Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1912 — TRAILED FOR A YEAR. [ARTICLE]

TRAILED FOR A YEAR.

Son of Indiana Farmer Is Arrested on Charge That He Slew Four Persons at Kansas City. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30.-—Chas. Botvman, s’oh of a Westfield (Ind.) farmer, was arrested on the, farm of JjM M. Risley, near Nora, ind.;" tod# by Indianapolis detectives and , Kattbaß City authorities. In his arofficials are confident, they H|rße captured the person who murdered four people on the Barnhart: farm near Kansas 0 City the night of December 9, 1910. 'The police who made the arrest | allege that Bowman has admitted I that he was employed by GetM'ge Barn hard g who was found in the barn with his head crushed, but denies being connected in any way with the murder. j However, Bowman is said to ,iav;e ■ told Detectives Cronin and .DerosYit, [who' arrested him, that he knew who the real murderer is, but that .lie. had fled the country. He is alleged to have told the authorities j that;*: the real murderer told him alljthe circumstances leading to Hu brutal murder of the four persons.' The Kansas City authorities - out. Bowman back that city at T ■ o’clock tonight. The Barn hard murder was con - sidered at the time one of the most brutal murders in criminal history, and attracted considerable attention, ail over the country. Sarah Barn hard's body was found, in the

house, while that of her son, the old trapper, ' and the hired hand, were found in the barn. * The house had been ransacked and the pockets oft. the victims stripped of all-that was valuable. 'The Kansas City police for .more than a year have been at work on the case, which teiminated" in the arrest of Bowman today. 1t,...is ...said “"that there is anothoi; person implicated in the. murder by Bowman and that the local police are on his track'.