The Washington times., 1930-04-26
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Park PoliCeman's Tip Sends
Police on Hot Search foI
Driver Of Maryland Auto
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was found In the culvert, neal
the Arlington Cemetery wall Or
Military Road, Hammond told hi
commanding officer. Capt. g. =
Montgomery, the following story;
.'Miss Baker and this nnsn
seemed to be more than friends.
From the fact that ne appeared
ut the corner at hours when
other people were At work /
formed the idea that he was
the proprietor Of . business or
was In . partnership which en-
abled him to make his own
hours and come and 30 as he
pleased.
"On several occasions thsy
Chatted aninaatedly and once or
twice he seemed exasperated or
disappointed and started 10
walk away from Miss Baker.
She would reach ont and seise
his arm and hold it while she
looked intently 1T him and
chatted sOOthingly. Perhaps
this was caused by his trying TO
make o date with her and, fail
ing and starting TO walk off,
causing her to seize his arm
to draw him back TO continue
the conversation.
Zone day he met her at
lunch and they spent half m
hour sitting in her parked car,
chatting and laughing good.
naturedly. I observed then,
too, that he started to get out
Of the car, but she held him
by the arm and continued TO
smile and chat.
'HThis man never met Miss
Baker, to my knowledge at
4:3O O'Clock, when she got eff
from work. It invariably was
during the forenoon or early
afternoon.
although his visits were In
termittent during February
and March and the early part
Of April, he met her ON Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday before she was mur.
dered. He did mot appear ct
the corner on Friday, the day
she was beaten in the car.
Although he failed to appear
during that forenoon or early
afternoon, am convinced he
is the man who met her when
she approached her parked car
about 10 minutes to s In the
evening"
Made Inquiries
Hammond says the mans fre'
quent trySts with Miss Baker at
tracted his attention. Several
weeks ago he asked Navy De
partment employe who the man
was. The employe replied:
II don't know his name, but
I frequently have seen him
park his car on the White
House EIIipSe and stroll leis-
urely down here and station
himself on the corner and .
few minutes later I saw Miss
Baker come out and chat with
him. The man drives 3
ChrysIer roadster with q Mary.
land tag on II. I do not re.
call the first number Of the
tag, but the second and third
figures are and g."
investigators last night con-
suited records In the automobile
commissioners office in Balti'
more and copied the names Of all
Chrysler car owners to whom
plates were issued with ! and 8
as the second and third figures.
Some Live Nearby
Among the owners are men
living In Rockville. Upper Mari.
boro, Baltimore, Royal Oak and
Walkersville. Their names will
be submitted to Miss Bakers
roommates and others to ascer.
tain If she ever mentioned any
Of them.
The theory advanced by Sheriff
Howard B. Fields that q woman,
perhaps a jealous wife, surprised
Miss Baker and her companion
near the spot the keys to her
automobile were found. and aftel
attacking the girl and choking
her fired the three shots into her
body that ended her life, is still
being followed.
Sheriff Fields has expressed
the belief on a number of occa
sions that the crime was commit
ted by a woman and he scouts
the idea that the girl was the
victim Of a thief who, at the
point Of a revolver, forced the
girl to drive through dense traf-
fic to Virginia where he attacked
and then killed her.
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