The morning times., 1896-12-29
BARROWs ON THE STAND.
Youth Testified of His Capture
and Imprisonment.
GOOD CHARACTER GIVEN HIM
School Officials Showed That He
Bore an Excellent Record as a
Pupil Manager CalIum Testified
of HIS Efforts to Have the Boy
Released From the Reform School.

Testimony in the habeas corpus case OF
Francis Eugene Barrows, the lad recently
confined in the Reform School, was taken
Yesterday before Judge Bingham after
lengthy discussion as to Il hearing of the
case on it's merits, as rcporued iii The Even
ing Times.
The first " witness was Frank Barrows him
self. He told the story OF his life briefly
and without any strong reflections ON the
woman wko claims to be his guardian.
II is statements were made principally III
reply to quest ons OF his counsel.
AS near as he could remember his first
years were spent with his fathcrand mother
atthe st Cloud Hotel, in New York When
about six years old he resided in the
Rensselaer, flats, where his mother died III
1856 He and his father then went to
live with Mrs. Barnes, now Mrs. Evans,
who wed on Fiftieth street.
In the early part OF 1858 his father died
and Mrs Evans moved to Washington.
He was sent to school, but a few months
afterward Mrs. Barnes again Went to New
York This was in 1889, and her com
panion wa a Mr.. George, with whom slit,
lived i'll New York
Mrs. Barnes Movements.
III the latter part Of the same gear she
again came to Washington and in 1890 re
turned to New York with lawyer A A.
Brooke of this city Frank went with her
and 81 did Mamie II offfnan. niece OF
Mrs Barnes The story of the disappear
ance from this city Of Mamie Hoffman
was told some time ago in The Times.
"a fra ,I,4Cr II n
while they were living in Harlem he re
turned home and found that Mamie had
disappeared.
The boy was asked as to his age, and
said he knew he was six years OLD when
his mother died. In S9i he returned with
Mrs Barnes 10 Washington. She had in
the meantime married man named Evans.
Tiey went to live on Twelfth street and
lie went to school at the Force building
He continued at that school until he was
re ady for the Ugh school.
Il wanted TO go TO the high school,
said the witness, but Mrs. Barnes would
not send me. She said must 90 to work
| l helped Mr. Evans i'll his grocery store
| but when he closed that out | had nothing
10 do Mrs. Evans insisted that should
| look out for myself, and one day she
| told me I had to leave her house.
She threatened to make me go to sea,
| and once wanted me TO go TO Atlantic
| CITY and work in a saloon | told her if
| she would send HE to the Naval Academy
| would go, but she wanted me tn go on
| a man-of- war. | finally got work with
| tile Bulletin people but she compelled nue.
! to stop work there. Then | got employ
| ment with Supt. CalIunl at the District
| Messenger Office
| The Boys Arrest.
Frank told of visit to tie office OF
| Detective Sutton, who put him under ar
| rest. and how he eluded the detective by
escaping out the back door, as he did
4 not want 10 go back to the home of
| Mrs. Evans. She had driven him out and
| he was boarding with Mrs Barrick, a
| few doors above his former home
| The lad described his capture at the
| office by Mrs. Evans, and said when sht,
| took him to her home she sent Mr.. Evans
| out for cab and then drove him TO the
| reform school.
on the way there she said if he would
/ not talk too much and would keep his
| mouth shut she would take him out in
| March and let him go to New York and
| Atlantic City with her.
Mr. Walker wanted to know if Mrs.
| Evans told him how she would get him
| out, and Frank answered that Mrs. Evans
said she mad HIM put there through in
| fluence and would get him out the same
| way.
Principal Benjamin Murch of the Force
| school gave evidence showing that Frank
| was dutiful and Intelligent scholar. In
| fact Mr.. Murcll said, he considered the
| lad 5 conduct as excellent
| Secretary Fax of the board of trustees
| was put on tie stand and exhibited the
| roll book of the second grade OF the
| Blake school in 1888, which showed Frank
Barrows registered there as & scholar at
the age Of eight years.
The Age of BarrOws.
This evidence was given to prove that
| Frank is at the present time sixteen years
old and therefore beyond the age under
which he could be committed to the reform
school The petitioner did not rest his case
| here but put on the stand Mr. W. j d wyer,
publisher of the Bulletin, to show that
Frank had left employ of his own will
and that Mrs. Evans ad per secuted the boy
by trying to get him discharged.
Mrs. Barrick, whoresideS near Mrs. Evans
and with whom Frank boarded gavet Lac
| an excellent character. She said she tool
him in because he came there for homt
| and said he had been driven from his home
| with Mrs. Evans.
| Mrs. Barrick said she did not consider that
Mrs. Evans was proper guardian TO
| Frank, and cited her sending him out afte
beer as one of the reasons for such con
clusiou. She had seen Frank go to the res
taurant with pitcher and then go to tn
| Evans home with it filled with beer.
Mr. Robert G. Callum, manager of tn,
| Mutual District Messenger Company, va
the principal witness on behalf of the peti
ton. He said that a months service in hi!
employ would bring out any incorrigibilitN
if it had been in the boy. He remembered
that about month after the boy went t
work for the company Mrs. Evans came t
him and gave Frank very bad name.
| Sha uanta1 him DISCHARGED bIt final