The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-27

arrest Harvey and my wife both, and
said he would 60 and look up the
law on tho subject and let. me know.
Then Brown left. / went to the
house and set studying awhile, and
then went over to Keith's to tell him
to come and get the clothes. |
found he had gone over to town, and
then told Keith's son l wanted them
to come and get them clothes; that
| did not want them, and if they did
not come and get them | would adj
vertise them. l then went home,
and when got there Mr.. Keith was
there. Then Mr.. Brown was going
by, and called him in to see that |
gave up everything. l had told him
what l had of Harvey's. Mr.. Brown
said, Everything is here Marsh
told me he had of Harvey's." |
then told Mr.. Keith, 81 want you to
take those clothes away from here, |
don't want you to leave them here"
Mr.. Keith said he was going to take
them away. Then Lyde, my brothers
wife, got some paper and done them
up for Mr.. Keith, and when Mr..
Keith went out Lyde followed him
out, and talked to him in a whisper.
Then Mr.. Keith left, Brown having
left few minutes before. Just
before Mr.. Keith left, | told Mr..
Keith that l would get out a war
rant for Harvey, and shouldn't let
her GO free either, if she were to
blame. SWELL" said Keith, 81
would rather you would wait and try
and find Harvey and hear both sides
of the story and know which is right,
and if Harvey is in the wrong, l
would rather in this first offense pay
something than to have the disgrace
on my family" / talked to r. M.
Brown, and asked him how it would
be, and he said / could wait, that it
would make no difference. / then
told Mr.. Keith that if / got out a
warrant then would not settle it in
no way; that / would then let the
law settle it. He said, "then you
will wait few days?" l said that |
would. He said, 81 think / can find
him; / will look for him, anyway"
Then he went out and talked with
Lyde as above stated. Il will just
state here that | told around that
had been to Lowell on Monday, and
stayed till about ten O'Clock and
took the train to Grand Rapids, then
to Fennville, which was not true.)
Brown then advised me not to say /
had gone to Lowell, but to tell just
where had gone, which did, and
swore to it, which was the truth.
The same night when l returned
from the Aake, | stopped on the hill,
in where the ord cub is near the
bridge, northeast '~pf my brother
Williams house, took o,-1y boots
and made some tracks in the sand
with my stocking feet, so as to make
it appear that Harvey Keith had
been there in his stocking feet. l
then went home and made tracks
with my stocking feet at the gate
and up and around the yard near
my house, SO as to make it appear
that Harvey had actually gone that
way, as was sworn to, or found and
told about town. This was all done
for the purpose of misleading the
people.
This statement of Barker's would
seem TO be sufficient, but as his wife
hod stated in her confession that
when he returned home after taking
away the body, his shirt and vest were
covered with blood, to render more
damning, if possible, the evidence,
his vest was examined, and certain
spots that he had been seen by some
Of his Jail companions to persistently
wash, subjected to careful scrutiny
under the microscope by DR.. Hilton,
and the presence of a multitude of
blood corpuscles clearly established.
Barker had before this said to Sandy,
one of the prisoners, " If they should
find any blood on my clothes its be-
cause I've got bad sore here on my
side displaying a wound that he
had from time to time been seen to
irritate and keep open and bleeding.
While Barker was making this con-
fession his aged father was present
and his means and cries of ooh! my
son, wish l was under the sod. Oh
Marshall, Marshallw-were pitiable
to hear. After he had finished, his
father withdrew weeping bitterly,
and with his white head bowed with
grief passed out into the street.
Barker called after him frantically.