A Shot Through the Window: Who Killed Louise Bailey?

When Louise Bailey was shot through the window of a Long Island doctor's office in 1914, suspicion quickly fell on the physician's wife, Florence Carman. But with no eyewitness, no confession, and a case built largely on circumstantial evidence, two juries were left to decide whether suspicion was enough. More than a century later, Louise Bailey's murder remains unsolved.

Source Materials

The New York Times (1914–1915 coverage of the Florence Carman trials)

Chicago Day Book (1914 coverage)

Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1914–1915 coverage)

The Evening World (1914–1915 coverage)

New York Tribune (1914–1915 coverage)

The Sun (New York) (1914–1915 coverage)

The Buffalo Times (1914–1915 coverage)

The Washington Times (1914–1915 coverage)

The Tacoma Times (1914–1915 coverage)

The Freeport Memorial Library Local History Collection

Murderpedia: Florence Carman

Historic newspaper archives accessed through Newspapers.com and Library of Congress Chronicling America