Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-21
BURGLAR DARRETT's WIFE.
she Won II Prize ut ,hc iiorse-show,
Then Fled.

That William Barrett the notorious
burglar, who is serving life sentence
in the State prison. carried his secresye
criminal methods To the extent OF deceiv-
Ing his wifi as TO the nature Of his bust
ness for many years. is affirmed in the
statement that his wife has just made,
says a New York dispatch Of Monday
Mrs. Barrett disappeared on Tuesday
from luXuriously- furnished fiat she mad
occupied for years ia For'y-eighth street.
She fled on the day following The arrest
in Boston OF James :. Cnaffey, her hus-
bands former associate and went TO
friends in Jersey City, where she Is now
staying
one Of the most surprising incidents
connected with her sudden disappear
ance was the fact hat last MouGly uiSnt,
the day before she went away. she was a.
the I0rsa Show at Madison Square Car
den. and rode one Of the saddle hOfiss IN
the ring. Ii was Fred. !. James's chest
nut mare Maud, which. under Mrs. Bar
rotts skilful guidance, won the white
ribbon.
According 10 her story, she had always
looked upon Barrett as a model husband
up 90 the time Of his arrest and con-
gicti0n and believed him 10 be a man
In whom she could place every confidence.
She und rstood that bis only business
was that OF hOrse-dealing. and saws she
often used to help him in his business
here while he was travelling about the
country. as she supposed, buying ana sell
ing horses.
Airs. Barrett tells iu pathetic mannG
the story Of her sufcrings since the ar
rest and conviction Of her husband ia
May. 1891. She first read the account Of
the shooting Of AR Farrar by "A sup
posed burglar named Barrett. and from
the description given OF the prisoner at
once suspected ii was her husband. She
FASTENED to Boston by the next train.
upon receiving telegram from Mr..
Chaffey. VIII m she had known as her
husbands friend. Then she saw Chaffey
and the revelation which he made 10 her
completely unnerVed her.
After an interview with her husband
I'm prison she returned TO New York. COM
pletely broken down. and was Ill for
long time. She could DO nothing for her
husband then As she was in debt she
was obliged to break up her house, and
sell her furniture and horses.
None Of her friends IN New York knew
that she was in any way connected with
Barrett, the burglar, and she did not
tell them. but said her husband had
failed In business. and it was for that
ItdS II she WAS bDuSfu 10 sen utT Ito-
perty. There were many offers OF assist
ance. and much sympathy was expressed
FOR Mrs. Barrett in her troubles, but she
decided TO go to Boston to be near her
husband. Chafey. her husbands friend.
gave her a home at his house. The po-
lice, learning that she was there. came
and searched the house. but as she had
nothing which could implcate her In her
husbands crime they left her.
Her husband. she says, had a lot OF
valuable property stored In this city in
the Lincoln Storage Warehouse. but
when she examined the boxes in the
warehouse she found they had been rob
bed OF everything OF value. She had no
idea they contained stolen property. She
accuses Chaffev Of having appropriated
all OF Barretts property. The whole his
tory OF the affair since her husbands
arrest, she says. has been succession
Of surprises for her She supposed Chat
fey was her husbands friend, and she
had been told TO trust him.