Barton's Confession

If Cuyler J. Barton told the truth in his coufession to Sberifï Judsou, there aro other flre bugs in the región of Unadilla, who onght to suffer. For he denies the burning of most of the buildings that have been consumed. Regarding theburning of the Hadley barn he said that the theoiies of how he accomplished it were away off. He set flre to the corner of the barn by ineans of one of bis fire machines and not to a load of hay in the barn as was supposed. The tracks which were supposed to be made by himhe says he did not make, fqr he carne to the barn by another route. As to the motive of burning the barn he eaid he had none other thau a desire to see a flre. "My first fire, " said Barton, in his talk with Mr. Judson, "was the Hoyland grist mili a long time ago. I was hired to do the job and was to receivo a $20 gold piece. All I ever got was 5. The reason why the man who hired me waated the mili burned was that it interfered with some of his private interests. "I never burned the Messenger barus and I know nothing of who did. And I never made any flre boxes, exeept tiiose I used I am not fooi euoagh for that. When I had a fire to set, I made one. but I don't keep thern around for people to look at. "And I also wish todeny the burning of the Bangs property and the house in Unadilla belougiug to the mili property. I never fired them. "And I did not set the May house on fire, for which I was in jail at Howell. I did not put stuff in the chimney. "Neither did I poison the horse of Dr. DeBoice. " Allowing that Barton's story is truo, there are many tires that can yet be explained by some other perons.