Show WORlDS WORlD'S RICHEST INDIAN DISCARDS CIVILIZED WAYS Wife Leaves for California So Jack Barnett Sleeps 9 Peacefully f on Blanket Blanke t 1 Before Warm Fireplace e j i Okla Feb 9 After After r years of ot wedded life lite that required re- re J him to live up to his position as the worlds world's richest Indian Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son Barnett is alone again and with withA h A sigh of or relief has bas cast aside the sort soft t ways war of ot civilization The aged In Indian In In- dlan dian has discarded such inconveniences fences as ns starched linen and beds an and andIs d Is Js enjoying himself In aboriginal fashion fash fash- Ion lon ion although amid the tho splendors o ohis of ot othis f his ultramodern bungalows bungalow near here Z Barnetts Barnett's white wife who recently was deeded more than half haIt a million n dollars has gone to California wit wither with h her daughter Miss Maxine Lowe leaving leavIng leaving leav leav- ing her seamy husband husban d ds to his own devices And Jackson f Is s enjoying his liberty Tho The old Indian now has hall no worries hN his I fortune has been disposed of ot an and d ho he Is assured d ot of i income e of t 50 6 CHARITIES GIVEN SLICE Of Ot the tIl deeded by Barnett to his wife witt has been placed him on which lie he will wll re receive re re- In trust for tor Income during his life lite to together together to- to calve the with from other prop prop- gether share of ot his wealth under erty A big terms of ot an agreement reached reached re recently reA recently re- re Washington will go to an In to Indian Institution in Oklahoma and to various charities Barnetts Barnett's wedded life lite began three e years ago when he he eloped from his married marbut married mar mar- little hut but near Henryetta an and was ried sled In Kans Ians Charges were made at the time by his his guardian and Indian agents that his bride had nailed Before Detore him the glowing fire tire place In the tho living room of ot his bungalow Barnett makes a rude pallet of ot quilts on now nights night's the floor loor and get a comfortable rest Aroused last night the Indian s gave eve the first Interview since his ma marriage not present sent and which his wife was would be Asked how long his wife he replied gone bout two She say aay she be gone weeks BARS CALIFORNIA When asked why she left lett he at first said he did not know He was reticent but later told his story She want me to move to Chat California over since we go out there that time last summer I dont don't like It out there though the climate dont don't agree with me Too far from homeI home I Z tell her spose I get sick ou out t there But she all time wants to goSo goSo go So last Tuesday she catch train trainan an go 80 She says sh epee sho wanted put he her r daughter in school But I try to gether get gether gether her to go school somewhere around here Then we go oft off t to Washl Washington I Jt Jr Lj A 7 I catch cold up rho there re Aint feel teel good I ever since Don Dort Dona t like like to travel around I all time no how bow Barnett apparently Is untroubled by his wife's going All that ho wants want II i is to be left alone Asked about his age which has never ever been definitely established he re replied D DI I dunno Some Somo say 60 BO 60 some say t 60 and some say 70 I guess 60 must I be about right I got plenty money long as I live an they say no use have 1 I em fight tight over It after atter Im I'm dead I Before oil was found on his allotment I I he operated A ferry terry on tho the Arkansas t river Barnett is a Creek Indian and andIn andin I In the eyes of or the government an In incompetent In- In I competent |