Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20
BARRERE INSISTS HE CAN PROVE
INNOCENCE OF MURDER CHARGE

would believe anything Mrs Smith
told me, because she Is that kind OF a
lady"
"Then you did make some such re-
mark2"
Il said no, but you say Mrs. Smith
said yes. I would have to ask Mrs.
Smith If she actually said it. No, sir.
All can say now Is that never knew
or heard Of Mary Baker until I read
about the murder"
Questioned About Gun.
did you ever see q gun in Herbert
Campbell'S house?"
positively not. didn't know he had
a. gun. And never owned q gun since
l was in the Army"
do you deny you stole some stuff
from Campbeli's house while you were
painting it?"
well, I pleaded not guilty, didn't I?
They said they found the goods in my
car, but haven't any idea how 1t got
there, You see had been drinking
with some friends over there-there
were some women in the party-but
don't think was drunk enough to take
an old alarm clock and some other stuff
like women'S apparel had no use for.
mo, sir. think that stuff was plant
ed in my car and was framed. You
remember that Campbell nolle pressed
the case, don't you, Mr.. Gloth?"
The incident to which Barrere had
reference was the occasion of his arrest
on complaint of Campbell on q charge
of HOUSEKEEPING. Barrere was in the
Arlington County jail the week after
the finding OF the Baker girls body,
awaiting trial on the theft charge, but
the case was dropped when Campbell
refused to press the charge.
Gives Gun to Police.
1t was Campbell who, several weeks
after the crime, voluntarily turned over
to the authorities a pistol which he
said had gotten into the drawer Of his
realty Office desk under strange circum-
stances, According to Campbell, the
pistol was one he had owned for long
time and had always kept In his resi-
dence, nearby, in OakcreSt.
Campbell said O stranger with a wart
on his nose came to his ONCE and made
some suspicious inquiries about the gun,
as result of which he was induced to
look for it. To his surprise, he found
it in the desk, he said.
In turning the weapon over to police
Campbell mentioned that Barrere had
been painting his house some weeks be-
fore and he had missed some articles
from the house. He intimated that
Barrere might be able to explain how
the gun changed its location from the
residence to the Office.
The gun was turned over to DR..
Wilmer Souder of the Bureau of Stand
ards for inspection. DR.. Souder Is the
Governments recognized expert on gun
Identification. He announced that the
two bullets removed from the battered
corpse of Mary Baker had been shot
from CampbelPs pistol.
Would Face Campbell.
With that discovery, an international
police dragnet was spread for Rarrere,
ending in his arrest Wednesday night
In Montreal.
Barrere Is resentfuI Of the irnplica.
lions brought against him by his
former employer and says he in anxious
TO meet him face TO face and hear him
repeat the insinuations.
The prisoner charges that his present
plight Is the result Of q terrible mis-
take or a dirty frame-up," and in the
next breath declares Campbell has har-
bored 'grudge" against him for some
time.
In view Of these DEVELOPMENTS, Prose-
cutor Cloth plans to confront Barrere
with Campbell probably tomorrow. He
has characterized the protected meet
ing as Showdown"
The meeting was to have taken place