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CAR PLUNGES INTO DITCH; NO ONE HURT Ci; 7 DOLLARS FOR FILLING WATER WAGON Escape of Occupants of Collid ing autos a Miracle of High- , way Travel ONE MACHINE ON THE MEADOWS Mrs. DeKruijff, Daughter and Son of Freeport, Were Occupants of Hurdling Automobile Two autom obilen, each moving in opposite directions along th e M errick road a t speeds variously estim a ted at between tw e le and thirty five miles by the occupants of eithr car, collided ju s t e a s t of the F r e e p o rt village lino at 9 o'clock on Monday evening. The accident is probably one of the most rem a rkable that has ever occurred in this vicinity. A lthough both cars were damaged and one of th e m jum p ed the road and plunged o v e r an em bankment Into the open m e a d o w , not one of eith e r party was h u r t or m o re than shocked. One of the m a c h ines was okued by Tracy K ingm a n , of M a n h a ttan, and driven by a chauffeur. In it was Mrs. Theodore E. De Kruijff, Her s o n , Adri- ant^ daughter, Bllla, and E a r l M ar shall, also of M anhattan. They w ere on the n o rth side of the road, and, ac cording to the occupants, driving at from tw e lve to fifteen m iles an hour. In the o th e r car F red Dlen, of Smith- ville South, was driving w ith a parry of friends. T h e cars approached each other from opposite directions. Up to this point the occupants of either p a rty agree. Those in the for m er car declare th a t before the ears cam e to g e th e r Dlen pulled into the middle of the road and crossed the path of th e ir m achine. D e in stated to a N a s s a u Post rep o rter th a t the w e st bound ear swerved acro s s the toad, h ittin g th e re a r w h e e l of his car. T h e force of the collission shock ed the occupants of eith e r car. The D i e n , c a r was knocked aslan t of the roadw a y and came to a sudden stop. T h e o th e r car sw e rved about, hounded over a ditch to the north of the highw a y , plunged over the em bankm e n t into the swamp and cam e to a stan d s till well on the m eadows. The left fro n t wheel was broken off in the a c c i d e n t ^ The occupants of e ith e r c a r differ as to the speed a t which they w e re trav eling. T h e K ingm an m a c h ine, accord ing to M rs. De Kruijff, was being driv en at about tw e lve miles an hour. Dlen a s s e r ts th a t it was m o v ing at about th ir ty five m iles an hour, and S t a t e s th a t his own car was moving a t about ten m iles an hour. M rs. De Kruijff w a s em p h a tic in her statem e n t that the Dien car was speeding at perhaps thirty miles an hour. Mrs. De K ruijff and m e m b e rs of her party w e re brought to F r e e p o r t in a conveyance and the m a c h ine left on the m e a d o w s w h e re it was still set tling in th e tufted grass through tlu pouring rain yesterday. T h e Dien car was tow e d to a Belm o re garage fur repairs. man Caused Flood in Merrick! Road—Pays Damages it cost George Carm an, who drives the official viliaf^e w a ter wagon through the streets of Rockville Cen tre, particularly for the purpose of laying the dust, ju s t ?7 for an error in Judgm e n t which caused a flood in M errick road a fortnight ago. The money w a s paid to the Board of T r u s tees a t th e ir regular m e e ting ou Mon day evening and Carm an w a s allowed to go back to his work w ithout even as m u c h as a reprim h nd. It appears th a t Carm an, w ith an en thusiastic desire to keep his cart fill ed, slopped at a lire hy d ran t in Mer- rlck 'road Insteaff of ad a goose neck hydrant. He stretched a length of iio.se and turned on the w a ter. Then he couldn’t stop it and the assistance cjrf m e c h a n ics from the village pow e r house was necessary to stop the fresh et. A wrench, which had been used in the w o rk, was broken at the by .Irani. It w a s originally expected th a t C ar man would be charged for the dam age, but. the tru s tees 'w e re lenient and the adjustm e n t was entirely satisfactory FINDS JEWELS HID BY SUICIDE HUSBAND Mrs. DcGroff Recovers Curious Package in Attic of Rock ville Centre I louse INDICTMENT OF tOOKED FOR MRS. CARMAN FOR MURDER IS BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOMORROW