Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
.BARRERE TO FACE
BAKER GUN OWNER
Cloth Plans Showdown as
Soon as Prisoner Is
Brought Back.
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nocent. He has had a grudge against
me ever since / beat him in a court
deal but I didn't think he would make
me out to be murderer
Attired in a business suit and straw
hat instead of the bedraggled knickers
and shirt which he wore when arrested
in Canada, Barrere was the picture OF
outraged innocence as he sat in his
compartment today, putting frequently
on a cigarette and answering questions
propounded by the officers and news
paper men, His calm was in marked
contrast to the perplexity OF his ques-
toners
This man either is innocent of this
crime or he is the clevereSt criminal
have ever run into" Lieut.. Kelly, vet
eran of many murder investigations,
declared.
The washington and Virginia au-
thorities who are bringing Barrere back
today asked Philadelphia authorities to
investigate Barrere's recent activities IN
the Pennsylvania city.
Seek Out Acquaintance.
The Philadelphia police were asked to
visit the house on PaXon street, where
the accused war veteran spent an in
determinate period prior to his trip
to Montreal to question persons with
whom he associated there.
Having been unable so far to shake
Barrere's persistent denial of COM
plicity in the crime, Commemorative
Attorney Cloth, Lieut. Kelly and Agent
Hardy decided to seek what informa-
ton they could from Barreres ac-
quaintances in Philadelphia in the
belief the former soldier may have dis
Dob t1yith in
that city.
Marion FARRELL, 42-year-old companion
of Barrere on his vacation jaunt" to
Canada, arrived in Philadelphia last
night, having continued on to her home
after arrival in New York with the
Baker case party last night. The Off
GERS and their captive remained in New
York overnight in order to seek George
Kelly, the man who found Mary Bakers
clothes in a sewer trap not far from
the culvert in which her blood-stained
body was found on April IL last.
Kelly, who previously had been
brought back to Washington for ques-
tioning about the Baker case, could not
be located last night by Yonkers police,
who visited Kelly's favorite haunts
The police reported that Kelly had not
been seen in Yonkers for six weeks and
his friends thought he was living in
New York City.
Knows New York Kelly.
It was the desire of the authorities
to confront Barrere with Kelly in an
effort to learn if the pair are acquaint-
ed. Barrere said last night he knew
a man named Kelly in New York, but
he didn't think his first name was
George. and the description he gave
of the friend did not tally with that
of the Kelly who turned the Baker
girls wearing apparel over to police.
There have been reports for some
time that George Kelly and Barrere
had met in Arlington County. Kellys
discovery of the murdered girls cloth
ing in the sewer near Arlington Gene
terry after police had secured the same
locality for week created a sensation.
An Arlington County officer declared
he had looked in the same sewer, and
is positive the apparel was not there
at that time
Although he had threatened to cur
tail his answers until he could consult
an attorney, Barrere could not resist
the urge to talk some more on the
train, and among the statements he
made was admission that he was driv-
ing h@ car in the rear, of the White
House grounds about the time the
Baker girl was walking to her cal
parked at Seventeenth and B streets
Barrere said he could not be certain
of the exact hour, but he thought il
might have been between S and
O'Clock on the fatal evening that he
stopped his car at Fifteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue to let Miss Edith
Heiner of 2110 o street out of his cal
before continuing to Virginia.
Seen Beating Woman.
1t was just a few minutes after G
O'Clock that a man was seen beating
Miss Baker in her automobile near the
Ellipse. The man drove off when he
saw he was being watched, the car
travelling north on Seventeenth street
at a high rate of speed.
Barrere, as confident and debonair as
ever, laughed at the suggestion that his
presence in the vicinity of the Ellipse
early that evening was significant" He
said he had no way of remembering
what time he was driving there, except
in a general way, but advised his
questioners to consult with Miss Heiner
about it. He did not know that Miss
Heiner yesterday said that Barrere was
with her in the downtown section until
$50 o'clock that evening, nor that her
statement had been corrobcrated by Mr..
and Mrs. Harrison Smith of 224 East
Capitol street, according to word from
Washington
Apparently Prosecutor Cloth, Lieut..
Kelly and Agent Hardy did not become
unduly excited over Barreres admission,
although they agreed it was the first
interesting" thing they had heard their
prisoner say during his many and
voluble discourses.
Has Gift of Cab"
Barrere has a natural gift of gab."
He told his questioners that one of his
chief faults was talking too much"
All day long yesterday Barrere practiced
his gift" much to the interest not
only Of news correspondents but passer-
gers on the train.
BELIEVES BARRERE INNOCENT.