Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-30
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The Impostor VINO Entices Yeung
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the Impostor who Entices Young
'-T1 - Girls AwSy.. ,ss
The REoIsrER has already contained ac-
counts of the doilgs Of B. w. Barrick, .
yillianous impos.or, who goes abont pre-
tending to be blind, and pays little girls for
leading him about The scoundrel came TO
this city over the National road. At West
Alexander lady kindly sent her little
girl to lead him part of the way, but he
kept her until, at Mt Bellview, her tears
attracted the attention of two Wheeling
gentlemen, who rescued and sent her back
Barrick proceeded to Steubenville, where o
part of his doings are detailed In the
Gazette: -
Saturday we noted that d. W. Barriok,
the villain who lenticed Eva swan rom
this city q week ago, was arrested u M
Vernon Saturday. -.
The story of the abduction is as follows:
Week before last, Barrick came to this
city and played the poor blind man with
songs for sale. He stopped at restaurant
on lower Market street, and noticing Eva
Swan, girl aged over twelve years. asked
her mother, who lives on lower Market
street, if the girl could not lead him about
the city so be could sell his songs, promis-
ing to pay her we'll. Mrs. Swan being
very poor woman and her husband out OF
work most of time, he being painter, now
at work in New Cumberland. consented
The two went about the city two or three
DAYS, when Barrack got the consent oil the
mother for the girl to accompany him 70
Wheeling, he promising to return with ner
the sane evening. ..f
He did not retlrn, and the woman seeing
that she had done wrong was almost as
trscted with grief. She had no money
with which to telegraph, and she says
the mayor absolut ely refused to assist her
in hunting down the william and rescuins
her child.
On Saturday week, Mr.. Swan came down
from New Cumberland and vent TO Wheel
ing, where he learned that the two had not
been there but were in Bellaire At Bel
Iaire he learned that they had gone to
GAINESVILLE Swan not having the funds to
on returned to Steubenyille.
On the advice of Mr.. Newell, OF the tele-
graph Office, Mrs. Swan called on Prosecute
ing Attorney Cook, whose sympathies she
enlisted. He telegraphed TO Barnesvllle,
aid learned that Barrick and the girl had
gone to GAINESVILLE. From the latter place
they were traced to Mt Vernon. He teie.
grabbed the Mayor to hold the girl until
further orders, but as she was over Twelve
wears of age, the man had not commfttea
any crime in this county, but ne MAJ
perpetrated any violence on her to consult
with the prosecuting attorney OF thss
county, and if he had not, the State had
nothing against him:
Nh Cook received an answer, Saturday
evening" that the two had been arrested,
and that the girl and the man bad been
separated. Last night he received another
disnatch stating that the girl would be sent
home on the first train Monday. MI.
Cook deposited money enough at the tele-
graph office to pay all expenses:
Barrick was arrested at the Phi!o House,
Mount Vernon. 1t is alleged that the
Swan girl charges that Barrick by threats
and blows compelled her TO occupy the
same bed with him, and threatened her
with death in case of exposure.
In an alleged interview she charges that
he had debauched her at Dicks Hotel,
GAINESVILLE, on Saturday night. From the
girls story this is not Barricks first Of
tense in entcng young girls to ruin, and
he is first-clasS noted beat as we'll.