The Washington times., 1930-04-15
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POLICE SEARCH
FOR SLAYER
Amorous Notes Bear Name
of "Iimmy"; Unidentified
Photograph Also Revealed

commandments S1VbOA AACy w IA
liam c. Cloth, in charge Of the
Virginia end of the case, visited
the Arlington County Court House
shortly before noon today and
left, accompanied by a Depart
I1ent Of Justice operative, for an
Unannounced destination.
With the final clearing up Of
the murder of Prohibition Agent
York, Inspector w. S. Shelby to-
day ordered the entire personnel
Of the homicide squad to work on
the Staying Of Miss Baker.
Lieut.. e. j. Kelly. chief of the
squad, is questioning two men
who knew the dead girl, in the
belief that they may be able to
give valuable information.
One of them works and lives
Ia. washington. The other lives
In nearby Virginia, but works in
the District.
Tip Given by Girl
The names of the two men
being interrogated are believed to
have been given to the Detective
Bureau by . girl friend of the
slain clerk.
Police are inclined to believe
that the cries heard by Mrs.
Bette Collins, Of Fort Myer
Heights, Va, were not those of
Mary Baker, but Of another girl
who had been picked up by two
men in a car. t~
Shortly after midnight last
night word was received at head
quarters that man thought to
be connected with the case had
been located in Washington. Kelly
and his squad rushed to the
house but found that he was not
implicated. He did, however, give
them informatioa which led theml
to believe that several clues theyi
had been working on were false.
On Friday night the man,
whose name police withheld be-
cause he is married, drove overl
into Virginia in his car and picked
UP two girls. AS he did so two
men in another car tried to force
him into the curb. The girls then
explained that the too men had
picked them up previously, lbut
left the car.
One Girl VaniShes
Not wishing any trouble, the
man, after driving around in an
effort to evade the other car,
dropped his two companions, say
ing that he would pick them up
in few minutes.
When he came back to them
one Of them had gone, and her
friend explained that she had
been persuaded to go with the
other men.
It was this girl that Mrs.
Collins heard scream at 1890.
police believe. They had ques-
toned one of the girls and she
corroborates that theory. Besides
this, the fact that the Baker girls
watch stopped at $50 when
water is said to have Seeped into
it is evidence that she was
murdered before that time.
Lieutenant Kelly thinks it un-
likely that the killer set the
watch back.
A number of photographs found
In the girls desk at the Navy
Department turned out to be of
relatives, with the exception of
one Of a man whose identity
could not be established by her
former fellow employees, accord
ing to Cloth, ,
Friends to Be Quizze6
Cloth announced he intends +
again to question two women
friends of the slain girl who have !
not been as frank in their state {
mentS as he would like to have
them. Y
While police of Washington
take the view that the girl was /
murdered in her automobile by ,
her companion who met her at ;
Seventeenth and B Streets North s
west Friday evening at 6 o'clock, !
Sheriff Fields of Arlington county ,,
yesterday expressed the belief
that she was slain in the woods
and her body transported to the =
lonely stretch of road Skirting =
the cemetery. g
Quarrel Barred 6
Further evidence that Miss \
Baker and the man in the gray f
cap, whose description has been t
given police, quarreled bitterly Q
from the time they met until the
shots we're fired that ended her S
life was furnished by Mrs. Hugh v
r. Wood and her husband, of the i,
1900 block River Rd. N. w. S
The couple said that on Friday
night they were passing Seven.
teenth and B Streets Northwest
when they noticed the Baker girl
and a man companion, whose de-
scription tallieS with that in the
hands Of police, approach the
sedan in which the girl took her a
"A According to the couple, Miss =
Baker opened the door and the c
man climbed in the machine he c
hind the wheel. While no bloVs q
were struck, according to the
Woods, the two were engaged in il
20 heated an argument that y
Woods took the license number z
Of the Car and later notified t,
police.
Mrs. Wood was reticent about Il
she entire incident stating that Il
she had turned p nformati1 11 l