Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-22
PROSECUTOR OPENS.
CAMPBELL'S TRIAL
Collins Says Accused Man
expects to Be Executed
for Baker Death.
Icontlnued From First Pags.l


explaining the indictment under which
the defendant was brought to trial con-
tanned two counts, both charging first
degree murder. He said one charged
that Campbell had slain the girl by
strangulation, while the other contend
ed she had been shot to death. He
pointed out this was q question Of fact
to be decided by the jury.
He then told Of Miss Bakers attend
ance at church services late on the
afternoon of April IL, last. He said she
left the church to 60 to Seventeenth
and 3 streets for her automobile while
en- route to q downtown department
store to meet friend, with whom she
had an appointment.
Tell Of Meeting.
1--WE will show" Collins declared "she
was accostsd at about the time she en-
tered her parked car. which was APP
pToximately pm. We will prove that
when she got into the car, the man who
accosted her made some advances,
which we're resented
Miss Baker attempted 70 fight her
assaIant. AS result, she received a
heavy blow on the mouth. which loosen
ed her lower teeth and badly bruised
her lips. The man then attempted TO
stranyte her, applying tremendous pres
sure wsth his hands. In less than nve
minutes the girl was In morihund
condition-nexS door to death-from
which there was no recovery,
1T so happened, we will show, that
there was another person coming east
on = street at this time. She then was
close TO death. Thu drive1 was hang
ing over Tire wheel - Der car as the
man approached. Mary Baker then was
in the throes Of death. She made her
final movement, the swinging OF her
arm ffIat n fhA IMAM drew alOnNgidA
the car.
Tier assailant, realizing ne was being
observed, started the car Immediately
and drove away. Three pistol shots
were heard q moment later by our
witness. The car proceeded west on
B street and then north on Seven
teenth. Mary Baker at this time was
dead. The car proceeded through
Georgetown and across Key Bridge,
then turning to the left and following
the road below the south gate Of
Arlington National Cemetery.
Shot Three Times.
1--WE expect to show that as a result
OF the three gunshot wounds inflicted
in the huddle, with Mary Bakers head
against the door Of her car, she died. |
She was shot three times. One bullet |
entered the neck. severing the jugular |
vein and then piercing her arm, ulti- |
mately to lodge In her breast"
At this point the prosecutor pointed |
to his left chest, saying the two other |
bullets entered at the spots directed and !
1.-The assailant," Collins charged, pro-
ceeded to. the culvert which sets down
from the road at the edge Of the ceme- |
terry. The place Is not conspicuous from
the road itself. The assailant took the /
body out of the car and placed 1t at the |
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practically at the lower base Of the cul-
vert, face downward.
I'VE expect to show that the aSsailant, |
who was Herbert Campbell, the defend |
ant, proceeded along the road leading |
into the Agricultural Experimental |
Grounds, and was in the grounds at
$40 o'clock; He then put the clotne:
threw away the keys to Mary Bakers |
car, turned the car around and drove |
away. AS he turned the car around he |
was observed.
Car Seen During Night.
"He then pursued q course back |
toward the direction in which he had !
come and proceeded to q triangle, where |
he abandoned the car. The car was |
seen from o'clock that night at diff |
ferent hours until It was taken by po- |
lice Of Arlington County the next morn |
ing.
I'VE viii show you in connection with |
this case that on the morning Of the |
day the body was found In the culvert |
Herbert Campbell gave employment to |
one Herman Barrere. Barrere worked |
that day, a Saturday, and came back |
Monday. On Monday night Barrere was |
arrested at the instance Of the defend |
ant and charged with the larceny Of |
certain articles. He was incarcerated
week.
Subsequently, the defendant went TO |
see the Commemorative attorney and |
asked to withdraw the charges against |
Barrere.
Some time thereafter these things |
In the trap were found. Among them |
was q pair Of gloves, in addition to the |
articles Of Mary Baker. The defendant |
was interviewed and asked II he had q
pair Of pigskin gloves. He said he did. |
He was told a pair Of such gloves had |
been found In the trap.
HE then described his gloves as hav- |
ing been used on his automobile and
being covered with grease. He said he
could identify them. When the gloves |
were shown TO him, he said: See those |
marks, see that grease? Those are my |
gloves He said his only thought was |
that they had been stolen from his |
house by Barrere. He continually said |
that the man who had killed Mary b. |
ker was Herman Barrere. Shortly after |
this time Sheriff Howard B. Fields went |
to see Campbell in connection with Bar |
rere and INTERCEPTED him concerning |
information as to the mans where |
abouts.
Went to Richmond.
Campbell then Joined in the search |
for Barrere, continually suggesting that |
II they caught Barrere, they would have |
the man who killed Mary Baker He |
went so far as to go to Richmond, pro- |
posedly to locate Barrere's relatives, with |
an idea Of finding Barrere.
"On June 5, Herbert Campbell came
to the Arlington County Court House |
and asked for Commemorative Attorney |
William G. Cloth. Mr. Cloth was not |
there. He then asked for Sheriff Fields. |
He said it was very important. He had !
with him at the time trim bundle. |
He was ushered into the presence Of |
Fields and handed him the bundle. The |
package contained a pistol. He said |
he was satisfied that this was the gun |
that shot Mary Baker.
He told Sheriff Fields he did not |
want the gun examined by the sheriff |
or by Mr.. Cloth, but by experts.
He said further that on that day
there came TO his office a man who he
described at great length. He told the
color Of his shoes. his stockings, his tie
and his shirt. He said he particularly
noticed the shoes, because he thought
at the time he would like to have a
pair like the man was wearing.
He said this man asked him: What
have you against Herman Barrere?'
"I haven't anything, he told the
man.
"He said the stranger asked him what
caliber gun he possessed. Campbell
said he had .38. The man asked him