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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23

foreign languages. At his trial he sur
prised everybody in the courtroom b.
taking a verbatim report of the EVIL
dence In shorthand. He mas spent the
spare time of his long years Of confine.
men. In study. He has written thou.
sands of pages of manuscript in the
Clayton Jail, but he steadfastly refuses
to give a hint of what he is doing. He
says simply that he Is writing a book
to be published after he is released
from prison. 1t may be a history oil
the so years that he has spent behint
the bars as an atonement for his many
crimes.
Lord" harrington under many con.
ditions-in the police courts answering
a migdemeanor charge; in a four courts
holdover dungeon; in irons on the
workhouse rock pile; as the manager
Of o barroom traficking upon the no.
toriety that his marriage and impris.
onment gained; under the CALLING
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
Streetcar Incident.

She was 80 and shabbily clad, that
pathetic sort of shabbiness that strives
so obviously 10 screen itself behind the
virtue that is next to gcdl.ness and
the redeeming stitch in time" She
handed the conductor a quarter, and
the passenger next her noticed idly
that it's absence left the worn purse
quite empty. Two dimes and a nickel
were given her in change, and she was
about to slip them into their place
when, with a start, she drew back her
hand. Then she gave a furtive glance
about the car and another In the direc-
ton of the conductor. No one seemed
aware of her existence or Of the moral
problem that confronted her. Into the
purse went the three coins, to be with
drawn, however, two minutes later,
and held on a slightly tremulous palm
toward the mystiied conductor.
II think you must have given me
too much change" she said, timidly.
The conductor reflected, then looked
her over with a softening eye.
THANK you" he said, simply. But
he continued to look in her direction
after he went back to his post on the
platform, with an expression of hay
ing seen a vision.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23

him III Brooklyn, where he reappeared
and tried to get his deserted wife to
take him in. But one experience was
enough for her, apd she turned a deaf
ear &c his %entreaties.
He was employed for a brief period
IS a coachman in New York, but soon
driftad to Jersey City, and from there
to Philadelphia, where, in December.
1902, he married a wealthy young wo-
man. Her name has never been given
to the public on account Of the promi-
hence Ut her family. Elaborate prep
aratlons were made for the wedding,
and she wore a $500 trousseau when
the ceremony was performed. He lured
her on to Cincinnati, where he desert
ed and got away with her. trunks, con-
tanning most of her costly wedding
outfit. Some of her clothing was found
In his trunks, which were held by the
Southern hotel, in st. Louis, when he
failed to pay his board bill.
Appears in st. Louis.
From Cincinnati he went to st.
Louis. There he appeared under the
high sounding title of Lord Frederick
Seymour harrington, captain In His
Maiesty's Horse Guards.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
Miss wilhelmina Grace Cochrane.

sweating" of Chief Desmond; In thu
Clayton Jail within the shadow Of the
gallows, has always been the same nc.
complished liar-admitting n lie
while inventing another, and always
denying that he was George Frederick
Barton, though the Bertilion pictures
identify him positively. He seemed tc
cara more for the appearance of his
dress than for his liberty. Fol an hour
he would refuse to be photographed
and then willingly consent to pose fol-
a picture for the price of a shave.
In planning his crimes he has always
shown a flash of cleverness, but he was
such a bungler at concealing them that
the services of a Sherlock Holmes We're
not needed to fasten them upon him
He seeks always to becloud himself
with an air of mystery. He cannot be
induced to talk about his past, but uni.
fornly advances the. plea that he is
suffering for other mems crimes.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23

was most skillful as a plotter OF
crimes. The surroundings were ideal
for the preparation Of q murder. Bon
fls Is a lonely place in the Missouri
river bottoms. Mighty trees grow there
and the underbrush grows thick. A
large quarry pond, abandoned years
ago and filed with water, stands near
by. A more lonely place at midnight
caunoL be imagined.
After McCann's life had ebbed away
the murderer had to dispose Of the
body. The clothing was stripped from
it, and 1t was dragged through the I'M
derbrush to the brink Of the s0-foot
embankment overlooking the quarry.
One shove, and the body shot down.
ward. The splash below told the muir
derer that his work had been we'll
done
Fatal Circumstantial Evidence
A man trained in all the arts of
murder could not have done the deed
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23

