The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-28
MURDER CHARGE
AGAINST HIM
Notorious "LOrd" Darlington TN.
der Arrest at st. Louis.
BODY OF THE VICTIM FOUND
EVIDENCE APPEARS TO BE AL
MOST CONCLUSIVE.

OF. LOUIS. No. June 27.-The nude
body of a man was discovered
floating in the water of a desert
ed stone quarry near BOnfil station, $.
Louis county. this afternoon. DecOm-
position had set in apd the remains
were hardly recognizable An empty
pocketbOOk, several envelopes, some
cartridges and a pair of low-cut shoes
were found on the body Mrs Mccain
identified the body The police have
taken into custody Lord Darlington"
with whom Mccain was last seen
alive. He Is held awaiting the result
of the investigation being made by the
police. After the disappearance Of Mr..
Mccain. Darlington was taken into
custody by the St. Louis police, but,
despite the fact that he told conflicting
stories. he was later released, the au-
thOrities finding no positive proof OF
guilt.
Charles W. Morrison, a negro serv-
ant at the Leland hotel kept by Mr..
and Mrs. Mccain, told Chief of De
tectiVes Desmond today that since the
disappearance of his master. Barring
ton had been with Mrs Mccain al
most constantly, and that the two had
held many spirited conversations. To
a reporter Morrison said:
Darlington came home on the morn
ing after Mccain disappeared and I
noticed that his clothes We're muddy
and bloody. He said To me. Here. get
my clothes quick and wash them good
and get all the spots out of them and
put them where nobody viii see
them.''
When Morrison asked where Mccain
was, harrington replied He has gone
off. he may never come back. I'm
going to run the house while he is
gone. If he ever does come back III
kill him"
McCann's Trunk Found.
A trunk belonging to harrington was
captured by the police at Union sta
ton, where it had been taken today BY
Darlington preparatory to leaving the
city. In the trunk were found a watch
and rings belonging to Mccain.
At a late hour tonight Chief of De-
tectives Desmond was sweating the
suspected man. Darlington finally ad-
mitted that he went with Mccain on
the St. Louis. st. Charles & Western
railroad on the night OE June is, but
says he does not know where he got
off. He admitted. however, that ne
and Mccain got off together. He also
admitted that he walked back, but
said he did so because he did not have
any money, having given $3.50 to Nc
Cam four blocks from the Suburban
garden.
Barrington's Career.
F. Seymour Darlington, self-styled
lord" represented himself to be a
colonel in the British army after ne
I came be-.s fs.e itt- CO., lie stopped at
the Southern hotel and spent money
lavishly. He was here for the purpose,
he said. of purchasing mules Tor the
British army in South Africa, and as
q special representative Of the EngilSh
government to the Worlds fair. Soon
after coming here he became acqualnI-
ed with Miss Wilhelmina Grace Coch-
rane Of Kansas City. Jan. p, 1903, ne
was married to Miss COchrane, whom
he supposed TO be an heiress- she
later Regulated him.
Damaging Admission
He has not yet explained what be-
came of Mccain or what the two men
were doing on the St. Charles car at
that time of night. An admission was
made by harrington that he wrote the
letter purpOrting to have been sent by
Mccain to his wife, which told her
that he was with friends Wh1l Bar
ringtOn was brought into the police sta
/ ton he declared his innocence, saying
u am innocent Of the crime. As
: sit here, I am innocent. I did not know
I that Mccain was dead until I was ar
! rested. If had killed Mccain. 1 would
not have gone back to his home for
would have known that his body would
( have been finally discovered"
Darlington Identified.
/ At the police station Darlington was
positively identified by Ike Bennett,
I John OeIIein and Charles Sack, of the
/ St Louis, St. Charles & Western rail-
road, as the man whom they saw ac-
\ company Mccain in the BOnfils station
/ on the night of June 1S, and as the man
who walked back along the railroad
! tracks the next morning During this
/ ordeal Darlington was cool and indif-
/ ferent. harrington, who since his re-
! lease from the wOrkhOUse has been
| manager Of a saloon, became bOardeT
J at the Mccain home six weeks ago
/ James Mccain was a member of a
/ blue bIoOded Kentucky family with q
! large estate and many horses. on the
/ Winchester pike. His father was J. D
{ Mccain.
/ Mccain, who was 43 years of age. Al
I one time owned many race horses and
! was a successful turfman- He was
/ once identified in the racing business
/ with Noah Armstrong, who owned SpO-
] kane The winner of the washington