Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-29

on me for not leaving the telephone
alone" while she was preparing dinner,
he said also he overheard Mrs. Camp
bell upbraid his stepson for his failure
to dress more promptly to- attend q
Scout meeting, as she had testified.
1t was after dinner the witness related
that he drove his stepson to the meet
ing. He said it wass7:20 by a street
clock when he passed Fourteenth and
u streets.
II couldn't get the car into the curb"
Campbell said, 80 parked abreast. !
got out and went into the church and
as i remember talked to Mr.. King q
moment or two. And then went to
visit friends on Hampton street for
about Is minutes. After that went to
the home Of Mrs. Marion Stuart.
reached there ct 7:45 Or 7:60.. ] stayed
until nearly 0 O'Clock.
The witness declared he searched for
his stepson on his way home without
success, returning to Virginia by way
Of the Highway Bridge. He said he ar
rived home between 10 and 10:l5 pm.
and stayed there all night.
It was at this juncture that Van
doren started the line Of questioning
that brought from Campbell the decla-
ration that he never shot nor choked
Mary Baker" He also said in answer
to questions that he didn't know any
one who did know the girl; that he
never saw her car. and that he was
not IN the neighborhood of Sixteenth
and B streets between $50 and $50
on the night Of April IL.
ever discussed the staying with any
Official was about April 20, when he
was called on by Sheriff Howard B.
Fields Of Arlington County, William G.
Cloth, Commonwealth attorney, and
several others. He quoted Fields as
having asked him II he thought Barrere
had any connection with the case.
Visited by Newspaper Men.
"You made some reference to having
been visited about this time by news
paper men," Vandoren began.
"Who were they?"
"Peake of the Herald and Beale, who
think was on some newspaper, but
he declared himself to be an independ-
ent investigator" Campbell answered.
What did they Say?"
Peak told me they had gotten q
good break. He said Mrs. Harrison
Smith. the wife Of a former secretary OF
Vice President Curtis had called the
Washington Times and told them Bar
rere had told her he had been to dances
This line Of questioning was abruptly
| terminated. The defense attorney
previously had said he would seek to
show that Campbell had been In
fuenced by newspapermen IN becoming
involved In the case.
The witness then told Of his employ.
ment Of Barrere to paint his house. He
testified he had Barrere arrested after
another man who was working on alter
A., III HAA ~
seeing Barrere walk out OF the house
with wearing apparel and other articles
owned by Campbell. He said he learned
Barrere had stolen" among other
things q bag Of candy left in dresser
drawer in which he previously had
placed his pistol.
The defendants testimony was inter-
rupted at this point by the noon recess.
Boy Scouts Testify.
When the trial resumed this morning
the first witness was Charles Wenr1cn
of 1349 Quincy street, Boy Scout. He
| testified he had seen Campbell walk
| into the Columbia Heights Christian
Church the night Of April IL with his
stepson. Edwin Callahan. The witness
said records in his possession supported
his memory by showing young Callahan
had been present at the meeting. SINH
| ldr UcSblIUOIy WhS given Wy OAAssA
Morris and William Hunt, also members
of the Scout Troop. Collins developed
on cross-examination that each OF the
Scouts were good friends" OF Camp
bells stepson.
Lawrence E. Roland, . telephone
company employee, told the jury ofacial
records disclosed call had been made
| over the telephone In Campbell's home,
at 5:45 pm, April IL.
The next witness HaSsell II. Burgwin
of the 100 block of Massachusetts, ave
nue., testified a book entitled THE
Golden Dancer" found with the clothes
Of Miss Baker, originally had been his
property. He said he had not seen the
novel since he loaned 1t to Miss Ruth
Capen of the 100 block of N street In
the Summer of 1929.
Miss Capen, an employe Of the De-
partmtnt of Agriculture, said the book
was in her car the last time she saw
it. She reported a search for the novel
In the machine about a week after Miss
Baker was killed proved fruitless. She
was unable to account for the disap-
pearance of the book.
At this point Vandoren was 1ermitted
TO place in the record q statement he
had obtained from Mrs. Frank x. Sum-