der of a man who had taken him In
and given him a home.
Life Story a Criminal Romance.
Barrington's life history reads like a
criminal romance, with one climax fol-
lowing closely upon another. We first
hear of him as a seven-year-old boy
in Tunbridge Wells, England, setting
fire TO the commons. lie was thought
too young to merit punishment for the
offence. He first broke into prison at
the age of ten years, when, on July z,
1870, he was sentenced to five years
and ten days in the ~reformatory for
embezzlement. In the summer of 1875,
when he was Is years old, he was re-
leased from the juvenile prison, but
on September z Of the same year
ne was sentenced to IL months i'm
prisonment for stealing his masters
wasch. BY good behavior he got out
on t~hree-fourths time, but before the
year was out he was in trouble again.
On July 10, 1876, at the Maidstone as
sizes, he was sentenced to- ten years
penal servitude for burglary. After
serving four years of HIS term he pro-
cured Ills release upon forged PARDON
papcrs,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
THE REMARKABLE CAREER OF
GEORGE F. BARTON, BOGUS
NOBLEMAN.
ABOUT TO HANG FOR MURDER OF A FRIEND
Life of Crime and Adventure Extending Over
Two Continents to End on the Gallows-
His Quest for an American Heiress.

st. Louis.-By affirming the decision
of tho lower court the Missouri SUI
preme court has sealed the fate of
LORD Darlington, n of the most
notorious criminals of the age, and he
will be hanged on March Is for the
brutal murder of his friend, John p.
McGann, nearly three years ago.
George Frederick Barton, or as he
persists in calling himself, Lord
Frederick Seymour Darlington" has
had a most extraordinary criminal
career, extending throughout England
and half way across the American con-
tinent. He is only As years old, but
the police records show that he has
spent nearly three-fourths Of that time
in prison. The record of his crimes
covers one successful and one attempt
ed murder, five distinct cases of big
amy, Two cases of forgery, innumerable
proofs of burglary, cheating at cards,
obtlining money by false pretenses,
and even common pocket-picking.
Through it all harrington has stout
ly maintained that he is IN English
man of high birth, with a brilliant
army record and a father whose es-
tate and title he would succeed. Not
9ne OF these statements is founded on
fact.
Bennington employed the English
lord game successfully to win the
hearts of three American women, but
when his story of unlimited wealth, his
marvellous word picture of his fictitious
ancestral home, rivaling in grandeur
and magnitude the rich architectural
beauties of Combe Abbey, Blenheim,
Chillingham, Walmar and other castles
presided over by wealthy American
girls who married titled Englishmen,
beguiled Miss Wilhelmina Grace Coch-
rant into becoming his wife, it was the
beginning of the end.
In quick succession he was turned
Out of a fashionable hotel for failure
to pay his board bill, kicked out of his
brother-in-law's home when his decep-
ton was discovered, sentenced to break
rock for six months in the city work
house, released by pardon, and then ar
rested, tried and convicted of the MUIR
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
why Hay Got No War News.

In the summer OF the commence
ment of the Russo-Jap wal the late
Secretary of State John Hay came to
his summer home at Lake Sunapee for
a few days rest. Naturally, 1t was
important for him to have close and
constant communication with the out
side world. and arrangements had ac-
cordingly been made for kilograms to
be sent up to him from the telegraph
office.
AS the situation of the eastern af-
fairs became more tense and exciting
Secretary Hay was expecting very i'm
portant communications, but mono
came. A day went by, and no word.
The next morning a messenger was
dispatched early to see IL there was
any message.
NO. said the operator. there IL
none."
"But has none Gomez" he was asked.
WAL, one came yesterday, but
there vas no ems to It. so / did not
send 1t up"
The message had come IN cipher.
Boston Herald.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
HIM W
The wrathy statesmen's Way Of
Getting Even with an
Accuser.

'The Infamous ~scoundrel," exclaimed
The eminent statesman. "IlI sue him for
criminal libell / want you to begin pro-
ceedings against him right now"
What has he been doing?" asked the
lawyer, according to the Chicago Trib-
"be called me a corrupt politician and
o notorious CRATER"
"Bmt look here"
20, | can prove IT,, all right! He said
II in tho presence Of a dozen witnesses"
did he mention any particular in.
STANCE of corruption or grafting'"
"Thsn, m, dear senator, I'm afraid we
can't make a ease against him. You see"
But, good heavens! Haven't l tolo
Eyes, but in order to make a case that
will stick, we must have the evidence that
he alleged some specific act of grating OF
~corruntion."
"Why is that?"
because then we can make him prove
it. IL he doesn't prove IL we've got the
dead wood on him. But he makes the
charge in general terms, don't you see,
cation and manage somehow to throw the
burden OF proof on us, and in the pres.
ent excited and prejudiced state of the
public mind, senator, we might have some
difficulty in doing that; while, on the
other hand, he might
The rest was spoken In n whisper.
81 see,' said the eminent statesman, his
look of wrath giving way to one of stern
purpose md high resolve. There's an.
other way 1 can get at the internal scoun.
drel. He's got a niece that's a clerk in
one of the departments. I'll nave her put
out of that job If it costs me q million
dollars!" .
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23