Will Close Case in Forenoon, Says Smith - Predicts Grand Jury Will Make Report Alter Last Witness is Heard-* Accused Physician’s Wife Will Not he Called Unless at Request of Jurors and I hen Will he Permitted Only Tell Her.Story in Narrative Form TWO SOUTH SIDE MEN RESIGN FROM JURY-- BARDES, ALLEGED EYE WITNESS, DISCREDITED Celia Coleman, Carman's Colored Maid, Principal Witne-,s i Ycsterday-Tells of Meeting Mistress in Ki; U ,i a Shc Ran From Door to Back Stairs- Her Sony Different from! One She Fold at Inquest of Acting Connner Dr. Carman Describes Scene in Oflice When Mrs. Dailey Was Killed Reunlon of Honeyitioon Acquaintances • Mr. and Mrs. August Schleutecj of Grand avenue, Rockville Centre, en tertained Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Woodmansle, of Brooklyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Jam es J. Nolan, of Freeport, at their home on Thursday evening. The event was a reunion of the three cou ples who had all met in Bermuda a year previous while on wedding trips. The evening was pleasantly spent in discussing reminlscnces. Music and dancing were indulged in after which refreshm ents wvre served. in an obscure corner of the attic in liie house on P a rk avenue, Rockville Centre, in which her husband, H a rry De Graff, form e r secretary of the I. S. Rem s e n M a n u facturing Co., shot him self ju s t a year ago, M rs. K a ther ine De G raft found a curiously w rap ped package hidden beneath th e floor yesterday afternoon. It contained her engagem e n t ring, a gold w a tch and other jew e lry besides a large sum of money. She cam e across it while clearing the house preparatory to her leaving for P a n a m a where she is em ployed by the Government as t sten ographer. At the tim e of Mr. De G raff’s suicide following a long seige of nervous spells, m a n y of his wife’s valuables w e re m issing. He ended his life after carefully preparing the floor of a front room on the second floor by spread ing papers over the carpet. He had previously sent his wife to the home of a neighbor. Following the suicide suspicion rest ed upon several persons who were ‘n 1 and about the house and rep resen ta tives of it burglar insurance company conducted a rigid investigation with no result. E ight m o n ths ago Mrs, De- Graff. wiio was form erly em p loyed by the concern of which her husband was secretary, secured her Vresent posi tion in com p e titive exam ination. She was engaged as a stenographer for the engineering departm e n t and sent to Hie P a n a m a Canal Zone. She re turned on her first vacation a week ago, and im m e d ia te ly set about to right the house and rem o v e her furni ture. It is th e belief of Mrs. De Graff that at the tim e of her absence on the m o rning of her husband's suicide, tie- jew els and m o n ey w ere tak e n fro u her bureau by her husband In a lit uf insanity. Slit- s tated this m o rning th it lie had acted strangely for several hours prior to the tim e lie shot him self. The package in which th e jew els w ere found w a s w rapped w ith several sheets of paper and tied witli a heavy string. T h e outside covering was a Sunday new spaper of th e ,d a te of his death. Sunday Schools to Hold Joint Picnic The Sunday Schools of the St. Mark’s M. E., the Baptist and Luther an churches of Rockville Centre, wiil hold their annual picnic ami rally on Wednesday, July 22. A special train will convey the plcnicers to Long Beach, leaving Rockville Centre at 10.30 In the morning. They will re turn at 5.15 In Hie evening. Record Railroad Traffic Over Holiday According to figures givhn out by th.y Long Island Railroad Company 893,000 passengers were carried on its trains diving our days ending on July 5. The number is just 3,090 greater than that of a year ago. It was expected 'th a t the number would run up to 1,000,003 had it n o t been for the storms on Sat urday and Sunday. • ifHHI ■ -yv-;' H; - 7 Freeport Boys at Y. M. C. A. Camp Four sturdy Freeport lads .ire among the members of Camp Chin- gaehgook, at Pilot Knob, Lake George, this week, prepared to spend the sum mer or at least part of it in the de lightful environment of that wooded country, They are being cared for :>v