Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-30
SUSPECT RELATES
ACT|ONSON APRIL Il
Details What He Did in Effort
to Establish AIibi in Baker
Death Case.

lCIfOWo.
DIRECT EXAMINATION.
BY Mr. Vandoren:
G. Mr. Campbell, you are the defend
ami in this case?
A. Yes. sir
@. Where do you live?
A. Virginia Highlands, Va.
@. How long have you lived there?
A. have lived in the immediate
neighborhood since about 1912.
Q. You are the husband of the Mrs
Campbell who has preceded you here OF
the witness stand?
A. Yes, sir.
@ The stepfathev of Edward Callahan
who has also testified in this case?
A. Yes. sr.
@. During the course of this trial yol
heard the testimony given by the differ.
ent witnesses, both for the Government
and for the defense. Is that correct?
A. YES, sir.
G. want to come at once 10 the day
of April the 18th, 1880, Mr.. Campbell
Do you recall it?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Do you recall on the afternoon Of
that day of your movements on the
afternoon Of that day?
A. do; yes, sir.
way and in your own words to his honor
and these gentlemen.
A. Do you want me to start with my
movements on the morning, or at
Tells Of Afternoon.
@. doubt if the morning is mate
rial. Suppose you come along about
noon or shorty after noon on that day
A. At noon 1 had lunch at my own
InS in inio Iiokl ok ohn MT
1890. I went from there to my Office
where I prepared the contract for the
painting of my house with one, Her
man H Barrere.
/ had a telephone call from Mrs
Parsons, and made an appointment tc
meet her at Sixteenth and H streets
in Washington, between 2:15 and 2:30
1 left the Office. as nearly as can re-
member. about a quarter of two. Due
to traffic congestion and one thing AND
other, and one stop that made at the
south end CT the Highway Bridge. II
was as nearly as can settle in my
mind now is or 20 minutes past two
Wien I got to Sixteenth and H streets
Mrs. Parsons was standing there at the
time on the park side of H street, the
south side of H street. She got into
the machine. drove over through
Georgetown, over NJ street, stopped al
the Potomac Savings Bank for a mo-
ment. and drove out NJ street across
the Key Bridge. north on Lee Boule-
vard-Wilson Boulevard-to the town
Of Ballston. Va.
stopped at a building operation
there that-a house that was being
built by Mr.. Bean-whom I wanted to
see on business He wasn't there.
Il went back down the wilson Boule-
ward to the town of Rossyln, down the
Cemetery road, and as I passed the
yard of the Penn Oil Co. two coloreo
men that had sent over to get oil tC
be mixed with the sawdust for the
miniature golf course were in the yarc
with the truck of the Penn OIL Corpo-
ration. They had been told to come
over early in the day by me, to hau
this OIL AS / went past the yard-ii
was crank case draining that is USED
for mixing the sawdtst-crank case
draining and green paint. AS passed
the Yard saw the truck in there anC
the two fellows were sky-larking. II
occurred to me that they we're wasting
a whole lot of time. had passed the
place and had come to the first en-
trance to the Arlington Cemetery
which Is the Sheridan gate.
Waited for Traffic to Pass.
do not like to contradict Mrs. Par
sons testimony, but the car Gid not &c
into Arlington Cemetery at any time on
that day There is dirt road that
runs off up into the old part of the
cemetery as it leaves the concrete road
pulled the car just of of the road al
that point, just of of the concrete en-
to this dirt road in full view Of the
main road, the main line of travel. and
waited there to see how long it would
be before these fellows came by. / pre-
sumo I was there for poSsibly-as near
~ as ! can recollect-a half an hour
maybe 40 minutes; may have been
three-quarters of an hour. Comdr. j.
A. Fowler of the Navy Department
passed the car at the time, and whether
he saw me or not ! don't know, but
was of ON the part of the road that
could be seen by any traffic going past
We sat there and talked about COM
monpl4ce things. As 1 have tried 10
point out to the Arlington County au-
thorities and the Washington police, the
car was not parked in an obscure place
at all. 1t was parked on the main high
way.
At about q quarter past or half past
4 left to go back to Washington to
take Mrs. Parsons back to her home
which / did. I proceeded across the
Highway Bridge, over the--oyer whai
they call the Military road. down past
the two flying fields, and over the High
way Bridge to 21O0 Nineteenth street
did not enter the apartment house.
] left Mrs. Parsons at the curb anc
proceeded down Nineteenth street to
now this is entirely conjecture, this par
Of the trip back to my home. Wher
the police in Arlington County asked
me what route ] took home on thai
afternoon l told them that il Il tool
the logical route, the route that
would take to get me home in tht
quickest manner. that I would proceed
south on Nineteenth street to Dupon
| Circle, around the right side Of Dupon
Circle, again south on Nineteenth street
to Virginia avenue Out Virginia ave
| nue., east ON Virginia avenue, TO Sew
! enteenth street and down Seventeenth
street 70 the Basin. Around the NORTH
! side Of the Basin, south on Fourteenth
I street. across the Highway Bridge.
At that time they said, We'll, yo
did pass Mary Bakers car" II Mar
! Bakers car was parked where I under
stand it was parked at Seventeenth an
! b streets / very possibly did pass it.
was given the impression at that tim
! that Miss Bakers car was parked acros
I from the Pan-American Union Buildln
at Seventeenth and B streets. / didn
know until l was in the Alexandra
! Jail. until I was shown by new
j reporter where her car had been parket
Tells of Telephone Calls.
After / crossed the Highway Brids
I went over the lower road TO AleA
| andria. I went To Taishoff's store.
O. Let me interrupt you a momen
Mr.. Campbell. At any time subSequer
to that ride with Mrs. Parsons on tina
| day did you have a phone converse
ton with her relative to It?
! A. don't understand your question
Mr.. Vandoren.
4 @. After that ride with Mrs. Pal
sons on April IL did you at any tim
talk with her over the telephone abol
that occasion?
A. ! did, yes, sir.
q Will Won state what that was an