He was at liberty long enough this
time to make his first matrimonial ZEN
ture. He married an English girl, got
possession of all of her property and
deserted her. 1t seemed impossible for
him to keep out of prison, and on Oc-
tober 81 he was again sentenced at the
Maidstone assizes to ten years penal
servitude and seven years police SUI
pervis1on for burglary. After serving
out the full ten years he made his way
across the Atlantic ocea to try his
hand at crime in America.
WEEDS American Girl.
He turned up in Brooklyn as Sir
Frederick Sydenham Burgoyne. He
was suave of manner and spoke Eng
lisn. Spanish, German, French and
other foreign languages fuently. He
was Of a studious turn of mind and
had spent his years of prison life in
the mastery of foreign tongues. So
when he described, in his faultless
English, the beauties of his imaginary
villa in Burgess Hill, Kent, to Celeste
Elizabeth Miller, Brooklyn, she was
ready to believe him. That vas in
1891. Miss Miller married him and re-
turrea with him to England, after
having disposed of all of her property.
She went with him to London, where
she lived with him for a few sad
weeks. He rented an apartment and
furnished it luXuriously, buying the
furniture on time payments and sell
ing it off in a few days to get the nee
essary money to keep up appearances.
He finally succeeded in getting the last
dollar his wife possessed, and then de-
serted her, leaving her with a small
child TO provide for. He was arrested
soon after while paying court to a
clergyman's daughter, and sentenced
to another long term in prison.
The di~sillusionized girl made her
way back to Brooklyn and took in
washing tt earn a livelihood for her
self and child. The next official entry
in Barrington's record shows that he
was released from the Dartmoor prison
on December 10, 1900. There is no rec
ord OF his movements during the mex
two years, but we again get trace Of
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
TERRIBLE ScALY ECZEMA.
Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and
Face and Neck Were All Broken
o~ut-Cured by C%uticura.

ct had an eruption appear on my chest
and body and extend upwards and down.
wards, so that my neck and face were all
broken out; also my arms and the lower
limbs as far as the knees. l at first
thought it was prickly heat. But, soon
ing out was. Instead Of going to a ply.
sician, / purchased a complete treatment
of the Cuticura Remedies, in which l had
great faith, and all was satisfactory. A
year or two later the eruption appeared
again, only a little liver; but before it
had time to spread l procured another
supply of the Cuticura Remedies, and con.
tinued their use until the cure was com.
plete. 1t is now five years since the last
attack, and have not seen any signs OF o
return. I have more faith in Cuticura
Rem edies for skin diseases than anything
/ know Of. Emma 4. Wilson, Liscomb,
Iowa, Oct. ], 1906"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
To Cuba, Every Friday, the Havana
Limited.

A swell Pullman train of dining car,
club car with smoking room, barber shop
and bath room, with barber and valet in
attendance stateroom, drawing room and
observation sleeping cars, leaves st. Louis at
0:45 p. NJ. via the Mobile and Ohio r. r.,
and arrives at the steamship docks at Mo.
bile at 800 p. M. Saturdays. On arrival
of the Havana Limited, the palatial
undetermined, twin-screw S. S. "Prince
George" sails, and passes into the har.
Returning, the s. S. prince George"
sails from Havana at 500 p. M. Wednes.
days, arriving at Mobile at daylight Fri.
days, Gnd the Havana Limited leaves the
steamship docks Mt 900 A. M. and ar.
rives at st. Louis Saturday mornings.
A delightful weeks outing-inexpensive
tickets good for six months. Call on your
home Agent or write Jno. M. Beall, Gen.
eral Passenger Agent, st. Louis.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
Popular Line to the East,

