The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 05, 1906, Image 3
AWFUL TRACEDY.!
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Mr. J. T. Parks Shot and Killed i
in Street Row ,
BY MR. ROBT H. COYAH ,
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Who is Himself Seriously Wounded In 1
the Shoulder. The Shooting Was
Caused bv Some Business Trou- ,
ble Between the Two Men
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Brewing Sometime.
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A most deplorable tragedy yty en8
p H in thn afwrmta f\f OrOMrrfthtiror 1
about eleven o'clock last Friday momleg,
resulting in the death of Mr.
Jas. T. Parks, of Columbia, and the
serious wounding of Mr. ltobt. II. Covar,
of this city. Tnese two gentlemen
met in Church street, in the 1
rear of the Courthouse, and without
i
exchanging many words went to
shooting each other with the result
above described. The tragedy caused
& great shook to the entire community,
and 'or a time business was almost
suspended and nothing was talked ,
about hardly but the terrible occur- '
rence that had resulted in the death
of one gentleman and the desperate
wounding of another.
It was about eleven o'clock when
several pistol shots rang out in rapid 1
succession, whion startled every one
who heard them. The sbpoting did 1
not last but a few seconds, and no one
could say how many shots were exchanged
between the two combatant*, 1
so rapia was the tinug. It Is supposed 1
that eight or ten shots were iired in
all. At soon as possible people hurried 1
to the scene after the pistols had been
emptied. Immediately after the shoot
ini/ Mr Parka wan seen slowlv W&iklmr
backward and sideways towards the
iNoruhwest corner or the (Juurtnousc
Square and Mr. Covar slowly following 1
him, both Keulkmau apparently reloaning
tneir pistols. 1
When Mr. Parks reached the cornor 1
he creased over Churon street and en
tered the law otlioeof Messrd Bowman
& Bowman. W nen he rescued the
tillje ho gave his pistol to i. W. How
man, E&q., who was standing In his
ctlioe door, having gone there on hearing
the pistol shots. At this time Mr.
Parks did not seem to be badly hurt, 1
but he was very pale, and said to
those who had gathered that he was
fatally shot. Mr. Parks sat down in
& cnair, and It soon became apparent
that he was seriously hurt. He was
examined ay physlolans who at lirst
thought that he was not ratally
hurt but after being removed to
the residence of his brother-in-law,
Dr. J. H. Perreyclear, and a oareful
examination made, it was found
that he was shot completely through
the body and the attending physlolans
pronounced the wounds fatal. Mr.
Parks was hit In tnree places. One
ball entered his obln and two struck
him in the stomach, one passing clean
through his body and lodging just
under the skin ou the other side. He
was conscious up to half past nine
o'olook, but about that time nis mind
began to wonder and at haif-past
twelve o'olcck the end came.
Immediately after the shooting Mr.
" T . nnni?i.
A. U. lxlliUbUUUU luui xu.x. uuTax s
pistol. About this time Mr. Cover's
father caaie up and oommauded hlb
son to stop, wnloh he did and turned
from following Mr. Parks and was
carried to his tfllce, where he was
examined by physicians and found to
tave been hit in two places. Or<>
ball passed completely through
right shoulder and another strucV
him in the right hand, shooting off
his thumb nail. Another ball passed
through his hat, but aid not touoh
his head. Several bullets struck the
store of the Orangeburg Hardware
Company on the corner of Russell and
Church Streets. These balls must
have come from Mr. Park's pistol,
and indicates the position of the combatants
at the tlrnq of the bring. Mr.
Covar yvas removed to his home,
where he now lies suffering from his
wounds, which are quite palnlui and
may reauit seriously.
In the excitement incident to suob
a deplorable affair statements vary
and it has been quite a dlffioult matter
to obtain the facts, borne of the
nearby witnesses state that they are
unable to say which of them fired the
first shot. Others say tnat Mr. Parks
speke to Mr. Covar and appeared to
ask him a question. The reply from
Mr nnvnr N^emed to be affirmative
and then Mr. Parka struck him in the
face with his Hat. Then Mr. Parka
fired and both pistols were emptied in
an incredibly short time. When the
shooting took plaoe Mr. Oovar was in
) . his shirt sleeves, and carried his pistol
buttened up in his shirt. One thing
'fa certain both men expected a diffl<
oufty and had prepared for It.
