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with the description in the circular.
These included heart, a shaft, two
butterflies, rose, a Victoria Cross, a
hospital emblem, star. the Norwegian
flag; the American flag and hissname.
Barrere at first denied and then ad-
rnitted his identity. He read the circu
lar and turned to Inspector Foucault
and said: IT am Barrere all right, but
the rest of that stun is all wrong. !
know nothing about the murder"
When Barrere visited the Montreal
police headquarters he was accompanied
by a woman. whom he said was his
wife. The woman, however, denied this,
saying she made his acquaintance sew
eral days ago when he picked her up on
the street in Philadelphia, entertained
her for some time, and then proposed a
trip together. She is being held for
questioning.
II r. In Montreal "a Hours.
!, Barrere had been In Montreal only
"a hours preceding his arrest. He APP
parently had been drinking the police
said, for when he came to the detective
bureau he told an incoherent story.
He said he had been robbed In q
sporting club on Guy street. The peo-
pie he met there, he declared, were
hockey players. He explained he gave
$50 to one man to go out and buy him
something but the man never returned.
He pleaded with the detectives to find
the thief.
Although Barrere was said to have
been loQuacious at the time Of his ar
rest, reports from Montreal today said
the police found him less inclined to
talk after a nights rest in cell. He
was reported to be quite cheerful. how.
ever and was heard whistling several
times during the morning.
Barrere, at the time OF his arrest,
was dressed in q gray jacket and knick.
ers. His woman companion was dressed
the same way.
Search Began May 10.
The arrest Of Barrere eliminated a
search that started May IL, exactly one
month after Miss Bakers body was
found in the culvert near the Sheridan
gate of Arlington Cemetery. The painter
had been seen around Washington and
vicinity until that time, when he sud-
denly disappeared.
When the search first started little
importance was attached to Barrere as
q suspect, although Inspector Shelby
announced that he was DESTROYS of queS-
tioning the painter. Three weeks ago,
however, the search. was intensified.
Twelve thousand circulars, containing a
description of the painter, were broad
cast throughout the country, and w1re-
less messages were flashed to ships vt
sea to be on the lookout for him. 1t
was the most extensive manhunt ever
conducted by the Washington Detective
Bureau. -.
The intensified search followed the
recovery of the gun which an investl-
the Staying of Miss Baker. The au-
thorities did not reveal what inforn1a-
ton they had which made them want
the painter so badly, except to declare
that they believed he could throw some
light on the crime.
BY q strange turn Of fate, Barrere
was in the custody of Arlington County
authorities shortly after Miss Bakers
body was found and an intensive search
At that time, however, he was not re-
garded as suspect.
Held on Theft Charge.
Barrere's arrest in Arlington County
was made on complaint OF Herbert M.
Campbell, a real estate man OF Oak
Crest, who charged him with the theft
of clothing and several other articles
Of small value from his home. Camp
bell later produced the gun which the
are satisfied Is the one used
In the murder. The gun, he said, had
been stolen from his house, and was
found in an unused desk in his real
estate office.
Campbell had engaged sBarrere to
paint his house, and the man went to
work April 10, the day before the muir
der. At that time the painter was 1iv-
ing in tent near Oakcrest.
What evidence the authorities have
to connect Barrere with the crime has
not been disclosed, but Inspector Shelby
admits that it is purely circumstantial.
WE still have whole lot OF work TO
do" ne said, in commenting on the
capture of Barrere.
I The strongest link in the chain of
which made the detec-
tives SO eager to find Barrere, 1t was
said, Is the fact that the painter had
access to Campbell's home and also his
real estate office. Campbell did not re-
port the theft of the gun when he had
Barrere arrested, and did not know 1t
had been stolen, he told the officers,
until q strange man with a wart on his
nose, and representing himself, as
friend Of the painter, came TO his ONCE
and inquired about a missing weapon.
Campbell then made q search Of his
home and discovered that the weapon
had been removed. He later found 1t
in his real estate office.
Barrere. it was, said, Just q week
ago, wrote TO his wife, In Philadelphia,
that he was leaving and would make
for the Canadian border This letter
was intercepted, and a Department Of
Justice agent left Immediately for Mon
treal, and although he had been there
for several days, he had been unsuc-
cessful In locating the painter.
In the meantime, Inspector. Shelby
had ordered the printing of $500 addi-
tional circulars, bearing the description
broadcast throughout the Provinces of
Ontario and Quebec, where he thought
the painter would most likely 60 to
hide. These circulars were being
printed last night, when word came
from Montreal Of the arrest Of Bar
rere
In the letter to his wife, parrere told
her he had been hiding in Philadelphia
while the police were combing the
United States for him. He said he had
been injured in an accident there, but
had recovered. A thorough check-up
was made at all Philadelphia hospitals
and doctors offices, it was. said, bit
none Of them had any record Of the
painter.
Murder Gun Missing.
simultaneously with the capture of
Barrere, O. mystery apparently has de-
veloped over the whereabouts Of the
supposed murder gun. When last seen
it was In the custody of Arlington
County authorities, but they deny hav-
ing possession of it now, and so does
the Department. Of Justice and the
Washington police. There were reports,