Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
BAKER GIRLS BODY
UNLIKELY TO Be
|EXHUMED IN TESTS
Defense Attorneys Defer Re-
quest Pending Pistol InspeC-
ton by Micro chemists.
FATHER is OPPOSED;
US. NOT TO ASK ACTION
Campbell's Gun Eliminated, Says
DR.. Hamilton, as of Diff
ferent Type.


There is only a remote possibility
that the body Of Mary Baker will be
exhuned, defense counsel announced
today as two New York micro chemists
employed by the defense continued
their examination of the pistol alleged
tc have been used by Herbert M. Camp
bell, charged with Staying the Navy De-
partment clerk.
Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria,
of defense counsel, said he was unde-
termined whether he would request the
Government to take steps to have the
body exhumed in Oak Grove. Va, in
order that physicians might extract one
of the death bullets from the back, as
the micro-chemists desire.
The defense lawyer explained that
the decision to demand elimination will
be deferred until DR.. Albert H. Hamil-
ton and his son, Robert A. Hamilton,
micro-chelnists of Auburn, N. Y, COM
plete their inspection of the pistol, two
bullets already removed from Miss
Bakers body, the clothes she was wear
49,
which she was riding.
Not Desired by u. S.
William H. Collins, assistant United
States attorney, said that he would not
ask for an elimination of Miss Bakers
body.
Meanwhile, The Star also learned
today from DR.. Thomas D. Baker, rec
tor of the Episcopal Church at Oak
Grove, that he would object bitterly TO
any move made to exhume the body OF
his daughter.
DR.. Hamilton told newspaper men it
was essential that the third bullet
should be subjected to tests. He said
the slug might bear some valuable clue
to the identity of the slayer. The
micro-chemist added his examination
of the two death bullets available con-
vinced him they had not been fired
from Campbell's pistol.
"As far as the importance OF Camp
bells gun in this case is concerned
DR.. Hamilton said, cit might as we'll be
thrown into the middle of the Potomac.
We have definitely established beyond
all shadow of a doubt that the Camp
bell gun was not used by Mary Bakers
murderer"
Declaring the Campbell pistol was of
Spanish manufacture, DR.. Hamilton
said the rifiing and quality Of the death
bullets proved they had been discharged
from an American-made revolver. II
know these two bullets were not fired
from a Colts revolver. We probably
will be able to tell as soon as we finish
our work just what company manu-
featured the weapon from which the
death slugs came"
SmokeIess Type Load.
In support Of his statement that the
bullets which killed Miss Baker had
been fired from a pistol other than
Campbell's, DR.. Hamilton said the lead
pellets extracted from the girls body
were of smokeless type. The bullets
in Campbell's pistol when 1t was turned
over to authorities, he said, contained
powder technically known as black.
The micro-chemist also said Camp
bells gun was several years old, while
the bullets involved had been dis
charged from a new weapon. He said
this was demonstrated by the presence
of cakes of powder on the official
exhibit.
Another important fact disclosed by
the bullets, DR.. Hamilton said, was that
the death bullets made great penetra-
ton, while bullets of the type found in
Campbelps pistol were so old they would
have gone only a short distance into
her body, even though fired from close
range.
AS DR.. Hamilton and his son inspect
ed the clothes of Miss Baker beneath
microscopes, several official observers
stood nearby. Those present were DR..
Wilmer Souder of the Bureau of Stand
ards, Lieut.. John Fowler of the Wash
ington police force and Sam Hardy, a
Department of Justice agent.