The trouble seems to have been
) caused by a business trouble between
the two gentlemen. While Mr. Parks
resided in Orangeburg he owned aud
published The Patriot newspaper.
Mr. Oovar moved here from Edgefield
county to take charge of the mechanical
work of the paper for Mr. Parks,
and was in his employ for several
years, during which time they seemed
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bo boon the moot pleasant and intl
rur.te terms.
When Mr. Parks moved to Colum
bis about two years ago Mr. Oovar be
same interested in the business! and
was given entire management of the
paper except the editorial department, ,
which was retained by Mr. Parks,
who came down each week to look
after it. About the first of the year
Mr. Parks sold his Interest in
The Patriot sad the printing outfit
to Mr. J. H. Funderburg and Mr. Covar,
and the newspaper has since been
published by Funderburg & Covar apublishers
and proprietors.
It is stated that since this transfer
there has not been pleasant feelings
between MY. Parks and Mr. Covar. 1
It seems that there was some
trouble about business matters, and
that Mr. Parks came down from Columbia
Friday moruiug to straighten
out the matter. All the parties wert
together In a conversation f r some
time Friday morning and they
separated. It was only a short time
when they came together again, and
the shooting took place as above stat
od. It is reported that a edmi telephoned
to Mr. Parks at Columbia
Thursday and advised h<m not to
come to Orangeburg Friday, asking
him to have his business transacted
either through other parties or by
oorresp mdenoo, stating to Mr. Parks
that Mr. Covar bad threatened to kill
him if he interfered. It is also rumored
that, Mr. Covar had been informed
that, Mr. P*rks intended to kill him
ou account of some reports that he
had heard. We believe this idle
Kancy Slnfle's talk is what caused the
whole trouble.
The fact is that bcth parties acted
ou the idle talk they had heard and
were well armed and prepared for
shooting without delay. The father ;
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l?i inr. uuvar, an oin gentleman, wno (
resides here with his sub. was also |
armed. He did not attempt to shoot i
and returned his pistol to his pocket (
when the pistol was taken away from i
his sou. After the fusilade when Mr. '
Uovar was walking forward after Mr. i
Harks, as s'ated ahove, the old gen- <
tleman called to his son to stop, wnloh ,
he did.
The uufortunate affair has created j
a great deal of excitement, which oc (
currinp as it did, iu so public a place.
Mr. Parks was a native of Edgefield i
county and came to Orangeburg from
Marion several years ago. During
bis stay in Orangeburg he was in the i
newspaper work and had many friends ;
lu this olty as well as county, who \
will be shocked to hear of his tragic j
death. Some years ago Mr. Parks ]
married Miss Annie Perreyclear, a ?
laughter of (Japt. W. II Perreyclear, i
of this city, who with two sweet little 1
bovs survive him. I
Mr. It. 11. Covar was also a native \
of Edgetieid, and has been a resident \
of tilts city for some years. Siuce he t
name here he has conducted himself \
in such a wav as to uaiu the coi il- ?
denoe and respect of all who have
come In contact with him. 11c, like i
Mr. Parks, has many friends all over \
the county, as well as in town. He j
has a wife and several children, who <
are terribly grieved over the sad af- (
fair. Mr. Covar Is now at home suffering
from the wound in his shoulder t
and it will be a long time before he
will be able to do any work again.
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ROASTS ROOSEVELT.
South Carolina Senator's Hot Speech
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on the Morrifi A (Tair.
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Senator Tillman Thursday after- 1
noon paid his respects to President
Iloosevelt, Secretary Barnes, the man |
charged with the rough handling of ,
Mrs. Minor Morris at the White
House a few months ago, Major Syl- 1
vester of the Washington police, and '
the Asheville physician, Dr. Weaver i
for their part in the Morris affair, in
a vigorous speech in the senate.
