Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-02

DANIEL W. BAKER.
Daniel W. Baker. former United
States district attorney and one of
the leading criminal lawyers of
Washington, died last night at his
home in the Netherlands apartment
Of pneumonia following influenza He
was ffty-two years old. Funeral ar
ransements have not been completed.
Mr.. Baker is survived by his wife.
lbttie Lewis Baker: three sisters.
A1na, Louise and Sophie Baker of
Germantown, Md, and a brother. An
ufsw II. Baker. engaged in the in
snr.nce business here.
On motion of United States Attor-
ney Laskey, both criminal branches
of the District Supreme Court actu-
ally adjourned today on notice Of the
death of Mr.. Baker. This action was
taken by Chief Justice Mccoy and
Justice Siddons because it was in
these branches of the court that Mr..
Baker had been most active both as
United States attorney for five years
and as one of the leading criminal
lawyers since his retirement as gov
eminent prosecutor.
Funeral Services Tomorrow.
Funeral services for Mr.. Baker are
10 be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning with high mass at st. Paul's
Church. Mgr. Mackin is to ofiiciate.
The body viii be placed in vault at
Mount Olivet Cemetery until Mrs.
Baker has recovered sufficiently to at
tend burial at Chopper, Md. Mr..
Bakers body will be at Speare's I'M
dertaking establishment, on F street.
where it can be viewed by friends this
evening.
The active pallbearers will be Will
liam E. Leahy, Joseph F. Abbott, John
r. Shields. Martin j. Mcnamara. Tim
othy J. Regain, Harry r. Grant, John
w. Staggers and Ashley NJ. Gould. IT..
Honorary pa1lbearers are: Chief
Justice c. J: Smythe of the Court of
Appeals; Chief Justice Walter r. Nc
Coy. District Supreme Court: Justice
Ashley NJ. Gould of the District SUI
preme Court; George e. Hamilton.
dean OF Georgetown University Law
School; CommissionerfW. Gwynn Gar
diner; Perrie e. Waters Of German
town. Nd; J. Morrill, Chamberlain.
president Of the District of Columbia
Bar Association: Maj. Peyton Gordon.
Henry e. Davis, Capt. Richard Malone.
Wilton J. Lambert and United States
District Attorney John E. Laskey.
Was Held in High Esteem.
The news of the death OF Mr.. Baker
was received with sadness both by
associates in the practice OF the law.
by whom he was held in high esteem.
Justice Ashley n. Gould. a close
personal friend Of the dead lawyer.
vas with him until a few moments
States Attorney Leany and Attorney
Harry A. Grant, law partners of Mr..
death came.
Mr.. Baker was born at New Wind
ways maintained interest in Mary
land state affairs and had large
dairy farm at Germantown. Nd.
whore he each year spent the summer
months. He was educated at Mount
St Mary's College and at Georgetown
was a member of the faculty of the
law school. His lectures on evidence.
pleading and property rights have
been much priced by students.
Prosecuted Important Gases.
Mr. Baker was selected as assistant
United States attorney in 1897 by
Henry E. Davis. then government
NxDeecutor. and served until the fol-
wing year, when he was succeeded
H Ashley NJ. Gould. who later became
Halted States attorney and a Justice
a the District Supreme Court. During
M1s tncumbency of the Office of United
States attorney, from 1905 to 1910.
Mr.. Baker prosecuted many important
cases. Chief among these were the
post office conspiracy cases. the land
fraud trial which lasted eleven weeks,
and the murder charge against Mrs
Anna May Bradley for the killing of
Senator Brown.
Mr.. Baker may be said to have
sounded the knell of horse racing in
the District of Columbia It was his
active prosecution in 1906 of the bet
ting ring that ended gambling at
Benning, and it was shortly there
Has Had Varied Practice.
Since leaving the Office of United
States attorney Mr.. Baker has had a
varied practice of the law. and has
conducted many criminal trials for
the defense. He participated in the
two last trials in the criminal courts
prior to the adjournment for Christ
mas. He obtained the acquittal of
William Clements. charged with kill
ing John W. King, Waterman for
the public Information committee, and
succeeded in bringing about the re-
duction to manslaughter of a charge
NJ FIRST degree murder against Frank
sSherZey.
The deepest regret for the death of
Mr. Baker will probably be found
among the students and graduates of
the law department of Georgetown
University. He had taught and lee
tpred there for twenty years and so
affcctionately was he regarded that
he was called Daddy Baker" His
appearance at any Georgetown func-
Aion-and he was nearly always on
hand-always was the signal for ar