The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18
LORD BARRINGTON'S VICTORY
THE FOUR YEAR FIGHT FOR LIFE
or COUNTERFEIT NOBLEMAN,
The Career NJ mn Adept Rogue Who Has
known the Interior Of Many .JaiIs In
Many Countries apd who Found Men
and WOnen Easy Victims OF Ills Tongue.

and women Easy Victims OF HIIs Tongue.
The committing 10y Gov. Folk OF Missouri
a few days ago Of the sentence OF death i'm
posed upon lord" Frederick Seymour
Darlington 10 u life term in State prison
ends a notable fight for life by n convicted
murderer. without n cent and with APP
Iarently no friends or relatives to rely upon
this English criminal managed to carry
his C1se along for more than four years.
cnlisiing the services Of able lawyers and
personally directing the fight from his cell
in the st. Louis county Jail. At one period
of the fight he hadn't money enough even
10 pay for a transcript OF the test mony
taken in the trial Of his case, before the
Supreme Court of Missouri. He had to
have that testimony to carry his appeal
into the Federal courts.
IL scerled then IA IL he was doomed TO
pay the Heath penalty for having killed
Jim McCann, his racetraok benefactor.
hut fortune smiled on him, as il has appar-
emily on many other occasions in his long
career of crime. The British vice-Consul
at st. Louis vent to his aid and the case
was carried 10y one means or another up to
the United States Supreme Court. There
the decision went against him and the date
nv 'A''AAipi u ANV DVBub ~ VOC x
for the last week, in July. .
My hands are clean, my conscience Ia
clear and a strong living faith. " he declared.
Eliminates me with the conviction that event.
ually my innocence must be established.
| may not live to see the day. but I shall
at least die a true Christian, prepared
to meet without fear the source OF all JUS
tice-the God of my parents. my childhood.
a xypnfh-nnl Aia irapnlxy m N Rrifiah AL
dier should die"
A petition was circulated and signed by
many persons OF Influence asking the
Governor to show clemency. The
on the petition included that Of a Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of Missouri and the British
Nice-Consul. Darlington, with the glib
ness that has always been one OF his
distinguishing characteristics whether he
was winning a wife as a spurious lord or
working a less romantic confidence game,
continued TO assert his innocence. He de-
clared that Mccain was alive and that
he would some day be able to produce him.
Gov. Folk granted a respite Of thirty days
and finally .commuted the sentence. relying
chiefly on the dissenting opinions Of two
Of the Justices of the Missouri Supreme
Court, who held that the death OF Mccain
never had been proved.
Lord Frederick Seymour Darlington Of
Melrose Castle. L~ieutenant-C Colonel Of the
Horse Guards, London, Southwest" ap-
peared in this country under that style first
in 1903, a year before the opening of the St.
Louis exposition. He engaged an expen-
sive suite of rooms in the Southern Hotel in
81. Louis At that time st. Louis was filed
with foreigners. 80 hat no particular at
tention was paidt To the side remarks which
lord" harrington let fall now md then
In the ho;e! corridor about his an cestral
estate across the water and his illnstrious
lire8ge.
But one afternoon MILFORD sauntered out
in his faultless frock coat and high hat
and presented his card at the executive
offices OF the Worlds Fair. Then there
was a great hubbub among the officials.
The secretary. of the foreign relations COM
mittee was accorded the honor of steering
the distinguished guest about the grounds
and introducing HIN to persons worthy of
his acquaintance in st. Louis. Lord Bar
rington was entertained for q week. but
al the end Of that time was elected from
the Southern Hotel for failure TO pay his
board bill.
A little thing like that didn't worry him
He didn't think for minute about quitting
ST. Louis. lie didn't even change his
name, He got a boarding place at one
of the fashionable houses on the " est Side
WI AHt WY I'M bthI hlAlk ibhFf tllFtIchS
was impressed from the start at his "aris-
tocratic manners" and bis calling card.
but when he began. to let "A little light in
or his high social standing in England she
was charmed.
The landlady had a younger sister living
in Independence. la. wfp was eligible 10 ,
marry. A message or two " ZEN 81.
Louis and Independence. a wait Of a day or
TWO and the younger sister had arrived for
u visit.
Seventeen days later she was LADY"
Darlington. The Lord and his lady decided
to spend their honeymoon RICH; in the
house where their ourtship had taken place.
Incidentally running up a bill that tho
! ord was unable TO ray. The brother ofthe
hoodwinked girl dropped into 81. Louis TO
take a hook at his brother-in-law W, but be-
fore roing to the house he called on
tho British Consul-(ie0erai . Result the
brother kicked Darlington into the street
md threw his wardrobe after him. Both
were arrested for disturbing The peace,
and Darlington was sent up for a short
term.
He had been in iail only a few weeks,
however, when public sentiment turned
IN his favor There wera loud cries of
persecution. The Magistrate who had i'm
posed the fine vas an lrishman and must
have been prejudiced. Finally o petition i
wac presented TO the Mayor OF st. Louis
time reports were circulated that the pris-
Oner had "a record that. would bear in
spaction. but nothing definite came out.
Darlington was down and ont when
he left the w~orkhouse, He got a place
ps manager in a ST. louis saioens which
was a hangout for sports and fighting |
men. Hs was engeged more as a draw.
ing card than RRythin6, else. There one,
night he met jim NicCann, a. big, loud
IN puthed good hearted rac-track man.
M~'apn had "A good deal of money salted
away and he always carried an impressive
roll with him. He got into conversation
with Darlington.
The hogus lord was all humility then.
Tie really hadn't intended to deceive the
girl. He did come from a gentle family
in England, no matter what his detracturs
said, and his record in the British army |
was Of the best. He had simply had hard
luck; he WIS in love with the Independence
girl and his enthusiasm, had carried him
away %"
odd man." said jim Mccain. "you look |
all right 10 mo. I've been reading about
you and guess You're not as black ms YOU re
painted. You're broke and I'll 20 the bad
Here (handing him n $50 bill, that's to
show you that YOU have one friend who'll
stand by You Till he knows that you're the |
crook they say you are |
harrington quickly took advantage of !
the racptrnck mans iaith in him md pushed |