The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-01
BOGUS LORD SEEKS HIS
FREEDOM FROM PRISON
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tials of Maybray should be the same
as those OF the alleged murder victim.
Both Mccain ana Maybray were gam
blers and followers OF the races. When
Maybray was arrested and tried i'm
Iowa little could be learned as 10 his
past history. And, the strongest point
OF all. there. We're many persons who
at the time OF "Barrinstons arrest,
conviction and condemnation 10 death
stiil believed that positive proof wal
lacking that Mccain had ever BEEN
killed
Was Criminal When Boy.
There is little doubt that the prev
ious bad record OF Lord Darlington
had much To do with his conviction On
the murder charge. He was known in
| Europe and America as one of the
most picturesque figures In polite.
crookdom, for although he was of lowly
origin his specially of passing as a
member of the British peerage went
well in many cities and helped him To
live without work for years.
He began his unique saunter through
the calendar of crime when a 7-year-
old boy by setting fire 10 a number
| Of cottages near Brighton, Eng, where
he was born. At the age of 16 he
was given a sentence of ten years for
burglary the proceeds OF which had
Melted him $4,000 -Four years later |
he escaped, deceiying the police when |
apprehended by producing pardon
which was not discovered 10 be a for
gerry until later.
About this time, having previously |
taken the name of Frederick Sydenham |
i3urgoyne, he decided it would be TO |
MS advantage to give himself new
surrounding by joining the army. A |
year after he enlisted he forged a |
Through, fled from the army and COM !
mtted burglary for which he did a |
ten Years stretch He also was ar
rested for the murder of an army Of
hcer, whose valet he had been but |
was released FOR lack of proof
While in prison he devoted himself /
To improving his education. When he
camc 10 America after his release i'm
1891 h" was a well polished fraud. He
posed here as the son of an English
nobleman of rank and wealth As such |
he won Miss T.. Celcstine Miller. of
BROOKLYN, an hCircss with fortune
in her own right With his bride me-
had the otlruutcry To return TO Eng
land and establish himself i'm a home
at Brighton. Soon stripped of every
penny by her husband. the unhappy
wife returned To America with her
child, and harrington" was arrested
and sent back to prison to serve out an
old sentence
Hailed in Eastern Society.
Upon his release ne again came to
the United states and as Lord Bur
goync,' of the British peeraec. was
received in Philadelphia society. Here
he welded Miss Margaret Rafferty,.
also AN hciress. After borrowing a
large sum from her he disappeared
and was next heard of i'm IT Louis as .
Lord Darlington In this city he
met and married Miss Wilhelmiua ! .
Grace Cochran, of Independence, Iowa.
Miss Cochran later had her marriage
annullcd and was instrumental i'm
sending him to prison. one of the ,
strangest phases of the ease at present
is the fact that Miss Cochran is said
now To be aiding him i'm his fight for
freedom.
The crime for which Darlington" is
serving life term was committed
just ten years ago. James Mccain,
the alleged victim. was reckless. He
drank heavily. went with a sporty
crowd. and never worked. He lived
upon the residue Of fortune which he
had largely dissipated. He became
' Barrngtons" good friend and patron,
and was arranging To back him in
hotel venture during the st. Louis
worlds fair.
on the night of June is, 1903, Nc
Cam and Darlington visited numerous
gardens and other drinking resorts in
St Louis suburbs. one week later
the nude body of n man was found
boating i'm an abandoned quarry near
'reve Occur lake. Friends identified
he body as that of Mccain. Barring
on was at once arrested on a charge y
IF murder. For five years he was in
ail in ST. Louis while his case was
'arried through the courts The Su-
)reme Court of the United States fin
lily upheld his conviction and sentence :
If death. Notwithstanding this. many d,
persons continued in the belief that al
he bogus lord was innocent of the OF
murder charged against him. Owing. 81
perhaps, to the prevalence of this SEN OF
iment the sentence was committed TO
ifc Imprisonment he
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