Haldon Baker Fink murder investigation June 15, 1939 Toledo Blade

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Scenes  And  Principals  In   Clyde  Tragedy
Persons and scenes connected with the investigation
: the murder of 10-week-old Haldon (Buster) Fink, Clyde,
., are shown in these pictures taken by Eli Dorf, of The
lade Staff. Picture No. 1 shows Oran Baker, the child's
randfather, gazing at the body of the baby shortly after
was removed  from  Greea  Creek, between  Clyde  and
Fremont. No. 2 shows Mrs. Baker, the child's grandmother, left, and her daughter, Mrs. Velma Fink, 22-year-
old divorcee and mother of Buster. In No. 3, Audrey Bennett, a neighbor of the Baker family, is shown examining
the carriage from which the child was taken. She is holding one of the baby's bootees. Ervin Fink, 23, Fremont,
the baby's father, is shown in No. 4.   The Baker home in
Clyde, from which the child was taken, is shown in No. 5.
Edwin Baker, uncle of the baby and brother of Mrs. Fink,
is in No. 6. "Rags," a pet in the Baker household that
failed to bark when the baby was taken, is in No. 7 and in
No. 8 Deputy Sheriff Ted Paul, who was among discoverers
of the body, points to the spot where he located the child.
Clues Believed Found In Death
Of Clyde Baby, Stolen From Home
Woman Survives
BY TOM KENNY
Of  The  Blade Staff
CLYDE, O., June 15—A break
in the investigation of the abduction-slaying Tuesday night of Haldon (Buster) Fink, 10-weeks-old
Clyde baby, is expected shortly,
Prosecutor A. L. Hyser indicated
this afternoon.
The baby's body was found in
Green Creek, between Fremont and
Clyde, at noon yesterday, 12 hours
after the child had been taken
from his crib.
"There may be something by
nightfall," the Prosecutor said after
a conference with other Sandusky
County officials. He would not
elaborate on his statement and refused to answer further questions,
however, it was believed new clues
had been uncovered.
Thrown   in   Creek
Haldon was dead before his tiny
body was thrown into the creek, an
autopsy last night disclosed.
Dr. D. W. Philo Sandusky County
Coroner, who had previously given
a verdict of homicide by drowning,
said after an autopsy last night
that the baby died of suffocation,
caused, possibly, when a blanket
was wrapped tightly about its head.
The child, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ervin Fink, who were divorced
June 6, was taken from its carriage in the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oran Baker,
Clyde, about 10 p. m. Tuesday. The
body was found by searchers
shortly before noon yesterday.
Assistance Offered
J. R. O'Hara, agent of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation in
Cleveland who worked with Shenn
H. L. Myers all of yesterday, probably will step out of the case, Sheriff Myers said.
The Sheriff said he had been informed by federal authorities that
the case was not one of federal
jurisdiction.    The    FBI,    however,
offered  any  assistance  that might
be asked of it, he said.
Part of the investigation swung
to Toledo today as Chief Herman
Schneider, of Fremont, Sandusky
County seat, took a door knob from
the. Baker home to Toledo for fingerprint examination. The door
knob is from the baby's first floor
Rumblings Of Quiz
Faced By NLRB
BY RAYMOND Z. HENLE
Toledo   Blade   Bureau,   WASHINGTON,   June   15
Rumblings of an impending investigation of the National Labor
Relations Board became more noticeable today as testimony of determined efforts on the part of board officials to favor the C. I. O.
bulged the records of the  Senate Labor Committee.
On the House side, reports persisted that Representative E. E. Cox,
Democrat,  Georgia,    who  fathered
the  investigation  of WPA,  is car
rying in his pocket a resolution to
authorize an investigation of the
Labor Board.
Reports were that other members
thus far have dissuaded Cox from
acting in the belief that current
hearings before both Senate and
House labor committees on bills
to amend the Wagner Labor Act
may result in salutary action.
Stories Related
Meanwhile witnesses before the
Senate committee continued to pour
out a stream of testimony on how
Labor    Board    regional    directors,
agents, trial examiners and lawyers
favored the C. I. O.
One witness related how a field
agent for the board demanded food
and supplies be sent to C. I. O. sit-
down strikers by a sheriff instructed by court order to evict the
strikers.
Another witness described a visit
from a Labor Board agent who demanded exclusive bargaining rights
for a C. I. O. union when proof was
available that this union controlled
only five per cent of the employes.
Still another witness told the committee   how   a   trial   examiner   for
room,   from   which   the   child   was
taken.
Sheriff Myers, Agent O'Hara and
deputies worked most of the night
sifting clues gathered in yesterday's investigation. The Sheriff,
however, said today that he did not
have sufficient grounds for an arrest.
"Fits in Picture"
The Sheriff continued to regard
an unshaven stranger seen near the
Baker home Tuesday night as a
suspect and, while refusing to say
the stranger was the most likely
suspect, Sheriff Myers declared:
"He's a good one though. He sh'ould
be in the picture. He seems to fit
in very well."
Two new incidents, one which
may establish the time that the
baby was thrown into the creek,
spurred officers today.
George Thompson, whose home
is only a short distance from Green
Creek, told Sheriff Myers he heard
an automobile door slam on the
creek bridge at 10:03 p. m. Tuesday.
He said he looked at a clock as
he heard the noise. Authorities
have been told that the baby was
stolen about 10 p. m.
Mrs. Silas Ledman, of Nelson
Street, Clyde, spurred the hunt for
a man when he reported that while
she was hunting dew worms near
her home between 9 and 11 o'clock
Tuesday night an old coupe drove
past her house several times.
Heard  Baby   Cry
Finally it stopped, she said, and
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