The evening times., 1897-06-07
SUICIDE AFTER SHOOTING
Continued on second Page.

glass. and. turning TO the BARTENDER, said:
Excuse the size of this drink. am
taking it as d Gerver, as L have some I'M
portant work toGo this morning"
Barber was nervous and excited and his
hand trembled SO Violently as to cause the
saloon man to remark after the patent
attorney left;
That fellow has been on a spree and
is shaky."
The street in the vicinity of the shooting
was filled with people at the time of the
occurrence and among those who wit
messed the tragedy, was Mr.. James Nc
Donnell. of No. 2l7 Four-and-a-half street
northwest, who is Senator Pettigrew's
secretary.
After being placed upon the operating
table al the Emergency Hospital, Miss
Squires remarked. Won't this make
great new >papcr story?f
While in New York Friday Barber wrote
a letter 20 Miss SquireS, threatening to
shoot her He also wrote one containing
a sifrrilar threat from Baltimore. During
the pas two weeks he has written between
twenty-five and thirty of the young lady's
friends in this city, villifying her charac-
ter. il is said, aud trying TO get them TO
induce Miss Dorothy to marry him.
Rarher went 10 his office shortly after 8
O'clock this morning. The co!ored boy who
looks AFTER his office said to Times man
today that there was a letter on the table
which Barber opened hurriedly and read.
Ii seemed to excite Tim greatly, and.
the boy says, when he asked him If he
wanted the office swept Barber told him
savagely to clear out"
shortly aftel this he left his office and
he h,-id the same letter in his hand as lie
went down the stairway.
Miss SqureS is twenty-three years Of
age. quite pretty and attractive, and her
employer said today she is fine Stenogra-
pher ard typewriter, wei informed aud
far above the average women i'll her pro-
fcsSion in Intelligence, She is an enthu-
sastic hicyclist. and an active member of
tht. League of American WheeImen.
Charles = Barber was forty-scven years
OF age, and Ca-re here during Garfield adj
rnlniStra;i,n from his home, PlattSburg,
Ny He had considerable patent practice
and had been growing more eccentric for
sevrra, years, until Of late his friends de
CIded that he was mentally unbalanced.
Judge o u Barrett, whose office is in
the Gmton Building, was Barber's attorney,
AMI knows considerable of his inner life
Speaking TO a Times reporter today. the
judge said.
Mr. BarbeT came here as a protege OF
the late Secretary Folger, OF the TroasUTy
Through his influence be obtained a posi-
tion as an examiner in the Patent office,
and h I'D the place for several years After
leaving that place he went into the business
OF soliciting patents, and was very sue
CeSScuI.
He was brilliant and reSourceful i'm his
profession. but unfortunate in his marriage
relations, and instead OF giving close at
tention to his business, gave much time 20
dogs and was known as a dog fancier
He was Il man OF a kind heart, buta great
stacker Tor his rights, which frequently
got hiia into trouble.
Il have attended to souie of his cases in
c,alrt. aEd for the past three or four weeks
have been strongly Of the Impression that
his mind vas unbalanced. On May = he
gave an acquaintance Of mine some dl-
rectionS relative to mis- papers, and Informed
him that he was going to commit suicide,
and would probably hear Of his death IN
the following morning. Ny friend thought
he WAS Joking.
He cUme into my office ten days ago."
continued Judge Barrett, "and with tears
ST roaming from his eyes said: i haven t a
fnend Iefr in the world. | will give you
one-half Of all the money | make if you
will only let M have desk Ioom in your
office -
II advised Barber to change his course
Of life; whereupon he told me he would
never take another drink Of whisky ami
would re-enter the New York Avenue Pres
bytcrian Church, Of which he had been a
member
BARRIER was notable in the patent pro
feSSon and was associated at one time
with Gen. Benjamin F. Butler in ,ause
which would have made him Immensely
wealthy had hc stuck to it. But for some
reason ne lost the position as associate and
q considerable amount Of money"
Parber had been twice married and di-
vorced. it is said The family of his first
wife resides in Erie, Pa, W hile the second
was a Washington lady.
Miss SGuires formerly worked for him as
a stenographer. and upon leaving his EN-
ploy he annoyed her with his attentions,
threatening TO injure her il she would not
permit him 10 call.
In his answer TO the petition for in
junction Barber stated that he was deeply
concerned about the young woman's lHe,
which he attempted TO take today, also
about her SOULS salvation
Barber mas been before the publicin street
bra wis and encounters many times of late
Coroner Hammettt, after viewing the re-
mains at the morgue this afternoon, decided
that no inquest " as necessary.
when BARRIERS office, corner Seventh and
G. streets northW est, was visited about IN
hour after the shooting Mr. George NJ
Washhurn, who at times did work for
Barber was in the office and was making
an effort to find the address Of Barber's
sisters. two of whom live in New York
and one in Baltimore.
Barber's sleeping apartment is imme-
diatcy adjoining his office, and is sepa-
rated from it by a rough wood partition
Medicine bottles and clothing were Strewn
about the room, and the bed looked as
though it had not been used last night
on a chair in front of the desk used by
him was his travelling bag, which conta aimed
| a change Of linen and sucE other articles as
would be used in a hurried trip out Of
town In another adjoining room, which
contained no furniture whatever, was a
small stove, on which were few unwasEed
dishes, rs though placed there after a haSty
meal.
Papers were in disorder, and although
the shooting was probably premeditated.
no statement from Barber had been found
Up to q late hour this afternoon