CAUGHT AT LAST
LAST ♦ MURDERER OF GIRL CLERK WASHINGTON, 20th July. The murder of Miss Mary Baker, the pretty chief clerk of the Navy Department, and the story of how an attempt was made to place the blame upon an innocent man, are related to the arrest of Herbert Campbell to-day. Campbell, who is an estate agent, aged 40, has been formally charged with tho murder, which created a sensation, last April.. Many weeks ago the police established the fact that Campbell's revolver was used in killing Mary, w.hose body was found shortly after she was heard quarrelling with a man in her own parked motor-car. When, the police questioned Campbell, who is a married man with two children, ho gave information which 'led to the arrest of Herman Barrere, an itin-, erant portrait painter. Barrere was traced to Montreal and brought back to stand his trial. He related facts which turned the tables on Campbell. The police released Barrere and arrested Campbell, who has since made a qualified confession.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 28, 1 August 1930, Page 9
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170CAUGHT AT LAST Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 28, 1 August 1930, Page 9
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