The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-07-03
"Lieut.-Col."F Seymour Barring.
ton, the Bogus English Lord, in
a Bad Predicament
CHARGED WITH kILLIN6 J0HnP. M'CAMM.
harrington Pound In = Quarry Pond at
boniiis. II. LOU, County. Mo. The lin
ger Points to harrington A. the Muir
derer.

rlcclilc road near Ittle STATIC
called Bonfils Lord" Il. SeNmou
Harrington Is under arrest as sus
} pect. lie has made conflicting STATE
menis. ANA sunday. when police start
ed with him 20 the scene OF the crime
he said:
you might as well take me oui AM
hang me now. You have enough
against me already 20 Justify yon il
doing whatever You like with me-"
Barrington's words were cqni,alen
TO admitting that the circumstantia
evidence Was strong AZ Ii could be
HARRINGTON Charged with Nn.icr.
In warrant issued by Justice iSaa,
W. Campbell, Of De Hodiamont. +
Seymour harrington is charged Will
the murder OF McCann The warrant
was issued late Sunday night 1t was
read 70 Darlington BY Deputy sheriff
Rellairs. Darlington made no com
ment on the issuance Of the warrant
lie had anticipated il. Justice Camp
bell named July : a. the date for tile
preliminary examination. Darlington
waived the hearing however. End will
await the action Of the It. Louis
county grand jury
7 Identification by Mrs. Mccain.
There's the sweetest man that ever
lived" These were the words uttered
by Mrs. James 7. Mccain. sunday
afternoon. as she looked upon the re-
mains Of her husband as they lay m
der the branches Of a tall elm tree
near the stone quarry into which they
were thrown after murder had been
committed. AS She spoke Mrs. Me-
Cam swooned. When She revived
she again looked at the body. and
said ii was that Of her husband.
The scene occurred at four o'clock
Lord" I. Seymour Darlington. ac-
cused of the murder Of McCann. vas
witness To it, There were "A hun
drcd or more other persons present
Darlington was the coolest man n
the crowd. He stood by the side Of
the corpse. Not a muscle in his body
seemed 70 quiver. lie neither paled
nor did he appear nervous.
Just previous u Mrs. McCann's
coming Darlington had viewed the
body from every point of view He
walked about il and leaned far down
over il, as if to detect resemblance to
his benefactor, McCann. Al last he
told the officers that he was unable to
identify il as that Of McCann Later
however. he admitted to Chief Des-
mond that he belieged it was Me-
AIMS body.
Bullet wounds in BODY.
Sundays developments revealed the
manner Of McCann'S death. 1t was
Tue 10 pistol Shot wounds III the head. p
There were two. Both bullets we're
recovered and the coroner and other
officials said they had been fired from
, 3s-caliber weapon. The weapon
found in Barrington's trunk nj Union
station fired the same Size cartridge.
The unused cartridges found by lit
lie Martha Lang near the scene Of
he crime were Of the same caIiber.
The coroner also found three knife
Wounds on the head and neck There
vas shallow cash four inches long
cross the throat.
Late Sunday night the 81. Louis Of
Gers gave Darlington into the Gus
ody ~ the sheriff Of 81 Louis coun-
y. and he was taken to the Jail at
layton. on a charge Of murder. TO
hief-of-Detective> Desmond, Who had
swcated'' him at the scene Of his AZ
.ged crime for two hours. Barring
IN had admitted almost everything
kept that he killed McCann. He in .
stcd that the crime was not his. but I
e said he was willing 10 suffer for !
il necessary and did not fear the !
lture. 1
Bnrrington's Friend Arrested n
Asa 4. Mitchell. 4 representative of Y
le Water of Life" CO.. with Offices \
the Mernod q Iaccard building. I
as arrested at IL o'clock sunday l
ght al No. 1io souih Broadway h
connection with the Mccain muir
n. ;
He admitted 10 Night Chief GillaS-
that he was the man who wrote
e letter that was received at the
ctann home on June %. which Bar
lgton had addressed 10 himself. lie
go admitted that he was the man
lo did the tcIephoning 10 Barring g
y and Mrs. Mccain ia regard to Nc =
ms supposed whereabouts. y
lie admitted that he knew at the =
ne that his acts were meant for the .
ception of Mrs. McCann. but that ~
did il purely ont of friendship for =
rrington. y
The arrest was made by Detectives =
,odling and Crimmns. Mitchell in 4,
ng held for further investigation. :,
'atrolman Bryan. Of the Eighth m
trict, Sunday morning found sp
lroad pass in front Of No. 1925 G.
We street. The pass was issued by in
. Wabash to Chicago and made out OF
favor Of James =. McCann. II was at
ed from June q, and was good for IL
days. wi
The BODY Eshumed. m,
When the body Of Mccain was ex- ci'
ned shortly after noon sunday, a tic
fNrnhrcd persons we're there To or
ten the work. The grave bad h.cn er