The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-04

"A pistol bullet ndu cut the Ahltiu 'A nv
This was confirmed by the autopsy and
the finding Of revolver with one empty
chamber in the office near where the body
lay.
The theory Of suicide was at once adj
vanced The fact that the pistol was new
and that it was carried into the office IN
the hacking box I'm which il was sold and
that the cleaner was with H., was held
TO be evidence that no robber or muir
derer took ii there. The finding OF a let
ter written I'm the girls HANDWRITING
wherein she mentioned a loan of $500, that
II was lost beyond recall an but $40 IN
tertst money deposited in the Waltham
bank the day before, and the fact that
tho writer mentioned the possibility OF
her being dead i'm six months were held
To be additional evidences of dependency
and self-murder This was maintained i'm
spite of the fact that the wound was OF
such a nature as would make 10 very DIM
cult for the victim 10 have inflicted II.
The bullet entered the breast three
inches below the collar bone on the LEFT
side. IL ranged downward, then 20 the
right and then back. lodging in the heavy
muscles of the back near the spinal
column. IL was maintained by some au-
thorities that the girl could not have IN
dictcd such a wound. The direction, II
was said. made it extremely difficult for
a person TO have so held the revolver
against the breast as to give it the direc-
ton il followed But the lungs and heart
were pierced and internal hemorrhage did
the rest i'm a very short time.
The dead girls relatives are lOath 20 ac-
cent the theory Of suicide. Such an act
of desperation. IL seems from all that can
be learned Of the strange story. is widely
at variance with anything Miss Barrett
seemed likely 10 contemplate Much has
been said about the loan Of so large n
sum OF money But her family says she
inherited 1000 from her fathers estate
and her mother SAYS she knows the name
Of the person who borrowed, although
she has hitherto refused 20 reveal the
name i'm obedience 10 the request Of her
daughter expressed i'm the strange note
found near the body. All effort 10 locate
this parsonage has failed so far
The girl Is spoken of as having been
OF a sunny disposition. She had no enc
mics that anybody knew or She had no
troubles that can be discovered. She pos
scssed the implicit confidence of her em-
pl0yers who scout the do that anything
was wrong i'm her accounts. She left the
Office after the short days work on SAT-
urday July 22d. in the same good spirits
in which she entered IL bon the morning
w "''ct W. Dii779' 0oii.'"'i''i"i '',ih iit
lhe once say sue reg just D'i''s ne ulu
ana th"l NE locAeu lLe sdie ana aoois'
iet she was Iouhu oelote tht open stle'
H.r KEY WIS li Ilg "ool, WHICH was ioi X
ed on the inside. The office was ON fire I'm
the t0ilet-rO0m. Tho lightning had not set
10. The blackcUcd remains of the cash
book were found i'm the back yard. whore
the protective men had carciossly tossed
II; 500 Is missing from tho accounts Of
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saturday morning lhe day OF the anool-
ms by soinepody IRON the baiiey estate.
MISS barrett received ana feceipled Ior
TINS money placed IL ID am envelope ana
lhen III the SAFE
Ihh was l'a'lHed 10 10y Na''er VI
bIIsSs' the cIeiA VINO was IN '"o "i''r'
after she lelt Tor nome. THIS envelope
was missing wheh ihe once was ae.''eh
ca. \ smAh amount or ca7h was louhn
III her oe9K ana locAc's, pu- inc '"'a'i
amount "aa AoI uis'DFe''"
IN Hseit TINS IL not regarded rs concur
slVe OF murder. hut the STORY OF Ml7s
Meehan' am intimate iriehd OF inc ueau
Sirh goes much idi'her y. explaining WHY
the pistol was bought MISS h"Ireil was
positively identihed as the purchaser.
Miss Meehan rode INTO Boston from wal
imam with Miss B"Iiet ON itial S''uI-
day morning. She said that the barrett
girl was ln her usuai good Spirits. Ihet
conversation was OF Su'h u iNl"l e"'t
acter that she did not remember eNaciy
what was said until they had nearly
reached Boston. she then said tnal MISS
Barrett told her about being robbed OF
81 by an Italian who came into the ONCE.
She said that she had seen the man
on Kilby street. near the office and that
he now kept a fruit stand. She saw him
put aside "a bag Of money one day. she
said. Then, she said. she bad brought
IN an old revolver that she mad ar nome
and that she was going to me li'ii"h 10
demand the money back at the point %