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Hnb South Georgia progress,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6. 1005
Well Known Engineer Attempts To Take tbe
Life of His Wife But Fails.
SLAYER SAVED BY HIS WATCH.
Most Awful Tragedy Thomasville has Had for
Many Months Occurred Yesterday. Barrow
Says He Tried to Kill his Wife and Himself
But Did not Intend Shooting Mrs.
Parish. Sensational Affair.
(From Thursday's Daily.)
A thrill of horror no over the com.
inanity when detail!of an awful tragedy
became known. At a quarter put one
o’olook in the afternoon J. B. Barrow
an engineer on the Atlantlo Gout Llue
throw np the window., called for help
nod telephoned to the Time! Enterprise
from the inurnment, in the baok hall,
He.p Arrlvaa.
In responso to Mra. Harrow’s call for
■hot fire time! at hi! wife, (lightly li ’lp and Barrow’s orles, J. W. Dutton
wounding her in the left hand, hilled Ur. Ward, A. W. Kirkland and others
his mother-in-law, Mrs William Paritli responded. They raised Mrs. Parrish's
and then turned a Winchester rifle on body from where it had fallen, on the
himself and inflioted two dangerous ‘ baok poroh and carried it to the room
wounds from which he may die. I where the shooting commenced.
Tbe incidents of^the tragedy ate most j eiamlnation made by Dr. T, M. Me
dramatic and sedsatlonal. At twenty Intoeli showed that the ballet entered
minutes after one o'clock tbo telephone
of the Tlmat-Enterprise rang and an ex
cited Toiee at the other end shouted an
hi inkersnTmnissnn. in which the word*,
"Parrish residence" "awful 'tragedy"
"killed mother-in-law" conld be dis
tinguished. Represen'atives of this
paper immediately drore to Campbell
Street near the railroad bridge, tlie scene
of the shooting. The neat six room
cottage looked as nsnal from the outside
bat within a gory scene met the eye
Mrs. Parrish lay dead, in a room at the
rear of the house.' The bell-wey, por
ches and rooms were spattered vrPh
Mood. A pistol with fire empty shells,
ay on tbe floor, and a.boitln of whh-key
half emptied stood on the mantel piece.
Booh were the surroundings of the
dead.
The Story.
The tragedy from the stories of the
excited witnesses terms to hare bun u
follows. Immedietely after dinner.
an inch below the collarbone, and two
inches to the left of the ahoolder blade,
censing death eithor from cutting the
rob claTian artery orepterlng the heart.
Barrow wuturued orer to Polioemsu
Lambert who earned him to tbe oity
hospital where he now is.
Sfysd by His Watch
Dr. b A. Daniels attended the
wounded mm at tl.e hospital. Be
fonnd tlut the stem of Barrow's watch
was Ihs only thing that spared his life
forereu a allott while. One of til.
ballets, and the one that would here
cost him his lito immediately, struck
tlie chain ring of Ills walob, and al
though it tore tilts liug loose und drove
it an inch into his side it spent the force
of tlie ballet and belli w.re extracted
together with no serious results.
Toe other ballet entered Ids chest and
Just missing his heart lodged in its
neighborhood. This wound ought not
to prure fatal unless complications
enana. Taken altogether Mr. Barrow's
Hr. Barrow, Ms wife, and a cousin of I otuknce , for „ covor7 ^ thaohis
ben, John V. Tlnley, a young man who
came last Sunday from Waynesboro,
On. to~rlslt the family, were seated be
fore the.flre In s room used as a combi
nation bed chamber and sitting room.
Mrs. Hartwell Lambert, a lady about
forty years of age', living iu Fitsgcruld,
alio a eisttor to the family, was iu the
baok yard. Mrs. Wm. Parish mother
f Mrs Barrow, was in the dining room
arranging Hie table after tlie midday
steel. A colored vbmati, S.illu- Jones
Waalnthe kitchen al work. Tim trio
in tbe sitting room were speakiug of
liquor drinking. A remark addressed
by Mrs. Burrow to Tinier wsi constru
ed by Barrow as an Insinuation that
be had made Tinier drunk on last Mon
day- Be palled a 32 calibre Smith and
Wesson revolver from Ins pocket and
shot at Ilia wife. At the first shot, Tic-
ley, who is a one-armed boy, ran from
the room and made Ins escape from the
front part of the house. Mrs Lambert
did not stir, thinking tlie shot was sport,
but at the recced shot she run also,
back ot tlie bouse. Mra. Brroaw rau
out of tlie house, off the back porch and
down the street. Barrow followed her
firing ra; idly. Mra. Parrish, alarmed
by ibe shots, ran from the dining room
onto tbe baok porch, and received the
ballet that earned her death. After
Barrow realised what ha had done ha
went to Mt ted room, took a Winchca-
obancea for the death he so sincerely
deal roe.