L. E. Osterhaut, formerly a teacher( In the Grove street school here. The boys left on last Friday for the lake. The quartette is made up ot Lester Danley, Earl Mason, Frederick Plump and Richard Cole. Memorial Tablet to Father Logue As memorial to-- the late Father Charles A. Logu-, former rector of the Cburdh of Our Holy Redeemer, a bronze tablet has been placed in the church ih Pine street, Freeport, by the members of the parish. The proceedings before the N assa i County Grand Jury and the investiga- ■ tidns of the authorities developed these facts in the Bailey m u rder mys- | tery today: Mrs. Carman wiil not go before the Grand Jury ifl'less upon request of the jurors themselves, and in such event 1 • she will not be questioned. Daniel B. Raynor, a member of the Freeport Board of Trustees and AI vj R. Smith, of Bellmore, both of them well known in this village and section, resigned from the Grand Jury today. Elwood Bardes, the insurance man living at Freeport, who claimed to be an eye witness to the shooting of Mrs. Louise Bailey, has been discredited and will not appear before the Grand An indictment, charging Mrs. Car. | man with murder will in all probabil ity be handed down by t h e G r a Md J u ry tomorrow. If full credence m ay be given 'o the testim o n y of Celia Colem an, wii.i up until last Thursday, when sue was taken to MItieola, was a maid in tip- home of Dr. Edw in C a rm a n on Mer rick road, Freeport, as is concerns Mrs. F lorence Carm an, w ife ' of tie- physician, develops >vith her story given yesterday before the G rand Jiu v sitting a t the M ineola courthouse. Tlie colored m a id testified before the in quest of A c ting Coroner Corodon Nor ton, a t Freeport, a week ago, but it was entirely reversed yesterday. Jn deed the m a id contradicted in every essential particular the alibi oi Mi: Carm an, contained in her own testi mony before Hie inquest, a t Freeport The story of Celia Coleman add ed a new and sensational touch to the case. She said she was in the kitchen when the glass was brok en in the north window of the doc tor’s office and the shot t h a t fell ed _Mrs. Bailey was fired through the aperture. She was frightened by the sound, and startled sud denly by Mrs. Carman Who rushed from the yard | nto the kitchen. The mistress of the Carman household, in Her hurry, bumped Into the Coleman girl, she Says, exchanged a few hasty words with her and then continued on the run up stairs by the back way. The maid says Mrs. Carman was fully dressed at the time of their meet ing. For forty-five minutes Celia Coleman was on the witness stand. She answered questions framed by the District Attorney in a careful examination as well as numerous others from the jur ors. Her story as it was drawn from her piece meal fashion, is probably the most damaging evi dence that has been given against Mrs. Carman, for it is in striking contradiction of that of her mis tress who has consistently stated that she was disrobed and in bed in her room on the second floor at the time Mrs. Bailey was shot and killed. She swore that she did not come down to learn the cause of the trouble until perhaps half an hour afterward. While it is openly declared that thq girl did not tell, the whole truth whvn she testified on the witness stand in the inquest. District Attorney Smith stated yesterday hat she had undoubt edly told the truth at yesterday’s hear ing before the Grand Jury and that SEEKS A DIVORCE; SAYSTMNOSPORr a Mrs. Van Nostrand W ill S eek W o m an S he Names in S u it Against Husband HUSBAND S STANDARD IS INC0NS6ENT Alleges Former Friend Lured Van Nostrand Away From Home— Action Unopposed M RS EDW IN CARM AN Mrs. Carman, in Statem ent, Asks ROCKVILLE CENTRE MUST the Public to Suspend Judgem ent PAY $1.50 FOR ITS GAS Fui iIn first lim e sin< c iu-r im-.m-i-- .uion in tin- \ii.->aii Count v Jail on a cliiii - e of having, caused i la- death of Mr- Louise Bailey, of H em p -lead, by crim inal means \I : Flm em , i a rnian, wife of D r FU win Carm an, of Freeport, m v n o s e office the 1 temp; tend woman was m u rdered on ihe <-v< nil;:-, ol June 30, has issued a statem e n t in her own behall. li v a given out by h e r counsel, George Morion Levy, yesterday wl.ilc ibe Grand Ju r y was hearing ex iilenee against her. Mrs. ( aimiui ask-i a suspension of judgm e n t on I be pari of the public, until tin tie. of justice, have been bal anced. She pleads h e r own innoeem •• The statem e n t follows: “ I only ask th a t the public suspend judgm e n t upon me until i he entire truth in regard to the m inder of poor Mrs. Bailey is , known. 