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New York District Attorney Lewis Smith lead the prosecution in the trial against Florence Carman

Defense attorney George Levy makes a statement for Mrs. carman:

However, this photo is before the trial which was held in October, 1914, either at the coroner's inquest or the grand jury proceeding at which Mrs. Carman was indicted.

Thanks trialsanderrors, Wystan, and artolog for the additional details about this image relating to the Carman murder case. Based on date of 7/7/14 which is written on the negative, it would appear that this image of District Attorney Lewis Smith was taken before the trial of Mrs. Edwin Carman for the murder of Lulu Bailey.

Published reports at the time name Mrs. Bailey's husband as "William D. Bailey." See: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20B17FC385C13738...

TVL 1970: Thank you for providing fuller names for these people who were involved in the Carman trial. We will include the information in the image description when we update.

Your "Just walking"-picture is really worth looking at it! Thank you for sharing!

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

Figures in the Carman murder trial. Bain's photo of the Carman house (scene of the murder):

Thanks Wystan. According the New York Times (Oct. 21, 1914 and July 9, 1914), Lewis J. Smith was the district attorney in the Carman murder trial and Charles R. Weeks was the assistant district attorney. We will add these details when we update the database.