For two hours he held the closest
attention of hundreds of spectators in
the galleries, many of wnom were
ladles, who had come to the oapitol
hours before he wa i Robert nlert to he.
gin his speech. His arraignment of
tnose whom he charged with the responsibility
of electing Mrs. Morris
from the White House was most
severe. He recited his efforts to have
an investigation of the matter at the
time It happened and of the reluctance
of the senate committee on
postoffloes and post roads to have the
matter examined Into, and said that,
while Barnes, who had already been
appointed and confirmed as postmas
ter of this oity, cannot be affected by
what he might say, he was determined
to let the world know what he
thought of the treatment accorded to
Mrs. Morris and the subsequent ap
polntment of Barnes to the position
of postmaster in the olty of Washington,
a place paying a $6,000 salary
annually.
rnnl ? ? ? ? 'i- i
oouauui xiiiuiau was ilequouuy 1U*
terrupted by friends of the president
and Barnes, but oontinued to make
bis speech, while hundreds in the
galleries listened closely, and at times
seemed ready to break forth in tumultous
applause. This was especially
notloeable when he referred to the
women and mothers of the oountry
and to his own mother.
UanRfld Himself*
k Capt. Falk of the German bark
Geslne whioh arrived at Pennsacola
on Thursday from Hamberg, committed
suicide while the vessel was at
sea by hanging himself in his cabin.
The Geslne left Hamburg in March
but went ashore on a reef and it was
neoessary to unload her cargo in order
to float the vessel. After that
the oaptian became very despondent
and one morning was found hanging
in his cabin.
THE DEATH RATE.
More People Die from Consumption
Than From
ANY OTHER DISEASE.
Pneumonia Comes Next in the United
States, but heart Disease is
Steadily on the Increase. The
Census R< port Covers
Five Years.
The bureau of the census has ju^t
published a report presenting mortally
statistics for the Uuited States
or the tive calendar years 1900 to
1004 This report was prepared under
ihcsupervision of the late William A.
Khitf, chief statistician for vital statsties.
The annual compilation of statlsilcs
of mortality was authorized by
,be act of Con^rt&s establishing the
permanent census omoe. The stallsiios,
however, do not cover the entire
country, but, In accordance with the
provisions of this act, are restricted
10 what it. termed the "reKistratlon
irea." This area comprises these
States and cities which have laws relulrhiK
the registration of death and
possess records a Hording satisfactory
and comparable data. In 1904 it in
pludlng 11 States and 334 cities which
l&d at least 8,000 population in 1900
The 11 registration States are Connecticut,
Dlstrlot of Columbia, Inliana,
Mmue, Massachusetts, Miohl
*an, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
the 334 registration oltles In
jlude, In addition to the cities In the
11 registration States, a considerable
juniber which are In non-reglstratlon
State.
'Jlhese States and cities, oomposinu
iho registration area, included in 1901
i population of 32 996 989, or only a
irlllc more than two-lift).s of the est!
mated population of the United States
b"or the remainder of the United
States we have at present no mortality
statistics which are sutllclently reiable
aud c umplete to be Included In
ibis report. The registration area,
lowever, Is gradually increasing in extent,
as the various States and cities
:oido to reallzatbe impo -n ? - of havng
adequate re^lstratlo aws and of
ilLcUveiy enforcing them.
'Ihe uumb3r of deaths reported In
ibe registration area In 1900 was 539,iQQ
o n rl 4 /4 i- U ^ - ? * " " ^
ltcu, aliu nun ucftui rnuo per i uuu Of
population was 17.6 In 1901 the rate
Jeonned to 16 6 auc* in 1902 the rate
jleclined to 16. The rate Increased iu
11)03 to 16.2 and lu 1904 to 16.7. The
Average annual rate (or the live years
was 16.6 per 1,000.
The average annual death rate in
the registration States was 17.8 per
1,000 In the cities of 8,000 or more
population In 1900 and 14.3 per 1,000
In rural districts, which as the term
to here used, Includes everything out
tilde tni se cities. Rhode Island is the
jnly registration State In which the
rue was as high In the rural distriota
as in the cities. But in Massachusetts,
Connecticut and New Hampshire the
urban rate exceeded the rural by less
than 1 per 1,000. The excess was
greatest in New Jersey, New York
and Maine.
