Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-16

v,rltct Of lNuIh'i III wv INST wv Sl'S
Grca ~ ~ ryrcutlon fixed for June II,
n,.ol fakcu to the supreme court
@ % 1904
UI r, -S Of trial court affirmed Jan (
,r H. 1905 a., E.. ,,,
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% LOUIS. Mo, March 12.-With
,.,otIr hut three days between him
cha calIows, George Barton, the
n. Lord harrington, maintains his
,,o and continues to assure visitors
7, The revision Of his case by the
..,mn court would prove him innocent
,br crime with which he is charged
Il otgbIish his Identity as Iieut.-Col..
Uonorablc Seymour Darlington Of
m,icsty'S Light Horse, heir to tho
r;nIom Of BarringtoE.
Tho man was sentenced to hang in the
ts iojl at Clayton next Thursday for
4, murder of his friend and patron,
,nss P. MctIanm. two years ago.
Few Parallels on Record.
The records show few parallels to the
rror of Lord harrington, or George
aron. He was born near Brighton.
ngaud about fifty years ago. At the
~ of Ii he was given sentence of
m Years Imprisonment for, burglary,
4 +, proceeds of which had netted him
4 Mr0: and four years later he escaped.
hprng the police when unprecedented
pruduring Il pardon which was not
iqovcred to be forgery until long aft
rard
THE next year. in 1891, he was ar
q,tri for the murder of an army of
iqr, whose valet he had been. but no
7ITncp could be secured against him.
Then he wandered i'll many lands.
harm and his romantic tales. Occa-
5aaIy his sins found him out and
Prison gates closed upon him. but he
ppr failed TO improve these periods of
mnrroion with study which rendered
hin more tit for his cavalier role after
is term had expired. Sir Frederick
NNham Burgoyuc and Earl Barring
Hon ii Barton were two Of the fayoritc
ans degUcrre used by this foe of so
FIFTY in the earlier stages of his career.
mi he lived mp to them with Il con
ammate grace which many a genuine
~I might envy
In America with Money.
In 1889 he came to America for the
~0od time with Il draft for $50. 900.
10 l&O he selected the daughter of Il
M.thy widow in Brooklyn, Miss Celes-
noe L, Miller, and wOoed and won her.
FNQ0dod the girl and her mother to sell
Ger property in order that he might i'll
@, il III England. and then took his
@l0S across the Atlantic to Introduce
2cm In his dUcal parents Bat whom
aF reached London. Barton discovered
Ia, ms tllN relatives were visiting in
@ Holy Land for their health. and set
p. quarters i'll London to await their
@mu
After four months he was recognized
/. "r polio" and arrested upon an old
aa'Sc Of rmbcZzI"ment The two wom-
a upon jhc site which Barton had de
>'OHd with such Il wealth of details.
s%|"yrred nm old man and woman, who
j" not oven own the little cottage in
.o40 They dWclt. Heartbroken. the
a'@'N returned to Brooklyn, where they
'' HOW operating a steam laundry.
Wcds in Philadelphia.
After serving seven years in English
sons Barton returned to the United
,.o~' lie married Miss Margaret Raj
Wy, laughter of Il wealthy coal dealer
!. Ia'IadeIphia. and abandoned her in
.Yr,>oGrE one week aftcrward. having
~H her of $1,000. Then he came to
y. LOUIS, III October, 1902, pretending
" an rmISsHry sent by the British
.VNInent to the Louisiana Purchase
10Nlion lie was accepted in many
.9'' as genuine English nobleman.
II" capiIvatrd Miss Wilhelmiua Grace
agg here.
l52r{ We're welded on January 81,
"% mt Miss Cochranc's brother dis
'@'d Barton and administered a pub
"''SeN uIppng. His wife left him
"F Jays "ttcrward. and then he was
| jH' WorkhouSc for vagrancy and
NEaerIr conduct.
AT the End Of the Rope.
4 ~, CRIME which brought him to the
NJ .iN rope was the murder of James
N','2W. owner of race horses and
49, "o'Nl Gown. who took him up and
,''"9ea him after his release from
, "'fNN"uSG On June Is. 1903, Nc
y. ."; u WIS Iured to Il lonely spot near
~, tnotI,S poStotice, shot and killed.
,... -> "o.y thrown into an abandoned
a. ~ the time the Missouri river
.r ',,,,o"rd it's banks and had almost
...N '#r quarry. 1t is supposed that
,., .t..a'r'r thought it would be washed
Wv. 81! ..' ttood. harrington admitted
n, some tn the place with Mccain,
. "'@F"d that while walking along
,,, '."' JAry were attacked by two
r"' Men who evidently had Il
. 4@2In~t MrGann. lie said he
..0'N trom behind aud left uncon-
.>.... .u' road. When he awoke he
,,,. ~."HS trial lasted two weeks in
.u | If WAS convicted March >,
r''.. '." ~Nn,enrcd to be banged. He
- .,. .' @if the appeal was pending III
.a. '..'"& court until January 81 last,
sr. ,@. tribunal affirmed the judg'
"; ,"n trial court.
.' .'}nic Matthews of Lansing,
u,. a|eroSted herself nearly two
g.,r "-of III H0rrington'S behalf. and
HIS been furnishing him with mon,
d .@ A1> laundry, barber. newspaper