The Washington times., 1930-10-22
HUGE THRONG
AGAIN PACKS
CORRIDORS

Juuge IN Irlai OF CampDell
Excuses Many of venlremen
vhO Oppose Death Penalty
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liaed In this case, at the proper
time we win, expect the proper
verdict"
The trial was adjourned at IL
o'clock until 1:30,
Directly after the adjournment.
Lowden Campbell. father Of the
accused man, declared he had
rnOre confidence than ever in
his sons acquittal.
Jury Now Complete
The tedious task of choosing
the jury was completed at 10:45
O'Clock, after q total Of ITO
taleslnen had been examined dur
In the past two days.
Wne trial began at II o'clock.
Immediately after selection Of
the last juror, Justice Adkins
called q recess Of five minutes,
during which the, wife Of Camp
ben rushed over to her husband
ana kissed him.
When Justice Adkins returned
tostlae courtroom, Mrs. Campbell
suiieezed her husbands hand re-
assuringly, and hastened from the
room.
CoIIins Starts Off
Assistant United States Attorney
w. H. Collins lost no time in
launching upon his opening state
ment. Confronting the jury, with
his arms folded, the attorney be-
gan to review the strange case Of
the dead girl from the time she
left the Epiphany Episcopal
Church on G Street on. the eve,
ming Of April II until her body
was found the following morning
near Arlington Cemetery.
He said:
ST have already indicated by
Identification that Mr.. Camp
bell iS charged with first degree
murder in two counts. The diff.
ference in these counts is as
follows:
at is charged that on April II
the defendant killed Mary
BAKER, strangling her with his 7
hands.
"The indictment charges,
also. that he killed her by use Of.
bullets fired from . pistol, in
f1ictfng three, wounds, from
which she died.
'It is to be your duty to de-
/ termine by which means it was
accomplished"
Traces Girls Moves
Mr.. Collins then recited how
Miss Baker left two friends at
Fourteenth and G Streets North
west, going to her automobile,
parked near the Navy Department
building, where she was employed.
He related how an alleged fight
with a man occurred in her auto
mobile and in booming voice
said: "And here she received
blow in the mouth that loosened
her teeth"
The assailant, Mr.. Collins con-
tinued, then strangled the girl and
within five minutes she was near
death.
During the recital Of these de-
tails, the defendant sat back in
his, chair, swinging his leg, which
was crossed over his knee.
Occasionally his left hand
stroked his forehead or caressed
his sleek black hair, but other
than that there was no evidence
displayed that he was perturbed.
Nearby were his father and
other relatives, who sat in rapt
attention, Straining forward SO
they might not miss any word Of
Collins.
Shots Were Heard Z
Mr.. Collins then told the jury
that another motorist saw Miss
Bakers body Slumped in her auto,
which was driven by the as
sailant.
This witness, Mr.. Collins said,
then heard what he described as
three pistol shots. This was in
the vicinity of Seventeenth and
B Streets Northwest.
The recital of the prosecutor
then told how Herman Barrere
was subsequently arrested and
charged with larceny. He was
then locked up.
Mr.. Collins then told the jury
that he would show why Mr..
Campbell came to the Arlington
county courthouse to see Common
wealth Attorney william c. Cloth.
His visit followed the discovery
of q pair Of pigskin gloves and
wearing apparel, the latter be-
longing to the slain girl.
''Man With the Wart'
Campbell is alleged to have
said that the gloves belonged to
him and were stolen by Barrere.
Upon this visit, the defendant
gave to Sheriff Howard Fields
Of Arlington county a bundle
containing pistol. He told the
sheriff he wanted the weapon
examined by q ballistic expert.
He, then related his now IA
nous story Of how a man with
wart on his nose" came to
his office, asking him whether
he had a pistol. The story, he
admitted later, was mythical and
his only reason, he said, that
motivated it was because Of his
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