Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-07-01
J. P. M'CANN'S DEATH.
f. Seymour Darlington Charged
With His Murder.
James p. Mccain, the Victim, Was OF
Prominent Kentucky Family and
Lexington His Home-Body
Will Be Inferred There.

st. Louis. June 29.-Beside pool OF
water in an abandoned quarry, near
Bonills Station, on the St. Louis. st.
Charles & Western railroad, ~ miles
west of the city limits. was found Sat
uI7iay by J. Il. Lucas the body of Jas.
p. Mccain. a former owner of race
horses. who lived at No. 1902 Franklin
| avenue. and. in connection with
whose DISAPPEARANCE on June 1S
Lord harrington was arrested Thurs
day night by the police and suisse
Quently released. Lord" Darlington
has been arrested again by the 81.
Louis police.
The body was entirely naked. and.
from all appearances, death had re-
suited from drowning.
Special Officer Gratiot Cabanne dis
covered the dead mans shoes about
one-quarter of a mile from the place
| where lay the body About 100 yards
| from the body was found McCann's
pcCketbook, containing only four car
| tickets. These articles have been pos.
itivcly identified by Mrs. Mccain as
| the property of her husband.
a warrant was sworn out Sunday
| by Mrs. James p. Mccain, charging
F. Seymour Darlington with the MUIR
der of her husband, James p. Mccain.
As the alleged crime was committed
| in St Louis county. the police Sunday
| gave harrington over to Sheriff Han
hon. The prisoner was taken to Clay
ton and placed in Jail.
Tne body of the man supposed to be
Mccain, which was buried socn after
its discovery at Bonfils. was exhumed
Sunday and an inquest was held by
Coroner Koch of st. Louis county.
The features were gone owing to the
ravages Of vermin. Notwithstanding
Mrs. Mccain positively identified the
body as that of her husband, partly
basing the identification on gold
tooth. Others. who knew Mccain IL
| timately. also identified the body.
Coroner Koch made rigid investi-
CATION and returned a verdict that two
| bullet holes were found in the head
| and the bullets extracted correspond in
size with the revolver found in Bar.
| rington's trunk at the Union station
Saturday night. The coroner also
| found a deep cash in the throat and Il
~uI III tHt pain vi TIE TlRlI u.
leading to the assumption that the
| man had been attacked first with a
| knife and in defending himself hal
seized the blade which cut deeply into
| the hand. that finally his throat had
been cut deeply and he was ultimately
| shot twice in the head. Darlington
still asserts his innocence.
| Lexington. KY. June 29-James p.
Mccain, who was murdered in ST.
Louis, was OF a prominent Kentucky
| family and Lexington was his home
His father was a wealthy farmer and
horse breeder of this county. Two sis
afternoon b. T. Hume. a brother-in.
| law, left for st. Louis his purpose be.
| ing to bring the remains to Lexington
| for interment. Though Mccain had
been missing since the 18th, no word
| of 1T had reached the sisters, and tn
| first information they had that he nah
been murdered was from the morning
papers. McCann's wife was a Miss
Galloway. OF Greensboro. KY. Two
weeks ago he sent his sisters photo
graphs of himself. his wife and F. s.
| harrington. the bogus English for1
who is held in connection with the
| murder. He is said to have been de-
voted to his wife. and relatives here
believed her to be worthy in all re-
spects. His first wife was Miss John.
son, who secured a divorce some years
ago Mccain was then quite wealthy
but is said to have lost much of his
property in dealing in race horses.