The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-30
HARRINGTON PLEASED.
Enjoys the Public Attention
Which He Is Attracting.

St. Louis, June 30.-"Lord" Barring
ton, in jail charged with the murder of
James Mccain. seems at times on the
point of full confession. That Bar
rington enjoys the attention he is at
tracing is apparent in every action as
he receives his callers. who include po-
lice officials. detectI 7es. lawyers. report
ers and sprinkling of British army
officers, who have heard that a com
patriot of the horse guards is in trou
BILE, and swarm of merely curious per
sons from st. Louis and from the coun-
try. who want~Ao see how the bogus
nobleman looks behind bars.
Barrington's most important admis-
sion today is that he was with Mccain
in the quarry a Bonfls on the night of
the murder. He stopped right there
when the statement had been drawn
from him and refused to speak further
Sheriff Hencken believes that with Bar
ringtons propensity to talk about him
self, the prisoner will soon make com
plete confession of the crime with which
he is charged.
It further developed today that Bar
rington had made every arrangement
to leave the city at a moments notice
His trunk had been taken to union sta
ton Mrs. Mccain believes that 1t was
Barrington's s intention, in some way, to
obtain possession of $5 600 which she
safe deposit vault. Just what means ne
intended to use she processes not to
know She formerly conducted a matri-
nonial bureau under the name of Mrs.
Leland and Darlington may have hoped
to use this fact in some way against
her if she did not yield to his blandlsh-
ments-
dragged in the hope Of finding the
clothes of Mccain. but without sue.
cess bloodstained cuff was found
near the scene of the murder, but It's
ownership has not been established
Darlington said today that MeCanii
was dTugged the night they went to
Bonhls together. He says that Mccain
was taking a prescription which con-
tained morphine, in the hope of break
ing uD the liquor habit The physician
had warned him that the result would
be serious if he drank while taking tle
medicine The night of the murder.
harrington says. Mccain took some or
the medicine and afterward drank
considerable quantity Of whisky This
if true explains one point that has
puzzled the officers and Mccain
friends all along. They could not un-
derstand how man of McCann's phys
ical build could be overcome by Bar
rington in any kind of fight. yet be
was shot from the front. If he was
stupef1ed by drugs, the mystery is a
mystery no more.
The identification of harrington as
George Barton, notorious English
crook. has been confirmed to the en-
tire satisfaction OF the local police off,
eials The Bertillon measure ments OF
Barton are not only reproduced in Bar
rington in every particular. but scars.
moles and other marks on his body
tally exactly with those described as
belonging to the Englishman.
Darlington has not yet enga ged coun-
sci for his defense. Colonel Tohn L
Martin. who obtained his release IL, N
the workhouse and is defending the d.
vorce suit brought by Mrs harrington
formerly Miss Grace Cochrane of
Kansas City-said that he would take
charge Of this case # harrington aaAs
him. but as get he has received no word
from the prisoner.
Darlington himself admitted that the
state has q distinctly strong circum-
stantial case against him. and added.
deprecatingly. that after all the trouble