The Washington times., 1930-07-26
POLICE ORDER
! NEW GUN
TESTS
Irked by Confinement;
Sheriff Fields Still Sees Crime
as One Committed by Woman

Sheriff Fields Still Sees Crime
as One Committed by Woman
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murder weapon is his own and
has never been out Of his posses
,Eion since before the murder.
AZ Lieut.. John T. Fowler. Of the
sNaShington police, who examined
the death gun when It was first
turned over to police, and ident1-
fled tt as the one with which the
girl was killed, was closeted with
Cloth for more than an hour ex-
plaining the ballistic tests which
She made Of the weapon before
sadentifying it as the murder gun.
q Man with a Wart
- Campbell told fantastic story
sADf the gun being stolen from his
1slonne@ and later being placed in
Ygl1is desk in his office. He also
Eeported that a nlan with a wart
Son his nose called on him to in
zuuire if he owned a small caliber
gun.
" Monday night on being grilled
In the Arlington county court
aouse Campbell admitted he had
told a falsehood in regard to the
theft as we'll as the mystery man.
t was then that he was charged
with murder and arrested.
Every part of his story as to
his movements on the night OF
the crime has been checked and
according to police supported. He
! 4aecounted for all save short
period of time on the ngsFder day
and night.
!. The one part in his story that
police are still trying to verify Is
that in which he accounts for
the two hours between T:30 p. m.
on the night Of the murder when
he talked with Thomas A. King
6Of the 1900 block Harvard st.
N, w. and 9:30 when he called
. at a church to take his step son,
; Edwin Callahan. home from q
Scout meeting. ..'..
t VkS1CS the SInltnS
Campbell claims that at or
leaving the Scout meeting he
called: ON Roy and Mrs. Smith IN
the SEQ block Hamilton St. N. W.,
.sWhere, he remained until about .
O'Clock when he left to PICK up
edwin. The Smiths, meanwhile,
elaave muged to Arkansas. Efforts
share under way to locate them for
d check-up on this visit.
i Investigators announced t n I
Hhey are satisfied that Campbell
.kwas at his home in nearby Viz
> ginia from a short time after 5
;. o'clock until he left about 7 to
:. take Edwin to the meeting.
i Mary Baker was last seen alive
STRUGGLING with a man in a
narked automobile at Seven.
ZENITH and B SITS. N. W., about
B::35 the day Of her death.
..~, Spot StiIl in Doubt
: In addition to following blind
trails for the slayer police have
also been unable to definitely
fix the spot that the girl was
killed.
When the body Of the girl was
founds her undergarmentS were
missing and have never been 10.
kated. Her watch had stopped
h :9.15 o'clock. This, in the
npinion Of police may or may not
rave any significance in relation
% the time of her death:
THE watch may have been run
ring when the body was left in
ne water of the clllvert near the
Sheridan gate Of Arlington Ma
wional Cemetery.
Then again the watch may
have stopped running when the
girl was attacked and beaten be-
kore she was shot. Police agree
Ehat the watch could have been
out Of order and not running at
anytime within several hours Of
sfhe Staying.
{ The body was found on ceme-
Stery property, the automobile
owned by the dead girl on a mill
sstary road, and her clothing in a
Ndrain on the Arlington Expert.
mental Farm.
q Fields Has Theory
q This, according to Charles Henry
Smith. attorney for Herbert M.
8Campbell, would fix the venue,
gand Campbell, If he ever comes to
trial on the charge Of murder,
lEould necessarily have to be tried
IN a Federal court.
Sheriff Howard B. Fields, Of Ar
Sington county, said yesterday that
ST the undergarmentS are located,
crowded they have not been de-
setroyed by the slayer since Mary
Baker died, it might help to def
saaitely establish the murder scene.