The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-21
REPORTER KILLED
IN GALLANT FIGHT
Capt. Barrett, Reported Miss
ing, Now Known to Be Buried
Behind Enemy Line.
FRIEND PRAISES HEROISM
Fell While Attempting to Bat
tie His Way Back to U. 8.
Position.

An unmarked grave somewhere back
OF the German lines in France bears
silent tribute to the heroism of Can't. F.
Blanton Barrett, a former member of
the stan Of THE EVENING SUN. Only a
few days ago THE SUN announced that
Capt. Barretts name had been listed
among those missing in action. Later
letter was received from one Of his fell
low officers saying that Capt. Barrett
had met his death while lighting des-
perately and heroically against superior
numbers."
| IT is evident from the few details
available that he must have fallen while
attempting to fight his way back to the
American lines after a raid on the Ger
man trenches.
There had been considerable scrap"
said the letter. land 1t occurred to me
that later information might show that
he was wounded and captured. To-day,
however. confirmation of the original re-
port came from the lips of Boche pris-
oners who had surrendered without re-
sistance. They said that Capt. Barrett
had been buried in a casket in a city
far behind the German lines. I have
the name Of the place and some day we
shall reach II. When we do Barrett's
grave shall have the attention It de-
serves.
Death Dramatic and Gallant.
81 wish I could tell the story Of his
death. 1t Is one OF the most dramatic,
heroic bits Of gallantry. which show why
the A. E. F. is coming gradually to rank
side by side with the French and Eng
lish in trouncing the Hun. You may tell
the friends Of Capt. Barrett that he died
| fighting desperately. fighting heroically
against superior numbers He had his
| fling at the Huns. Had luck been with
| him this letter never would have been
written. His you ALI with it's Georgia
/, warmth Is stored IN that corner OF my
heart where memories are refreshed fire.
quently by tears unshed"
! Barrett had much TO do with the
founding Of the newspaper mems train
| ing corps in this city, some time before
the United States entered the war. He
and several fellow reporters persuaded
Gen. Leonard Wood to designate an Of
| ficer from Governors Island to act as
drill master for the corps.
Shortly after his departure for Franco
Capt. Barrett received news that his
wife had given birth to a daughter.
| Lieut.. Albert j. Stanford, severely
| wounded, Is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
| Henry Stanford. 1874 Van Buren, street,
Brooklyn. in his last letter home dated
July II. he described an air raid on
Paris where he was apparently spending
a few days furlough.
| I'VE are so used to It." he wrote, 'that
| we do not turn our heads when a bomb
| explodes. Last week I was In the
| trenches and the men under my COM
| mand made an attack that drove the
| Germans back with severe losses, while
our boys Jared very well and the cas-
| ualty list was small
Has Been Wounded Twice.
Private Joseph Lawson. severely
| wounded July 10. is member of Com
| pany B, 165th Infantry the old Sixty
ninth. His parents lie at So East
Nnety-fourth street. Only last Friday
his parents received letter In which he
said he had been slightly wounded in the
left arm, but that he was about to be
discharged. 1t is assumed he received
his second wound Immediately after his
l return to the trenches.
| Private Marine Panza, %, killed In
| action. lived with his sister, Mrs. Marie
| Sinatti, 32S East Thirty-ninth street. He
| was previously reported wounded. Panza
| was born Of italian parents in New York
| city. but they returned TO Italy, where
| they still live.
| private Cecil ]. Hutton. severely
| wounded has three brothers in the SER
vice. His home is at 2021 Arthur ave-
| nue. The Bronx. After his enlistment
in an infantry regiment last fall he was
! stationed for time at Van Cortlandt
| Park. His father is an insurance
| broker.
Hutton Is only IS. After he and his
brothers entered the service his mother
obtained employment as an inspector in
gas mask mandatory on City Island.
Anton Tamoszunas, %, severely
wounded. lived with his sister. Mrs.
John Patrolas. 4o4 Grand street. Jersey
| City. He was drafted last fall and
| left for France four months ago with
the Seventeenth Infantry.
| Oscar Hagstrom. 20. a member of the
Medical Corps, Fifty-ninth Infantry. was
wounded July IL. His widowed mother
lives at 81 St Marks place, Brooklyn.
He was formerly employed as book
keeper with the Ger1nania Bank. In a
letter to his mother. written July 20. he
said he was in a hospital receiving ex-
| cellent treatment.
Lieutenant Has Three Wounds.
| ct was shot through the left and riSht
legs and also through my neck" said
Lieut.. Driving Folks in a letter received
by his mother. Mrs. Marie Fuffau, Gil
West 1s4th street. His mother was
notified yesterday that he had been seri-
ously wounded. The letter from the
Lieutenant followed at once.
IT am feeling fine" he wrote. 'but
kind of imagine that I will be sent to
New York soon. will be glad to get
back to see you, but Willie will be just
as glad to get back and do his share
toward downing the Huns again"
| Lieut. Folks is 20 and received his
commission at Plattsburg He served
on the Mexican border with the Twenty
second Regiment n. G. n. Y.
"I am proud TO have given my son
to his country, hut pray God he will
spare my other boys said Mrs. WILL
| lam Diekhaus. 244 Ogden avenue. Jer-
sey City when she received notice yes
terday that her son Aloysius. Eighteenth
Infantry. had been killed in action July
1s. Mrs. Diekhaus has two other sons
| in the service and expects her youngest
boy to be drafted soon.
|
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