Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-15
BAKER COMPRESSOR
Fooled BY WRITING
Now AIIard ReiterateS He
Was Slayer of Frank NageI
in Georgia in 1923.
BY DOUGLAS wARRENFELs.
: star Correspondent Of the star.


SCHENECTADY, N. Y, November
15.-Thwarted in his efforts to evade
imprisonment in the dreaded Dame
mora State Penitentiary by making q
false confession to the Staying Of Mary
Baker in Washington, Harry j. Allard,
a young gunman, today insisted lie had
committed murder in Georgia.
Meanwhile, Joseph Loft and Thomas
Crowley. crack detective sergeants Of
the Schenectady force, revealed the
methods used by Sergt John Flaherty,
chief of the Washington homicide
squad, In drawing from Allard b re-
quotation Of his emphatic declaration
% responsibility in the Baker killing.
The Schenectady detectives disclosed
Flaherty had tricked AIlard into sup
| plying definite proof he had fabricated
the story by requiring the prisoner to
write without knowledge Of what he
was doing several words which had ap-
peared in q letter to Inspector william
s. Shelby, chief Of washington de-
tectives.
Duplicated Words.
Loft and Crowley pointed out that
the communication to Shelby, dated
November /, had named Allard as the
slayer of Miss Baker. The letter was
signed by Leo White of No. ! Earl
street, Worcester, Mass. White"
wrote he had been informed by his
wife, Elsie, that Allard had told her
he shot Miss Baker.
At the direction of FIaherty, Allard
wrote without hesitation long list Of
words, including 'black dress, green
hat. white stockings, Mary, Margaret,
Elsie and Helen"
"Then he was shown how his hand
writing matched perfectly with that in
the letter to Inspector Shelby" Loft
declared. at was all easy then" he
added. "Allard Immediately admitted
he had not killed Mary Baker and never
had seen the girl in his life"
HE wouldn't say why he had con-
| cocted his confession" Crowley said.
but we all know now he was seeking
| to get out of being removed from the
| Schenectady County Jail to the Dan
nemora Prison, known by racketeers as
the Siberia Of America.
Sentenced to Five Years.
AlIard recently was sentenced TO
serve 1--WE years in Dannemora institute
| ton on his conviction here OF an auto
mobile theft. He faces an ADDITIONAL
charge of receiving struggled firearms.
A revolver was found In his possession
| in the Jail recently after he had told
fellow prisoners Of plans to SHOOT ms
way to freedom.
The prisoner first was suspected by
Schenectady police of completely In the
Baker case when he mentioned the girls
name while confessing to the Staying OF
| Frank Nagel in Mcintosh County, Ca,
| In 1928. He said Miss Baker had been
| his companion on the trip to Georgia.
| He reiterated today that he had killed
Nagel in an argument over a girl.
During the early portion Of his three
hour rrilling by Flaherty, Allard claimed
he met Miss Baker at Thirteenth street
and New York avenue in Washington at
about 6 o'clock pm. April ~ last. He
insisted on this occasion that April Il
was the correct date.
Allard said he drove to Rosslm, Va,
with Miss Baker; then drove to Alexan-
dria, and subsequently to point about
| $50 feet from the Washington end OF the
Key Bridge over the Potomac River.
No Record Of Check.
The prisoner said he shot Miss Baker
while parked In his car on the bridge
after She had threatened to tell ali-
thorities he had killed Nagel
F1aherty told AlIard practically all
of these statements were at variance
with the facts. He also made known
| the Citizens Trust Co. Of Schenectady
| had no record of cashing O check for
| $50. drawn by Miss Baker, which Allard
had argued had been sent to him after
he wrote the young woman he was with
out funds to make trip to Washing
| ton. He had said he cashed the check
| in the Citizens Bank.