Evening star., 1897-06-07

begged for en- interview. She has denied it.
l shall never believe she was not forced to
do so. love her and cannot live without
her. l have fought against this coming
tragedy. l have wept and prayed; l have
sent her all sorts of messages imploring
her to give me one kind word. l cannot
stand 1t longer. l got room opposite fer
house, but could not sleep. l few TO New
York. and Mr.. Belmont wrote 10 her for
me, but no answer.
.! am simply insane and lying for love
OF her. / have not always done right, but
l loved her better than / knew and always
come back to her. We are both sensitive
and htgh-strung. She is my very life ana
will be my DEATH
Il believe God has forgiven me- I for
give them all. l ask my few dear. good
friends to forgive me for the pain this
must cost. We shall meet our doom to-
gether and not live to cause others in
future such agony as 1 am suffering Ny
age is thirty-s:x.
CHARLES E. BARBER.
Attorney and Counsel,or-at law,
Washington ID. c.
Il was born in New York; was an orphau
at the age Of three years; had step
mother. and left there for Washington at
the age of fifteen; studied law. and was
sss ocated with Gen. Benjamin F. Butler
for last fi9e years of his life. l have
bright prospects to open up u law office
with good man in New Yo-k, but l can
Kinley a St. Bernard dog and stood wen
with him. May God pity and forgive Us
all. RARR,IR
Another statement left by Barber reads:
Sadness and anxiety seem to be increas-
ing upon me. Like cattle in burning
stable, cling to what consumes me. to the
solitary life which does me so much harm.
[ let myself be devoured by inward suffer
ing. My old self, the dreams which
used to haunt me, passionate impulses,
high aspirations. all revived in me at once
with unexpected force The dread lest
should have missed my destiny and stifled
m ~ afIrrn lncf CHI h4,- III -
myself alive. passed through me like a
shudder. Thirst for the unknown, ras-
sionate love of life the yearning Cor the
blue vaults of the infinite and the strange
words of the ineffable and that sad ecstacy
which the ideal wakens in its beholders--
all these carried ME away in a whirlwind
of feeling that I cannot describe. Was it a
warning, punishment, a temptation? Was
1t a secret protest, or a violent act of re-
heilion on the part of Il nature which is
unsatisfied? The last agony of happiness
and of hope that will not die?
The free being who abandonS the conduct
of himself yields himself to Satan; in the
moral world there is no ground without a
master, and the waste lands belong to the
evil one. | have carried these two con-
flcting extracts with me trying to grasp
the latter and control myself but the strug
gle is too much.
Il cannot rally. 1 am sorry. and 1 am
not. 1 believe l act the Divine will.
"B--'
Letters Written.
In conversation with a Star reporter to-
day Mr.. George Squires. brother of the
wounded woman, said that Barber had sent
a number of letters and kilograms to his
sister during the past few days. Only yes
terday his sister received telegram from
him containing part of the Lords prayer.
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against u.s." Most of
the letters, he said, were of a threatening
character. Barber, he had understood, had
been loite ring about the vicinity of ~ and
streets for several days, but his sister
certainly did not expect to see MIN this
morning, for she believed he was out of the
city. Mr.. Darlington, although he was hot
Barber's counsel. had been called upon by
Barber a number of times, and he had also
received several letters from him. In The
last letter he received Barber said he had
made up his mind not to annoy Miss
Squires any more, and he was willing to
te Ike non-Suit.
Il wept and prayed over the matter" ae
wrote MIR. Darlington. Il have gone back
to the church. and have stopped drinking.
and am going to do all 1 can, with Gou's
help, to live like man.
Miss Suufres' Injuries Slight.
Miss Squires taken to the Emergency
Hospital and placed on the operating table
in the emergency room. DIR. Jeuneman
made an immediate examination of her
wounds and found that pistol bullet of
small calber had passed through the lower
part of her left thumb, slightly shatterng
the bone. A second bullet had entered the
fieshy part of the head, just below the left
ear, and passed out two inches beyond,
without touching the bone. The woman
was not suffering from shock TO any ap
preciable degree, and after the nervousness
resulting from the excitement of the strug-
gle with Barber had subsidized She did not
appear to be very much the worse for her
experience.
Refused to Talk.
DR.. Turner dressed the wound at the back
of the head and placed the wounded thumb
in splints and bandaged 1t. No reporters
were admitted to Miss Squires' presence as
she said she would decline 20 answer any
inquiries and requested the physicians 10
relieve her of the necessity Of replying to
questions.
Star reporter informed Hiss SllI:res of
the contents of statement which Barber
had written yesterday. She still refused 10
say anything on the subject of ner lela-
tions with Barber or about any of the diff
1erenceS between them tina. lea to the
tragedy this morning. She chatted with
the physicians and attendants and seemed
TO be in good spirits, frequently laughing al
something that was said. She gave her
name as Dorothy f. Squires; her age as
twenty-three years; her residence as :,r1
c street northwest, and her occupation as
a stenographer.
SIStef "1th Her.
Miss Squires' older sister arrived at the
hospital about 1890 o'clock and remained
with her. 1t was active day at the
Emergency, and the rooms were crowded
with patients awaiting treatment for
broken and sprdined arms, hands and
fingers, while several operations were per-
formed in the clinical room upstairs
Miss SQuires noticed the activity Of the
physicians and inquired about it, md was
int tod in yt.nf ck,n
the system of the hospital. Indeed, she
seemed to converse on every other subject
but the one of most Importance to her. At
noon Mrs. SQuireS, the mother of the girl,
and several relatives arrived at the hos
pital and took her away i'll a cab.
In His Pocket.
When BARRIERS body reached the morgue
Supt Schoenberger searched for letters or
notes in the pockets of the deceased's
clothing, and quite number of them were
found. A letter dated May 81 was found
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