The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-02-23

""1 anu oMAcu Il magnificent castle OF
600 rooms in Brighton. lie told her
thai after the wedding in ST. Louis
they would 80 to Washington and be
remarked in the British embassy. and
then sail for England, where they
would be entertained with great pomp
ana ceremony by his titled relatives.
One wing OF the splendid castle. he told
her, had been reserved for their living
quarters, and only his mother and in
umate relatives would occupy the great
palace with them.
Lora and Lady harrington. as they
were known, went back 10 the hotel to
live Their honeymoon was of just a
weeks duration. In that time. how
ever, Miss Cochrane had written home
glowing letters of her happiness. tell
ing her parents how proud they should
be that their daughter had married a
member Of the nobility. Alas, for the
poor girl
Sentenced TO Workhouse.
Jame3 +. COchrane, her brother.
came down from Kansas City to inves-
tigate the record Of his royal relative.
VINO pretended to be in this country to
spy on the British consuls. 1t did not
take him long to discover that Lord
Frelerick Seymour Darlington was a
rank impOstOr. Cochrane met his new
brOther-in-law in Mrs. Elliott's home
and confronted him with the facts his
Investigation had revealed. harrington
was promptly kicked out Of the house
and arrested. A charge Of disturbing
the peace was lodged against him. He
was tried before an Irish police Judge.
who saw an opportunity TO even up an
old score with the %oppcessors of his
country. and he sentenced rhe pretend
ed English lord to six months in the
city workhouse. Darlington went 10
the rock pile in shackles, where he was
compelled 10 associate with hundreds
Of petty criminals.
There was a public feeling that he
had been unjustly dealt with. While
he vas severely condemned for passing
as m English lord for the purpose of
influencing Miss Cochrane TO marry
hin. there was still enough sympathy
for Linn TO obtain his pardon at the
hands Of Mayor Rolla Wells. After
Darlington was released from the
workhouse he was employed for a few
weeks as manager OF a Broadway sa-
loon. The proprietor of the saloon
soon found that he had made a mis-
take in trusting harrington and dis
charged him.
Lord" Meets His Victim.
Just before his discharge. however.
Darlington came in ontact with Nc
Cam, whom ne murdered. Mccain
q follower of the race track, and
at times had considerable money. He
walked into the saloon one day and
Darlington n $50 note. After
harrington lost his position Mccain
took him into his own home and pro-
yided him with everything he needed.
Herr in the home of another Irishman
he sham English lord had found a
'efugc so soon after escaping from the
,unI shment a Celtic jurist had inflicted
ipon him.
Not more than a month had elapsed
lfter harrington became a member Of
he Mccain household until he began
cling a story of a pension that was
Iue 20 him from the British govern
nent. He placed the amount at 81. 800.
lie told Mccain that he had some
friends in ST. Louis county
Who would advonce him $1,000 on the
.QnuFnn parara NFaEnA. ..I.l-.1 80
or wanting to dispose of the pension f,
e~rti1cates at such a disadvantage ,
'hen he could get all the money by :
a few months. Mccain offered !
D provide for him until such a time I,
S he could get his money, but Bar :
insisted upon being independ- !
Mt. lie wanted some one to go with !,
i'm into the county 20 witness the >
Of the papers. Day after day \
,r two weeks he begged Mccain TO go /,
18th him TO the county. Mccain slept
lte every morning. and was busy at =
he race track in the afternoon. He 3
,und il impossible TO go in the day !,
me, but finally upon the ~ceaseless i'm :,
pruning Of harrington he consented
60 It night. His folly cost him his p
fe. The pension story was only a lie q
'viscd TO get Mccain TO the spot !,
and painstakingly selected \
Il his murder. n
Cruel Murder of BIS Friend. I,
harrington and McCann left the lat is
residence about seven o'clock on ii
e evening Of June 10. 1903. They p,
en-. first TO a summer garden on the p,
ltskirts of the city, and about ten "a
boarded a suburban car for
station, 20 miles from St Louis.
ley left the street car together, about ST
past IL o'clock. and walked or I.
to the woods. Five minutes later N
% shots were heard. and the voice Of in
could be heard pleading for N
Grey. But his appeals were in vain. te
r after he had been shot down, the m
urderer cut his throat to make sure sp
his work. b
This murder nroved that harrington IN