Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
WITNESSES TELL
: OF MAN IN AUTO
Fail to Identify Campbell
Positively as AssaiIant
of Miss Baker.
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and he saw but one occupant at that
time, q man seated at the steering
wheel
AT the time saw no one beside this
man, but there seemed to be what I
thought was a bundle of some kind,
probably a laprobe, or coat, on the
right of the front seat. I continued
walking past the car without paying
particular attention to it and passed
to within about five feet of the car
until reached a point opposite the
rear fender.
Glanced Back at Car.
ST glanced back and as I did so
saw a girl rise up in the front seat.
I saw the face very distinctly. 1t seemed
to be badly beaten up although can't
be sure whether there was any blood
1T stopped a moment and then
walked on slowly. The whole face
struck me as being extremely odd. My
first thought was that it was a child's
face thse had been burned by hre AS
proceeded, tried to determine in my
mind what it all meant. didn't ex-
actly grasp the meaning Of what I lad
seen. AS I was a little distance be-
You'd the car noticed man Hnd lady
and two children crossing B street.
was about 10 feet from the car at the
time and they were about so feet from
the car I went to them and talked a
moment Then I turned around and
went toward the car.
IT had gotten to about Is feet when
the car started away. As 1t moved of,
heard the faint wailing cry of the
girl. All the time she was looking in
my direction in a sort of a daZed fash
ion, thought. I d@~Ee know whether
she was looking directly at me or not.
THE car dashed off toward Seven
teenth street. heard a series of pop
ping noises as the car started away.
81 am not able to judge exactly, but
my impression was they were shots from
q small caliher pistol or backfring of
the automobile don't know which.
The car was about 25 feet away from
me when heard the noises. I heard
from three to six Of these explosions"
Talked with Woods.
Rice then told of comforting again
with the Woods and of receiving from
them the license number of the car,
J-5057, and the names and address of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood.
~ watched the car as it went out
D street and sa wit turn North onto
6CNC1lVCC1AbIl otAcCt bOWdl0
vania avenue" Rice continued. 1.-THE
car was proceeding rather fast, about
30 miles an hour, Z should say"
The witness said after leaving the
Woods he walked to the first precinct
police station ana reported what he
had seen, giving the license number of
the car and the names of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood and himself. He said he was in
the police station about 6:10 o'clock,
hauiV1o YfNt0d the TINA hN fl10 e&ofinr1
clock.
Under cross-examination by Charles
Henry Smith. chief Of defense counsel,
Rice said his impression was that the
girls assailant wore gray topcoat and
dark suit, but he couldn't be sure about
whether he wore hat. He said he
thought the man must have weighed
about 100 or ITS pounds and judged
he might be of average height.
The girl, he said in response to ques-
lions, had light brown hair and wore, to
the best of his recollection, light clothes
He said he saw no struggle or other
violence in the car.
81 think If had seen the man strik-
ing her would have opened the door
Not Sure Of Campbell.
els this defendant, Herbert M. Camp
bell, whom you see here before you, the
asked Smith.
st can't say whether he is or is not
the man." Rice declared.
Willis, who said he had charge Of
the horses at the Government farm,
told Of driving with his wife from the
cemetery road into the farm entrance,
about $40 o'clock on the evening of
ia. ,,rnoao5aS a., 49,, oo~n xxy,,I,~
said. ST saw small car parked in the
road in front Of me so that I had to
20 into second and run around 1t.
AS went around, I yelled, What in
hell are you parked In the middle of
the road for?' There was a man who
seemed to be bent over the steering
wheel. He made no reply. and went
on to the farm. I saw no one else in
the car
Pictures Identified.
viggo Larsen. police photographer,
the first witness of the day, identified
photographs he had taken of Miss
Bakers body and the scene where she
Is believed to have struggled with q
man at Seventeenth and B streets.
Sergt. Fred Sandberg, chief Of the
Police Department Bureau of Identifl-
cation, identified pictures he had taken
Of the girls automobile and rope
found in the back seat. ).
Wood was the next witness He
explained he had joined his wife and
two children at 5 o'clock on the after
noon Of April IL. He said they walked
around the Tidal Basin to look at the
cherry blossoms and were returning
home when they arrived at point on
B street near Seventeenth
WAS your attention attracted by
anything?" Collins inquired.
Eyes, sir" Wood replied.
what did you see?"
Tell Of Struggle.
witness said, pointing to a spot on a
photograph he had been handed.
Wood said the car was a small sedan
Of a popular make.
what, If anything, did you see in
the carp" the prosecutor asked.
II saw man and a woman strug-
Cling. My impression was that he was
fighting her."
who else was in the carp"
"Just the man and the lady"
Further questioning developed neither
the man nor the woman had on hat.
Saw Car Drive Away.
The witness said he approached the
machine In which they were sitting
from the rear and then crossed the
street Just before drawing alongside of
It. He heard no screams or other out
cry. Soon after noticing the struggle,
he started across q park nearby to
search for q policeman, his wife and
children walking along in the direction
they had been following. He said he
saw no policeman and decided to re-
turn and rejoin his wife. He testified
that when he returned, he saw the car
drive away, going west.
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