Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
Pursue Man Charged with
Serious Crime to Glenwood, Ia,
III Vain.
IN MILLS COUNTY BAsTmE
Sheriff, Fearing for Safety Of Pris-
oner, Makes Hurried Trip.
POSSE DECIDES TO STOP EFFORTS
Irate NeighbOrs Must Await the
Process of Law.
ACCUSED MAN DISCUSSES SELF
Harry BarEer Is Arrested at Pacific
Junction, Following Alleged At
tack on Woman I'm AtchisOn
County, Missouri.
OssE DECIDES TO STOP EFFORTS
ACCUSED MAN DISCUSSES SELF

Harry Barger. accused Of a criminal as
sault upon Mrs Chet Baker, residing In
Atchison county. Missouri, a few miles
southeast OF Hamburg. Ia, was captured
at Pacific Junction, Ia. Friday afternoon
and brought TO Council Bluffs late in the
evening for the purpose OF preventing a
posse Of pursuing Mssourans from lynch
ing him.
Barger was taken from Pacific Junction
| to Glenwood Ia, and lodged in the Mills
| county Jail, but when Sheriff Lindeville
/ heard that a band Of resolute MissouriRns,
| recruited from the neighborhood where the
assault was committed, were coming to
| Glenwood in automobiles determined and
| we'll prepared to lynch Barger. he placed
! the prisoner in an auto and sped across the
| country with him to Council Bluffs, eX-
| acting a promise from Sheriff McCaffery
/ not under any circumstances to divulge
the fact that the prisoner was in Council
Bluffs Jail lest the irate Missourians should
come up there and finish the job they had
undertaken. The fact however was widely
\ circulated around Glenwood where the
pursuers easily acquired all necessary in
! formation about the condition of the Coun-
| Gil Bluffs jail. They neglected to take ad-
vantage of the opportunity offered them
! to continue their juorney, but would un-
doubtedly have finished Barger IL he had
remained in Mills county.
Goes 10 Baker Home.
Barger was a hired man on a farm near
the Baker residence and was acquainted
with Mrs. Baker and her family. He went
to the house when he knew she would be
alone and left her in an insensible condi-
ton. He left the place before she recov-
cred and before any member OF her family
returned. When she regained conscious
ness she telephoned her brother. having
only strength enough to tell him to come
tp the farm quickly Hsr brother used HE
automobile for a speedy journey. on the
way he metBarger coming from the direc-
tlon of the house, but. not knowing what
had happened. merely spoke to him in
passing. Mrs. Baker told her brother the
story, an dthe farm telephones were quickly
used TO raise q pursuing party.
Barger was followed, but he got into the
hills and went across country. where his
purguers. mostly in automobiles, were un-
able to follow and they lost him. He came
to the vicinity of Pacific Junction, where,
, partially disguished by a stained face, he
found employment husking corn for a
farmer named Moore. He worked until
Friday before he was recognized as the
possible fugitive and Mills county officers
, placed him under arrest An hour or so
after he was brought INTO Pacific Junction
the pursuing Mlssourans had reached the
Moore farm and learned Of the arrest 1t
was then chase between them and the
sheriff. in which the sheriff won by get
ting his man. No one has been permitted
to see Barger and his own version of the
case has not been made public
sheriff EIudes Pursuers.
GLENWOOD, Ia, Nov 5.-(Special) >
Marshal John Farrell OF Pacific Junction
accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Robert
Allen of Atchison county, Missouri, arrived
here yesterday and had placed in jail Harry
" Barger, or Barts, wanted in Missouri on g
i charge OF assaulting Mrs. c. C. Baker al
j her home six miles southeast Of Hamburg
e Several automobile loads Of relatives anc
= friends prepared TO make quick work OF
q Barger If caught were known to be close
- TO GlenwoOd and Sheriff Linviue thought
n Council Bluffs safer place for the man
even II the jail there had been recently
condemned by the grand jury. In a few
minutes after a transfer of the prisoner
had been decided upon, Clyde stranathaI
> was in front Of the jail with an auto
mobile. Sheriff Lnvine. Deputy Allen ant
the prisoner made a record trip to Counci
n Bluffs, the condition Of the roads beinc
Il taken into consideration.
n The first automobile load of pursueri
> drew up in front OF the Glenwood Jail ant
= the men jumped out as one man No In
n quiry was made as to the location Of tn,
N jail as far as known here. They seemeS
3 TO know exactly where to draw up. The,
ia were told misleading stories at the Jail ant
N one load backtracked to Pacific Junction
s. The destination Of the others was no
known here.