The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-08
DISTRICT ATTORNEY POSI-
TIVE ABOUT SHOT; DE-
MAND INDICTMENT
CORONER SAYS HE
Will Probably Decide On a Ver-
dict Today-Net Drawing
Closer
(By Associated Prcss.l

NY ASSOClatC1 PrCSs.)
Frcport. N. Y. July THE grand
jury will begin an investigation of
the Staying Of Mrs. Louise Bailey on
Thursday at MincO!a, the county seat
District Attorney Smith announced to-
night that he would demand that an
indictment charging murder be re-
turned against woman who he said
he wac positive wa. the person who
broke window in the Office of DR..
Edwin Carman and fired u bullet into
the heart of Mrs. Bailey
The district attorney admitted that
there was Il possibility that the grand
jury might not heed his demand be-
cause of lack of support in the evil
dencc
Il believe. though" he said, that
the indictment will he returned. 1
intend to have this woman indicted
If l have to prcsent the evidence to
every grand Jury that NETS In Mas
sau county for the next ten years"
The story told by witness. who ex-
amincd in secret between sessions Of
the inquest yesterday. was revealed
today.
A half hour before the morning
proceedings opened man whose
name the officials say will be Withheld
Nneit hdt quay, lnlOTUlGu u
captain of the local police depart
mcnt that he knew who had tlIilled
Mrs. Bailey He then told the cap
tain the story he later repeated to the
district attorney. Briefly the story Is
as followe:
Last Tuesday morning the woman
suspect met him tthe new witness)
and man whose name. he gave and
who he says Is now. In Kansas City
or In New York: The woman agreed
to give them $50 each If one would
bring revolver and deliver it to her
on the lawn at the side OF DR.. Car
Dan,g home. The new witness and
tho mdn he declared had fled to Free
port from New Yory on the same train
with the woman. The missing man
had the revolver in his pocket
How 1t Was Done
AT half past Z o'clock that night
the man went to the Carman homc
ana there net the wo,nsn, who said
She wanted to scare someone inside.
The woman took the revolver, and the
man prOpped up the screen and broke
the window and then stood to one side
while the v..nan thrust the weapon
through the opening and fired Then,
according to the story, she handed the
revolver back to the man and the two
escaped In opposite directions"
According to the story, the man
who tolG 1t decided to inform the DO
lice authorities when his companion
failed to turn over a share of the mo-
ney.
District Atty. Denies Rumor.
Il do not know whether to believe
the story or not" said the attorney.
according to tho story he told US,
tho man who carried the revolver is
known In New York as a gunman."
The district attorney denied the ru:
NOR that he had telegraphed the po-
lice In Kansas City to arrest the man
He added that he knew where he could
be picked up in case he was wanted.
when the coroner's inquest Is re-
sumed tomorrow, George Boissonn-
ault. manager Of the dctectice diyis-
ion of the cc;. pany that manufactured
the telephone instrument which Mrs.
Carman had installed in her husbands
office and the man who installed the
instrument, will testify.
In statement today Coroner Nor
ton said he might hold some one for
for the murder at the conclusion ofthc
inquest. He added that he might de-
eide On verdict tomorrow.
District Attorney Smith, when in
formed that John Howe, Of rhiladel-
phia. admitted that 1t was he who had
called upon David Kennedy yesterday
and informed him that he was ready
to make an affidavit that woman
he knew had vowed she would kill
DR.. Carman. enfd:
II have heard Howe's story and I
have heard all about the telephone
call. I have also been informed that
Mr.. Hcwc said in Philadelphia today
that he had been informed that detec-
tives had been unable to find the wo.
man at her home Ia Freeport. II any
detectives were looking for her, I
know nothing about 1t. We have run
down several stories OF this kind and
found that there was nothing to any
OF them"
Philadelphia. July John Howe,
Of this city, who was reported to have
telephoned David Kennedy, of Free
port. that woman with whom Howe
was cruising. had threatened to kill
DR.. Carman, was found here today and
confirmed the story told by DR.. Car
Dlan to detectives. ~
Howe; who Is II, business here, said
.liat two years ago he invited, q Free
port man and his wife to an. outing
on great South Bay, l.. l.. in his mo-
torboat. He would not give their
pames, 8
eve landed at an island" Howe said,