Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-04
From the Montpelier Journal.l
Recapture of Barton.
NARRATIVE OF HIS ESCAPE AND RE
ARREST.

so uneeremonious an exit.
THE wANDERINGs OF THE FUeITIvEs.
Barton gives the following outline of
his adventures in the pursuit of liberty,
after escapi.g from Jail. He and McAvoy
first proceeded directly down Court street,
thence across the first railroad bridge be-
low the depot to Montpelier Junction.
where they waited for about half an hour
for other escaped prisoners to join them,
but none coming up they proceeded on
the track toward Northfeld Barton
says that while running down Court
street, after the alarm had been given, he
met man who hurriedly inquired of
them where the fire was? Barton re-
Piled, 81 am sure L don't know, but have
| Just come out to find it. You go that
way and | will go this" This was the
only person they met that night. In eros
sing the railroad bridge near the depot,
Barton fell through the stringers of the
bridge, but caught himself SO that, with
the help Of McAvoy, he was soon released,
| but not until he was somewhat sore and
bruised Barton adds, II crossed the rest
of that bridge on my hands and knees,
and at any time during the rest of the
passage should gladly have welcomed the
sheriff or any body else who would have
taken me to place of safety"
McAvoy it appears had previously been
employed upon the railroad, and knew
the whole route thoroughly, and to him
Barton ascribes his success Ia eluding the
officers and in finally scceeding in max
ing his escape.
They arrived at Nortbfeld about twelve
o'clock on Monday night, where crossing
the foot bridge, they went through the
rail shops, and travelled about mile be-
yond Roxbury, and then went into barn
an -taid until about four o'clock Tues
day afternoon. Then they proceeded on
their ronte, and 1T two o'clock Wednes-
day morning, they had reArly reached
West Randolph.
Up to this time neither of them had
had mouthful to eat from the time they
escaped, and Barton had no hat or cap,
although it had showed very hard Mon
day night, and the weather was quite
severe. Just before reaching West Ran
dolph B .rton tainted away, but was fin
allv recovered through the exertions of
McAvoy. They then went into neigh
boring barn, and McAvoy after making
as much of n toilet as the exigenCies Of
the ease would permit went into West
Randolph will "a and procured some
crackers md - cap for Barton. They laid
in ,ti- b ,ru over Wednesday, Barton i'm
proving this opportunity to extract the
gla.s ,r,.,,, his hand, which had got in
whil- hrt king fhe window out Of which
be m de hj4 escape fcam jail. Wednes-
day uigh' they proceeded TO about mile
below R0yaIton where they laid in a
| 49, r,i.5lt tFpv 4 K ed
to Wh,tt River Junction Friday morn
ing about bali past two o'clock they took
the night express train and got off at Bel
lows Falls.
They first saw the bill5 Offering re-
ward Of five hundred dollars for their re-
capture at West Randolph, and at Bel
lows Fills they laid over one train for the
purpose of getting shaved. For some rea-
son or other the BARRIERS shop was not
: opepe9 us carly as usual that morning,
but aa soon as it was opened they, appar-
8 emily total strangers to each other, went
in. There WAS but one barber in the shop,
and Barton was first shaved, the barber
Concluding lust in season to allow him to
lump on the train, while McAvoy waited,
and so they were separated. Barton pro-
ceeded at once to New York 0ta Grout's
Corner, Palmer and Springfield, and ar
rived there Friday evening without fur
ther accident or incident. Of McAvoy'
further adventures we will speak further
after we have had chance of interview
ing him.
THE RECAPTURE.
The following is Barton's account OF
his rccapture Il had lawsuit in New
York involving one thousand dollars. Ol
Wednesday last I received a note from
the attorney on the other side saying that
his clients had desired to settle the suit,
and that if / and my wife would call at
his Office that day to sign the receipts, the
case would he discontinued. Accom-
panied by a lawyer we accordingly called
at the place appointed about II o'clock at
noon. We were at once invited into the
Ilawyer's private office, and l saw sitting
there man with his cap drawn down
over bis face, and his coat collar turned
up SO as to conceal his face. The lawyer
asked me if I was the husband of this
lady replied, Il ana"
At this point, Squires-(for, as our
readers may have imagined, he was the
hero Ct the turned down cap and turned
up coat oullar) dumped up, and three po-
lice officers coming into the room at the
same time, arrested me. | was surround-
ed and hand cuffed. l told Squires /
wanted to. see his papers that [ wanted
a lawyer, and that wanted to be taken
before a magistrate, all of which requests
were denied me. l was taken to police
station and there hustled into close oar
riage with Squires and two policemen.
| asked them to be allowed to see my
wife, but they re used me this request.
heard the orders given to the driver of the
hack, to drive me up one street and down
another until train time, and then take
me to the New Haven depot The object
Of this suppose, to prevent any one find
ing me to serve a writ of bGbeas corpus
or ne.
'At three o'clock I was taken to the
New Haven depot, one of my hands was
hand-cuffed to one of Squires hands and
l was hurried aboard the train, which
started at once. Two of the New York
policemen accompanied US twenty miles,
and then returned. We stopped ovsr
night at Springfield, where was commit
, ted to the station house. And the next
. day we arrived here, where l am now
duly installed in my former quarters"
Barton adds "that he is in great trouble
about his family as no provision is made
for their support, and that he fears they
will become objects of charity" Mr.
Barton fully exonerates Mr.. Squires from
any completely with his escape.
In justice to Mr.. Squires by whose
energy and adroitness Barton was recap
tured, we desire to say that he had in
his possession the proper requisition OF
the Governor of Vermont upon the Gov
ernor of New York for the arrest of Bar
ton, and that the somewhat summary
measures taken by him to secure the pris-
oner are probably fuller warranted by
the difficulty which always attends the
arrest and bringing away of criminal
from New York; city. Mr.. Squires has
also by his promptitude and success in
this done much to clear away the popular
belief that he was implicated in the