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

Police Crookdom OF the Century.
Probably the Most Remark.
}iN able Criminal Record of
.se Modern Times.
After a life of crime beginning with
boyhood, Lord Frederick Seymore
Darlington, society highwsyman, 70
soufeeful crook, bigamist, forger and
murderer, paid the penalty of his last
crime on the caffold Friday at Ooly
ton, Mo.
The crime for which Darlington was
to die on the scaffold was the murder
Of James p. McOann, q well known
sporting man of this oity, on June 1S,
1908, MoOann was shot, his body
robbed and his remains thrown into o
q pond at Bontils. BY peculiar co
incidence the nude body of the MUIR
dered man was discovered floating in
the pond just three years ago Thurs.
day.
During the active years of his Ca
reer5 Lord" Darlington was one Of
the most picturesque figures In "po
lice9 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 hack driver In
Tunbridge Wells, England, and his
real name is +. G.. Barton. He was
arrested for the first time at the age
or seven years, when he was caught
settling fire to the common. At 12he
was sentenced to five years In the Red
Mill reformatory for embezzlement.
After serving three years he made his
escape by means Of rope, only tu 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
dlle army, where he could observe the
ways OF the officers who made up much
OF the English society. This was in
his ga years, but before his enlist
M m ell was o. year old he he had forged
80 ,.4vsA- ,it0Ill 5lel ssR Iii llssSSsiSi;
cor" -.ued a burglary for which he did
q "a years's stretch.
hat completed his English record.
What crimes he succeeded in commit
ting ia the short intervals between
mis- prisons terms are not known, but
are believed to be many. He got into
some of the best households as o ser.
want; studied the members of society:
he served as an artist, studies his
model, and in later years made good
use Of his studies. He robbed
clergyman three times and each time
by q sorrowing profession of repent
anco and glib quotation succeeded In
being forgiven. 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 ont Of prison student. He
perfected himself In French, German
and the classics, and was q polished
fraud when he came to America In
1901. He posed here as the son of an
Englishnobleman Of wealth and rank
AS such he won Miss Celestine Mil
Ter, eff Booklyn, an heiress with for.
tune In her own right. After marry
Ing Miss Miller he had the effrontery
to return to his own land and estab.
lished himself with his wife In home
at West Brighton. There he cold
bloodedly told his wife the truth
about himself. Stripped of every
penny by her husband, the unhappy
wife returned TO this country with
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 here the
best field for his peculiar operations.
In 1902 Philadelphia society recelv.
cd with open arms Lord Burgoyne,"
Of the English peerage. His lordship
was mono other than the exoonvlct,
but before that came to be known he
mad ,urted and welded Miss Mar
garet Rafferty,, an heiress. He told
her he was heir to 820, 900 and Dor.
fOWod money from her. While they
we're on their honeymoon, Bur.
9Cyne" slipped from the train and
disappeared. She would believe moth.
Ing against HIN until she went to
New York and learned the truth from
his frat wife, with whom "Burgoyne"
was, at the time, attempting to effect
reconciliation.
Receiving no notice from his first
wife, the ex-convict, who had been
wandering In tho West, made his de.
but In St. Louis society under the
alias Of Lord Darlington. He met
and married Miss Wilhelmina Grace
Cochran, OF Independence, Iowa, who
was visiting In ST Louis at the time.
Before he could enjoy the money he
had obtained through this marriage,
a hard-headed brother Of Miss OoCh-
ran had discovered his record and had
harrington" thrown into prison.
Following his exposure Barring
ton" succeeded in winning the conf.
dence of McOann, q wealthy horse
owner and hotel man. On the night
Of McOann's disappearance the two
we're seen drinking together. The
murder was traced to Darlington, y
aud he was convicted. The legal fight
to save him extended over two years
Man With TwoIve Toes.
p. 10. Franks, Of Pennsylvania, was
arrested at Cumberland, Md, on a
charge of embezzling aboat $500 al
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