The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-03-16

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but could not find him and returned
to the house. Il guess he's gone to
the village, mother" he said, and !
suppose he will eat supper there
You know he often does that" His
mother was satisfied, and Andy's alb
sc2ce caused no alarm. Later in the
evening a haystaCk, that stood in the
field near the place where the broth
crs had been at work, was discovered
to be on fire. John went out to try to
save it, but It seemed to be burning all
over at the same time, and he could dc
nothing. The fire was attributed to
some malicious or thoUghtless boys,
'and no one thought of connecting it
with Andys disappearance.
Several days elapsed, and Andy did
not return His mother and brother
no, SHIT he might have gone to visit
y IS friend, Malcolm Thomson. who
hived. 9 short distance over the line in
i32nada Nearly a week later Thorn
{ a2n >appeared at the Barrows farm to
Z bys> some business, he said, with
~ He seemed greatly surprised
wy disappointed at Andys absence.
w. d Epressed anxiety lest some acct
the CHAD befalen him The follow
ID Gay thomson went to the village
mod in the stores and shops he dis
cusSed The disappearance Of Andy.
ana stirred up considerable comment
among the yillagerS who had thought
WIN MS mother and brother, that
A y was visiting Thomson, The
0colchinah appeared much concerned
ANA. VINE EXPRESSING no opinion kept
up 'Ne gossip re had started un'lI AT
Ias! 5usrl'loh was aroused, mat
"NIen "au Dee' a commonplace CIR
gllHS'ance at ifst became mystery
''-'l grew ue'i,9r ana deeper ea'l
nouI' u"'H nnaHy someone suggested
'''', pray MS suSS'S'lo" fap'u'y
,g'N Ioo' ana sa'Aq'eo cfedehce onlI
,l-e o"lIT' h'lghDoThood was sure tho
-'-uy ia'Io"S H'd Deeh murdered.
Johh HaTIo"s and his motIieo 81
course. were the last to hear #nese
Stories ana when they finally reached
ms ears, John started an imEr22fiate in
Ves''sauon' IN which nea,;.a I'll the
men OF The village Wil.I[tc sci Joined.
Ihey searched every q e., -, hc-Way
'''''2a, ant efy abandoned u, - every
ross. o's nook and Granny use farm.
Al hIsh, the men looked puzzled and
were ready TO go nome, an allow the
search 70 90 over until the next day,
"Aeh thomson casually mentioned
'Ae burning OF the taystack.
Here the SeaTc-ers We're Mortified
TO ma q partly barned body. RakinE
IN the ashes, someone found bunch
OF keys and Pocketknife. which were
recognized az once as having belonged
10 Andy 3arTows A hlood-stained
Ak, with some light red hairs. exactly
the shade Of Andy's hair. adhoring to
the bl3de, was found in the grass near
ny, hese discoveries seemed to solve
the mystery Of Audy's disappearance
\ cowardiy murder had been com
mi'ted, the body hidden in the stack
and the stack burned to conceal the
crime. There seemed no doubt as 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 as
to JOINS guilt said he knew there
mad been some misunderstanding be-
tween the brothers, but did not think
1t ever would reach such stage. Sew
eral 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 the 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 unwillingly, 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