
camping and rcCrcational purposes IN
Twin Island and similar privilege
was granted the Boy Scouts OF America
for the use OF ground on Hunters Isl
and The department maintained at
Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park
three hundred camp sites for the eNclu-
sive use of families. for which fee Of
$40 was charged during the three sum
mer months. This site is called Ten,
City" and Is located near the bathing
beach where there Is fine surf bathing
and where there is splendid outlook
upon Pelham Bay and the Long Island
Sound
Commissioner White has arrauged
for taking the census OF the street trees.
This will show the names of the street.
containing trees. the kinds OF trees.
present condition OF the trees, the stree.
numbers OF premises in front Of which
trees are located. the mileage of streets
containing trees and the total number
Of trees In the streets in The Bronx.
For the purpose OF taking this census
the borough has been divided into Sec
tons. The cost of this census will be
tr-fiing, according to the Park Commits
sioner. IA compared with the benefit to
he derived. II will enable the depart
ment TO more inteil.gently plan the
work OF caring Tor the trees In the
streets OF this borough, and at the same
time furnish a ready record OF infor-
nation
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as far as this budgetary request will
permit
The two largest parks in The Bronx
are Pelham Bay Park with 1855 acres,
and Van Cortlandt Park. which covers
! 1872 acres.
Pelham Bay Park has sec acres Of
improved area. Of which Toe acres are
used az a golf course and thirty-seven
acres as an athletic field. Although
located in the northeasterly portion "
Greater New York in "A sparsely settled
district AZ compared with the density
Of population Of other parts Of New
York city. portion of this park is
easily reached by railroad and IL visited
by many thousands Of people in search
OF recreation. most of whom are from
points outside Of The Bronx. The park
embraces the Eastchestcr and Pelham
! bays. where the shore line at high
water mark measures more than four
| teen miles. The boating and fishing on
| the bays and adjacent waters and the
| bathing beaches and athletic field and
! golf course are exceedingly popular.
| Two additional bathing pavllions have
been added to the bathing station at tho
athletic field, each containing sixteen
/ dressing booths and 1874 lockers.
/ These increased accommodations were
/ rendered necessary by the vast in
I crease In the number OF people VINO
used these bathing beaches last yea.
| when the facilities were found made
duate. There are two bathing beaches
] in Pelham Bay Park. both OF which
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cion might he directed against him.
Florence Carman insists that she went
to her room directly after dinner on
the night OF the shooting. She was suf
fering with sick headache. and her first
intimation OF a crime committed was
when she heard the report OF the pistol.
She declares tho photograph was in
stalled because of the gossip of meddle-
some friends and neighbors who twit-
ted her about the favor her husband
found with women. She says she was
convinced by the aid OF the machine
that these innuendoes were false. that
her husband was in every way blame
loss
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flashing the irresistible twinkle, are
lack-lustre.
Those who saw him a; the time Of the
tragedy find him aged, with the snow
drifting az his temples, the high color
Of health and vigor gone from his
, checks. Even the bright peCkscarfs.
outward index Of his color loving life,
have given place to subdued shades.
The day of reckoning is at hand. For
every nippant word there is a sigh, for
every stolen smile there is tear. The
man who looked on life as a sunny
meadow wherein to wander and pluck
the flowers Of pleasure a VIII has
awakened in the gloom Of dcusc dark
forest with weird and fantastic shapes
across his path.
Little Elizabeth Carman, Elizabeth OF
! the golden hair and gay scarlet ribbons
sits back Of her parents and wonders
what It rs an about Her loving child
heart senses all Is not well ~ inter-
/ walls in the trial she moves forward
searches mother eyes, sm1oths mother
cheeks II was the peremptory command
! To her to stoi playing the piano on the
fatal night that has weighed heavily
against her mother in the trial. Piano
practice interferes with the work Of the
dictograph. browns out its voice.
Away back behind the jury box an
other daughter wonders why there is
| so much sorrow in the scheme OF things,
I She Is pretty Madeline Bailey, whose
mother was the victim OF the shot
! through the window.
Madeline IL telephone operator with
a musical voice and a world Of pathos
in her dark eyes, Her drapings Of sor-
row accentuate her youth. Now and
again she reaches out and presses the
hand OF her father, husband Of the muir
dered woman. who looks more like the
brother of Madeline than her parent,
When she glimpses Florence German
through the bobbing heads her face -
stained with n warm crimson.
