Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-10
BARNES Makes Reply
Route Agent Buchanan's Interview
Causes tho Former Agent
70 Talk
Makes On Emphatic Denial Of the
Statements Contained Therein
and "Roasts" Buchanan.
Says il There Was a Shortage tn,
Route Agent Should Have
Known It Long Ago.

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Charles +. Barnes, the former agent
for the Adams Express Company in this
city, who is now in jail awaiting exam
nation on charges Of forgery and
cheating by false pretenses, has con-
cluded to say something about the case.
When first arrested he refused to talk
for publication, further than to say
that IL the company had wanted him
they could have obtained his presence
here without sending the sheriff for
him. The Interview published in these
columns Wednesday. In which Route
Agent w. II. Buchanan placed Barnes
in bad light, had caused the latter to
change his mind about talking about the
case, and today he sent for O repre-
sentative Of the T.-R. and requested an
Interview. AS he has not been proven
guilty he is entitled to a hearing, and
was granted the privilege of making
statement. He said:
II would like to say to the people
who are interested in my case that l
deny the charges made by w. H. Blu
chanan. want to say that his state
ments were very unusua,, unnecessary
and premature, and very misleading. In
his statement he tries me, convicts me
and does everything else except to fix
the term OF my sentence, and suppose
he'll do that in his next interview. His
object in making the statements must
be to poison the minds of the public
against me. He is two-faced and Is
playing double game.
up to within about a week of the
time that Sheriff Mcpherson brought
me from Chicago Mr.. Buchanan had an
interview with one OF the best citizens
of Marshalltown. whose name will not
divulge without permission. In his
statement to that gentleman Buchanan
said that was honest and straight and
there was not a crooked hair in my
head and further that had done moth
ing wrong. He led this gentleman to
believe that he was my friend and that
he would stay by me to the bitter end.
But at his earliest possible opportunity
after my arrest he comes to MARSHALL
town and parades me before the public
in the worst possible light. after trying
| to make 1t appear that he was doing all
he could for me.
II want to contradict every one OF the
statements he made. When q man
makes statement the next thing is the
proof thereof. This bloated prophet OF
Oskaloosa, as Charles Dana would put
1t, never got telegram from me saying
i I had received telephone message from
my wife in Chicago. He says he finds
q discrepancy during March OF the diff
A ference between $40 and $780, but the rec
i ords of the office and OF the Cenral, at.
i ter he had checked them personally
show a difference Of only $135. He re.
fers to shortage Of SO during fifteer
4 days OF April, which he says was due te
4 clerical errors. Why could not short
age through errors OF $1.35 in one month
4 occur as well as one Of So in fifteen
j days?
4 He did threaten to ruin me. and said
could not live the disgrace down in ten
years. IL did not do as he wanted me
to. II he has any evidence, as he claims
that can be used against me, he would
show better sense by Withholding 1t un-
til the trial. instead of making 1t public
i don't think he Is capable Of feeling
sorry for me, as he says he Is, for II he
did he would not get me down and Their
jump on me when I'm in a defenseless
position. He never told me could
4 never enter the company's service
again. but on the other hand he tried t
get me the Rock Island Office. You say
for me that was not angry because thu
office was checked over to another OF
my return. ] came back to MARSHALL
town as quickly as the cars could carr,
me, on q telegram requesting me II
come and mack q complete check ant
avoid trouble. paid my fare over tn,
G. & N. W., instead Of coming over tn,
j G. and Central. over which was en-
titled to transportation. Buchanan go
out OF town as came in, consequent!
no complete check Of the Office was eve
made. Immediately went to Oskaloos.
after finding the office taken out of Mr.
Punnell's hands. chased that MAJ
(meaning Mr.. Buchanan) over Iowa TO
a week. to have him check me out o
the office SO would know what wa
wrong. He says he has reason to believ,
my pay was all drawn out up to tn
time left. I would like to ask him VIII.
he don't know my pay was all draw
out? I would also like to know. IL Their
was anything wrong with my accounts
why he hadn't known 1t before. as h
had been checking them for three year
past, and / presume has sent o. X,
reports to the auditing department a
Cincinnati. II he hasn't would hav
heard from 1t before this.
II don't see why any errors should b.
called to my account by outside partie
who know nothing about the expires
business, their tariff rates or classified
tions. He Is the last man in the worl,
would ever expect would do anything
against me unasked by the public.
have nothing against the man, but d
have desire to be set right before tn
eyes Of the public. II don't prove hin
liar on every one OF the counts men
toned. II given an opportunity at m
trial. then will be willing to go to For
Madison. where he seems to pretty nea
have me now. don't consider him com
petent to give expert testimony, be
cause IL he was he would never hav
checked my accounts for three year
and found them o. K, and then make
statement through the newspapers tina
! am a forger and everything else tina
is bad. am sorry he has thought
necessary to submit to this interview
because If could suffer alone 1t woul
be different, but 1t has dragged othe
people along with me who have don
things for him from time to time tina
he can never expect to receive from an
other agent on any other territory I,