The higher mortality for oltles Is
due largely to the faot that residents
of rural distrlots when oritloally 111 re
sort to the hospitals and institutions
In the oltles foi treatment, and that
the deaths occurring in such cases are
registered In the cities, thus Increasing
the urban mortality.
The average annual rates were lowest
In St. Joseph, Mo. (7.6); Owosso,
Mich., (10.1); Lincoln, Neb., (10.4);
and St. Paui, Minn., (10.6), and nighest
In Charleston, S. O., (31.3); Wilmington,
N C., (28.2); and Jacksonville,
Fla., (28.1).
There were 44 oltles In which the
average annual ueath rate for the live
years wa& 20 or more per 1,000. Nineteen
of these oltles are located In the
Southern States and contain a large
proportion of colored population, the
death rate for which in general largely
exceeds that for the whites.
Tuberculosis of the lungs and pneumonia
were bv tar the leaning causes
of death.
The average annual mortality from
tuberculosis of the lungs or consumption,
1900 to 1904, was 172.6 Der 100.
000 or population. It Is gratifying to
Dote that the rate has shown a marked
decline since 1890, when It was
246 4. This Indicates that the warrare
against the white plague Is meeting
with success. The mortality* rom
this disease in the registration a ealn
the United States Is lower than it Is
in Ireland, Germany, Norway, Spain
and Switzerland, but higher than In
England and Wales, Scotland, the
Netherlans, Belgium and Italy.
The average annual mortality from
consumption was higher in Denver
than in any other registration oity.
This fact Is easily explained by the
deaths of non-residents who resort to
that locality in the later stages of the
disease hoping to be benefited by the
favorable olimatlo conditions. Excluding
Denver, the rates were highest in
New Orleans, San Franoisoo, Washington,
Newark, Jersey City, Baltimore
and Cincinnati; and lowest In
St. Joseph, Mo., Soranton, Omaha,
Detroit, St. Paul, Buffalo and Minneapolis.
Pneumonia was second among the
principal causes of death, the average
annual rate being 134 9 per 100,000
population. The death rate from this
disease la the registration area of the
United States is considerably greater
than in England and Wales and Scot
land.
For the principal cities the average
annual rates were highest in Adeghoney,
Pittsburg, New York ana
Kansas City, Mo ; and lowest in St.
Paul, Minneapolis, St. Joseph, Mo.,
aud Toledo.
Among the leadli g causes of death,
diarrhea and enteritis was third, the
average annual mortality from t'ds
disease for the tlve vears being 113 1
per 100,000 Over 80 per oent of the
deaths from these diseases were deaths
of children under live years of age, and
and over 65 per cent, of children under
one year of age. Fjr the principal
cities the rate was highest In Pall
Ulver. It was high also In Pittsbuig.
Providence, New York aud Aile
gh?tiy.
11 dart disease was fourth among the
leading causes of death, tho average
annual rate in the registration area of
the live years being 129.9 per 100 000 (
of population. Over 75 per cunt of the
deattis from this disease occurred at
age.B above 44, over 45 per cent occur- (
ring at 65 years and over. It is no
tlceable that the mortality from heart
disease is steadily Increasing, the
death rata advancing from 1112 per
100,000 in 1900 to 134 8 in 1904.
Another cause of death wiih an increasing
rate was cancer, the rate for
which Increased from 63 per 100,000
In 1900 to 70.9 in 1904 A comparatively
small proportion of the deaths ,
from cancer occurred at ages under 40
years. Tne deaths of females far exceeded
those of males, the pronortlon
being 622 females to 378 males in l,000
deaths.
The death rate from cancer in the
registration area of the United States
was less than In England and Wales,
Scotland, Germany, Norway, the
Netherlands andSwi z riaud, but was
greater than In Ireiand, Hungary,
Spain and Italy, lb was higher In
Che cities than In the rural districts,
but this is due partly to the fact that
residents of rural districts In the last
stages of the disease seek the hospitals
in the cities ft r trcament.
