Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Wednesday January 19 1949 Officers Weigh ‘Accident In Banking Heir’s Death TALLAHASSEE Fla Jan IS OF)—Officers leaned toward in the mysterious plantation tn accidental death theory Tuesdayheir to a multimillion-dolla- r trail shooting of a f¥ banking fortune Ptate Atty William D Hnpkin sooialiU Gren ld said the death of villa Baker of h’evr York1 whosea $ 00 000grandfather amasaed on Wall ’ Street ooo fortune ‘doesn't look like murder Young Baker was found dying of a pistol bullet wound through the head early Monday shortly after hi a jeep wrecked He had been rldng in the moonlight along a lonely drt road with pretty Thelma Griffin a young divorced car- hop who had met him tavma fewhour before at a night only I dub Accident Held Possible The atate attorney aaid "it is very possible" that the discharge of the pistol waa accidental He jfe""1 emphasized however that a f theory has not been discarded A coroner’s jury Monday night ruled that Baker waa killed by a rEEEs-pistol held by an unknown onparty the Tbe shooting occurred U S AIR CORPS GIG SCOOP! GIG VALUE! vast plantation of Baker's mother of where the Duke and Duchesa c shirt Windsor and other celebrities have B-1Me 5 v ot M nt been entertained at Officers are not hold rg Mrs Grtffn and two others who were with Baker at the night club and the Baker home shortly before the tragedy But Hopkins said SAV to get they had been aked “not Died after very far away" in the event they Grenville Baker are wanted for further questioning estate jeep accident shooting Tests Cast Asks Ci!) Whiiiors and Mrs Griffin said Sheriff Frank Stoutmaire sert there was very little dnnkirg 300 hO casts of tbe trio s bands j Early Monday morning Baker REG 1750 VALUE paraffne e Whid-thto the FBI in aahington along to show the out the O' WAR SURPLUS SALE arm? l'st wAh the pistol He asked tests to dor th9 u jeep back to Collar main Mouton ay G determine if any of them had highway Tbe cars became separARMY SHIRTS 100 Knit Bottom fired a gun recently SOME PERFECTS MENDS ated on the windng maze of trails NEED SLIGHT announced that n the estate Baker fired a shot Alpaca Lined Officers at COME EARLY FOR EST SELECTION Baker bad been killed in tbe jeep a plstol to attract attention Zipper Front MOSTLY SMALL SIZES accident Then tbe gusot wound of tbe Whiddons Sizes 36 to 46 was dscovered Fourd beside the Tbe w aitre riding w ith Baker vf body was a pistol Eight cart- put the pistol back in the pocket stol m were which tbe kES p ridges of his coat which she was wearirg Am — holds 10 when fully loaded she reported it wasn t there but empty shell wst Ijing rear-bwhen she regained her faculties The young divorcee shed ro light after the accident That was only V tii 1 teas an cvn tb ihooMng officers she ore of the mj stertes involved in tellrg PRICES THAT ONLY A WAR SURPLUS STORE CAN OFFER was b rown out of the car and the cae T0l'°etvfI'e' hive dared when it but an embarkment the accident theory Dicucng Fhe recovered consciousness and State Attv Hopkind eaid it waa aaw her companion lyirg m the possible the piatol waa thrown out HEAVY DUCK U S road then heard him groan US ARMY SKIS used — rTTy of tb pocket and discharged when the car hit the bank Died Minutes Later sUPtUioek’!f i US ARMY O'SHOES used 59 c VI A Wife En Route Mr Gnffin amid she ran to ' US Army HEAVY DUCK VWY FAen read and met the coup’e US ARMY 895 LOCKERS Baker a wife the former Alicia PANTS who bad been with them earlier Gragales of Mexico City waa reDanutHl —Good for long Time Sllzhtlv vakv in the night They returned to ported en route to Tallahassee by US Army CANVAS BED iS7 BFf US Army FLASHLIGHT tbe scene but Baker died a few plane He reportedly Tuesday Rons BATTERIES rrnutea later without regaimng married her over stern objections 3 for 7c H' consciousness met his at of mother after thev rm US Army Suntan PANTS 2Sc dechred i & Kev York party in Jhtl while Mn Griffin US Army RUBBER HALF vatoi tot to answer anv steadfastly SOLES pair questions Tuesday he w as a Harvard student Fhe said aha bad told the sheriff US Navy Wool Sweater man s grandfather The you 97 and coroner's jury everything she George F rg Baker founded RUBBER FULL the US Army knew about the case Known as the familv fortune HEELS pair Army Rifle Scabbards The socialite arrived Sunday sphvnx of Walt Street he died in by plan from the Bahamas 1931 an estate of mores right BE HERE WHEN THE DOORS OPEN and went to the tavern of a friend than SIleaving He1 00 000 000 to his son cash 3k a Whiddon for one was Floyd midnight of the nations banking a Whiddon with the and supper WAR SURPLUS SALE Mr Gnffin Then the party w ent greats HURRYI Grenville Baker's father died on j HURRYI HURRYI to the home of Bakers mother his jacht in the Pacific in 1937 V Mr George F Baker Sr The land the v oung heir inherited an f § U S ARMY LEGGIHGS M"dfoV&i IW JS36’) 066 trust fund Grenville was a flier in World War II and BUT S ARMY PISTOL GELTS an aviation enthusiast Hunting ('CHAPPED SKIN VALUE a was also $2450 hobby QUICK mE? 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