The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-04
WAGES OF SIN
Goes to the GaIloWs for Killing
a Friend.
A POLISHED RASCAL.
ne of the Most Picturesque Figures il
Police Crookdom of the Century.
Probably the Most Remark.
able Criminal Record of
Modern Times.
Modern Times.

After life of crime beginning witt
boyhood, lord Frederick Ssymor
Darlington, society highwayman, re
sourceful crook, bigamist, forger an
murderer, paid the penalty OF bis las
crime on the caffold Friday at Coly
ton, Mo.
The crime for which Darlington wa
to die on the scaff I'D was the murde
OF James P. M3Cann, q well known
sporting man OF this city, on June l8
1908. Mccain was shot, his body
toboed and bis remains thrown into ;
a pond at Bonfils. By a peculiar CO
incidence the nude body OF the muir
dered man was discovered floating ii
the pond just three years ago Thurs
DAY.
During the active years Of bis ca
reer Lord" Darlington was one O.
the most picturesque figures in "po
lice" crookdom, for, although be was
Of lowly origin, his speciality OF pass
ing as a mem Der OF the British peer
age, went we'll in several ciSSiiss and
helped him to live Without work fol
years.
he was the SOD OF q hack driver II
runbridge Wells. England, and bill
real mama Is E. G.. Barton. He wal
arrested tor the first time at the ags
Of seven years, when he was caught
setting fire to the common. at 12hs
8ss sentenced to five years In the Bee
Mill reformatory for embezzlement.
After serving three years he made bis
escape by means Of . rope, only to be
arrested two years later and sentenced
for robbery. For this he served in
Yorkshire prison.
About this time he decided II
would be to his advantage to give
himself a new surrounding by joining
the army, where be could observe the
Ways of the officers who made up much
If the Eaglish society. This was in
nis 22l years, but before his enlist.
ment was q year old he he had forged
furlough, fed from the army and
committed a burglary for which he did
a ten years's stretch.
That ,mpleted his English record.
What crimes he succeeded in commit
ting in the short intervals between
nis prisons terms are not known, but
are believed to be many. He got into
some OF the best households as a ser
want; studied the members Of society;
ne servsd as an artist, studies his
model, and in later years made good
use Of bis studies. he robbed q
clergyman three times and each time
by sorroWing profession OF repent
Ance and glib quotation succeeded in
oeing fngiven When he vas faally
landed behind the bars for the ten
gears term in England be settled
down to improving his education so be
could step out Of prison a student. He
perfected himself In French, German
and the classics, and was a polished
fraud when be came to America In
1891. He posed here as the son OF an
EnglishnobIeman of wealth and rank.
As such be won Miss Celestine MIL
Ter, ef Booklyn, an heiress with q tor
sune in her own right. After marry
ING Miss Miller he had the efrontery
TO return to his own land and estab.
Ilshed himself with his wife in a home
III West Brighton. There he cold
olocdsdly told his wife the truth
about himself. Stripped OF every
penny by her husband, the unhappy
sife returned to this country with
aer child, and Barton was arrested and
lent back to prison to serve out an old
sentence. AS soon as the sentence
vas expired Barton returned to the
U lited Stated having found here the
bsst field for his peculiar operations.
In 1902 Philadelphia society receiv'
ed with open arms Lord Burgoyne,"
OF the English peerage. His lordsh1p
,gas none other than the exconVict,
but before that came to be known he
Lad .urted and welded Miss Mar.
sareu Rafferty,, an heiress. He told
ner be was heir to $40. 900 and bor-
rowed money from her. While they
sere on their honeymoon, Bur.
scyne" slipped from the train and
disappeared. She would believe moth,
,ng against hin until she went to
New yerk and learned the truth from
ais first wife, with whom "Bargoyne"
vas, at the time, attempting to effect
reconciliation.
Receiving no notice from bis first
wife, the ex-convict, who had been
wandering in the West, made bis de.
but in St. Louis society under the
alias Of Lord Darlington. BE met
ind married Miss Wilhelmina Grace
Cochran, Of Independence, Iowa, who
vas visiting in ST Louis at the time.
Before he c.uld enjoy the money be
ilad obtained through this marriage,
. hard-headed brother OF Miss Coch'
ran had discovered his record and had
Darlington" thrown into prison.
Folio wing his exposure Barring
ION" succeeded In winning the con1'
dence OF Mccain, wealthy horse
owner and hotel man. Ol the night