The times., 1897-06-08

for last five years OF his life. / have
bright prospects To open up law oiiiee
with good Ran in New York. but can
not live to DO it, l gave President Nc
kinley a st. Bernard dog, aud stood We'll
with him. May God pity and forgive Us
all. BARRIER
With tie above communication ana lying
on his desk was the following type-wiit-
ten statement;
Add this if you think il VIII do the world
good. Saaness and anxiety seem 10 he in
creasing apon ne Like cattle In bllh-
ing stable. / cling to What consumes me,
to the solitary life which Gees ne so much
harm. let myself tie oeyot:red by inward
suffering. My Old seif'
the dreams which used To hauntme, passion
ate impulses, high Aspirations, all iev4Vcd
in me at once with unexpected force The
dread lest should have missed my destiny
and s:ified my tue nature, lest | should
have buried myself alive, passed through
me like shudder Thirst for the unknown
passionate love of life, tie yeaining for the
blue vaults OF the infinite and the strange
words of the ineffaile, and thatsadecstacy
which the ideal wakens in It's beholders-
all these Carried me away III NliiiiNiuu
of feeling thatI can not describe.
WAS it warning, punishment, a
temptation? Was it a secret protest, on
q violent act OF rebellion on the part of a
nature which is unsatisfied? The last
agony OF happiness and of a hope that
will not die? The free being who
abaEdons the conduct OF himself yields
himself 20 satan; in the moral world there
is no ground without master, and the
waste lands helongto the evil one. have
carried these two conflicting extracts
with me. trying to grasp the latter and
control myself, but the struggle is too
much.
II cannot rally. am sorry, and I am
not believe act the Divine will
''B---"
When the dead attorneys clothes We're
searched at the norgue other letters We're
found by Superintendent William Schone-
berger. in his pockets. One of these reads:
II have taken my own life. No one as
guilty OF tie act but me. God alone mast
decree nag punishment. Dorothy +. Squire,
who has loved and followed and haunted
me for more than five years, has lis
graoed aud ruined me. See her bill of
rofnpa int. aud my answer, in equity coTrt,
this city. l love her and cannot live with
out her . ! have offered TO set
her right, and begged her TO come back
snd live honorabiy. and live this disgrace
down. l am Iuined at the White House.
President Mckinley was my friend, nut
has cut ne on account of this disgrace,
of which l am innocent TO the gTeaJest
degree was raised right. l have icen
tricked by three women, and l cannot
bear 10 i've longer See 'Lalla RoDih, by
Moore. for my own story foretold Not
quite the same, but much OF the eXpIes-
sion and sentiment fits ~
Still another mssive rouad in his pockets
was addressed to MIS-. Annabel L. Miller,
,f Quincy. m she is a wealthy widow
and Barber spent the Christmas holidays
NTH her She has frequently sent de
ceased money, clothing a3d other presents,
is said. and at one time ne thought OF
marrying her. The letter read:
'DeareSt Aanabel:
Il had hoped to get away and call at
Eva's to sce If you were there but find
can't VIII leave here / ? tonight and be
nome in m It now seems settled that
I shall locate here IN Temple Court 1t
Ieemed 50 foolish to go TO Mexico as vice
,olSul for four years and lose my follow
ng here I am unsettled, and at sea. and
EorEed, a1d ready 70 90 something rash,
but an fighting and praying and keeping
lp as best can. II you have faith in
prayer remember me thea.
Yours. faithfully aud gratefully,
CHARLES E BARBER"
A memoranda on an envelope was ad-
lressed to Charles j. Starkman, Eighth
Ind II streets northwest. and requested
Aim 20 look out for his iBarber's) effects
and affairs.
Barirr lived alone and kept bachelors
ial in Room ,, LenoX building T0l Sew
eRth street northwest. His bedchamber
was a snallapartmeno partitioned off from
;he office, and his constant companions
gerc several fine st Bernard dogs lie
Has a familiar figure about town after
lightfall, always being accompanied by
me OF two OF the great, sensible animals,
who were devotedly attached To him.
His relatives live at Plattsburg n. Y, cx-
;ept a cousin, who resides in Baltimore.
Inspector HollinberEer sent kilograms TO
hose places last evening, notifying Bar
bet' 5 kin of his fate, and requesting them
70 take charge OF his body.
Several attempts were made to see Miss
Squire after she had been removed 10 her
home, but without success. II Ter brother,
Mr.. George Squire, who answered tie
doorbell, stated that she was suffering
very much from her wounds and could
not he seen. He did say, however,
that his sister was twenty-thrce years Of
age and her birthplace was Brooklyn, y. Y
She came here seven years ago to work as
stenographer and typewriter, and has been
employed here by various lawyers and
Others. After leaving the employ Of Ba. .ber
she worked for Judge Perkins and 1T her
present place in the Post building.
The trouble between Miss Squire and
Attorney Barber commenced soon after
she gave up her position in his office. He
pursued her in all sorts OF ways; me. her
on the street; wrote annoying letters 10
her. and demanded that she marry HIM
The young woman's life became a bur-
den to her, and sne finally applied to the
District supreme Court for an ia junction 10
restrain him from molesting her In the
application she alleged that about three
years ago she left his employment for
reasons of l!er own; also that about one
year ago she determined. for reasons
well known TO herself and defendant, that
1t would be best that all relations be-
tween them should cease The court was
asked To restrain Barber from speaking or
writing to her or seeking her presence
"My life has been made miserable ana
utterly unhappy through the conduct Of
the defendant and that she Finally de
ternined at all hazards to oppose his
wishes and WILL
She further recited that Barber had
'persstently followed her insulted her and