1 am satisfied ihai the trui.li will come when I am exon orated, lot Dr. C a rm a n and m yself will never rest until the m u r d e r e r is captured. The public takes much delight in thinking me a w o m an of Iran nerve, when l am really crushed undei this terrible blow. It is te r rible punishm ent I b at has been meted out to me for the suspicion I perm itted to cloud the love t hold for my husband. M yxjittle baby has been sent to the home of : trunners, M> m o ther is lying at the point ul death, my father i. a broken old man and my sister has been accused of forsaking m< How untruthful this Insinuation about h e r can only be realized by one who w itnessed her pitiful collapse after my arrest. \I am innocent. I cannot understand why everything said by niyselt. m> husband or any one connected with nib lias been so dis torted. All l ask of any one is fair play. “Still lhere is comfort, to lie gleaned front my position. Never have my husband and m y self been so closely united. N e v e r before hax ■ I known w h a t real friendship is. I have been overcom e with |h e mum tons m e ssages of sym p athy that have been sent by friends any ;t< ijuaihtances everyw h ere \Boot' Mrs. D u ryea! My heart goes out to her. 1 h ave seen th a t she wishes to have one look at me. Surely tli** authorities can a r range it so that tin s grain of com fort ran be given\ to the poor old lady. There is nothing I would not do to soften h e r grief. “ I was not jealous of my husband. I installed the dictograph m e rely to be able to stop the m o u ths of gossips who had come to m e with stories.” ■ Public Service Commission Denies I Village’s Application For Cheap- 1 er Rates—May Reopen Case lory. “ I cannot but believe that Celia told the truth today,” said the Dis trict Attorney late yesterday after- noon, “ I firmly believe that she has given the facts as she knows them. What she says cannot be ques tioned. Her whole story taken to gether certainly does \ct weaken the State's case against Mrs. Car- The testimony of Celia is not con sidered as convincing as it would have,, Uphed. The Public Service Commission of i lie Second D istrict lias declined for the preatjln. a t least, to act favorably upon the application of the village of Rockville C e n tre (or reduction in the price charged by the N a ssau and Suf folk Lighting Company for gas. The present charge is $1.50 per thousand feet, w h ile in adjoining villages the charge is ten cents cheaper. T h e com plaint against the com p any’s prices was lodged by the Board of T rustees. According to the decision handed down by the com m ission on Saturday, there is not u sufficient volum e of gas sold In tiie sparsely settled territo ry to w a rrant a lesser price at the pres ent. time. It is shown th a t the great length of the m ains Is Inconsistent w ith the am o u n t of gas kth a t is being consum ed at the present time. The capital invested in the territo ry does not yield a retu rn th a t is considered reasonable. , The Rockville C entre com p laints ■ show th a t in neighboring commuai- ! ties the sam e com pany sells Its pro duct at a cheaper rate than it does In the village of Rockville Centre. This condition the com pany has already agreed to equalize by rduclng the r a te s to $1.40 cents per thousand through out the territory. and signed her nam e to an affidavit The com p laint of the South Side which is in the possession of G eorge j m u n icipality is closed on the books M. Levy, M r s .. C a rm a n ’s counsel, a 0f commission, but the privilege day or two after the shooting of M rs. j (R open to the complainant to reopen Balleq. At th a t tim e the colored m a id | | t on or after May 1, 1915. said th a t she had not keen her nils- jB (|Je belief of those who are in tress in the kitchen eith e r before ur , terested in the controversy