Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-22
EVIDENCE TURNS
PROBE TO TWO MEN
Book and JeweIry Leads In
vestigation Back to COL
ored Suspects.
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NNOHblIlueQ rIOHt EhSb q d6C,(
men, Inspector Shelby admitted that it
would have been possible" for a colored
man to have committed the crime, but
in view of the information in the posses
sion of the police he thought it was
improbable"
The jewelry was stolen March 20
from a car parked in the rear OF the
State, War and Navy Building. A re-
port of the theft is recorded on the rec
ord book in the central detective bu-
reau under date Of March 81.
The woman who reported the loss
said the jewelry, together with the pair
Of ladies' light gray hose, was taken out
Of her machine while she was dining
in a restaurant in the vicinity of Seven
tenth street and New York avenue. A
pair of light gray hose also was found
in the sewer with Miss Bakers hat, coat
and pocketbook, but the woman was
unable to positively identify the hose
as that taken from her car.
The woman, who lives In Takoma
Park, told The Star that the jewelry
was the property of friend from New
York who was visiting her at the time.
The coral beads she said had just been
procured from jewelry store where her
friend had taken them to be restrung.
Find Owner Of Book.
Police traced the owner Of the novel,
Golden Dancer" through q mans name
found on the inside cover. The owner
told the authorities he was not acquaint-
ed with Miss Baker and was at loss
to understand how the novel got into
the possession of the person who placed
1t in the sewer with the slain woman's
clothing He said he thought he had
loaned the book to a friend, who had
left it in a machine where it might
have. been stolen, although he was not
certain that such was the case. He
promised to assist the Investigators in
solving this apparent mystery.
Julian Gallagher and Mervin Sisson,
travelling statesmen of Warsaw, Va,
taken into custody by Arlington County
vestigation of the murder. were re-
leased from the Arlington County jail
at $40 o'clock yesterday afternoon on
order Of Commonwealth Attorney
Cloth. Sisson returned to his home ac-
companied by William G. Albert, an
Official of the Baltimore jobbing house
for which he worked, and Gallagher
went to Baltimore, to confer with the
officials of the firm for which he
worked. Gallagher promised to return,
however. to aid the authorities In solv-
In ordering the release of the two
salesman, Cloth announced that their
alibis were unsuitable and that he saw
no need of their further detention.
Shortly before their release, however,
their palm prints were compared with
photographs of palm prints found on
the left front window Of Miss Bakers
abandoned car. There was no similarity
whatever.
Thank Newspaper Men.
Gallagher and Sisson we're smiling
when they emerged from the jail, and
both thanked newspaper reporters for
the consideration shown them. Albert
greeted Sisson at the jail and assured
him that his position was secure, Gal
lagher said he did not know whether
his Job was secure or not and was
going to Baltimore to find out.
tribute to Sisson in the presence of the
newspaper men. He said the salesman
had been connected with his firm since
1923 and had been one of its most
faithful and hard-working employees
Lieut.. Edward j. Kelly, chief of the
homicide squad Of the detective bureau,
said today he'is working on a report
that Miss Baker may have been killed
by a jealous sutton Of one Of her co-work-
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discretions the woman was shielding.
The report, 1t was indicated, came from
two newspaper men who conferred with
him last night in a newspaper ONCE.
Although Kelly did not appear to at
tach any Importance to the report, he
said 1t would be Just as thoroughly In
vestigated as all other reports which
have come to the detective bureau in
connection with the crime.
Headquarters detectives and Depart
ment Of Justice agents are continuing
their investigation in the Navy De-
partment, where Miss Baker worked, in
an effort to establish, II possible, the
identity Of man who Miss Baker had
told her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
F. Baker, had been forcing his atten-
lions on her. Thus far, It was said,
the search has been futile.
A misunderstanding as to whether
Miss Baker really did have an engage
men: to meet one Of her roommates
at 6 o'clock on the evening Of her dis
appearance was cleared up today when
it was made known that the appoint
ment was with Miss Skinner only and
that Miss Sperry had complained, not
because Of Miss Bakers failure to keep
the appointment, but because she failed
to take Miss Sperry home right after
work. Miss Sperry, it was explained,
found it necessary to 60 home on the
street car in order to purchase her
groceries before the closing of the store
in the neighborhood of her home.