carmancase

A story worthy of a Wikipedia entry? Dr. Edwin Carman was a dentist in Freeport, Long Island, N.Y. On 24(?) June 1914, a patient, Mrs. Louise Bailey was shot and killed in his waiting room. The shot was fired through a window. Carman's wife Florence Conklin Carman was later tried for murder. It seems like the trial ended in a hung jury, and I can't find any news that she was retried and she was retried in 1915. Many many news hits on Google News for "carman" in the 1914-15 range though, if someone wants to sift through them.

Prosecuting Attorney Smith at the Carman murder inquest: Defense attorney George Levy making a statement for Mrs. Carman:

Elizabeth Carman was the 9-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Carman; Mrs. Carman was on trial for killing Lulu Bailey, and Elizabeth testifed at the inquest in the summer of 1914.

pennylrichardsca: Thank you for identifying the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Carman. We will expand the title and add some details when we update the image description.

The Carman house (murder scene) and other photos connected with the Carman drama:

NYT of July 16, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A1FF9345D13738... notes Runcie as one of the doctors who performed the autopsy on Lulu Biley, the victim in the "Carman Case." NYT of July 9, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10614FA3F5E13738... indicated that he was a friend and fellow physician of Carman, and was at the Carman house treating Florence Carman's mother for a heart attack the day Florence was arrested.

Bain's photo of the Carman house (scene of the murder), with investigators:

swanq: Thanks for the NYT article which identifies Runcie as one of the doctors who performed the autopsy on Lulu Bailey. Thanks Wystan for the image of the murder scene. We will add more details to the image description when we update.