Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-16

A second man picked up py the ponce
late last night, when an anonymous
telephone call received at the third
precinct said that man with a suit
case was "acting suspiciously" in the
vicinity of Twenty-second and P streets,
was released this morning when he con-
vinced the police that he had no con-
nection whatever with the case.
The man gave the name Of Earl Q.
Shuttleworth, 81 years old, and said he
was employed at d washington motor
car company. The finding of blood
stained shirt in his suit case led TO
his detention.
In Auto Accident.
An investigation showed that he was
in an automobile accident yesterday
near Bethesda, Md, and had used q
shirt In the suit case to wipe on the
blood from a wound on his face.
Policemen A. T. Davis and r. @.
Pearce of the third precinct took Shut
tleworth into custody.
A report on the result OF city-wide
canvass by the police OF stores dealing
in deadly weapons was submitted to In
spector Shelby this morning and an
effort will be made to get a clue to Miss
Bakers slayer through q eheck-up on
the guns sold In Washington last week.
The survey was started Immediately
after the receipt of a report from the
Bureau OF Standards showing that the
two bullets removed from the woman's
body during the autopsy were fired from
a 80 caliber revolver.
If the crime was premeditated, po-
lice believe the murderer may have pur-
chased the gun shortly before he took
Miss Baker on her fatal ride into Ar
lington County. BY checking the sales
of .32-caliber revolvers last week,
especially those sold on Friday, when
the Navy Department clerk was slain.
the investigators think they probably
can obtain a description Of the slayer.
The result Of the canvass was not made
public.
Will RequestiOn Girls.
The plans of the investigators to re-
question Miss Olga Skinner and Miss
Mildred Sperry, who lived with Miss
Baker, likely will be carried out some
time this afternoon, It was indicated by
Inspector Shelby. The police believe
that these girls may be able to throw
woman's private life which win aid in
the search for the murderer.
Rev. Thomas F. Baker, father OF the
murdered woman, however, expressed
confidence today that Miss Skinner and
Miss Sperry had revealed all they know
in connection with his daughters per-
sonal affairs. In long distance con-
versation with q representative of The
Star, DR.. Baker said: 1T can't help but
feel that the girls told the truth. How
ever, If the police feel that it is neces-
sary to question them again = hope they
will do so.'
DR.. Baker also said he planned to
return to Washington in q week or 10
days to settle some of his daughters
business affairs.
The f1ngerprints found on Miss
Bakers blood-Stained and abandoned
sedan and the correspondence taken
from her home In Lyon Park, Va, and
her desk in the Bureau of Aeronautics
of the Navy Department, police dis
closed, have been of little value thus
far in the quest for the woman's slayer.
The fingerprints will play an important
part, however. II the murderer is event.
ually found.
Drop All but One.
All of the persons mentioned in the
love letters and other correspondence
of Miss Baker have been questioned, and
all Of them eliminated from Suspicion
with the exception of one man, the
trail OF whom has carried the investi-
gators away from Washington. The
two men who were grilled for several
hours YESTERDAY and from whom the