Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
DEFENSE CONTENDS
MARY BAKER SLAIN
AFTER LEAVING CAR

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been fred from any weapon other than
that Of Campbell.
Collins plans to produce the negative
from which the Goddard photographs
were made at the request Of Smith, who
limited the pictures might give an In
correct impression because Of trick
photography"
VIII Not Call Souder.
Dr.. Wilmer souder, ballisticS expert
Of the Bureau Of Standards, who agreed
with Col. Goddard and Lieut.. Fowler
after inspecting the Government ex-
hibits, will not be called as O witness.
DR.. Hamilton also plans to testify the
bullets which killed Miss Baker we're
comparatively new because they pene-
tTated far into her body. He said old
bullets cause q much more shallow
wound. He added the bullets in the
Campbell pistol when it was turned
over to police were unusually old.
She left the Bureau Of AeronauticS Of
the Navy Department late that after
noon with her friend. Miss Inez NJ
Eyre Of the Eyangeltne Hotel. They
attended services at the Epiphany
Church at O'Clock. At the conclusion
OF the religious exercises the girls part
ed. Miss Baker told Miss Eyre she had
an appointment to meet her friend Miss
Mildred Sperry ut Kann's department
store at s pm. She said she would
walk In the meanwhile TO Seventeenth
and b streets, where her car was parked.
Miss Sperry, who lived with Miss
Baker and Miss Olga Skinner at ait
Beach street, Lyon Park, Va, later told
police she waited for Miss Baker in
front OF the department store until
S:lb O'Clock. Miss Sperry left the store
after Miss Baker failed to appear.
Body Found Next Day.
1t was on the following day that Miss
Bakers body was found lying 3ace
downward at the mouth Of q culyert
near Sheridan gate Of the Arlington
National Cemetery. Bullet holes were
found in her neck, in an ear and In her
back. Her blood-spattered sedan was
discovered at the side Of . road three
quarters Of mile from her body.
Soon after the discovery of the body
three agencies launched Investigations
TO seek solution OF the mystery. The
probes were undertaken by the Depart
ment OF Justice, the Washington Police
Department and william c. Cloth,
Commonwealth attorney Of Arlington
County. The Department of Justice
entered the case because the girls body
was found on Federal property.
DR.. B. H. Swain, Arlington County
coroner. performed an autopsy on the
body and said she had been criminally
assaulted and shot TO death.
Miss Bakers body then was returned
to her home In Oak Grove, Va, and
buried in the village cemetery. Her
father Is an Episcopal minister.
Scene Not Determined.
The actual scene Of the murder
never has been definitely established
The body was found In one place, the
keyC In o third. The keys were dis.
covered by a iaborer on the Depart
ment Of Agriculture's farm . quarter
Of mile from the spot where the body
was thrown.
As an additional element, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Wood Of 4317 River road
and Francis T. Rice Of the Hurley
Wright Building told police they saw
q woman resembling Miss Baker strug-
Cling with q man wearing . gray cap
In her automobile at Seventeenth and
the girl met death. They agreed they
had heard three mufied reports which
might have been pistol shots short
time after the machine was driven away
from the intersection.
The authorities questioned suspect
after suspect, finally satisfying them
selves that none Of the persons ques-
toned committed the murder. It was
at this point that Howard Brewster, a
soldier, was arrested after he TOLD
several friends he knew who killed the
girl. Brewster promptly made q de-
tailed confession Of the crime. He
soon denied his confession, however,
and subsequently was released after
spending many weeks In jail.
Searched for BaErere.
At last, after several others had been
arrested, examined and freed, Campoeu
turned the now famous yarn over to
the police and an international search
for Herman H. Barrere began.
Barrere, an itinerant painter, was
taken into custody and returned TO
Arlington County after he walked into
police headquarters IN Montreal, Can
ada, to report Q robbery and was recog-
nized by police oficial who had seen
Soon after his return Barrere eStab.
lished q perfect alibi. It was then that
investigators arrested Campbell. The
VirRiniA Highlands real estate man de-
MED all knowledge Of the crime from
the day OF his arrest
He Immediately retained Smith and
began q series Of legal skirniishes which
resulted in his ultimate removal to
washington for trial. He was released
q few weeks after his original arrest on
q State murder warrant only to be re-
arrested on Federal warrant. He
was removed at that time from the Ar
lington County jail TO the Alexandra
City Jail.
After several hearings before ].
Barton Phillips Of Alexandria, United