Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-27
ACCUSED MAN
BREAKS SILENCE
MAYBRAY DECLARES HE is NOT
M'cANN; SAYS THE WOMAN
is CRAZY.

Des Moines, April 26.-J. G. May
bray, alleged swindler king, who was
identified Saturday by Mrs. l.. II.
Gates of st. Louis as ]. j. Mccain.
for whose murder Lord" Frederick
Darlington Seymour is now serving a
life sentence in the Missouri peniten-
tiary, broke a long silence Sunday.
summoned reporters to his cell, and
with his wife at his side told the
story of his career since thirty years
ago when he was cowboy with
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha In Wyo-
ming.
Maybray told of his wanderings
through the middle west and southern
states in 1901, 'o2 and '03. he SAID
he was in Kansas City in June, 1903,
when McCann Is supposed to have
been murdered near st. Louis by Bar
rington. Maybray located the date
by remembering he arrived in Kansas
City from Chicago on May 81, when
the Kansas City food began. He de-
clared he has never been in ST. Louis
more than a few days at time, ex-
cept during the closing weeks Of the
worlds fair
Mrs. Gates holds to her charge that
Maybray is McCann,an reiterated
her statements when told Of May
bray's denial Maybray says she IS
insane. Maybray tallies closely with
the description of McCann, received
from the latter's attorney in st. Louis.
Girl His Accuser.
Claiming to represent the British
consul at st. Louis in behalf Of Lord
Darlington, in the penitentiary for life
for the murder of John G. McCann, or
st. Louis, Miss Lillian Gates, of st.
Louis, created sensation by appear
| ing in the United States marshaps Of
fee Saturday afternoon and identity
| ing John C. Maybray, the alleged fake
horse race promoter, as being Nc
Cam. the victim of Darlington. The
identification impressed United States
officials and they claim to give Gre
dence to her story. 1t developed later
| in the day that Miss Gates was
friend of the Barringtons, and that she
had made the same claim OF other
men and that she is engaged in an
endeavor to get Darlington out CT
! prison.
Grain Broker Not Certain.
Later in the day, G. A.. Deming, cf
| ST. Louis. grain broker, appeared
at the federal Jail and examined May
brav. Deming asserts that he knew
Mccain in st. Louis, and while May
bray bore slight resemblance he
could not positively swear they We're
one and the same person. The police
oficials here are inclined to doubt the
}womans story.
Maybray Breaks Down.
Maybray broke down in his cell and
went when confronted with the addi
tional evidence by Mrs. H. R. Gates
of st. Louis, that he is "Jim" Nc
Cam. the horseman for whose deatf
81 ord" harrington Seymour is serving
] a life sentence.
! Affidavits by Mrs. Gates and ]. 7
Rollins, who knew Mccain well, tr
the effect that Maybray is Mccain
we're sent to Governor Hadley, of Mis-
souri,. The chief points Of identified
/ tion are: Two scars on Maybray's
left hand; letters received by Mrs
Gates from Maybray in San Fran
cisco encouraging her in her efforts tc
free Darlington, and photograph o
McCann sent by Darlington, which Ii
a perfect likeness of Maybray Nc
Cann's life insurance was never paid
i Maybray is being closely guarded.
Declares Story is Ridiculous.
4 Lexington, KY, April 26-Relativel
/ Of James McCann, who was supposed
to have been killed by Lord" Bar
rington, declared the story from Dcl
Moinens, Iowa, that Maybray is Nc
Cam, is ridiculous. B. T. Hume, o
this county, who is brother-in-law Il
McCann, went to st. Louis immediate
4 ly after McCann's body was foun,
and positively identified the body al
i that of Mccain. The latter was from
lLexington-