The average annual deatn rate from
typhoid fever In the registration arca
was ii.'l 8 per 100 000 of population. ' >f
the ten European oountries for which
similar statistics are available Italy
alone shows a higher. The total num
her of deaths in the live years, divided
as to sex, shows a proportion of
588 a ales to 412 females In every 1,000
deaths. In each year a greater
uumber of deaths from typhoid fever
occurred "between the ag-s of 20 and
55 than at aoy other age period. The
number of deaths was greatest In Sep
tember arid O;tober, and least in
Juno. Over one-third of the deaths
uccured in August, September and October.
\ Among the large cities the greatest
mortality from this dlseaie occurred
in Pittsburg, Pa., the rate being more
than 120 In eaoa year. The next highest
rate was in the adjoining oity of
Allegheny. The mortality from typhoid
foyer was also excessively high
in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Louisvlle and Washington. The average
in New York city, St Paul, Milwaukee
and Jersey City. The mortality
was greater In many of the
smaller cities and in the rural districts
of certain counties In the registration
States than In the larger oities.
Vv 117 DVT TntATTJ ulinn
MAn imiiiumuo 011V X .
Started by a Negro In a Now York
City.
It is said that a peculiar religious
sect 1h getting a foothold In the city
of Mlddletown, N. Y. It la the
Church of God and Saints of Christ
and is founded on lines similar to
Alexander Dowle's Cnurch of Zton,
and like that it has a head who proclaims
himself God's prophet and
mouthpiece. William S. Crowdy, of
Washington, D. 0., is the prophet.
The church knows no oolor line, but
as the prophet is a negro the majority
of converts are from the negro race.
A branch of the church was organized
in this city some weeks ago by
an Intelligent negro, John H. Allen,
from Clover, Va., and already it has
made fourteen black and one white
convert. The keeping of the Ten
Commandments and observing of
Saturday as the Sabbath are the
strong points of the Church of God.
Prophet Crowdy, if he had a white
skin, would much resemble Alexander
Dowie, and his methods appear as if
copied from Dowie's. He publishes a
newspaper, the Weekly Prophet,
which is the official organ of the
Church of God, and its chief end
seems to be to urge the members to
send in contributions to Crowdy.
Members of the ohurch have to
contribute 10 per cant of their earnings,
which, with all other moneys
oolleoted, goes to Prophet Crowdy.
The members are told that Crowdy is
omnisoolent and that nothing they do
ooua^cn uiD uusorv&uuo. rwiICUIH
stress Is laid on the fact that it is impossible
to fool the prophet in regard
to the earnings of the followers, and
it is suggested that if any of them
tried to "nig" in their 10 per cent
contributions swift punishment would
follow. The prophet has a aoneme of
building a holy city at Belleville, Va.,
similar to Dowle'a Zion city. The
other oolored ohurches of this oity are
up in arms against the Ohurch of
God. _
Conviction ot a Fiend,
Ed Rainey, a negro, was convicted
at Gaffney on Monday, of committing
a rape on a thirteen old negro girl,
The girl la said to have died as a result
of injuries indicted on her by the
fiend.
HUMAN FLOWKKH.
THIS IH WHAT AUNT 8ALL IK
CALLS THK C?I HLM,
Who ire the Sweetest Things the
Qood Lord Created on the
Sarth.
Come, girls, and "snuggle" up close
to me while we have a heart-to-heart
talk, for 1 expect to get as much an 1
give. I want to think of my girls,
whether they are one year or ten or
twenty, as opening dowers some of
them early spring beauties, others
summer roses?all sweet and tender,
and all needing love and care to develop
the best that is in them.
Girls, dont l>e in a hurry to reach
young ladyhood and the advantages
you imagine will be gained bv it. Do
not rob yourself of the rosy tlush of |
happy childhood. It will soon be
over. You will put away with loving
hands the playthings of your child !
hood. IIow dieting are tho years of
childhood. As the years pass they ,
bring with intelligence and experience,
but tako away the innocence of childhood.
Girls, do you realize ycu arc the ,
rosebuds In the gardeu of lift? You
are the sweetest things that God ere
ated Your voices are like music?so
unselfish and sweet, so helpful and
loving that Bad hearts grow glad and
sad faces brighten wherever you go.
