The Washington times., 1930-10-23
SEATED NEAR
FATHER Of
ACCUSED
States He Did Not Care to
Have His Absence Create
a Wrong Public View
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ana NOT b buUuBH ~ A@A JWSS
happened. / walked on trying
to decide Just what it meant.
81 saw q man and q woman
down the street and rs con-
tinued on I heard q faint wall.
ing cry from the girl in the
car. Almost Immediately after
that the car dashed on toward
Seventeenth Street. Then /
heard q series Of popping
noises that I am not able to
say just what they were."
AS Mr.. Rice started to tell the
Jury that the popping noises"
resembled pistol shots, Mr.. Smith,
chief counsel for the defense,
arose and objected to Justice
Jesse c. Adkins.
Rice continued:
81 intended to qualify that
statement. My first impression
was that the noises were pis-
tOl shots or backfireS from the
automobile, and 1 have not yet
changed by impression"
Wood on Stand
Questioned by Prosecutor viii
liam H. Collins, Wood, the first
witness today, stated that he,
with his wife and two children,
had been at the Tidal Basin to
see the cherry blossoms. At
Seventeenth and G Streets, he
said, his attention was attracted
to a man and woman struggling
In an automobile.
: He said:
'T saw q man and woman
struggling IN the car. I could
not see the mans hands and
saw only his back. As i recOl-
1eCt, the man was striking the
woman, scuffIing witt her."
Mr.. Wood said that he left his
wife and children on the corner
and went in search Of police
man. He said he had only gone
q short distance when his wife
called him back and the car
drove away.
Prosecutor Collins then asked:
81 ask you to look at the
defendant, Herbert M. Camp
bell. Is he the man you saw
In the carr"
Mr.. Wood replied:
81 could mot say whether he
Is or not"
Fits Type, He Says
Mr.. Collins then asked whether
Mr.. Campbell fits the general
description of the man in the
car and, over the objection Of
Charles Henry Smith, chief de-
fense counsel, Mr.. Wood re-
piled:
"He has the build and he is
the size and type of the man
] saw" -
Mr.. Wood also stated that as
the car drove away he met
Francis T. Rice, Of the 1900 block
Of ST. N. w., who also was
watching the struggle in the
car. Mr.. Wood said he gave Mr..
Rice "J-5O57" as the number of
the cars license tags.
Photographs taken Of the road
near the scene Of the murder
and Of Miss Bakers automobile
were identified by Sergt. Fred
Sandburg and Policeman Viggo
Larsen today.
Before the courtroom opened,
o man in the crowd milling in
the corridor collapsed and was
taken to the marshars office on
the floor below and revived. He
left without giving his name.
Rev. Baker Arrives
The. Rev. Thomas Baker.
father of the slain girl, put In
his first appearance at the
trial. He occupied seat two
rows away from LOwden Camp.
bell, father Of the defendant.
The Rev. DR.. Baker stated that
his only reason for coming to
the trial was because of a fear
that the public might misunder.
stand his absence.
He stated that the public might
interpret his absence as dis
interest in the proceedings
Mr.. Campbell, father Of the
defendant, displayed q keen in
terest while Mr.. Wood was testi-
flying. A smile played about his
lips throughout the witnesses
stay upon the stand.
Smith QuizzeS Closely
The defense yesterday sub
jected DR.. BENJAMIN M. Swain.
who performed the autopsy on
the body, to a barrage of Ques-
t1onS, mainly concerning the
manner in which he believed the
girl was killed and the amount
Of blood that would be discharged
from gunshot wounds after
Strangulation.
MIR. Smith. chief defense coun-
sci. closely questioned the witness
on this phase, and he was told
that there was a pint or q quart
IN the abdominal cavity, caused
by internal hemorrhages.
DIR. Swain said the girl died
Of gunShot wounds. one Of which
entered her neck and two in her
back.
Mr.. Collins then offered the
girls clothing and the two bull
lets taken from her body. and
these were identified by the
physician.
It was the first vestige Of
thrill so far in the case for the
curiosity-seeking spectators.