Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
CAMPBELL PISTOL
RE-TESTS PLANNED
! TO HELP U. S. CASE
Chicago Expert viii Examine
Alleged Baker Staying :
Weapon Again.
PHOTOGRAPHS EXPECTED
TO STRENGTHEN EVIDENCE
Defense Counsel Afterward Will
Be Allowed to Make Own
Inspection of Gun.

Steps TO strengthen the Governments
case against Herbert NJ Campbell
charged with Staying Mary Baker, in
GLIDING an exhaustive new examination
Of the alleged death weapon, will be
taken soon, it was learned last night.
William H. Collins, Assistant United
States Attorney in charge of the case
disclosed he had decided to send the
pistol turned over to the authorities by
Campbell and the bullets which caused
the girls death back to Chicago for new
tests by Col. Calvin Goddard, noted
ballistics expert and head of the GRIM
1nology laboratory of Northwestern
University.
While Collins attached little impor-
tance to the. return of the exhibits to
Chicago, it was suggested in other
circles that the move indicated the
Government felt that additional photo
graphs might be of help in the prose-
cution's effort to show a lay jury the
markings on which the Governments
experts base their contention that
Campbell's pistol fired the fatal bullets.
Col. Goddard repaired unequivocally
after his original examination of the
pistol and slugs some two months ago
that the bullets which killed Miss Baker
had been fired from Campbelrs weapon.
He reiterated this belief on a visit here
last week.
1t also was learned that additional
photographs of the death bullets and
test slugs have been taken by DR.. VIII
mer Souder, expert of the Bureau of
Standards. Persons who have viewed
these pictures declared the photographs
show the scratches and situations on
the death and test, bullets so plainly
that person unfamiliar with the
a{r =
ballistics might readily detect marked
similarity in the markings
Col. Goddard and DR.. Souder as we'll
as Lieut.. John Fowler, firearms ex-
pert OF the Washington police force.
nave agreed that marks left on fest
bullets fired from the Campbell pistol
correspond in detail to those on the
death slugs. They have contended
this proved the revolver was used in
the murder
Charles Henry Smith of Alexandra
chief Of defense counsel, has made plans
70 have his own expert, DR.. Albert II.
Hamilton of Auburn, N. Y, inspect the
revolver and bullets Collins informed
Smith yesterday that the additional
work planned by COL Goddard would
not be completed until some time next
week. He declared that Hamilton would
be permitted to view the exhibits after
Col. Goddard had finished.
Collins asserted Col Goddard's new
investigation would consist principally
of Photographic work He added the
Chicago scientist was hampered in his
original tests by the lack of complete
Photographic equipment This situa-
ton, he said, since has been remedied.
Meanwhile, Campbell and his wife
are enjoying a vacation in Montreal
and other Canadian resorts. Campbell
was released from Jail under $50. 600
bond last week. He is to be arraigned
in the District Supreme Court Oc-
tober z.
The release of Campbell under bond
by order of Federal Judge D. Lawrence
Groner OF Norfolk came as the culmina-
ton of a long series of legal skirmishes
between opposing counsel. Government
attorneys had sought to remove the
defendant to washington from Alex
andria. An agreement was reached
whereby Campbell was given his tempo
rary freedom in exchange for his
promise to appear here for trial.