Mrs. Barrow InUrvewecP
All the pen lea to the tragedy wen in
terviewed by representatives of the
Timee-Enterprise. kin. Barrow who was
hystericalSud excited said - "My name
Is Mina Parrish Barrow, lam eighteen
years old and I was married two years
ago to J. B. Barrow. We were never
what yen might call a loving couple.-I
never saw any use in taking on over
"Babby” ospeolally as lie is so inuoli
older than I am. - We always got along
fairly well but we quarrelled sometimes.
He Itad been drinking for four or five
days. I saw him take one drink tills
morning. I Had not apokon to bimall
day. Wo talked very little bat never
came to blown 1 would do what hn
told mo. Mother was not iu the room.
John ritilsy said something about liav-
iugheeu drauk Monday. 1 raid ‘well,
I guess nobody made you drnnk.’ My
husband said, ‘I suppose you mean me.
It's a lie.' He pulled hit gun and began
to shoot. I ran, and he only hit me
once. [Here she showed a slight fiegb
wound in her left hand ] I don't know
what made him shoot. I would not
care bat my mother is dead. I 'Pope
they will put him under tbs ground."
A Star Wtnsss-
John V. Tinley said. "The three it
ter rifle, plaotd the mosaic against his; us won talking. 1 don’t know just
body, and palled the trigger. He then how it happened. Only one or two
words were passed. Barrow oommenerd
to'short and I ran. When [ got back I
saw Mrs Parrish lying there dead, 1
dMu'tsee the shooting.
Father n tsw Talks
Mr. Wm. Parrish, who is a boiler
maker at the Thomasville Iron Worts
said "I don't know how tills nwfnt
thing happened. Barrow aud 1 have
bien friend* for 13 years. He boarded
with ns before lie was married and we
nil kept house together Mv dsnebter
aud lie never got along very well but
never iiad any eerions troub'e He h ui
a 5 dsyslay off week before Christmas
and lie had been drinking ever alutt'
ady Ran
Mra. Lambert said. “I have hern
here visiting the Parrishes tineo Tues
day. I didn't notice any trouble be
tween Mr. and Mrs. Barrow. They did
not have much to do with each other.
He had been drinking right along, b it
did not seem drunk. It must hare
been whiskey though. I ran when 1
heard the aeoond aho*, and did not ice
any of the shooting.”
Sallie Jones, the negro cook said he
was alone In tho kitchen, uni -no,
"scared to death,” when she heard tl.e
shots."
Hard to Understand.
Fnun tlie situation of the premises. i<
is difficult to see how Mrs. Punish
conld have been acoidently shot There
are many unglea on the porch white
her death occurred. The dining room
and kltohen open onto It. There is a
bullet mark on the floor and wall of the
dining room where aho was. She fell
near th i door of the kitchen. Barrow
would have faced away from her while
firing at his fleeing wife. He says the
shooting was accidental,—that he re
grets it and hopes to never recover.
His complete story as glveu to the
Timas Enterprise reporter Is as follows:
Barrow's Statement
"I was bom in Hsmeltoneonnty, Vis.
May 18, 1886. I am an engineer and
have lived here for several years ou
Campbell street. I have been friend-
with Will Parrish for years. About
two years ago-I married his daughter.
Wo lived together with the old foils.
1 wns never happy. All the time we
were quarreling. Going back to the be
ginning of tlie trouble I will say that
she hat never been what a wife ought
to be. She lias done wrong tunny
times. Sue has played low down tiioks
on ine. She aud her Mother „ would
both give me down ,tlie country a' out
nothing lu the world. For two yeais
tbeao troubles have been piling up on
I have had no one to ooufldo iu
and my troubles have Just run me cresy.
No oue knows wliati havegone through
with Tliia morning young^arrlali, rnj
brother-in-law, asked ms if I woold car
ry dinner to his tether so he conld go
hutting. To tense him I refused, but I
intended to do it. I came down town
with Tinley. I bad my goo in my
pocket. On my way home wc aiet Mrs
Lambert and my wife. Mrs. Ltmbert
spoke but my wife didn't. They were
tsklug dinner tu Parrish, und tlie boy
had gone.
When I gol home the old lady reared
up aud ripped down on me aud called
me names. 1 told tier I didn’t want any
trouble and 1 didn't. I told her 1
Would leave the house on January first.
I had a bottle of Saratoga whiskey and
Tinley aud 1 had a driuk. It was 20
minutes of twelve bocauso I looked at
my watch.
