The times., 1899-06-16
THE PLOT TO KIDNAP
BABY MARION CLARKE
Carrie Jones, the Nurse, Com
pletes Her Confession.
How the Culprits Read of Them
selves in the Newspapers.
The Arrest and Attempted Escape of
Two Guilty AccompIices in
New York.

New York, June 15.-The trial Of the
kidnapers of Marion Clarke was resumed
In the criminal branch of the supreme court
today. Interest in the proceedings CEN
tired in the testimony of Carrie Jones,
alias Bella Anderson, who revealed the
plot conceived by George Beauregard
Barrow and his wife to steal child for
the purpose of making money.
She testified that she became acquainted
with the Barrows while she and Mrs. Bar
row were mattresses in the Mills Hotel.
She fell i'll and went to live with the Bar
rows in their fat where the Barrows pro-
posed to her scheme to steal child
whereby she could make $500. She said
that Barrow inserted an advertisement in
newspaper which Mrs. Clarke answered.
She then related the circumstances of her
engagement by Mrs. Clarke and testified
to various plans which, she said, had been
made to carry away the child. Mrs. Bar
row, she said, was to meet her in Central
Park and Barrow was to be waiting there
with an electric cab. She testified that
finally she met the Barrow woman on Sum
day May 81, in Central Park that she and
Mrs. Barrow went over to Brooklyn, where
they took furnished room in the house
OF Mrs. Cosgriff. They met Barrow on the
way, she said, and at the house in Brook
lyn the Barrow woman wrote the note
signed Three" The witness Identified the
note and then. broke down and was unable
to proceed with her testimony, and court
was adjourned.
II remained in Mrs. Cosgriff's house
Sunday night. So did Mrs. Barrow. She
went out Monday morning at 10 o'clock and
came back at 3 o'clock. / stayed home.
She told me not to break down and TO keep
my spirits up"
The witness identified note which she
said was written by Mrs. Barrow and left
at Mrs. Cosgriff's house on Monday, May
%. This was the note in which the woman
said that she had received telegram say
ing her husband had fallen from ladder
in Brooklyn and was badly injured. 1t was
note of goodby, and was signed Mrs.
George W. Davis
WHO is Mrs. George W. Davis?" asked
Mr.. McCann.
Mrs. Barrow" said the witness.
The witness said she and Mrs Barrow
had left Mrs. Cosgriff's house at o'clock
on Monday afternoon. The two went TO
rated by agreement, to meet in the Erie
station, Jersey City. Mrs Barrow took
the child. She next saw Mrs. Barrow the
same evening in the Erie station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barrow came into the sta
ton with the child and the witness. 1
did not speak to them, but followed them,
and we got on a train for Sloatsburg. Mr..
Barrow got off at Paterson. We stopped
at Sloatsburg over night l don't know
the house. Tuesday we went to john
town, Mrs Barrow driving. We stopped
at the house of Mrs. opeman. Mrs. Bar
row introduced me as Miss Anderson, and
the child as her cousins.
Mrs. Barrow and the child and / stayed
at Opeman's house Tuesday night. Wednes-
day, and Wednesday night. Mr.. Barrow
came up on Thursday. He said he wanted
to go camping somewhere around Sloats-
burg. He told me that he had written
letter to the Clarkes sending back the med
ais the child had on"
The witness identified the trinkets and
the letter which the Clarkes had received
with the trinkets.
"All three of US and the child stayed at
Mrs. opeman's Thursday night" contin
ued the witness. Friday night Mr.. Bar
row and ! came down to New York, Mr..
Barrow buying the tickets, and We went to
the Barrows fiat, 1915 Varick Place We
stayed there all night. The next day he
read the paper and said: They haven't
got cIew yet We're safe Then he said
he was going TO get some money out of
the bank and go to Sloatsburg to take Mrs.
Barrow 10 some other place. He went
away. / stayed at the fiat. He came back
Sunday afternoon and said the child was
| all right. We stayed at the fiat Sunday
night. He went away Monday morning.
When he came back Monday night l told
him / was afraid. He said: We're safe.
They haven't got any clew yet / was still
at the fat Tuesday when he told me that
Mrs. Barrow had written to him saying he
must come up and take her away. as the
people she was staying with could not keep
| her. They were afraid Marion Clarke had
| the measles.
"Wednesday morning Mr.. Barrow told
me he was going to draw money out of
the bank and go to Sloatsburg. He went
away When he came back TO the fiat
about o'clock on Thursday afternoon he
said:
"'Addie has queered it all. She is ar
! rested. You had better leave New York.
1t will all blow over in a few weeks
Then he gave me some money and said
! he was going up to Clarkes house.
went out to my home at Short Hills that
night. was arrested next day"
Fred Lang, the boy who brought the note
y
May /, identified Mrs. Barrow as the
woman who had given him the note at
sixty-second Street and Second Avenue
He identified the note. Mr.. Howe re-
fused to cross examine, saying:
THE boy is too bright for me-"
The three kidnapers were confronted In
the Supreme Court with the baby they
had stolen. The baby was brought into
court to be identified. The prosecution
concluded its case by calling witnesses
who had seen the child in the possession
of the two women under Indictment. Bar
row was then called for the defence His
line was that the woman had got up the
kidnapping scheme without his knowledge.
His wifes defence will be insanity. Bar
row said he later Joined in the scheme to
save his wife. He was tripped up fire.
quently in his testimony. The case will
probably go to the jury tomorrow.
In the Criminal Court.
In the case Of Charles Washington, colored
charged with assault with intent to kill William
wauzer, also colored. the Jury failed to agree
upon a verdict, and discharged by justice
Clabauzh.
Louis Brown and Lee Swan. indicted for house
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