The Detroit times., 1910-06-30
SLIPPERY HUBBY IS
FINALLY LANDED
BEHIND BARS
Dime Novel Methods Of Dodging
Police Kept Emmett Barton Free
I Man For Years, But Wife
81 Gets Him At Last.
Fugitive Once Joined Bunch of Depu-
ties and Started on Wild
si4. Chase For Self.

Emmett Barton's system Graves ex
element. So says Mrs. Emmett Bar
ton. an angular lady who dresses in
. gay and giddy yellow and carries
an extended vocabulary. Mrs. B. may
b taxing her imagination-Mr. b
says she is-but her story OF the arts
and wiles uractised by her husband
In various ventures with the police Of
sundry cities Is interesting at least.
Mr.. Barton Is just now perspirine
in . cell In the central police station
having been brought to that sad pre-
dicament. by some great detective
work by Mrs. Barton. She says that
Emmett is a slippery chap, and for that
reason she is lowering about the sta
ton determined he shall not escape
her now. She says he deserted her
He says he fed In fear. So there you
are.
Many years ago, according to Mrs
Barton. she married him. She AYERS
that only q few short hours after the
knot was tied, another woman ap'
peared on the scene. The other
woman was armed with q revolver
and announced that Barton was her
husband and she had come to get Aim,
by gum.
This was the beginning for Barton
Of a series OF hair-breadth escapes
from the police. He succeeded In In
~ NH laid nrfnr
claim to his affections TO depart with
out killing OF any OF the members OIL
his household. This he did, Mrs.
Barton says, by generous outlay OF
cash, OF which he had at that time
$40O.
The scene OF the Barton marital
mixups occurs in Jackson. Hillsdale
and Battle Creek. In picturesque
language, Mrs. Barton describes the
rural repose enjoyed by the Baf:ons
on their farm near Jackson. II was
here that band OF gypsies came wan
derine by. Emmet's nomadic nature
asserted itself. She says he took the
family COW. hitched old Dobbin to the
rhay, carried of the chicken coop and
departed. without even leaving Mrs.
Barton the price of n pound Of steak.
And so he joined the>gypsies. That
was where the real excitement OF his
career began. Mrs. Barton Is uncer'
tain as to dates and places. but the
following are a few recent incidents
that have enlivened the life OF Mr..
Emmett Barton:
He once pulled a rusty revolver that
wouldn't have exploded on the Fourth
TT LoI .,f nAT ra 70
ut bay and swan across a stream TO
safety.
Later, he met bunch OF deputies
who were on his trail. He helped
them hire an automobile and went ont
with them on wild chase for himself.
On another occasion. he Skinned up
a tree in the dead of night and in the
pale moonlight locked down upon his
baffied pursuers.
Once he was almost gone. They
had him in a train, with the cuffs on
him. He squirmed out of them aud
plunged through the window OF the
car.
Again, he succeeded in getting an
officer who had captured him to par
take Of a few cheering drinks. The
officer gradually lost all trace of time
or distance and Barton waved him a
fond farewell.
But now he Is securely locked up
Mrs. Barton traced him to Detroit
last Thursday. She rented a room
across the street from where Barton
was rooming at No. 231 First-st. Here
she could observe his every move.
She had Detectives Black and Wilson
join In the chase, Tuesday night, and
Barton was taken.
Mrs. Barton AYERS there would have
been no trouble lad the other woman
never entered. She said that after
that, Barton's only offense was drink.
ing beer and playing cards In the
house. This she could not allow out
OF respect to the memory Of her first
husband.
Barton is taking the situation cheer
fully enough. In spite OF the fact that
among his possessions was found a
CONN plate bearing the name OF Polly
Fitchett and the date OF that lady's
demise. This pleasant little souvenir