The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-30
Il NOTED BURGL4R.
TIE ADVENTURES or TAX BARRE-A arAE
ESTT-LED 10 RANK WITH UuM BAL
LARD EUW N THE WESTERN
FENLEESLl AZ.

county, IN THE fan Of 1S74- and setting fi.e
10 the building, Vas one Of The most 6es-
psTsDe robbers safe blowers and jail-5-szk-
ers II the country, and his life was made
Up OF thrilling adventures Several years
ago be was sentenced 70 the Psuitsutiarv
a. joliet Illinois. for ten years for burElz-
~ but broke o1t IN SIX months after eu-
terIng the prison Shortly af-erEzrd be
went % Indiana committed = burglary.
zs convicted. sentenced 20 the Peuitsn-
uzry fo- seven years and served out The
term About SIX months after his release
be went - St Louis where be net John
FeI1sr- and u con paDE with hI1o went -
Springfield. Ere county, where he blew
open TIE sale Of tie POStot1oe and robbed
Il q Is coure1ts- The Vigilance Commit
tee ~ Springfield sent ou- notices Of the
burg larry together with q description q
Barry one OF which ~zs received by nan
named BzrtbOloDew al Geneva. Ohio
soon zft6rssr1 BzTThOl01leE saw Two men
getting on = freight tram At Geneva and
a. 0oos rsooEu Izsd one of them As Barr
He approached them and inquired who
they were Barry replied that -bey were
sailors, and gave The name q > certain
boat. . whose crew he said they we're a.
tsch6d. Bsrtb0l0Dsw knew thai the boat
named was laid ID, and, Eoing.1p % Barry.
said be would have 70 arrest hin. The
latter pulled bis revolver ard fred shot
RbIcb took effect n BATtbul011ews wrist
ba-Ibol1uew stll peTslsriug II bis design
70 make TIE arrest Barry fred again and
this line the ball struck Bartholomew in
the head but passed srgund over his skull
and did Dot seriously iuj1Te him. Barry
having nov fred bis last shot attempted 70
-uD- Ba-tboluceE stucE 70 his nan and
following him % fence. which Barry Al
tempted % s5sls- tie 6etectivs caught
him by the leg and held him fast. Barry
bad but one resource EFF and that Vas q
club his weapon, aid be beat his pursusr
over the head until be fel - bIs feet in
sensible Barry then escaped and kept
shady f1r some tine. He Eas finally taken
b. Deputy sheriff Higgins a. Bath. Steu-
beu county. New York as suspicious
person kit Of Burglars tools having been
found IN his possession This discovery
had been made through The pryinE IuCuis-
itIveuess CT little daughter Of tie and
lord a 4 boIel wbsre Tax and one uf his
pals we're temporarily stopping The al
tb0TIl55s had no idea u the importance Of
the capture and Barry ID n5t take the
psins 70 sDLEbrsn them bu- gave Al as
S1D6d mana 8a-y was taken before
slstcs Hess for . preliminary hearing. AZ
tracing the usual crowd and on 3 table
were spread ont q llt Of 5us drills a brace.
jil-uies- Eus saws, and = Vlosc Of soDe-
thing that looked IKE rubber Viuz- about
I've fsss long The Eools were turned over
and tie rubber pipe Vas handled consider
atly and very carelsssly- I Ezs no-5ce6 q
TIE tine that Barry seemed . bs interest
&c in watching Il zs one and another han
died il, bul be said nothing. Wilhelm iail.
awaiting trial, he WIS recognized. from =
printed description. by Detective PEI kIus
after BIS identity a. The verifzbls Tax
Barry had been proven Vas handed over
70 him % bs disposed q b. the United
STATES Authorities
DEPUTY Marsha Higgins. Who bad made
the arrest accompanied Perkins aE6 Tax
Barry ou the way - Enc Meantime the
bu7glar tools and the rubber PIPE bad been
lefi iu The closet 81 the house OF Higgins
ready 70 b used as evidence When on
the cars. On the way 10 Eris- Tax Barry
tod Detective Perkins that he expected
rbey-6 al have been blown = bel Il JUS
tioe Eess Uf5ce - and proceeded TO explain
bv saving that that rubber pipe contained
enough explosive CON pound 70 have made
Efr5-fDr wood OK of the whole black Ct
buildings and the internal fools there
were tossing Z around - u i E2s q 10
account Perkins asked him WY he
didn't tel them q the danger. Tax re-
Piled ihz1 he'd As lief 20 - the devil zs
= have given himself away BY telling Il
then. and De thought be e1uld stand u Il
tbsv could" Deputy Sheriff Higgins wzs
II q cold szeat from fright and ~ the trst
station stopped and teleE-zphed - as
wife. s-Lg1ck the closet door where that
r5sece Of rubber Fipe : dou't touch i /,
don't on any account whatever, ls- that
door be unlocked by any o1e wLlle an
away"
HfFrfos was extremely nervous during
his necessary say n Enc and E1t home a.
som = possible He tbo1EhI the chances
were that Barry vas lying about the mai
Tar. trr the 6uub- vas DOT q the kind %
create peaceful emotions. and on rs aTrs-
Va home he carefully unlocked Tie closet
r5o-r took u1 rtss innocent looking ru5beT
r57ps. and gently dropped i ooEu deep.
S55suSsd cistsrn- he sol6 = nelEEour O Il
and The ueizh5o- Informed bln thai that
would never do. and more especially as The
obstinate pips lad caught over = prulec-
tion. and w2s o1ly a5out two-thiTos of the
~ down. By ms tiDs Higgins Eas gs5
tag out Of patience and using big Eolos
when referring - Z, but be gut u LADDER
and detached the 0tfenGing article and
brourht i upon terra 6rrna- The Dysrs-
rsa1s pius became neighb1Tboo6 talk. but
although The majority pvufessed . believe
The explosive substance theory hun
tsulr a. but one were content - iet =
slrsns Nr. Bel kindly took tbe vsUzti0us
,sTed-ed his word that u should make .
fnal and effecI1zl exit this time lie
made box pm the PIPE into Il and Gag
5 bole on his farm fOT reception Never
was COIN Lowered With more reslectf1
tenderness zod the earth Ezs then gently
sboveisd over L, for fear q disturbing lie
spirit within-
But The fate q the rubber pipe wzsu'i
decided. Bel had : lzE suit Sitb one q
MS neigh boIs about line fenoe aud l0si
the suli; and las tai, Nhsn tha oeE fencs
cane - t,s made. one # The Eorkuls1 o.
boring s post boie. bored uPon that sdeUtl
cal PzndJra's haK- IbSIe seEs % bless
. sugs pfoBouDcsd on j. A. = vas ouE q
again. ysI tie Eork sas done Eltb lA1oA
be S8l5oit1de and EsuiisussS- and The q
nax5uus ru5bs- E5Ez- again szW Tie surface
By 1bis tine Bell had gut El--c. El11- d
c.as1nE tla- le'c ueEe- bury i- sEliu. als'l
ped g ll-0 lie Lih " 9 1s-=po-- o. q