The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-03

| wanted to take It downtown with him.
| Unknown to harrington / sent two reg
| istcFed letters. addressed to my husband
enc to Centralia. Ill. and the other to Van
| dalia, III. as l had not perfectly under
| stood harrington to which place he was
| In harrington ted me he had received a
| communication from my husband sayine
that he wanted to talk on a certain matte,
and that he would not communicate with a
third party.
He said he would go to see him, but ne
would not go without me-"
| Mrs. Mccain then repeated the story she
had already told several times about how,
sht expected to 90 with her husband and
harrington to Bonfls on the night Of the
| murder, how her husband had asked her to
dress and suggested what she should wear.
and then how he afterward told her that
| she was not included in the invitation but
| would BE- taken out a week later
| WIDOW SAYS McCANN BOUGHT
| PISTOL FOR HARRINGTON.
| Harrington told me- she said. that II !
made any report. Mr.. Mccain probably
| would be arrested. After he was released
the first time from Jail he tried to get
| money from ne for the injury he had srif-
| fered to his clothes in protecting Mr.. Nc
| Cam in the fight do not know that either
! my husband harrington had a revolver
| That night. although the Tuesday preceding
my husband had bought a revolver for Bar
| rington. who said one was needed In such
| large house as had.
| II do not know that either W. Mccain
or Darlington had razor. Yes, Mr. Nc
! Cam had a knife
| Mrs. Mccain then identified Darlington
| identified her husbands pocketbook, saying
| he had 1t with him when he left home id-n-
| tilted his sock and his shoes. She said he
| had two prominent front teeth and that
| some Of his lower teeth were filed with gold
She did not know how many, but thought
| there were four.
John Ocllien. a motorman on the st. Louis.
st. Charles and Western Railway. testified
| that he hauled two men to Bonfils on the
right Of the 18th Of June. One of the pas
sengers, he sale. was tall broad-shou1-
dered man. with a heavy mustache, and
| that he wore a Panama or an imitation
Panama hat.
He did not give much attention to them
when1hey got of, but noticed that instead
| of walking straight west to Taussig avenue,
they turned to the left through wheat
1 field, thereby avoiding a steep climb. The
tSi.'A ItdtlIIlH. he SdIu. ne El0 EOL
notice the smaller man closely and was not
certain that 1t was harrington.
II remarked to my conductor" he said,
that 1t was strange the men should be in
that part Of the country at that time of
| night. We stopped at Bonfils about thirty
| five minutes. Before departing / heard a
shot. after that a scream and then another
shot. The scream sounded like It was from
a hiQ hoy T told NV "a
| there was something doing and walked out
on the platform. but supposed that there
were two scared men in the vicinity. shoot
| ing to let people know they were there
Oellien could not identify Darlington The
| first time he saw him. to know him positive
| ly, he said. was last Saturday night.
CAR MEN IDENTIFY
| THE PRISONER
Ike Bennett, the conductor on the same
car. identified the prisoner as one OF the
two men who went to Bonfiis OF the fatal
night. He said he had four passengers to
Marvin Camp grounds and two to Bonfls
when he left WeIlston that night about 10
o'clock. When they got off at Bonfils one
OF the men asked him what time they could
get back that night.
After leaving Marvin" Bennett said.
MCCAIN told me that they were going to
Bonfils on business Mccain said he might
not pay any more car fare to me; that he
was from Kentucky. and asked Ee how
large gun I carried replied that sup
posed he would pay his fare. and he did
when I went to him for ii. He paid all
three fares on the way out for both men.
Harrington had on a black Fedora hat
and Mccain a Panama Ten or fifteen
minutes after they left the car / heard a
shot, then a mans scream and then an
other shot"
William Mott. another motorman on the
ST. Louis. st. Charles and Western. said
that on the morning Of the 18th he met
Strengthening man near Pattonviile. who
stepped off OF the track to let the car go
by. He said he walked from him IL to
evade possible recognition He called his
conductor and told him to watch the man
for there was something wrong.
He said the man walked by a shed as
the car turned a curve. thinking they could
not see him. Both leaned out over the side
of the car and did see him. however. When
the man saw them looking at him. he again
turned his head. Mott saw him again at
ST. Johns Station and again near Walters's
saloon after he had returned from the Mis-
souri, River.
He said he felt certain that the man had
shot or robbed some one. and intended hav-
ing him arrested when in Wellston, but
could not find an officer. He said he pre-
scented a bedraggled appearance. and wore
a big white hat. He was certain the man
was Darlington.
Charles Sack. motorman. positively
Identified Darlington as a man he saw on
the morning OF the 18th walking near the
Seven-Nlile House. with a cane in his haad.
This was shortly after s o'clock. He said
he had on a straw hat and held his hands
Perry. a conductor, also identified the man
as harrington.
McCANN'S PERSONAL.
EFFECTS IDENTIFIED.
The police account Of the murder was re-
lated by Captain George T. McNamee Of
the Mounted District. under whose direc-
ton the prelininaries of the case were
worked UP, and by Detective Gratiot Cab
anne. The latter told Of the work in gath
ering the various physical proofs of Bar
ringtoa's alleged completely in the case and
of the finding Of AcCanns watch on the
running guard of the patrol wagon
He said he rode with harrington last
Saturday night from the Mounted Station
to the Four Courts. and held on to his sleeve
all the way, and consequently rarveled at
his ability to drop the jewelry without him
seeing it.
Fred Kruger. his sons, julius and Emil,
11-ycar-o!d Martha Lang and Miss Lannon
ton to the negro. Tucker. Fred Kruger
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