Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
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STORY OF MURDER
Denies Shooting, But Gives
Other DetaiIs-TWo Parti-
ally Identify Him.

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the road in the exact spot where the
| abandoned murder car was found the
following day. The couple passed this
spot at o'clock.
Masters said there was no one in
the car at the time and that the head
lights had been extinguished. He said
ne remarked to his wife that it was an
unusual place to park machine.
Continuing along Military road, Mas
tiers said he drove into Arlington Gene
terry, entering by the south gate, and as
| he neared the Maine memorial he saw
| a man running wildly along the road
ahead Of him with a bundle under his
| arm and his hand in his pocket. When
the headlights of his car shown full
upon the man, Masters declared he
turned around quickly toward the ma
chine and pointed his hand in his
pocket at the car. The mans actions
frightened his wife, Masters said, and
he stepped on the gas" and went out
| Of the cemetery by the Fort Myer gate.
The man, he said, was running in the
| direction Of the wall which separates
the cemetery from the Fort Myer drill
field.
Didn't Connect Incident.
Masters explanation for failing to
| relate his story to the authorities
earlier was that he at first believed
Miss Bakers abandoned car had been
found near Rosslyn and he did not
| connect anything he had seen with the
murder. Later. however, he said, he
discovered that the machine he saw
at the triangle near Military road was
Miss Bakers car. and thought his In
| formation would be Of value to the
Investigators.
Lieut.. Kelly said he considered the
information furnished by Mr.. and Mrs.
Masters of great value" and that If
the man who was seen running through
Arlington Cemetery was the one who
killed Miss Baker the time of the slay-
ing could be definitely fixed between 6
and o'clock. The authorities have
assumed, on the basis Of other informa-
ton, that she was killed between $50
and $40 o'clock. Miss Bakers wrist
watch stopped running at $40.
Brewster's movements on April II
have not been completely checked.
Army records show, however that he
was off duty that afternoon and evening.
Aside from the details of Brewster's
story that At In with the known facts in
connection with the crime, the authori-
ties cannot reconcile other conditions
| which the investigation has developed.
For this reason some of the officials
do not believe that the soldier had any
connection with the murder, but COIL
fessed to killing Miss Baker to gain
notoriety.
Need More Evidence.
1.-THE investigation of Brewster's con-
fession," one of the officials said, has
developed more or less into q case of
trying to prove that he had no connec-
ton with the crime. Even with the
/ confession, 1t would be impossible to
get q conviction in the courts unless
| some corroborative evidence develops"
In quest of evidence, the officials will
renew their search along the Cemetery
road for q gun. Brewster, in his first
confession. said he threw the weapon
away not far from the culvert where he
placed Miss Bakers body.
| Among the details Of Brewster's story
which the investigators cannot recon-
cile with the known facts in the case
are these:
Brewster is left-handed. The posi-
! ton of the two bullets removed from
Miss Bakers body showed conclusively
that II she had sat beside the driver
when she was shot the gun was fred by
right-handed man.
Found Face Down.
Brewster told the officials that when
i he placed the woman'S body in the cul-
vert 1t was face up. He said he was
| confident Of that because he looked
down into the culvert before he drove
away in the car and saw her face. The
body, however, was found face down In
the water.
Three times Brewster took the in
| vestigators over the route he said he
! followed when he drove Miss Baker,
car into Arlington County and each
time he went q different way. The
/ first time he drove across the P street
bridge, the second time across the @
street bridge and the third time across
the M street bridge. The M street
bridge was not open to trafic on
April IL.
] Given the keys to a sedan Of the
same type which Miss Baker owned,
minutes, in the meantime fumbling
with the ignition switch and turning
on and Of the headlights, indicating
that he was unfamiliar with the oper-
alton of the car.
Later, however, Brewster could not
find the headlight switch when told to
turn on the lights. But when the in
vestiagtors had his attention concen-
| trated on some other phase Of the case
and suddenly shouted to him to turn
on or of the headlights he obeyed
without delay. The of1icials declared
that the soldier had experience in driv-
| ing motor vehicles as he was attached
| at one time during his service in the
Army to the Motor Transport Corps.