The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-06
WAGES OF SIN.
d0ss to the GallOws for Killing
a Friend.
. POLISHED RASCAL.

=. hatSo ~
Police CroOkdom of the Century.
Probably the Most Remark.
able Criminal Record Of
ia modern Times.
After q lifs Of crime beginning with
boyhood, Lord Frederick Seymore
Darlington, society highwayman, 70
sonreeful crook, bigamist, forger and
mutaerer, paid the penalty of his last
cribpe on the .oaffold Friday at Dolly.
toni No.
The crime for which Darlington was
to die OF the soaffold was the murder
Of James P. McOann, q we'll known
sporting man Of this city, on June 1S,
1908, MoOann was shot, his body
robbed and his remains thrown into q
o pond at Bonils. BY q peculiar GO
incidence the nude body of the MUIR
dered man was discovered floating in
the pond just three years ago Thurs
day.
Duriug the active years Of his ca.
reer5 Lord" Darlington was one Of
the most picturesque figures in ''po.
lice" orookdom, for, although he was
Of lowly origin, his speciality Of pass
ing as o member Of the British peer
age, went we'll In several cities and
helped him to live Without work for
years.
He was the son Of q hack driver In
Tunbridge Wells, England, and his
real name is +. G.. Barton. He was
arrested for the first time at the age
Of seven years, when he was caught
setting fire to the common. At 12he
wa sentenced to five years in the Red
Mil reformatory for embazzlement.
After serving three years he made his
escape by means Of q rope, only to be
arrested two years later and sentenced
for robbery. For this he served In
Yorkshire prison.
About this time he decided 1t
would be to his advantage to give
himself o new surrounding by joining
5te army, where he could observe the
ways OF the officers who made up much
Of tho Euglish society. This was In
hts 22i years. but before his enlist
ment was q year old he he had forged
49, ..ss sssoHa the array card,
cow -sue6l o burglary for which he did
q I'd yearB's stretch.
hat completed his English record.
What crimes he succeeded In commit
ting la the short intervals between
MS prisons terms T not known, but
are believed to be many. He got into
ONE of the best hOuseholdB as q SER
want; studied the members of society;
ne served as an artist, studies his
model, and in later years made good
use Of his studies. He robbed a
Clergyman three times and each time
by q sOrrOwing profession of repent
anco and glib quotation succeeded In
being f)rgiven. When he was finally
landed behind the bars for the ten
years. term in England he settled
down to improving his education no he
could step out OF prison a student. He
perfected himself In French, German
and the classics, and was q polished
fraud when he came to America In
1891. He posed here as the son Of an
northumberland Of wealth and rank
AS such he won Miss Celestine Mil
Ter, eff Booklyn, an heiress with q for.
tune In her W right. After marry
Ing MISC Miller he had the %effrontery
to return to his own land and estab.
lished himself with his wife In q home
at West Brighton. There he cold
bloodedly told his wife the truth
about himself. Stripped of every
penny by her husband. the unhappy
uufPa rAt,,rnnd tn fhtn Onnnfpu uitb
her child, and Barton was arrested and
sont back to prison to serve out an old
sentence. As soon as the sentence
was expired Barton returned to the
u lifted Stated having found hero the
best field for his peculiar operations
In 1902 Philadelphia aoclety receiv.
ed with open arms Lord Burgoyne,'
Of the English peerage. His lordshir
was zone other than the exoOnvict,
but before that came to be known he
mad c ,urted and welded Miss Maj
garet Rafferty,, an heiress. He told
her he was heir to $40 600 and Dor
rowod money from her. While they
we're on their honeymoon, Bur
gCyne" slipped from the train ant
disappeared. She would believe moth
Ing against hlm until she went tt
New York and learned the truth from
his frat wife, with whom "Burgoyne'
was, at the time, attempting to eGfec
reconciliation.
Receiving no notice from his frs
wife, the ~ex-cOnvict, who had beef
wandering In the Wost, made his de
but In ST. Louis society under tn
alias Of Lord Darlington" He me
and married Miss Wilhelmina Grac
Cochran, Of Independence, Iowa, VIII,
was visiting In ST Louis at the time
Before re could enjoy the money b
had obtained through this marriage
a hard-headed brother Of Miss Oooh
ran had discovered his record and ha
"Barrington' thrown into prlaon.
Folio wing his exposure Barring
ton" succeeded In winning the conf
] dence of McOann, q wealthy hora
: owner and hotel man. Ga the nigh
J Of McOann's disappearance the tw
were seen drinking together. TIL
murder was traced to harrington,
audhe was convicted. The legal fgh
to save him extended over two year.
Man with Twelve Toes.