The Washington times., 1930-05-24
SILENCE Wells
OBJECTIVE
Of QUIZ
Barrere "PIaced" frequently
Only to Get Away; Wanted
For Questioning by Officers

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Howard l.. Brewster, private at
tached to headquarters company
of the Army, who confessed to
killing Mary Baker and then re.
canted was again subjected to an
intense grilling by police today.
The man has been taken over
the route which he claims to
have followed the night Mary
Baker was murdered, driving her
car, and every day for the past
week he has been questioned by
officials investigating the deed.
Although the police refuse to
say just what Brewster told them
in five-hour grilling yesterday.
it was indicated that some de-
velopment has arisen overnight
which probably throws an entirely
different light on the story told
by the soldier.
Repudiated Stories
Brewster has made several con-
feSSions of the crime and has
in each instance repudiated them.
He is said to be standing up well
under the ordeal and still main
tainS that his original and subse-
quent confessions have been "a
joke"
Those at the guard house to-
day to interrogate Brewster again
were Lieut.. Edward J. Kelly,
Detective Sergeant John Fowler.
Commonwealth Attorney Will
liam C. Cloth, of Arlington
county, and several Department
of Justice agents.
j The driver of canary -colored
roadster, who is believed to be
keeping Barrere, informed of the
movements of local police. is to-
day being sought by authorities
investigating the crime.
Identity Held
This man. whose identity is
being guarded by investigators,
according to Commonwealth At
, torney William C. Cloth, of Ar
/ lington county. is wanted in con-
nection with a recent shooting
near the city limits of Alexandria,
! Just over the line in Arlington
county.
Barrere, who did odd painting
jobs in Arlington county. disap
peared from his usual haunts
May 3 when police were en-
deavoring to locate him for ques-
tioning in the Baker case. The
man is supposed to have talked
of having been acquainted with
Mary Baker sometime prior 70
the night she was attacked, shot
and her body hurled into a cul-
vert on the Cemetery Road nea~
the Arlington Cemetery wall.
Has Escaped Dragnet
The man who is supposed to
be tipping the painter off as. to
just what the police are doing
/ is definitely known. but like
Barrere, has managed thus far
/ to keep we'll outside of the po-
lice dragnet spread for everyone
who may be able to throw light
Oh In6 muTQeT.
Barrere, according to inveStiga-
tors, has been placed" several
times but in each instance has
been given ample warming that
enabled him to elude his would-be
captorS.
Police yesterday said that the
longer Barrere remains at large,
the more significance his absence
will have. They announced that
he Wall have a lot of explaining
to do when he is finally located
and brought to Washington.
Will Be Questioned
When located the former sol
dier will be asked concerning his
alleged boasting of acquaintance
with Mary Baker as, we'll as just
what he knows about the pigSkin
gloves, coat, hat and other effects
discovered in culvert on the
Arlington Experimental Farm a
few days after Mary Bakers life
less body was found.
While police are bending every
effort to locate Barrere, Howard
l.. Brewster, private attached to
headquarters company of the
Army, probably will be grilled
again Monday.
Brewster is supposed to have at
tended a dance in February where
Mary Baker was the guest of an
officer attached to the headuuar.
terS company. He is supposed to
have danced with the girl late that
evening.
II was also aScertained that
Brewster Dragged of having known
worker in the Government who
permitted him to drive her ma
chine when they went out to-
gether and to have waited on a
number of occasions near the
Navy Building for someone.