St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-26
The Heart-BrOken Mother Sits
in the Express Car With
Her Dead.
A Sioux City Boy Fatally
Wounded by an Explosion
Of Gunpowder.
Minnesota State Teachers In
Stitute in Session at
Preston.
Special to the Globe


of Tim and Pete Barrett arrived on the
st. Paul limited this morning from Min
neapoliS. Mrs. Barrett, the mother of
the boys, came with the bodies. She
rode part of the way in the baggage car
beside the two cOffins. All the way
from st. Paul to Omaha, she gave way
to her grief, and SObbed and mOancd
and crooned beside the bodies of her
children. She was dressed in heavy
black cloak. and carried i'm her hands
small willow basket which contained
the two shIouds used at the execution
OF her sons. Several times during the
trip down she opened her willow basket
and taking the black shrouds in
her hands smoothed each of the
chastity relics out and fondled them
with all possible tenderness. This
she repeated a number of times. and
each time she would cover up her bas-
ket and give vent to means. From st.
Paul to Sioux City she rode in an ordin-
airy coach, sleeping part of the way,
resting her head on pillows furnished
by the conductor. From st. Paul to
california junction admittance to the
baggage car was refused her, but at
that place. when change of cars was
made, she was allowed to ride the rest
OF the way in company with the corpses
of her sons. A curious coincide nee is
the fact that the conductor in charge of
the train that carried Pete and Tim
Barretts bodies home for burial also
had charge of the train that carried
Pete from Omaha to Minneapolis after
his arrest for the CRIME.
THE BARRETT FAMILY HISTORY.
The Barrett boys are known i'm
fap, ilr,h hoe lnI
for great many years. 1t was large
family, consisting of father, mother.
daughter and six sons. About three
years ago the father disappeared,
but he is supposed to be in Cali.
fornia. Upon the disappearance Of
her husband, Mrs. Barrett invested
what little money she possessed in
South Omaha real estate, which proved
quite profitable. The boys were tough
characters. and were continually in
trouble. Early in the month of Noyem-
Der, 1885, John Barrett raised row in
South Sou; Omaha sal'o7sop, @ and, and was thrown
flung a brick through the front glass
door and started off on run.
The bartender, :: John Cook, ran
out to punish him, and was
fired at. Cook thereupon shot
twice at Barrett, who had turned to run
again, and hit him in the foot. A crowd
assembled, and would have lynched
Barrett had it not been for the discovery
that he was wounded. Barrett was
taken to his mothers house, where IN
few days he died. The bullet had
assembled his leg, and imbedded itselfin
the knee. Gangrene set in and caused
his death. The coroner's jury exoner-
ated Cook. and he was never put on trial.
A few months ago Swede girl named
Sophia Lindstrom came to the Barrett
house from Minneapolis. She had been
living there for some time with Mary
Barrett. sister of John Barrett. After
living with Mrs. Barrett some time she
had some trouble with her and left
the house. The Barretts refused to
allow her to take her trunk, and the
LindStrOm woman went to Justice An
derson for writ of replevin. Into the
Judges ear she poured tale about the
Barretts in Minneapolis, especially Mary
Barrett. She said that the latter kept a
hair store on Fourth avenue south, but
business was not very good, and she
concluded to burn the building. The
LindStrOm woman said that the Bar
retts secured good insurance on the
stock of goods, and then set it ON fire.
Afterwards they moved to South Min
neapolis, and according to the Swede
woman'S statement got an insur-
ance on the house, and furniture
then moved most of the furniture,
and then set fire to that building also.
When the story was published in the
Omaha papers the correspondent of the
st. Paul GLOBE sent brief synopsis of
it to that paper, and the synopsis was
copied in the Minneapolis Journal. A
few weeks later Judge Anderson re-
ceived letter from some attorney in
Minneapolis, who represented the Bar
retts, asking him if he had any record of
the girls story. He hadn't. be-
him about it. and he in turn re-
lated it to the reporters. He returned
an answer that he had no court record
of the girls story. A few days later
the st. Paul GLOBE and Minneapolis
Journal were notified that suits for
libel for publishing the story were about
TO be commenced against them. One of
the papers sent detective to Omaha to
try and ascertain the whereabouts of
the Lindstrom woman, and secure her
affidavit about the story. Several days
were spent here by the detective. but the
woman was never found. Rather than
make fight on it the GLOBE compro-
missed the case. and the journal Is also
odiu W nave Daiei lilO DdIIObto SuHl vi
money to drop the matter. After theis
success in Minneapolis the attorney for
the Barretts wrote to an Omaha paper,
and demanded certain sum of money
for the publication of the story. The
managing editor of the paper wrote on
one corner of the letter, $50 to HI
and get it." That was the last heard of
that case.-Omaha Republican.
TERRIBLY MANGLED.