II do not want any one to suffer, +"
she sobS. Il just want mother"
It IL another Of the ironics OF fate
that the life OF this woman who has
been accused Of having the pride Of a
princess and the heart OF tigrcss should
he in measure committed into the
hands of a colored servant girl and a
tramp. They. of all the world claim
to know who 1t was sent the bullet
crashing into the office on that night
in June
Celia Coleman. the servant girl, has
said that on the evening of the tragedy
Florence Carman rushed through the
: kitchen and out OF the sack door. In
a few minutes she returned with a ps-
tOl in hcr hand. she cautioned the girl
to tell nothing Of what she had seen
that night, To- guard the secret of the
passage through the kitchen and "f the
wall, why did I Kill that woman"
Frank j, Farrell the tramp, saws he
was about To- approach the house across
the lawn when he heard the SCATTERING
glass saw woman thrust her hand
through the window. heard the report
OF n pistol. In his own words he "beat
II" rs fast ms NJ could, earring suspi-
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be mothercd, a spectre must always pc
lurking AZ her elbow. 1t IL not given
that we should walk through the depths
without being sinsed The pity of IT is
that the innocent must walk with us
This tragedy might have happened IN
any home where jealousy and suspicion
are allowed to undermine the Arm
foundation Of perfect trust and perfer;
happiness. They are the suspended
swords of love, the requiem OF tie home
Florence Carman knows this truth -
no other woman knows IL. By draining
To the dregs the cup of shame and sor-
row she has learned It not wisely hi,
we'll
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\A/ motive for the firing ~ the
w shot was the jcal usy and
suspicion toward her hus-
band of Mrs. Carman."
The words rang out clear and cold
from the lips Of the representative Of
the law in the court room at Mineola,
l.. l.
The shot was shot that should ring
around the world II should ring It's
warning in the ears and hearts #
thousands OF wives who commit the SUI
preme folly 81 being Jealous. II should
prove to them how fine IS the line that
separates folly from crime. II should
show how suspicion may in the twink
ling Of an eye change to .hamc and
shame to the sorrow that gnows no
sunset
Not by any look nor sigh r so muca
as shadow IT interest did Mrs. Florence
T. Carman the wife accused Of firing
the fatal shot, give sign she had heard
the charge II, in moment OF madness
induced by the belief that the thing she
treasured most in al. the world was
slipping from her, II In this moment she
took life there was no shade OF re-
morse in the calm Of her face.
No hint that the finger OF suspicion
she once pointed in secret at the women
who came to consult her doctor-hu
band had veered about and now pointed
publicly AZ her brought a droop to her
eyes. There was no tremor on her lips
at the mention OF murder.
Mrs. Louise Bailey was shot down in
;he Office OF DR. Edwin T. Carman in
Freeport l.. I. The hand that levelled
the pistol first shattered the glass; in tho
window at one side OF the Office. and
through this hole took aim
That is all
The tragedy itself IS brief There are
no elaborate stage settings. no stories
OF threatened disgrace, none ~ love re-
viied
\ simple tragedy NJ the nome. this
And because 1t Is 50 brief, 80 lacking
IN the usual dement's that go to make
the audience cape, the world wags It's
head and admits Itself hafiicd
Going over TO the trlal?" inquired n
reporter who was going 10 CLEAN news
for his paper.
Yes" | admitted.
"Awf'ly dun trial. No drnmat!cs n,
al. Haven't had thrill since I've beer
out here on the story"
Strangely enough the reporter was
right.
When Mrs Florence Carman, tho
handsome wife or the Freeport physi-
e1n. was accused ~ being tho person
on the other side of the window on the
evening of the murder, the village stood
hghast, Mt Mrs. Carman the dignifcd
the reserved, the irrcproachable. people
s.... Surely NOT Mrs. Carman VINO
bhone SO brilliantly AT tho social gath.
-r'nEs In The town, the acknowledged
leader at parties and pleasure gather
inGs
Friends and nelghhors harked hack ii
the time when as Florence Conklin che
had been the belle Of the countryside
Hei romance with the Young student OF