Love this youth that God has given
you, and forget not to tnank H iin for
it. There are no skeletons iu your
closet, no sorrowful memories to bring
the tears to vour eve.
1 hope you are all happy and cheerful
t?he*e bright spring days. While
the birds aru building tholr homes in
hedges and tree tups they are tilling
the world with music. Busy from
morning till night, they tiud time to
sin#. Don't wait till your work la done
to sing?sing and be happy and make
others happy. Yen, follow the bird's
example and go singing to your work.
Surely God wants us to bo cheerful
and happy when lie made this world
no beautiful for us. Kind, cheerful
peop;o bring out the best that is In
us, so that we can hardly help being
good while we aro under their iniluence.
There Is no sweeter music In
our heavenly Father's ears than the
Innocent song and laughter of his
onlidreu, and no sweeter tribute could
ever be made to the weary ones of
earth thau that which comes from
the sparkling, innocent soul of young
girlhood.
Gliis, have all the pets you want,
hut don't keep any living thlug In 1011linement.
Dju't have a sweet little
souKster boating lis wing* against the
cage, nor a froilccome squirrel. Lai
them bo free, happy and joyous in
their native element. A fellow-feeling
makes us wonderous kind. It has
been eleven years since 1 walked the
green earth, and the time seems long
and dreary. I often long in the glaa
spring time to get away Into some
deep tangled wildwood and listen to
the sweet songs of birds In joylous
freedom as they lilt from tree to treo.
I have learned lessons of pattouoe
and submission to the divine will. As
never before I've learned the value of
true friends, to appreciate more and
more the love and friendship of pure
minded Christian girls. How patiently
and sweetly, with tender hands
they ministered to me when the death
angel seemed very near. None but
God is sulllciently wise to understand
the heart of Christian girls. They
bring joy and peace to their homes.
They are their mother's companions
and helpers, and their swoet influence
brings much of heayen down to earth
by keeping their brothers' wandering
feet in paths of safety. Surely the
sheltering wings of the unseen angels
must hover very near our sweet girls.
God bless them and make us worthv
of Iheir tender devotion.
Pure minded girl# are not only
blessings In their homes. We meet
with them on the highways and byways.
One of them came into my life
as a ministering angel when I was far
from friends, wnen 1 was bereft of all
that made life worth living. But we
were as ships passing and hailing each
other as we passed. No girl can be
pure and good without the world being
the better for it and making her
own heart happier. . God bless you
all and keep you well and happy, and
remember you have the best wishes of
AUNT SALL1K.
Deutruotivo Storm.
Charlie Thomson, a negro living
seven miles east of Union, had the
roof blown off his house and furniture
badly broken up by a storm last week,
ills family were uninjured by the ligntnlng.
An empty house on the Sinclair
place near by was also blown
down. A special from Pride's says
there was a very heavy storm m that
seotion and that great da age was
done at Chester and YorkviJie by the
blowing down of tree* and other
things, which have not been oieared up,
At Bed Point, near Pride's crops
were badly injured there being &
heavy hail btorm half a mile wide all
through ^.at seotion. No damage
waa done at Neals Shoals, though
the ouxrent had to ba turned off.
Man With Twelve Toe*.
P. ?. Franks, of Pennsylvania, was
arrested at Cumberland, Md., on a
oharge of embezzling about 1200 at
Charlerol, Pa. Five minutes after
the telegram was reoeived at the
police station Lieutenant Sohmvtz
bad Franks under arrest. Tbo fact
that be has six toes on each foot was
one of the means of Identification.
He returned to Pennsylvania without
a requisition.
WAGES OF SIN.
Goes to the Gallows for Killing
a Friend.
A. POLISH KI) PASCAL
One of the Most Picturesque Figures in
Police Crookdem of the Century.
Probably the Most Remarkable
Criminal Record of
Modern Times.
After a llf j of crime beginning with
lx>yhood, "Lord Frederick Seyraore
Harrington, society highwayman, resourceful
crook, bigamist, former and
murderer, paid the penalty of his last
orlmo on the rcalTjld Friday at (Jolyton,
Mo.
