Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
DEFENSE GIVES Up
PLAN TO EXAMINE
BAKER DEATH CAR
MicrochemistS Busy Today
Compiling Report on
Campbell Pistol.
EXPERTS SAY BULLETS
MARKINGS NOT ALIKE
Attorney Smith Declares All In
formation Regarding Auto
Has Been Obtained.

Plans to have defense micro-chemists
journey to Oak Grove, Va tomorrow to
examine the automobile in which Mary
Baker was last seen alive were abaYl.
doned today by Charles Henry Smith.
chief OF counsel for Herbert NJ Camp
bell, charged with the Staying.
Smith revealed he had obtained from
other sources all the information ne
needed concerning the physical descrip-
ton OF the car, and the condition in
which 1t was found after its owner was
slain.
DR.. Albert H. Hamilton and his SON.
Robert A. Hamilton, micro-chen1ists az
Auburn, N. Y, drove to Oak Grove
Thursday In company with Smith to In
spect the machine. They failed to see
the automobile, however, because DIR.
Thomas d. Baker, lather of the girl,
was away from home.
Making Report Today.
DR.. Hamilton was busily engaged to-
day in completing his report OF the
discoveries he made with the assistance
OF his son during q three-day exaYni-
nation of a pistol turned over to au-
thorities by Campbell, bullets removed
from the body Of Miss Baker and her
personal effects. The report was ex-
pected TO contain numerous reasons
for the belief of DR.. Hamilton that
Campbell's pistol was not used In the
Staying.
The micro-chemists reiterated today
that the bullets which killed Miss Baker
bore numerous marks which failed to
correspond with scratches left on test
bullets fired from Campbell's revolver.
They said many of these situations
were visible to the naked eye, while the
others could be easily seen with the aid
of a microscope
DR.. Hamilton stressed the fact that
bullets in Campbells pistol when it was
submitted to authorities were very old,
while the slugs which killed the girl
penetrated far into her body, indicate
ing they were new.
When finish my report" Or.
Hamilton said, 81 intend to devote the
remainder of the time between now
and the trial Tuesday in District SUI
preme Court to collecting any informa-
ton available that has any bearing on
the case. am confident Campbell
viii be exonerated."
Brother Issues Statement.
Frank G. Campbell, Arlington County
attorney, brother of Herbert Campbell,
in statement issued today denied that
the latter told the Arlington County ali-
thorities when he turned in the gun
that 1T was the gun that killed Miss
Baker"
His statement follows:
THE newspapers of Washington have
repeatedly carried statements within
the past few days that Herbert Camp
bell stated when turning in r. pistol
that it was the gun that k'n-,l Miss
Baker. This statement is f7-ge, and
published under existing ccnd.s. Ions can
do a great deal of harm Herbert
Campbell informs me that he ale no
such statement as that, but merely re-
quested, when turning in the gun, that
it be examined by competent experts,
since it might have had something to
do with Miss Bakers death. He ex-
plains this by saying that he had read
in the newspapers that the authorities
were looking for cheap Spanish gun
and since his was a cheap Spanish gun,
he turned it in for the purpose of exarni-
nation. 1t should be understood that
these cheap guns were sold by mall
order houses and that the country has
been literally flooded with them since
the World War.
IT trust you will give this prompt
publication in order that the effect of
the false statements that have been
published viii be minimized as much as
possible"