, 1873-03-08
THE ESCAPE OF BARRON.
His Eontls1nnn Believed to Be
Responsible.
No Possibility Of The Accused Roturn-
ing to Stand d Tria1.

Tho re1aaao Of Barron, tho fremont House
robbor, upon bail; was mentioned In ycstorday'a
Tn1nuNE. an hour aftdr his dismissal, Deputy
Sheriff informed Stato'a Attorney Hood that tho
man who signed tho bond wna not reBptnelblo;
In faos, WAS a dsreputahle character, aud had
Wilfullj porjurcd himaelf. h1r. Rood wna aston
ibh6d, and forthwith sont word to Superintendent
Washhurn to rcnrrcst Barron and his surety, 1t
possible. Tho efforts made to accomplish their
apprehension have alronly boon publishod, and
need not again bo adverted to beyond saying
that they havo thus far bcen unsuccessful. Tho
statement OF tho Deputy Sheriff was accepted as
true, 1t being too lato III tho day to bo vortitled
A TRIBUNE reporter devoted d portion Of
yesterday to tho caso, and succeeded In
establishing ita falsity 80 far as tho
responsibility Of tho bailor was concerned.
Tho namo OF tho man who aigned the
bond is Richard Dlakoman, and not Evans. Ho
appeared before Judge Williams, In tho Grim
inal Court on Thursday afternoon, accom-
pdtii6d a. s. Tr,ldo Darron's attorney, and
offered hinBelf as surety. He was requested to
schedule his property, he is customary, and
did 80, affirming that ho owned Lot ., and
tho east feet Of Lot 10, Block Is, Og-
dcr's Addition, with buildings thoreon--Nos. 12o
Ind No. 191 Hubbard strreet-worth 9s, ,6oo; also,
tho north half Of Lot In bicek IT, Canal Irus-
teos Subdivision Of tho enbt fract162 OF sou.h-
Gust qiartor Section 21 80, IA, with throo bn.'a-
inga thereon, worth In oil 50, o0o; that naithor
house Was occupied as homestead, and all wete
clear Of inoumbranco; TINT ho was worth above
all debts s15 900, having in addition - 900 worth
of gse gs5senS2 @ep%s GopSgtg gg,un,uoa tho affidavit and
% ao e szt Atto6ne # o M d sndsSS s
he did not. A.. 3. Jonku, lawyer, who WIS
Blhlomnn for eight yoars; that lo lad boon Lis
client, and know him to bo o man Of means and
character.
This was considered sufficient by the Court,
and roleaso waB made out. AB soon ns Barron
was liberated, hc jumped into buggy standing
noar the jail, and was driven off. 1t is believed
that the yehicle conveyed linn out Of tho city.
Tho allegations in yesterdays morning papora
that Barron was released upon " atraW bail
were road by Judge Williams, and he WAS por~
plexed: Shortly after taking his sent on tho
boncl, Trudo and Jenks came into court, and as
sured him TINT tho bail Was good: Trude kneto
Brakeman owned tho West 8ido property, and
Was equally confident about tho South Side real
estate because ho cTrude) had transferred It to
This ataternont WAS apparently satisfactory to
the Court, and no order Was made, His Honor
romarking TINT ho would take the mattor undcr
adyisoment.
The fact that Trude transferred aomo real os:
tAk8 III Dluk6Nlul3 VEF dcr lH OAk
tho limo when tho transfer was made, although
tho circumstances attending 1t arc unknown,
may give tho public an iden how criminals escape
from tho clutches Of justice. It will be remem-
bored !, that Barron was arrested On Feb Q, and
preliminary hearing before Justice scully about
warranty s ' decd d''va'Aiit Wis isit It the hoeord-
er'e or office BY some one 70 bo r., recorded.
the north Il OF Lot 4, Block II, southeast X a,
50, II, and was signed by Alfrod s. Trudo and
Algenin D. Trude, his wife. Tho consideration
was 50, 900. aud the dato Fob. 8, 1879. Tho
transaction may have been bona Jfde, but the
ing responsible for Barron's appearance stamps
IL as peculiar. It ia we'll known that Barron Ind
plenty Of money at his command, aud, Ind tho
a+bs bail bsoE t 600 or seooo no would have de"
Mr. Tr1lde assorted yesterday that Ills client
has not loft the city, and did not intend to do SO.
1t il, however, believed that tho hotol thief will
not be present whon his case IL called for trial.
country. Ho docs not "work " himself, but
"puts up tho jobs" and diRposeg of tho stolon
property. Ho can well afford to pay $4,000 or
100000 to avoid serving ton or fifteen years in
" mob Of hotol thieves for ton years, ho WIS
never arrested until he camo to Chicago tho last
time.
Tho present practice relative to tho taking of
DILL 10 q farce from beginning to end. A man ia
required to schodu1o his property, and to swear
TINT be owns i, but that many peraons can DO
found to do this when they do not possess d
foot Of land has been proven over and oyor
again. Only tho other day 3 fellow. who
gave the name OF William, Hamilton (his right
coguomen, is Rainsforth) offered himse]f as bail
for Goorgo' Kruae, VINO was charged with as
sault, making oath that he owned tho lots aud
dwellings, numbered 351 aud 853 Calumet avo-
nuo, and WAS worth $4,000. a detective who
YVES In tho Criminal Court recognized him as
roputed thief, although ho said nothing until
after 'Kruae was released. The Grand Jury
failed to find btll against Kruse, but Hamilton
ia no leas culpable. He hns boen arrcsted, and
is now in the Armory awaiting trial for perjury.
II tho Judgea or Justices would require bail
ors to produce the abstracts Of tho property they
claim to own, worry few criminals would escape
upon straw bail"
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