The splendid passenger service of the
Nickel Plate Road, the care and atten.
ton shown. passengers have made it a
~favorite with the inexperienced as well as
those accustomed to travel. Every feature
necessary to the comfort and convenience
ing alone or accompanied by children, is
provided. Colored Porters in Uniform are
in attendance to serve the wants Of all
and to see that cars are keep s%crupulous-
ly clean. Pullman Sleepers or all trains,
and an excellent Dining service, serving
Individual Club meals or a la Carte at
chase your tickets via the Nickel Plate
Road. All trains depart from the La
Sale st. Station, Chicago. For full in
formation regarding tickets, rates, routes,
sleeping car reservations, etc, call on or
address j.. j.. Callahan, General Agent,
No. Ill Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23

more skilfully. No eye had seen him
fire the fatal shot. Only a faithful rail-
road Waterman a mile away had heard
the two reports of the pistol and the
dying appeal of Mccain for mercy.
But here his hand lost its cunning.
Cleverness of plotting gave way to
bung'lng. Darlington proceeded, with
appalling stupidity, to wind enough
circumstantial evidence about himself
to hang 20 men. Covered with stains,
wearing the murdered mans hat and
coat, carrying his cane, with McCann's
watch, money and papers in his pock-
cts, he turned at that midnight hour to
retrace his steps to st. Louis. The last
street car had gone, and he started to
walk. Daylight overlook him before
the journey was finished. Upon reach
ing the suburbs of the city he proceed
ed on a car to the Mccain home. He
removed the clothing and rave it to a
porter to hang on a fence in plain view
of the first detective who came along.
He invented a remarkable story to
explain McCann's disappearance. He
told Mrs. Mccain that her husband
got into a fight with two men at the
summer garden and drove away with
some women in a carriage. He himself
had been knocked down defending Nc
Cam and lay in a gutter all night. So
plausibly did he tell the story that
Mrs. Mccain was deceived for several
days, and even SO shrewd a detective
as Chief William Desmond believed 1t
when harrington was arrested on sus-
picion of being responsible for the dis
appearance of Mccain. On the strength
of his tale harrington was released,
but was rearrested June 81, when the
body Of Mccain was discovered float
ing on the surface of the quarry pond.
In his bunglesome attempt to hide
the crime Darlington wrote letters pur-
porting to come from Mccain and had
them delivered to Mrs. Mccain by
messenger boys. When arrested he
stoutly denied the crime. He viewed
the body after it was taken from the
quarry pond and insisted that it was
not that of Mccain. He hoped that
the prosecution would not be able to
prove a corpus delecti. He declared
Mccain had gone away and would re-
turn some day.
He was tried in the Clayton circuit
court and sentenced to death. A stran-
ger from Arkansas sent him the money
to appeal his case to the supreme
court.
A mysterious murder of an army ofii-
Ger In India somewhat similar to that
Of the Mccain murder has been at
tributed to harrington who is said to
have served a short time In the Eng
lish army as a ~bodyguard to the cap
tain who was murdered. That murder
is said to have occurred in 1901, a short
time before harrington made his reap
p~earance in America. The st. Louis
police authorities have mover been able
to gather the details OF that crime.
"A Remarkable Man.
It has now been nearly three years
sincs harrington first appeared In st.
Louis. With the exception Of less than
three months Of that time he has been
in prison. In spite Of the long years
that he has spent In the jails and peni-
tentiaries Of two continents he is In
many respects a remarkable mar He
speaks his native language with a ine
British accent. He has mastered Ger
maa. French and one Or two other
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
Seeing Things.

"Sentry," said the newly-fledged lieuten.
ant, halting before a sentinel and seeking
to PROFOUND a query which would cause
the man embarrassment, what would you
do if you saw a battleship moving across
beat?"
"Td stop drinking, sir" replied the sol
der, shortly.-Judge.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
From His Point Of view.

Little Andrew-Papa, what do people
mean when they talk about "the big
stick?"
Papa (member of congress from the
Umpteenth district)-Any United States
senator, my son.-Chicago Tribune.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23

The man who gives his married friends
the most in the way of Jolly" over be-
ing tied down usually becomes the great
est victim in that line.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23

You always get full value in Lewis Sim
gle Binder straight &c cigar. Your dealer
or Lewir' Factory, Peoria, Iii.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-23
Long and Short Of It.

Bleecker-Are you to be long in town?
Tipman-Well, / tried to be, fut the
market went short.-Puck.