The crime for <"hich Barrlngton was
to dlo ou the bc< i'f )ld was the murder
of James P. th ?Uann, a well kuown
sporting man of lute city, on June 18,
iy03. Mo'Jnnn "as shot, his body
rohoed and his remains thrown Into a
a pond at Bmtlls. By a peculiar coincidence
the nude body of the murdered
man was dl-covered Moating in
the pond Just threo years ago Thursday.
During the active years of his career
"Lord" Harrington was one of
the most picturesque tigures in "police"
orookdom, fur, although he was
of lowly origin, his speciality of passlug
as a member of the British peeranii
u/u n h vai-all 4 n kaun*.. 1 #?l > !<*? ?-v >4
nwu? TTVII 111 DOTClItl UllllOI aim
helped him to live without work for
years.
lie whs the son of a hack driver In
Tunbrldge Wells, K inland, and his
real name Is F. G. Hartou. lie was
arrested for the tirst time at the age
of seven years, when he was caught
sotting tire to the common. At 12ho
was sentenced to live years In the?ited
Mill reformatory for embezzlement.
After serving three years ho made his
escape by means of a rope, oniy to bo
arretted two years later and sentenced
for robbery. For this he served in
Yorkshire prlsoti.
About this lime he decided it
would ho to b's advantage to give
himself a new surrounding by J lining
the army, aIi to he ooulJ observe the
ways of timetlioors wno made up much
of the Kurdish society. Tills was in
his 22d years, but before his enlistin
;q i was a year old he he had forced
a furlough, tied from the aimy and
oommltted a burgiary for which he did
a tea yearns stretch.
That completed his English record.
What crimes tie suooeeueu in comrnitt>iik'
In the short Intervals between
tils prisons terms are not known, but
are believed to be many. lie got into
some of the best households as a servant;
studied the members of society;
he served as an artist, stu les his
model, and In later years made good
use of his studies. He robbed a
clergyman three times and each time
by a sorrowing profession of repentance
and glib quotation succeeded in
being f irgiven. When he was finally
lauded behind the bars for the ten
years' term In England he settled
down to improving nis education so he
could step out of prison a student. He
perfected himself In F.cnch, German
and the classics, and was a polished
fraud when he came to America In
1891. He posed here as the son of an
Engllshnoblem&n of wealth and rank.
As such he won Miss Celestine Miller,
ef llooklyn, an heiress with a fortune
In her own right. After marrying
Miss Miller he had the effrontery
to return to his own land and estabIf
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at West Hrighton. There he coldbloodedly
told his wife the truth
about himself. Stripped of every
peony by her husbaud, the unhappy
wife returned to this country with
her child, and Barton was arrested and
sent baclt to prison to serve out an old
sentenoe. As soon as the sentence
was expired Barton returned to the
United Stated bavin# found here the
best Held for his peculiar operations.
In 1902 Philadelphia society received
with open arms "Lord Burgoyne,"
of the English peerage. Ills lordship
was none other tbau the exoonvlct,
but before that came to be known he
hadcmried and wedded Miss Margaret
liafferty, an heiress. He told
her he was heir to 120,000 and borrowed
money from her. While they
were on their honeymoon, "Burgcyue"
slipped from the train and
disappeared. She would believe nothing
against him until she went to
New Yerk and learned the truth from
his Hrst wife, with whom ''Burgoyne"
was, at the time, attempting to effect
reconciliation.
Receiving no notice from hta flrat.
wife, the ex-coavlot, who had been
wandering in the West, made his debut
in St. Louis sooiety under the
alias of "Lord Harrington." He mtt
and married Miss Wilhelmina Grace
Coohran, of Independence, Iowa, who
was visiting in St Louis at the time.
Before he oould enjoy the money he
had obtained through this marriage,
a hard-headed brother of Miss Cochran
had discovered his record and had
"Harrington" thrown into prison.
Following his exposure "Barrington"
succeeded in winning the confidence
of MoCann, a wealthy horse
owner and hotel man. On the night
of MoCann'i disappearance the two
were Been drinking together. The
murder was traced to "Barriugton,"
and he was oonvloted. The legal fight
tojave him extended over two years