Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-10
Bogus Lord Darlington
Will Hang In Five Days
George Barton I've Murderer Of James ?. McGsnn Who For Thirty
Five yssn Hes Left Behind hm . Black Trail Of Msdssd'
Will End All II the Gslows

History o. oarrlnneten csss.
Disappearance 0f James p. Me
Gam. june Is. 1908.
Darlington arrested on suspicion
and released June 70. 1893.
Body Of McGsnn found In Bonfils
quarry June Is. 1903.
harrington Indicted for the muir.
der. October ., 1903,
After numerous delays trial began
February rs. 1901.
Verdict Of murder In the first de-
gree March s, 1904,
Date OF execution fixed for June a.,
1904.
Appeal taken TO the supreme. court
April %. 1904.
Judgment Of trial court affirmed
January 81, 1905.
Date Of execution fixed for March
rs. 1906.
81. Louis. March lO.-With appar-
emily but I'VE days between him and
the sallows George Barton. the bogus
Lord" harrington. maintains his
nerve and continues to assure visitors
that the revision Of bis case by the
supreme court would prove him in
nocent Of the crime with which he IL
charged and establish his identity A.
Lieutenant Colonel the Honorable
Seymour Darlington Of his Majesty's
Light Horse. heir to the dukedoom Of
harrington.
The man II sentenced 10 hang IN
tho little jail at Clayton next Thurs
day for the murder Or his friend and
patron James p. McOann. For more
than TWO years his counsel has sue.
ceeded In clokging the wheels Of jus
tice ana they are working with might
and main TO secure another stay. Per
haps their efforts may be successful
Int the general opinion Ii that the
execution will not be long DELAYED
sven II II does not take place on tht
date fixed.
The records Of crime show few par
alIels to the career OF lord" Barring
ton. or George Barton, 10 call him b,
his real lame He was born neal
Brighton. England. about fifty year.
ago. At the age Of sixteen he wal
Given d sentence 81 ten years I'm
prisonrient for burglary, the proceed
" which had netted him $4,000; an
four years later he escaped deceivin,
the police when apprehended by Pre-
dncing = pardon which was not dis
covered to be q forgery until long al
terward.
The next year. In 1881. he was al
rested for the murder Of an army d
Yicer. whose valet he had been. bni
although circumstances established
moral certainty Of his guilt, no evid
encc could be secured against him
and he was released.
Then he wandered In many lands
always leaving behind him a blaci
trail VI misdeeds, yet baffling suspi
cion by his semblance OF good breed
ing. Women were easy victims Of hi
charm and his romantic tales, and bi
gamy sat MS easily upon his con
science a. lying or stealing. Occa
si0nally his aims found him out an
prison gates closed upon him. but h
neve failed TO improve these period'
Of incarceration with study ,whicl
rendered him moro ut for hts cavalie
role after his term had expired. 81
Frederick Sydenham Burgoyne an,
Earl harrington OF Barton were tw,
Of the favorite nome daguerre use.
BY this foe Of society In the earlie'
stages on his career. and he lived .uI
TO them with a consummate grac.
which many q genuine lord nigh
envy.
In 1859 he came to America for thu
second time, with q draft for $780, 600
In 1890. when his money began te
nj low, he selected the daughter Oi
. wealthy widow in Brooklyn, Miss
Celestine 3. Miller. AZ his prey,
wooed and won her, persuaded the
girl and her mother to sell their prop.
erty in order that he might invest In
In England. and then took his victims
across the Atlantic to introduce them
TO his ducal parents. But when they
reached London Barton discovered
that hts titled relatives were visiting
In the Holy Land for their health.