After dinner we were talking again.
I had had four or five drinks duriug the
diy. I don’t know just what£liappen-
ed. I just went crazy. I .started t-i
•boot at my wifo. She rau and I tel
loved her out ou thepoich shooting af
ter her. The old lady come running
O-it, on tbe porch. She got tier's then
from a stray bullet. I am sorry I killed
her. I didn't mesn to do it. I wssu'l
after Iter, though site had been aesn tn
ms and had entered me to leave often;
an I had blacked, my 070 with n chair.
Wueu I saw wliat I bad dona I got my
Wrm-hester from my room, went oat in
th> ball, and shot myself twloe."
When as - l if he wus sorrjr he didn't
-ill tils w fe he ev.tdad 1 lie question and
add,-•[ ant a rrv I didn't kill myself,
loertainl wan r-idie I dou't expect
-ogotw.-li a,i-( I hope I won’t. If I
live .1 tn-u.-a- d -ears t never want to
-ee mv wif.* age n."
C- n erld Verdet.
A i-orou.-r's j iry met at the residence
at half pa-r three and heard several
witnesses, Tfiit.inq.-e-t was made nec
essary, by tlie t 1- il*at no ODe saw the
fatal she fired In- jury was com-
(knedofj, F. Evans, toretuau, B. P.
iloss, Oscar.Groovef,' L 11. Rogers, Jas
per Miles and Jas. Dixon. Their ver
dict was that Mrs. Parrish came to her
!■ nth from a pistol iu the hands of J.
d. Barrow, The Verdict did not state
whether the jury considered the -hoot
ing murder or an accident.
Barrow is too weak to move, but is
under surveillance by the officers, and
t special deputy guardB him. He whl.
answer to the charge of murder if he
lives. The whole affair ia a chapter
from life’s seamy side It is uulver-
sally deplored and is one of the mom
.hocking-affairs that has ever marred
tho peace and good order of Thonias-
ille.
DIVERSIFIED CROPS
PLANNED AT BARWICK.
I'rof. MeWhorter of the Normal In-
titnte. was here in the interest of his
school n few days this week.
Mr. Davis and aister Mias Clifford, of
deiga, me the gnesta of their brother,
dr. Ji D. Davis, here.
Eld. B H. Jennings of Dawson, filled
his regular appointment at Harmony
Saturday and Sunday.
MV. J. B, Hieks made a business trip
to HiomaivUlo.Monday.
Mr. J. B. Rountree and son Carl vis
ited Thomasville last Friday.
School opened here Monde) with an
enrollment of nearly one hundred pnpUs
Prot Parrish of Quitman, is principal
and Miss Abble Barrett mstistant.
Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Davis left for
tiled home in Summit Tuesday, af 'er a
delightful vi it with relttiysa hero dur
ing tho holiday!.
Mr. aud Mrs. John McCann enter
tained quite a number of their friends
at u pound party last Friday night.
Mr. Wilkes has moved his family to
Boston.
^Tliors has been no bonfire of cotton
ht Berwick yot, but Judging from the
way the farmers are talking there will
have to be one of watermelons next
summer and one of Sea Island ootton
next fall.
Several went over to Pavo Sunday to
bear Mrs. Rutherford.
Mrs. R. H. Berwick and son Luther,
of Pavo, attended church at Harmony
Sunday.
New Series, Vol XV—ta 1$,
ARTHUR PATTEN
WINS THE PIANOS
His Estimate of The Number of "Ands" in It%
Weekly Times-Enterprise Was 1375.
THE FIVE JUDGES FOUND 138$
After a Hard Day's Work the Decision of the Gonjt
nrittee was Given (5ut Late Yesterday Af
ternoon. Mrs. S. A. Miller Came'
Second, Guessing 1397.
Mr. Arthur Patten of Thomasville
won the piano. Ho pot in five counts
at ten thirty a. m on the third day. of
Ootober, more than three weeks after
the contest beg.n. One of Ids five
coints was 1373, and it was worth jest
$330 to idm.
The Judges met at eleven o’olook yes-
terdsy morning, and from then nntll
six in the evening, exoept for tbe
hour, they were working as hard as
five men in Thomasville.
Tlie job of ooonting tho “ante’
ed larger than anybody had
and the Times Enterprise feels
grateful lo them for their
servioee The following verdict of
si good men as grow in Thomas
telle the tale.