that the after the m u rder. T h is tended to v f - 1 m at,er wjji t*. brought bfore the coin firm the story of Mrs. Carm an, told ,, tssion at the proper time unless t i e r j °n the w itness stand and seemed to , j8 a reduction meanwhile. It Is proti- ! prove beyond p e i adventure of doubt abje alBO lhat there will be further that ^a com plete alibi had been estab- ; oomplaints, according to representa- her testimony was entirely satistac-1 ^ Uad 6he not to,d u o t b e r atory * (Continued on page 2) I lives of the village. ,-*1 ' .! $ Lamenting upon the fact that she , was not cut out to be a sport and for that reason did not suit her husband, Mrs. Lila Van Nostrand, who recent ly filed papers in a suit for absolute divorce against W alter aVn Nostrand, is determined to find the woman, once her friend, whom she names in her action, and then to press a charge against her for the alleged alienation of her husband's anections. She is convinced, she says, that her former boon companion must have developed some singular charm since they parted a year ago. ”1 admit it,” said Mrs. Van Nostrand, “1 was never and can never be a sport according to the standard my husband has set. And 1 am not so sure 1 would like to be. But, of course, I nm interested to the extent that I would like to know In. what particular this woman has changed, since she ceased to be a constant visitor a t my home. She cannot be different than she was when 1 knew her and lavished my friendship upon her. ”1 have often heard it said that there are women who have a natural attractiv e n e s s fur m en, but 1 never recognized it in this woman. 9he cam e to see us often and appeared on the surface, to he just a very good and certainly a very loyal friend to the family. I will find and punish her for breaking up my home.\ The Van Nostrands formerly lived nt Patehogne, L. I., where they main tained a beautiful home. They were married on February 28, 1908, and separated about six m onths ago. Mrs. Van Nostrand charges In her com plaint that her husband committed statutory offenses in M anhattan be tween April 1 and July. She names as correspondent Lena Gray Jenkins, who is well known in J'atchogue and Amagansett. W alter Van Nostrand is a member of a well known and wealthy Leng Island family. His home as well a t that of his wife is at Freeport, where both are stopping a t present. IBs wife was formerly Miss Lila Bedell, also of prominent Long Island stock. She is twenty-eight and he is thirty. He is in the employ ol the Long Island Railroad. Mrs. Van Nostrand make# a modes), request for alimony at $15 a week, which she states through her counsel. ex-Justice Elvin N. Edwards, is suffi cient to meet her present needs. The defendant has not appeared to oppose the action which is set for trial at the ‘‘divorce term \ of the Supreme Court at Mineola, but has created a trust fund for his wife. There are no children. Experimental Wlreleee Aee’n Meets Eighteen stalw art members of the Experimental Wireless Association of Nassau County met at the home of W alter Stanton, on t Smith street, Rockville Centre, on Monday night and discussed the real problems of wireless telegraphy. Extensive plans for the second anniversary of the as sociation which will be held In Lya- brock in August were talked over by the members and a general Invitation was sent out to young men interested, in wireless to become members. A letter from the American Radio Relay League, of Hartford, Conn., was read blanks were distributed to those who hav^xpowerful stations, to Join the league. Vacation Touring In Automobile* Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence O’Brien, of Walnut avenue, Lynbrook, accompan- iel by Patrick O’Brien and Miss Mar garet O'Brien of Brooklyn, left on Mon day In an automobile to tour Western Pennsylvania and the Delaware. They will be gone about a week. On their return anotbr party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien and Mr. and Mrs. Platt, of Brooklyn, will tour the North ern part of the SUte, stopping at Al bany, Troy, Saratoga and other points of Interest In the beautiful Mohawk Valley. Their final uestinatton MTSof- falo, Niagara Falls and Canada. __ t - 1 -
