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names Of the other men in the car,
but said he could ind out by consult
ing certain persons who knew them.
Tell us exactly where you were and
what you did and who was With you
that night" the prisoner was asked.
wait a minute, and excuse me" Bar
rere responded with wave Of his
hands. I'm not what you call one OF
those memory experts. The night Of
April IL was just like any other night
to me. How can you expect me to re-
member right of everything I did on
q certain evening so long ago. doubt
that any of you gentlemen could 40
that II asked you, now could you?
Won't Make Guess.
"Give me q break, give me some time
and I'll give you a statement that will
account for every minute OF my move
mentS that night. could go ahead and
make some gllesses about exact hours
and places and so forth, but that don't
20 with me or you. I've got to do some
checking back to recall those things,
and you can bet I'm not going to be
hRSty about 1t, either. Some little error
Of memory might look bad to you and
then you would doubt my whole story.
I'm going to give you the ruth and
nothing but the truth. The truth
can't do guy any harm, can it?"
Mr.. and Mrs Smith and Miss Heiner
have corroborated Barrere's story to the
authorities that he was with them at
the Smith residence about o'clock on
the afternoon of April IL, and that
later he drove Miss Heiner downtown
and let her on at a restaurant on the
corner Of Fifteenth and F streets.
Barrere said he could not be certain
of the time he deposited Miss Heiner
at the r street corner. but to the best
of his recollection it was about 6
o'clock, maybe a little later" Miss
Heiner says she Is sure 1t was about
$50 O'Clock, which is IS minutes after
the attack was made on Miss Baker in
her car near the Navy Building.
Drove TO Twenty Second Street.
Barrere said that on leaving Miss
Heiner he drove his car to his wife's
home in the Flagler Apartments. on
Twenty-Second street.
Did you take the route back Of the
Treasury and the White HouSe?" Bar
rere was asked.
Hold on a minute, please" he said
Il won't say I did and won't say
didn't. The fact is, 1 don't remember
what route took"
The point was considered important,
as the Ellipse route would have started
Barrere In the direction of the Baker
girls car. Furthermore. Mary Baker is
known to have been walking around the
Ellipse toward her automobile a few
minutes before o'clock on the fatal
evening.
This point, and the fact that Barrere
was painting o house owned by Herbert
M. Campbell, owner OF the gun used by
the murderer of the girl, are the two
strongest links In the admittedly fiimsy
chain of circumstantial evidence which
Investigators are seeking to hang
around the neck Of the wandering
painter.
One Or Two Other Links.
There are one or two other links of
questionable strength that may be used
In the chain. One Is the statement Of
Mrs. Smith that Barrere, prior to the
murder, asked her II she knew a girl
named Baker who worked for the
Government"
Did you ever mention the name of
Baker girl to Mrs. Smith?" Barrere was
asked.
Never" the prisoner replied.
But Mrs. Smith said you did, Her
mann"
Mrs. Smith said that? Well. there
you are. What am supposed to saya
never contradicted lady in my life.