Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-20
BREWSTER QU|zzED
FURTHER BY POLICE
AS DOUBT DECLINES
Skepticism of Sanity Drops
as Girl Positively Iden.
: titles Soldier.
SUSPECT PICKED FROM
GROUP BY NEW WITNESS
Miss M. Z. L. Fake Tells Of Being
Accosted in Potomac Park.
Dreams About Weapon.


Police and Department of Justice
agents today continued interrogation OF
Harold Brewster, the soldier whose al
ternate confessions and denials of the
Staying of Mary Baker have confronted
the authorities with one of the most
puzzling elements in the mysterious
murder case.
Every examination of Brewster thus
far has developed more conflicting
angles In his varying stories, but some
of the investigators who at first be-
lieved he was suffering mental alb
normality appear now to be more con-
fident that there may be some founda-
ton of truth in his rambling state
ments.
Their skepticism diminished some
what as q result of the Identification OF
the soldier last night by Miss NJ. e. l..
Fake of 1911 Adams Mill road, as the
man who tried to force her into con-
versation in Potomac Park April 80.
Miss Fake picked him from lineup
OF soldiers at the barracks of the head
quarters company of the 10th Brigade
70 which he Is attached.
In the meantime search for the gun
used in the Staying of Miss Baker was
temporarily halted, while two Depart
ment of Justice Agents and Arlington
County police waited at the Arlington
County Court House for three colored
men who were engaged to cut down
the heavy underbrush and high weeds
bordering the Cemetery road where
Brewster In his signed confession said
he threw a weapon after disposing OF
the body of the slain Navy Depart
ment clerk. The three laborers worked
all day yesterday, but at noon today
they had failed to show up to resume
the cutting.
Accosted in Potomac Park.
Miss Fake said today she first saw
Brewster late in the afternoon OF April
80, last.
miniature yacht basin, at the Seven
teenth street end of the Lincoln Me-
mortal Rejecting Pool" she stated,
"when this man, dressed in gray suit
and cap, came up and began to pat my
little poodle dog, Boy. He turned to
me and remarked it was a nice dog
and then, to my surprise, sat down on
the bench beside me.
He sought to engage me In converse
ton. I did not like his whole attitude
and grew somewhat frightened. I was
comforted by the thought that two boys
were sitting nearby. Not wishing to
make q scene, I merely sat and listened
In q disinterested manner.
Suddenly he leaned over and laid
his head in an affectionate manner on
the dog, which had jumped to the seat
beside me. pulled away and jumped
up with the remark that must be
going. was thoroughly frightened by
this time.
"The man also got up and said: Jaw.
don't 60 away
GAS I walked toward the sidewalk be-
tween the two pools, he followed and
asked me II knew any good dances he
could 60 to. Indignantly, I told him I
didn't dance, and when I saw he was
at my heels, turned abruptly and hur-
ried down the walk on the north side OF
the pool to where my car was parked on
Seventeenth street. He kept on going,
but quickened his pace almost to run
and apparently sought to circle the pool
In time to head me OF before could
reach Seventeenth street. He had
further to 60 than ], however, and I
gained my car and drove of. AS did
so he called out that he would like 70
see me again sometime.
at never seriously connected this in
cident with the Baker case until saw
the mans picture in the paper yes
terday. I had seen the same man on
two subsequent occasions in the viciniGy
of the practice golf course In Potomac
Park, but avoided him and he did not
see me. The second time saw him
he was thrusting his services as golf
expert on O group of two women and
q man who were practicing putting.
Several friends and ! were watching
the group when the man appeared from
nowhere, seemingly, and, selling one
of the clubs, he sought to show one
of the girls how to use 1t. hurried
away for fear he would spy me. The
third time saw him was when he
was walking down Seventeenth street,
below B street. I was driving my car
ut the time.
Brother Notifies Police.
"When saw his picture in the paper
I spoke to my brother about 1t, and
he insisted the police should be told
about the incident. He notified police
headquarters. and Detectives Fowler
heard my story. They seemed Impressed
and later Capt Boiling. asked me te
come to the Army building and see u
I could identify Brewster as the man
who had annoyed me. They lined ur
about 10 Of the men and picked Brew
ster Immediately as he stood on tht
end. Then they snuffled the men ur
again when I wasn't looking, and
picked him again.
"At first Brewster said he had never
seen me before, but then he admitted
that what had said was true and thai
he remembered it all.
st was asked II recalled what sort Of
tie Brewster was wearing. told them
I thought 1t was one with red stripes
on 1t. Several of the men went out
of the room and they returned with q
tie with red stripes, which I identified
ss the one the man had worm"
There is q small spot on the tie, but
the investigators were not able to deter.
mime whether it was caused by grease OF
blood. The tie will be subjected to
microscopic examination.
Dreams Of Gun.
incidentally, Miss Fake disclosed tina
she was deeply impressed by a dream
she had last night concerning the miss
ing gun In the Baker case. She say
she dreamed she was flying over tn,
area across the Highway Bridge ans
saw q distinctive BUSH near one O
the air fields there, in which she coule
see the weapon partially hidden. Sh'
feels convinced the gun may be fount
in this locality upon a thorough search
Brewster was subjected to another I'M
relenting inquisition last night afte
Miss Fake identified him, but he clunl
to his denial that he shot Miss Baker
and even went so far as to tell the inves
tigators that he did not remember get
ting In the car with the woman befort
she went on her fatal ride into Airing
ton County on the evening Of April IL
The soldier. however, the investigator
said, admitted In his latest version tina
H. struck the woman in her car while i