Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13
Coat, PoCketbook, Umbrella
and Scarf of Woman Re-
covered-TWo CoIored Men
Held for Possessing Goods.
MAN AND WOMAN SEEN
FIGHTING IN CAR, REPORT
Period From $40 to s PM. Re-
mains Mystery-Police Expect
Answer to Death Secret in Clear
ing Up How 2 Hours 20 Min.
utes Were Spent.

Discovery by autopsy of two adj
ditional bullet wounds in the body
Of Miss Mary Baker, slain near
Arlington Cemetery Friday night.
and the recovery by police from
two colored men of some Of her
missing belongings were late de-
velopments last night as police of
four distinct agencies sought to
untangle the mystery of her death.
A bullet wound in her back, one
of three inflicted by her assailant,
indicated that Miss Baker was
shot down from behind as she fed
on foot.
The two colored men, who were
placed under arrest on a charge
OF possessing stolen property, are
said to have confessed they stole
Miss Bakers coat, pocketbook,
umbrella, scarf and seat cushion
from her car before it was found
abandoned by the police. They
gave their names as Frank Smith
and James Violin of Queen City.
Sheriff Howard Fields said he did
not believe the men had any con-
nection with the murder and it is
understood authorities are going
on the theory that a white man
was responsible.
New Clue Reported.
Police are understood to have
been working last night on a re-
port said to have been submitted
by two motorists that they had
seen a man and woman engaged
an an alteration in an automo-
bile at Seventeenth and B streets.
Both are understood to have re-
ported the matter to the police
late Friday night. Miss Bakers
car was parked at Seventeenth
and B streets.
The hat Miss Baker was said to
have been wearing when she dis
appeared is still missing, as are
one or two other articles of
clothing. The colored men said
it was not in the car when they
took the other articles. The men
said they took the property from
the car about 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. Deputy Sheriff Archie
Richards, who found the car, how
| ever, said he made his discovery
about 6 o'clock and there was
nothing in the car then.
Body Found in Culvert.
The body of the 28-year-old
| Navy Department clerk was found
shortly after noon yesterday lying
in the shallow water of little
| creek that runs under Military
road from the cemetery near the
Sheridan Gate. Apparently the
body had been thrown down from
the top of culvert which spans
the road at this point. Stained
with blood, her automobile pre-
viouSly had been found aban-
doned nearly a mile down the
road toward Washington.
Coroner B. H. Swain of Airing
ton County announced last night
that the autopsy had disclosed
that the young woman had been
crlminally assaulted.
The search for the slayer turned to-
ward Washington last night when Com
monwealth's Attorney of Arlington
County William C. Cloth came here
and joined local detectives in running
down several clewS. They spent several
hours in this city. while other investi-
gators were carrying on the search in
the county.
Failed to Keep Date.
! When Miss Baker left a friend at
Fourteenth and G streets to go
for her car parked at Seventeenth
! and B streets late Friday afternoon
| she had the avowed intention of keep
ing an engagement with two girls, with
| whom she shared a bungalow in Lyon
Village, Va, at Kann's Department
Store. She had 20 minutes in which to
keep this appointment but, although
| her friends waited nearly an hour, she
did not come. Police believe that while
| walking to her car, Miss Baker met
some one who brought her across the
river to her death. Their every effort to
] identify this person has failed.
Arlington County Policeman Ray Co
bean, who found the body, noted that
the wrist watch on the young womans
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