Remembering Barnett Moss, a Capitol fixture who charmed many with his silence
The Olympian 12 hrs ago Brandon Block, The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)
Jul. 11 By all accounts, Barnett Moss was a man of few words.
No one knew where he came from. But Moss, a lanky man with a broad smile and scraggly gray hair who spent most of his time reading books and newspapers, acquired a certain celebrity around the Washington state Capitol. It was always yes please , or no, thank you, said Tammy Stampfli, a pastor at the United Churches of Olympia, where Moss slept on the porch for more than five years.