Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-14
ARREST HELD NEAR
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Hands Draw Him
Into Inquiry.
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afternoon.
The young woman'S desk was searched
and papers found in it examined.
Fred Wilson, an architect, of Takoma
Park was one of five men questioned
by Lieut.. Kelly and Cloth. The names
Of the four other men were not divulged
It is understood, however, that he
gave investigators the names of sew
eral men with whom Miss Baker has
associated recently, and police are
hopeful of securing more valuable in
formation from them.
Wilson is said to have told police that
he first met Miss Baker two years ago
when their cars we're parked side by
side and that he had driven her home
several times when she lived near
Eleventh and K street.
Miss Baker formerly lived in an
apartment at Eleventh and K streets
with Miss Mildred Sperry and Miss Olga
Skinner.
Friends said that later the three girls
broke up housekeeping there and Miss
Baker went to live at the Evangeline
Hotel, 1880 L street.
Wife Knew Of Acquaintanceship.
At her home in Takoma Park Mrs
Wilson said that Miss Baker was one
OF several young women whom her huS-
band had spoken of pleasantly. having
met her practically every morning on
the way to his Office.
She said Miss Inez Eyre. who work
ed in the Office with Miss Baker, knew
that Mr.. Wilson usually parked his car
near Miss Bakers and it was for that
reason when Miss Baker failed to APP
pear, that The called Wilson to ask if
he had met her that morning where
upon he answered, mo I haven't. Is
there anything wrong?" and offered to
aid in finding the girl.
Friday night, Mrs. Wilson said, her
husband returned home unusually early
in order to plant sweet peas in their
garden.
Seek Clue Among Letters.
Police hope TO find somewhere among
Miss Bakers effects a letter or some
other article revealing the identity of
the murderer and the motive. Her per-
sonal correspondence was examined
thoroughly at police headquarters this
morning
The only development of Importance
In Arlington County this morning was
the finding of blood-stained rocks on
a lonely road near Syphax Station,
where a small sedan was reported
parked between 10 and IL o'clock Fri
day night.
The car was seen by a Mr.. Wilson
fact to Mr.. Cloth. Arlington County
Policeman Norman Carson, dispatched
to the scene this morning, who found
the stones also found womans under
garment. The stones will be brought
to Washington for an analysis of the
blood.
Miss Baker was last seen alive at
$40 pm Friday by her friend, Miss
Inez M. Eyre, with whom she had at
tended a Lenten service at the Church
OF the Epiphany, G street near Four
tenth
She left Miss Eyre to get her car,
parked at Seventeenth and B streets,
saying she had an appointment in
front of Kann's department store with
Misses Olgo Skinner and Mildred
Sperry. with whom she shared bum
galow in Lyon Park, Va.
Saw Her With Man.
Miss Baker was next seen in her car
at Seventeenth and B streets by two
young men. They told police a man
was in the car with her. and that he
was beating her. Their attention was
attracted, they said, when the girl
screamed.
AS they started toward the machine.
the man, sitting behind the steering
wheel, drove away. Their meager de-
Scription was that he was large and
wore a gray cap" This was a little
after o'clock, and from that time I'M
til 10 pm. the girls movements are
unaccounted for.
1t was a little after 10 when resi-
dents of Rosslyn heard the man and
woman quarreling in the car parked
on the lonely Government road which
leads down past Arlington Cemetery.
After the girls futile attempt to
escape. the car was driven away and
two pistol shots, fired in quick success
sion, were heard
Night watchmen at oil and gasoline
storage stations along the road saw
the sedan round sharp curve below
RosSlyn and speed away toward the
culvert where the body was found.
The car was driven nearly a mile up
the road toward Washington and aban- |
doned. The slayer apparently escaped
on foot from that point. Police believe
he was afraid to drive the machine into |
washington for fear the shots he f1reu |
might have been heard and reported.
Father Returns With Body.
Most of the blood was found in the
front seat of the car, but several large |
stains in the rear were puzzling police
They believe they may have been made
by some of Miss Bakers garments, II
the man had put them in the rear OF
the machine.
slain girl, said this afternoon that he
was returning to Oak Grove with the
body and that he would not again come
here unless called for by authorities.
"I have every confidence in authori-
ties of both Arlington County and
Washington, and believe there is Moth
ing more I can do here" he said. Maj.
Pratt. superintendent of the Washing
tor .'olice, is a cousin of mine; DR..
N t, Washington coroner, is a very
cl, personal friend, coming from my
sec ON of the country. and Common
wealtn's Attorney Cloth has evidenced
himself to be capable of handling the
situation from the Arlington County
angle in such a manner as to lead me
to believe that the murderer of my
daughter will be apprehended and
brought to Justice"
Mr.. Baker stated that he was not in
a physical condition, even If he stayed.
to be of any material assistance. that
his heart was broken, and that the
shock of the tragedy had left him
helpless.
Reports that an automobile resem-
bling Miss Bakers small sedan and
bearing a District license tag, in which
a man and woman were violently quar-.
reling between 1880 and II o'clock
Friday night, was seen parked at the
corner of Albermarle street and Alex
andria avenue, and that a woman was
seen to jump out of the machine and
run across the front lawn of a house
tect herself behind a tree, emanated
from RoSslyn this morning.
Tells Of Argument.
The machine was reported seen by
Mrs B. L. Collins, who resides at the
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