Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-30

back here, and on Monday. July 30. I
was instructed to be at the Arlington
County Court House at o'clock. was
there. was not called into the room
where Barrere was until / o'clock.
was called in. Barrere greeted me very
cordially, and / greeted him. 1 think
some remark was made about the in
tense heat, and there was no further
conversation between us, but a number
OF witnesses were brought in. They
looked at each of us and then I was
excused; was told to go outside.
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At o'clock waited outside during
this time-1 was excused and told to
come back at o'clock that night.
which I did. I went home and ate my
dinner and came back and went into
the commemorative attorneys ONCE in
the court house. Mr.. Kelly and Mr..
Cloth were there and Sheriff Fields.
MIR. Kelly asked me to detail again
April IL. I attempted to do so. They
were just as false, however, as the first
story had given them, because I Still
did not know where I was except that
had left Mrs. Parsons at 2l0O Nine.
tenth street at 5 o'clock and that I
had taken Edwin to the Scout meeting.
Those were the only two things that
we're included in every story that gave
concerning the alibi.
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Mr.. Cloth asked me if I realized I
was not going home that night said,
Il don't presume ] am" He says, II
know you are not, You are under
arrest for murder" I said, "All right"
Then they started grilling me- When
I say they" / am referring to Com
monwealth Attorney Cloth and Mr..
Fields. Mr.. Fields said. Herbert, I
sent you home at o'clock this after
tunity to blow your brains out
don't know why you didn't do it. We
didn't expect you back here this eve
ming"
Denied Killing Girl.
I said, II didn't have any reason to
blow my brains out had done
nothing to blow my brains out for"
He said, "You know you killed a girl.
You choked her and you shot her and
you dumped her body in the culvert."
said, mo. I never killed Mary
Baker; I never knew Mary Baker, have
no idea who she was or anything about
her."
He said. well, doubt whether you
know whether you killed her or not.
because ] think you are insane; and
the best thing for us TO do Is to send
for doctor down at Richmond and
have him come up here and let you
plead insanity"
said. IT don't know but what
agree with you that l have acted like
an idiot in some phases of this thing,
but throughout the entire case my
pine interest has been in trying to
help In what way / could in appre-
bending the man who not only
thought was guilty, but that each one
OF you have thought was guilty; and
the reasons that have for thinking
that he was guilty are because of the
stories that have been told from
sources other than myself"
Detective Talley stayed there with
me and he said, Herbert, I know you
didn't have anything to do with the
killing of this girl, but you know who
did kill her. Come On and get it of
your chest. and you will feel whole
lot better after you get 1t off,"
said, Mr.. Talley, can't get any
thing more of my chest. don't know
who killed Mary Baker; don't know
any more than you do who killed Mary
Baker"
He said, "Well, you are shielding
somebody. You are shielding somebody
in this case. I know you are"
Not Shielding Anybody.
said. Il am not shielding anybody.
am in too tight place to shield any
body. If knew who killed Mary Baker
would gladly tell you. / am in jail"
On the following day Mr.. Cloth sent
for me to be brought over to his office.
He said, Herbert. am going to give
NypI1 NJ a nrn ~
the Northwestern University"
said, "I wish you would send It 10
somebody and have it examined, be-
cause that gun didn't kill Mary Baker.
It didn't figure in it."
expressed my gratitude to him. The
gun was sent out. so far as know, to
Gel. Goddard, and was sent back over
to jail.