The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-03-13
BLACK TRAIL
OF MISDEEDS
REMARKABLE CRIMINAL RECORD
OF LORD" HARRINGTON.
Now Under Sentence Of oesth-Hsd
Wandered in Many Lsnds-wealthy
Women Proved Easy Victims for
Polished and sauve Blaeklee.

Lord" harrington. maintains his
nerve and continuesto assure visitors
that the revision Of his case by the
supreme court would prove him limo
cent OF the crime with which he IS
charged and establish his identity as
Lieutenant Colonel the Honorable
Seymour harrington Of his Majesty's
Light Horse. heir to the dukedom OF
harrington.
The man Is sentenced to hang In
the little jail at Clayton next Thurs
day for the murder Of his friend and
patron. James p. McGann For moro
than two years his counsel has sue
cocded in clogglng tho wheels of jus.
tlce and they are working with might
and main to secure another stay. Per-
haps their efforts may be successful.
hut the general opinion is that the ex.
ecution will not bo long delayed. even
II 10 does not take place on the date
axed
The records Of crime show few par.
allels to the career Of Lord" Barring.
ton, OF George Barton. 90 call him by
his real name. He was born near
Brighton. England. about hfty years
ago At the. age OF l6 he was given
sentence Of ten years imprisonment
for burglary. the proceeds Of which
had netted him $4,000; and four
years later he escaped. dccciving the
police when he was apprchended by
producing a pardon which was not dis.
covered to be a forgery until long
afterward.
The next year. in 1881. he was ar.
rested for the murder q an army Of
flcci'. whose valet he had been, but
although circumstances established n
moral certainty of his guilt, no evil
dence could bc secured against him,
and he was released.
Then he wandered In many lands,
always leaving behind him black
trail Of misdceds, yet bathing sus'
picion by his scmplance OF good breed
ing. Women proved easy victims OF
his charm and his romantic tales, and
blgamy sat as easily upon his con
science as lying or stealing. Occasion
ally his sins found him out and pris'
on gates closed upon him, but he nov
or failed to improve these periods OF
incarceration with study which rom
dered him more az for his cavalier
role after his term had expired Sir
Frederick Sydenham Burgoyne ana
Earl harrington OF Barton were two
N his tavori,e nome deguerre used by
this foe of society in the earlier stages
Of his career. and he lived up TO them
with a consummate grace which many
a genuine lord might envy.
In 1899 he came 20 America for the
second time. with draft for 100000.
In 1890 when his money began To run
low. he selected the daughter OF n
wealthy widow in Brooklyn, Miss Ce-
lestine u. Miller. as his prey: wooed
and won her. persuaded the girl and
her mother 10 sell their property in or.
der that he might invest II In Englanu
and then took his victims across the
Atlantic 90 introduce them 10 his du.
cal parents But when they reached
London Barton discovered that his
titled relatives were visiting In the
Holy Land for their health. and set up
quarters In London 10 await their re
turn.
After four months he was recog
nized by the police and arrested upon
an old charge of embezzlement The
two women defended him clamorously
but NJ last the police authorities tooR
them into Kent TO view the ducal ma
nor. Upon tho site which Barton had
described with such wealth OF dc
tails they discovered an old man and
woman who did not even own heir
little cottage In which they dwelt
Heartbrokcn. the wordon returned q
Brooklyn. where they are now operat
ing a steam laundry
After serving seven years in Eng
lish prisons. Barton returned 10 the
UnKed States He married Miss Mar
garet Rafferty,. daughter OF a wealthy
coal dealer In Philadelphia, and aban
doned her In Pittsburg one week after
ward, having robbed her OF $4,000
Then he came TO ST. I,cuis In October
1892, pretending 10 be an emissary
sent by the British government 20 tho
Louisiana Purchase Exposition He
was accepted in many homes as Q
genuine English nobleman and cap
ttvated Miss wilhelmjna Grace Coch
rane OF Kansas City, who was visitin
here They were welded on Jan. 81
1903, but Miss Cochrane's brother dis
covered that Barton was an lmposto
next dQy and Administered n DIhlis