The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-21
BOGUS LORD NOW
NEAR GALLONS
FOR coWARDLY MURDER or IiI5
FRIEND AND PATRON FouR
YEARS AGO.
LIFE OF HARRINGTON
One Of Id!cneas and crina Fr.m
ChiIdhocd--OnIy Hope Pardon Ey
Governor FolIe--Execu.ion
Ncxs Friday

Ncxs Frlday.
\ ST. Lculs, Me-, July 2o Once sg Il
the bogus Lord Earrinsim.. nyicte
Of the cowardly murder of James |
Mccana, ~ friend anl natroa sand
I, face . face with the horrors Of tn
J, Hack cap Every twist and tur
known to the law having been o.
/ hans 81 in his honalf, his cnly h D
inow Lies With Governor Folk. Sh III
the governor fail to exercise his pow
lers Of ciemeney the convicted mur
derer will be exesuiel In the cauntl
jail at Clayton a suburb OF st, Lo is
next Friday.
For nearly fouF years Barring OF
has successfully fbught HE death sen
tenco ana il Is Ehe cpini OF many
pcIsons that he may yet escspe pay
ing the full peaalty for bis crime
Strong efforts are being made to haya
Governor Folk commute the sentence
OF death % one of life imprisonment
harrington is sn English subject ana
he British consul in st Louis has
strongly Interested himself In the
case Bishop Tuttla pf the Eplscoppl
church II among the many persons Of
prominence and influence who have
the governor for clampncy
Even If tho governor does not grant
these petitions II is moi lmpr liable
that he may decide upon d short re-
nrieye In order Tint he may havn
more line In which 10 consider ths
mttte
Extraordinary Criminal Career.
Barrington's execution, II ii takes
place, viii bring to an eni an extra
ordinary criminal career, extending
thfongho England and half way
aef SIS he American continents. Bar
riagton is about f6 years old. His
resi- name i5 Geolge Frederick Barton
The records chow tha he began his
lniqie saunter through the ealend sr,
ing HIe ~ 3----~ ..~anaId bav a., 80
England, where he Was
'orn. AT the age OF lG he was given
! ten years sentence for burglary
'onr years later he escaped decaiv-
ng the police when apprehended by
a forged pardon. The newt
ear, in 1881, he was arrested for the
murder of an army officer who's
alet he had been, but, although cir
established n moral Ger.
ainty Of his guilt no evidence could
g secured against him and he was
Then he wandered In many |
lnds. always leaving behind him 4 |
lack trail Of mlsdecds, yet battling |
uspicion by his semblaBce Of good |
reeding. Women proved easy vic |
inns Ct his charm and his romantic |
lles. and bigamy sa' as easily upon |
is conscience as lying or stealing.
Weda American Girl.
In 1889 he came to America for the |
econd time, with a draft for $4,000 |
nd rapidly acquired a reputation in
lew York ci-y for possessing all the
ashy virtues that Broadway esteems.
n 1890, when his money began 10 /
an low, he selected the daugh er OF |
wealthy widow in Brooklyn. Miss /
elesttne e. Miller, a. his prey:
'ooed and won her. persuaded the girl
nd her mother to seel their property
! order that he might invest II in
ngland, and then tosk them across
ne Atlantic and deserted them. He I
as recognized by the police on ths
theT side and brought up on an CID
barge After serving seven years IN
nglish prisons he returned to the
nited States. He married Miss Mar.
aret Rafferty, daughter OF a wealthy
pal dealer In Philadelphia. and aban-
oned her in Pittsburg one week af er
ard. having robbed her OF $1,000.
hen he came TO ST. Louis. in 1902.
rc'ncding to be an omissary OF the
ritish government TO the Louisiana
Exposition He was accept
1 In many homes as a genuine Eng.
sh nobleman. and captiyated Mas
Grace Cochranc Of Kan
IS Ciry. who was visiting here. They
ere welded on Jan ary 81. 1893, but
liss Cochfane's bro her discovere
rat Lord harrington was an i'm
,ster aud administered a public
orse whipping. His wife left him
lree days afterWard. and then be was
mt TO the woFkhouse f.r vaersncy
nd disorderly conduct
kiils Hit Friend and Patron.
When he was released from the
orkbousc James p. Mccain. owner
race horses and man about town
ok him up and Harrington began
fourishing parasites existence. Nc
3nn drank heavily. h. cbnobbed with
fast set. aud never worked. lie
Yed upon the residue of a large for
ne which he hsd largely dissipated.
ID by gambling He trusted Bar
ngton implicitly and hsd arranged
hack him in a hotel venture. On
(Concluded on Foarth Pags-D