The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-03-02

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went to the field TO search for him.
but could not find him and returned
to the house, Il guess he's gone TO
the village. mother" he said and !
suppose no will eat supper there
You know he often does that" His
mother was satisfied, and Andy.s alb,
scncc caused no alarm. Later IN the
evening a haysiack, that stood IN the
field near the place where the broth
crs had been AT work, was discovered
to be on Are. John went out IN try to
save II, but II seemed to be burning all
over AT the same time, and he could do
nothing. The tire wus attributed to
some malicious or thoughUess boys.
and no one thought OF connecting It
With Audy's Disappearance
Several days elapsed. and Andy did
not return. His mother and brother
thought he might have gone to visit
his friend, Malcolm Thomson. who
lIyod short distance over the line In
Canada Nearly week later Thorn.
son appeared at the Barrows farm to
transact some business, he said, with
Andy He seemed greatly surprised
and disappointed at Andys absence,
and expressed anxiety lest some acci.
cent had hcfallcn him The follow.
ing day Thomson went to the village
and In the stores and shops he dis.
cusscd the disappearance Of Andy,
and stirred up considerable comment
among the villagers who Ind thought,
with his mother and brother, that
Andy was visiting Thomson Tho
Scotchman appeared much concerned
and. while expressing no opinion, kept
mp the gossip he had started until at
last suspicion was aroused That
which had been q commonplace cir
that grew deeper and deeper each
hour. until finally someone suggested
foul play This suggestion rapidly
took root and gathered credeuce until
the entire ncighborhoud was sure that
Andy Barrows had been murdered
John Burrows and bis mother. Of
course, were the last to hear these
stories, and when they finally reached
his ears John started an immediate In.
voRtigItion, In which nearly all the
men Of tho village willingly Joined.
They searched every out.ofthe-way
place. every abandoned well. every
possible nook and Granny on the farm.
A. night the men looked puzzled and
were ready 10 go home. and allow the
search to go over until the next day.
when Thomson casually mentioned
the burning Of tho hnyslack
Hero the scarchcrs wcro horrlAed
to find partly burned body Raklng
In the ashes, someone found n bunch
Of keys and a pocketknifc. which were
recognized al once as having belonged
to Andy Barrows A blood-stained
Ak, with some Hight red hairs. exactly
the shade Of Andy's hair, adhering to
the blade. was found in the grass near
by. These discoveries seemed to solve
the mystery of Andy's disappearance
A cowardly murder had been com.
mitted, tho body hidden In the stack.
and the stack burned to conceal the
crime, There seemed no doubt MS to
the Identity Of the body, and the next
thing was to discover the criminal.
Suspicion at once pointed to John
Barrows. Who else could have com.
mitted the awful deed-who else
could have had an object In doing It?
Thomson. while expressing doubt an
to Johns guilt, said lie knew there
had been some misunderstanding be.
tween the brothers. but did not think
II ever would reach such stage. Sew.
cral persons who had heard. or heard
Of, the quarrel between the brothers,
came forward to tell what they knew
or imagined, and things began to look
pretty dark for John. He was as
much puzzled as anyone by the dis.
covery made In the ashes OF tho hay.
stack, and could offer no explanation
Of the mystery.
John Barrows was formally charged
with the murder of his brother, and
a warrant was sworn out by Thomson
for his arrest. Thomson took this
step most unwillngly, he said, but
felt he must see Justice done his old
friend. No denial on Johns part made
the slightest impression on the minds
Of the excited people. They wanted
an immediate trial. but were com.
PEELED to wait few weeks for court
to convene. and after a brief prelim.
mary hearing. John was taken to the
county joil.
Jane Heath. when the first suspI.
cion OF her lover was made public,
declared her faith In him, and told
him she would stand by him and
eventually would SEQ the criminal
punished. No one could shake her
faith in John, and her friends re-
garded her as little short of de.
mented when she declared she never
would forsake John Barrows. No one
else had the slightest faith In his in.
nocsnce. Even his mother, although
not expressing her opinion. was pros
trnted by tho grief and the dissrace,
and refused to SEQ her son. She be-
lieved him guilty. and could not bear
to see the son who had killed another
son equally dear.
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