“After having carefully comited the number of times !
the word “and” appears in the Weekly Times-Enterprise :
of December, .(oth., we find it to be 1383. We have care. ;
fully gone over the records of the Contest and find them.;
ccrrectly kept Mr. Arthur Patten having submitted the
most neatly correct estimate, 1375, we declare him to be
the winner of the Piano,
Mitchrll,
Jno. W. H. M
J. J. Turner,
M. A. Pilcher,
Fred Feltham,
W. Y. Brvan. .
Com.
Meirilville Personals.
By J. N. Donaldson.
On Wednesday January 11, oar maul-
cipal eleetion will take plaoe for the
pnrpoee or ohocslng a Mayor and Board
of Aldermen to serve during tbe ensu
ing year. Ms] (lie right men be chosen
to those offices.
Dr. D. C. Montgomery received a
telepboue message calling him to the
bedside of Ills brother-in-law Mr. G. W.
Swift Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Fannie Pollock and little daugh
ter left Thursday for Cairo where they
will reside.
Mr. Lewis Bloehshear, of Roohelle,
Ga , visited his uncle Mr. T. P, Black-
shear last Friday.
Mrs. W A. John ,011 left Sunday for
Haoon, her home, after a several days'
visit to her ion Mr. Y, T. Johnson.
Miss Fannie Reran left for her home
in Me g 1 Monday.
Mrs. J. J. Turner returned Tuesday
after n weeks visit to relatives in Mon*
tktello.
Mr. and Mrs. I*. E. Tomer spent
Tncsda • in the city al op .ting.
little Mias Irma Jarrett after n visit
The next nearest estimate was 1887
and it was submitted by Mrs. 8. A.
Miller of Thomasville.
Mr. Patten, the fortunate contestant,
is well known. He lias been a valneJ
employee of the poet offioe bore tor
many months and there le hardly
in Thomaevitla more nnivei
Ho la a sou of M re. Arthur
his family is one it the mot
In all the connty. He will ho
lated fur and- wide on his good
MR. REESE ASSUMES
DRUG STORE MANAGEMENT
Mr. W. M. Reese took charge of the
Patterson Drug Go., last night.
The drag business does not oome
strangely to Mr. Reeeo. AU Thomas-
vllltans except new oomers will remem
ber when the drag firm of W. M. Reeeo
was an Important factor In the business
world of ThemaovlUe. He entered the
field in 1878 In tbe old Mitchell House
blook. He was horned out by the big
lire, bat when tbe hotel was rebuilt he
moved Immediately book to the very
■pot hs had occupied before. He con
ducted bis drag store there With good
•aoeese until shout 1880 when he sold
ont to Dr. McRae.
Doo” Is a good fellow and he will
be gladly welcomed baok into the bus
iness world. He is a good neighbor and
the Times Enterprise extends to Mm the
glad hand for itself and the Modi ion
treot neighborhood.
Prinur Preacher Here-
Rev. Chester E. Johnston, formerly
of Quitman, end Ills bride passed through
tlje city yesterday ontbeir way to Bonl-
tey, Fla, where Rev.* Johnson is pastor
of the Metli dist church. * The youi’g
minis-er was formerly a printer, oflee in
the employ of the Times-Enterprise
and Ids mum friends in Thomasville
will read with ioterest of Me mar-
riage and success in gospol fi -ids.
to her grand mother relumed Tuesday
accompanied by her uncle Mr. Joe
Heath and Mrs. Mary Jarrett.
Ur. 'Mile and Mira Vatsie Jewish
Visited Kr. E O. Jarrett last Tue«d,y
and were acoompeined bank by tilt«
Annie May Jam tr. a lie —Hi smM i
few d ltUs A -l aAll.c .
ANOTHER SCHOLARSHIP
TO YOUNG’S I
Thin to bn' Awarded Some Thu
County Girl by Examination*
President Hunt of Yonng’a
College, made anno
that a scholarship to tlie col
be given to some girl in tlio
Tho soholarsMp will be open
girl students of the oonnty
those of Thomasville and
places having separate and diatino*
terns are excluded. It will be
to tho girl who ettai
general avenge in an
held dating the Teachers'
spring. County School
Maidean, Snperintoodcut Berwick
President Hont will be s
judge tlie examination p
A scholarship to Young’s
lege ia not to bo lightly
.this is a most excellent
tlie many bright girls in car
schoo's.
- At the Plney Woods-
Tlie early geesta aro, gathering
Piney Woods and a nnt
are already comfortably
Tliomiisvillo'sfamoos hostelry,
tlie nowbor nre Miss
York, Jos S. McKell,
Wot Sc-it McKell (
Mrs. F. 11 Hood and
for of Now York, H.
of Bred. Oregon, 1
Paul, MillU.
Mr. Chas. U
Yurt, is tho geest
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