Evening star., 1898-09-26
FRANK BARROWS BURIED
Military Honors Paid to the Young Soldier
at Arlington.
He Was Made the Hero of Many Sem
sational StOries-Sketch of
His Career.

The remains of the late Private Frank
BarrOws of Company f, 1st District Regi-
ment. who died Saturday at ,.le residence
of Miss Eva NJ. Pitts, No III 10th street,
of fever contracted In Cuba, were buried
today at Arlington with military honors.
Funeral services We're held at Zurhorst' s
undertaking establishment on Capitol Hill
by Chaplain Dudley of the 1st Regiment.
a few persons We're present. including Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Barrick. the former the
guardian of the dead youth appointed by
Judge Bingham; Miss Pitts and representa-
tives of the Ladies of the Loyal Legion.
Mrs. Evans. who WIS the foster mother of
Barrows ard claimed him to be her adopted
son, was not present. The pallbearers were
Corporals James /. Goddard and John A
Meyer of Company NJ, in which young Bar
| rows first enlisted; Corporals David L.
Bowersox and Charles W. Abernathy of
Company F, to which he was afterward
| transferred. and Privates John T. Cady and
George Humphrey of Company NJ.
Chaplain Dudley officiated at the grave
in Arlington and the last honors were paid
by firing squad consisting of Privates w
}. Van Horn, jr., j. King Marks Alfred
HeltmuIler, Jr., John Munro, Charles Hahn
+. Cornelius and H. NJ. Cocks under com
mand of First Sergeant Daniel ]. Moore.
Regimental Bugler George Norbeck sound
ed taps.
Life Full of Events.
Frank Barrows was well known in Wash
ington, where ne was made the central
figure in several sensational episodes dur
ing the past few years. From the most
reliable sources. the youth lost both his
parents when very young. and was adopted
by Eugene Barrows of New York who
took him to the house of Mrs. Evans where
he boarded. When Eugene Barrows, who
was said to be very well off. died, he left,
1t is alleged, nothing to the boy, who was
then four years old. Mrs. Evans, accord
ing to her own statement was made the
boys legal guardian in New York, where
they lived until five years ago, when they
came to this city.
Frank was sent to the Force School, and
after passing through it successfully Mrs.
Evans wanted him to attend the High
School She declares that he refused and
began to associate with bad boys and then
ran away from her. He was employed for
awhile as a messenger with the Bulletin
Publishing Company and the Western
Union Telegraph Company. Mrs. Evans
had him put in the Reform School, charg-
ing him with dishonesty and inCorrigibility,
President Cecil Clay of the board of trus-
tees giving the order for his commitment.
Given Liberty and n Guardian.
Through the efforts of Mr. R. G. Callum
of the Western Union, Frank was released
institution. upon writ of habeas corpus
issued by Judge Bingham, and John A.
BarriCk, a carpenter, was appointed his
guardian. After living a short while with
Mr.. Barrick apd his family, Frank left
them and got a room elsewhere being en-
ployed by the Western Union.
He left the service of that company last
summer and got q clerkship in a New
York furniture store. boarding while there
in Harlem at the house of Mrs. Williams,
q sister of Mrs. Evans or as she is now
known, Mrs. Barnes.
He came here when the broke out
to enlist in the District Regiment, under
Lieut.. Stutt, who had befriended him in
his previous trouble, and was finally mus
tered in as stated at Tampa.
Young Barrows constantly claimed that
he would come into an Inheritance when
he reached his majority, and was popular
ly regarded by his friends as an heir ap
parent. No clues, however, have been
found as to any property that might be
coming to him.