Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-20
Habeas Corpus Case,
No. 2.
CAMBRIpeEPoRT. W., Oct. Is, 1871.

although we did take hasty departure
from that Virginia town last September
2lst, we are yet residents of your highly
respected town, and although we feel
hardly able to WELD the quill after
reading Mr.. MacNulty's highly interest
ing and instructive epistle, and though
we may not appear to him personally,
yet we feel it our duty TO give him one
more opportunity to vindicate Mr.. Bar
RVS character and standing in Virginia.
We do not wish to deny that Mr.. j. w.
Barry is not gentleman in every respect
and that his record is as good as any mans
in the county of Culpeper, we think per-
haps it may be the best, we hope so at
least from what we saw there during our
hasty visit. He states that every person
in that neighborhood knew that his Bar
ry's) wife was insane. We do not know
but any person of responsibility is con-
sidered insane there. The honorable
gentleman says we left his Office in hur-
ry, we acknowledge all that, 'ce are guilty
and think we should do so again, we hope
the p. Nj. was not offended as we did not
visit Virginia for the purpose of seeing
him or Mr.. Barry, we had seen quite
enough of the latter gentleman here
He also states he made an effort but was
not able to see us as we left on the nexttrain
bound north. We here state that upon
the 2lst day of September A. D. 1871,
we did appear upon the streets of said
Culpeper and held ourselves open to
converse with the p. M. or any other
man, upon all subjects thought proper
when met.
We did not however meet the Hon. P.
NJ. above named to our knowledge, though
we did meet his deputy and conversed
with him freely. We feel very sorry that
we did not see this P NJ S smiling face
and have the pleasure of giving him
hearty grip. Although of Irish de
scent yet we trust we may meet with this
warm friend of Mr.. Barry's and that he
may be the means of establishing rep
utation of undoubted reproach for him
in Vermont. The P. M. also states thai
we did engage Mr.. Latham to prosecute
as it appeared to them all there, mali
ciously, Mr.. Barry We did not wisi
Mr.. Latham to prosecute maliciously, bu
wished the defendant to know one thing
viz: that there was some one who inhab
tied this great and glorious universe 0
ours besides James w. Barry.
We never reported that we found tn
evidence in Virginia much stronger tina
we expected against Mr.. Barry or tina
we found any evidence at all, and def
the Hon. gentleman to produce it. W
did not wish to 60 to Mr.. Barry's neigi
borhood at all to learn anything that Wa
mot in his favor entirely" We tran
acted our business in the short time "
remained there as satisfactorily as thong
we had stayed until this date, and al
:. satisfied with the result of the case. "
have never wished to injure Mr.. Barr
: or to "persecute him, but neverthele
: we did have right to 60 to Virgini
u and do not think our actions or hasty d
~ parture from there should merit a new
: paper article or call forth such assertio
= as Mr.. MacNulty made After repeatir
= twice in his communication that we a
', rived there on Sept. 20, at 10 P. NJ, al
= left on Sept. q, at 2:1S P. NJ, and that v
: left his Office in haste, and the third tin
that Mr.. Barry is respected III his comm
i nifty, be goes on to state that he mere
:. wishes show to the people of our secti'
that Mr.. Barry was justified in his actio
!: and that the charge that is sought to bes
against him is groundless, we hope that
did convince the people of this county th
= Mr.. b. was justified in restraining one "
we know is respected in this community
: her liberty, and of right to breathe
:. pure air and see her home and frien,
under whose treatment her mind so quie
ly RECEIVERS from disease, and away fro
one who in every way seems but pois
to her both mentally and morally.
seems that the climate in Vermont
:, very exhilarating to Mrs. Barry for
though we must not deny that she v
= insane when Mr.. B. placed her in t
asylum at Brattleboro, yet the attenda
= Miss Ella Woodward, testified that
Nc saw her Immediately upon her arri,
h. there, and had been her attendant duri
80 the six days she remained there, a
nd that she saw nothing bordering upon
"A sanity in the least.
10 We hope Mr.. Barry, by changi
politically between the North and Sol
e. or any other means thought proper, n
on make and retain many warm friends
cd both places, and that he may not m
:. with such endorsements as he has
:, Gently at the Windham County Cor
- or with those who charge him with off
ces that are groundless as the undersi