Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-07
.CARMAN'S NEW
MURDER THEORY


fish the identity of Mrs. Bailey when
she was killed.
Just what these two know of the
tragedy, could not be ascertained, but
since the break between the district
attorney and the sheriff on the one
hand and Coroner Norton on the other
/ it is reported today that the latter will
summon them tomorrow to testify at
the resumption of the inquest. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Smith and Mr..
Petit would prefer that their testi-
mony be kept secret at this time.
Double Guard for Carmans.
District Attorney Smith doubled
the guard at the Carman home during
the night. Sergeant Seaman and a
detective were on guard all night.
Heretofore only one man was
kept on duty there. Seaman's
companion was under orders to travel
with DIR. Carman5 in case the ply
stefan was summoned from the house
on a sick call. None of the other
members of the family would have
been permitted to leave, 1t was
stated. DR.. Carman received no calls.
Mrs. Carman is today beginning to
show the first signs of worry since
the death of Mrs. Bailey. She is not
worried over the suspicion, she said,
she knows is directed against her, but
over the condition of her mother Mrs
Platt Conklin. Mrs. Conklin is suf-
fering from heart disease, as a result
of the shock of the murder and the
predicament in which it has placed
her daughter and son-in-law.
IF this case drags this way much
1rx.,r 81, ftn a . l11
outcome will be serious, so far as my
mother is concerned. l am devoting
all my attention now to her. Every
now and then she suffers faintlng
! spells, which alarm me, and make me
| fear for her recovery. My mother
! knows better than any one else that
nobody in this house has had any
thing TO do with the tragedy and that
| somebody on the outside did it,
| The re-enactment Of the Bailey
| tragedy in the Carman home by Will
lam ]. Burns. the detective, who has
been retained by District Attorney
| Smith to aid in solving the mystery,
was staged to accomplish two OBJ
| jects, ii was learned today. One was
/ to observe the effect it had on MEM
hers of the householdoand the other
to draw a crowd of villagers that de-
tectives might mingle with and listen
to the gossip. 1t was believed that
in the gossip the detectives might OBJ
tain valuable clues.
Whether they did has not been dis
closed, but after Burns and his men
! had re- enacted the tragedy those in
the crowd reported to him and he
then went into a three-hour confer
ence with District Attorney Smith
and Sheriff Petit.
Hardly had Mr.. Burns and his mer
been admitted to the house than, il
is said, he directed Mrs. Carman tC
put on the same clothes she wore ths
night of the murder and to lie on the
bed in the position in which she sale
she was when the shot was fired.
Then DIR. Carman was placed in his
office in the position in which he was
when he was about TO let Mrs. Bailey
out. The part of Mrs. Bailey is saic
to have been taken by another de
tective, believed to have been a WON
an Two other detectives took tn.
roles OF the two men patients who
were in the waiting room at the tins
d Of the tragedy and two others placed
themselves in the parts of the house
in which Mrs. Carman's mother and
sister were when the fatal shot wal
/ fired.
Other detectives were assigned Il
observe just what Mrs. Carman ant
the others did when Mr.. Burns played
the star part in this reproduction o
the tragedy.
Crawling through the shrubs at tn,
side of the house, Mr.. Burns with {
pistol in his hand crept up to tn
building and cautiously raised tn
screen which swings on hinges at tn
top. Then he smashed out the window
a., glass that had replaced the one broker
! at the time of the murder.