The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-12


ate a sensation for the newspapers.
When the governor appeared among
them alone. they changed their plan.
or a sudden as his excellency stood
looking at the work In hand the four
men raised a shout rushed upon him
and hustled him into the alley between
the tailor shop and the shoe shop. In
two minutes the whole prison was In
revolt, There was no cowardice among
the guards, but when COO men break
loose without the slightest warning
surprise and confusion will render thlr-
ty or forty guards powerless for time,
In the tailor shop where Barlow was
ut work there was only one guard over
the thirtyfve men. The fellow lost his
head Mt once, and the first man TO
reach him was Barlow. The revolver
WAS wrenched from his hand. and he
was flung aside as the thirty-fve
rushed into the yard. None of them
had as yet espied the governor. but
when 1t became known that he had
been captured Barlow dlved straight
for the spot where he was being held.
Then. crowding the governor back, he
stood In front OF him and levcled his
weapon at the cheering. cursing. excit-
ed mob and warned them that It would
be death TO them to come nearer
For fifteen minutes pandemonium
reigned In that yard. The mob sursed
the building, destroying machinery nnd
defying the guards. The shoe shop was
set on fire. and above all the confusion
the notes OF the alarm bell were heard
summoning help from the town.
In time most of the prisoners were
marched to their cells and locked up,
but score or more continued defiant
then only after three of them had been
shot During all this time one man
stood between the governor and death
the convict Barlow. The ''desper-
ates" begged. eoaxed. cursed and
threatened. They menaced him with
missiles, they sorcly wounded him
again and again, but they dared not lay
hands OH him, dared not cross the line
he had drawn. When all WAS over. he
sat down and wept The governor
went forth without scratch ON his
person.
Everybody said here was a case for
instant pardon and yet 1t was II
heroic thing on the part of Barlow,
but he had been sentenced for life for a
cold blooded murder. Nor did he ask
for n pardon. What he did ask was
that his innocence might be proved
He had gone over the whole case In his
mind n hundred times. and now he was
able to throw some light on certain
dark spots. The governor had no doubt
of his guilt, and yet he employed men
at his own expense to go over the
ground.
But by a mere accident after all Bar
low was cleared. In another state and
hundreds of miles away horse thief
was MORALLY injured by fall from the
horse he had stolen. Before dying that
nun. who had not heard of the trial and
conviction of Barlow, confessed, amQpg
OInef Things, tnnr no ma ehiefeu tho
house where Mrs. Barlow was stopping
to secure plumber. He was In the room
when she woke up and cried out, and
he hit her on the head with an Iron
bolt He had no idea that he had
caused her DEATH az he had not struck
to kill Barlow had been there In the
evening 10 get word with her and make
up their quarrel. but she refused to
speak. When arrested. he was simply
going TO n distant point, far from the
scene of his domestic troubles.
II his guilt had seemed clear when
tried before, his innocence seemed no
less clear when he faced jury the sec
ond time. Leaving out his action dur
ing the mutlny and taking the case on
its legal merits, he WAS honorably ac-
quilted and restored to society without
stain on his name, and the first man
to grasp his hand after the verdict was
the governor of the state.