THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, ; WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1007.
BOGUS LORD ESCAPES HANGING T0'
SPEND HIS LIFE IN PENITENTIARY
FOLK COMMUTES
EXOLISir MUBDEKEIt
; Harrington, Who Killed Benefactor
' ; And. Deceived Many .Women,
, Favored by Governor. "
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Bt Louis, Auf. 14. Etaath sentenos
r pronounocd .against bogus "Lord" Bar
ring ton waa commuted to Ufa Imprison-
! nent by Oovarnor Folk today.
. "Lord" BarrtaKton, whosa real nam
waa Q aorta Frederick Barton, had a
remarkable criminal career covering- a
period of more .than 10 years and ex
tending over 'three .'. continents. , The
'atory of Barring-ton's' mledeeda- haa
baen often told during the four yaara
that have elapsed ainoe ha waa arrested
and tried for murder. An Englishman
of humble parentage, he cut a wide
awath both In Kurope and America by
, posing- as a member of a prominent
English family and swindling all those
who. wnom na came in contact, in his
youth served several terms In Enn
llBbaTaons for arsavt, robbery and
fcry. in me unnea tttates ne mar
fed three atria .and swindled them out
'of their money before committing the
crime-mat orougnt aoout nis exposure
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Sog-ua Lord Horsewhipped.
Barrlngton first eama to Bt. Louis In
; 1902, pretending to be an emissary sent
ny tna imtisn government to the
Louisiana Purchase exposition. He met
and married a Miss Cochrane of Kansas
City. Their honeymoon was of Just a
week's duration. At the end of that
time the bride'a brother discovered that
Lord Frederick Seymour Barrlngton was
- a rank Imposter. He administered a
publio horsewhipping to the bogua lord
aoa iook nis sister nome. Toe expos
ure led to Barrlngton being arrested
and aent to the workhouse for vagrancy.
When ha was released he waa befriended
by James P. McCann, the man whom
fie art er ward murdered.
McCann wss a follower of the race
tracks and at times had considerable
Rioney. He took Barrlngton Into his
ome and provided,' for his wants. A few
weeks after he became a member of the
McCann household Barrlngton told kls
benefactor that he expect! soon to
receive a pension irom me uritisn gov
ernment. He told McCnnn that he had
feomo British friends in Bt. Louis county
who would advance him $1,000 on the
pension papers. He wanted McCann to
go with him to witness the transfer of
the papers. Finally upon the ceaseless
Importuning of Barrlngton McCann con
sented to go one night. His folly cost
him his life. The pension - story was
only a lie, devised to get McCann to
the spot carefully and painstakingly
selected for his murder.
Barrlngton and McCann left the let
ter's residence in Bt Louis early on
the evening of June U, 103. They went
first to a summer garden on the out
skirts of the city, and about 10 o'clock
boarded a suburban car for Bond la
atatlon, to miles from St, Louis They
were seen to leave the streetcar to
gether and walk off Into tne woods,
live minutes later two shots were
heard, and the voice of McCann could be
heard pleading for mercy. But his
appeals were In vain, for after he had
been shot down, the murderer cut his
victim's throat to make aure of his
Wrork,
Throw Body Xn Pond.
After McCaon's life had ebbed -away
the murderer had to dispose of the body.
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Frederick Seymour, alias "Lord Bar-
rlngton," la shown In the uniform
of a British' officer. At the top
on the left Is Miss Cochrane, one
of the wives of the bogus lord, and
at the bottom is Elaine Barton,
the little daughter of the con
demned man.
The clothing was striked from It and
It waa dragged through the under
brush to the brink of an 80-foot em
bankment overlooking a quarry. One
shove, and the body shot downward and
nank beneath "the waters of an aban
doned pond. The murder waa planned
and carried out with consummate sitill,
but the later movements of the mur
derer were of a most bungling sort.
Covered with stains, wearing the mur
dered man's hat and coat, carrvlng his
cane, with McCann's watch and papers
In his pockets, he retraoed his steps to
St. LOUlS,' . .1 (
He ( invented a remarkable atory to
i Mra. McCann that hor husband go:
him wun two men at the sum
mer garden and drove away with some
woman In A. .... t it- . i i m .
been knocked down defending McCann
7 "J iwr air nixni, r earring
ton was almost immediately arrested on
suspicion of being responsible for Mc
Cann disappearance, but so plausibly
did ha tell his atory that ha waa soon
Iw . lBW "ay" later, nowaver,
the body of McCann waa discovered and
HsLrTln ST trm m m ft aAMAaa.a r
continued to stoutly deny the crime. He
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noni'iu, nn7 siur- h wu taaen
from the pond and Insisted that It wa
tlttt thmt nf UW.mm n. J..1. J ...
Cann had gone away and would return
Barrlngton waa tried In the Clayton
circuit court and aentenced to death. A
atranvei fMm i,ir.i.M. v. i .v .
money to appeal hla oaae to tha su-
wui iu, iimnacripi ox tne case
made the longest criminal record aver
fllMl With K nlul, ,h. Ul ...
prema court . Every twist and turn
Irnrtwn An Ik. 1am . a.
Barrlngton from the gallows. Stay af-
tttr itav waa .r. m tA mmA Ik.
carried to the United States supreme
uvurw vii Jiyril it IUI tniei JUSllOS
r uiiar uiimifa ine aecision OX IDS SU
yrcin oourt ox Missouri.
FREIGHT ROBBERY
AS AN INDUSTRY
Seven Men Arrested at Seattle and
Conspiracy Involving , Men
Higher Up Mar Develop.
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Baattle, Wash., Aug. 14. The arrest
of seven men, truckers and laborers.
employed in tha Northern Paclflo freight
sheds on the charge of systematically
looting boxes of freight In the sheds.
may develop a wholesale conspiracy
with theft as Its object. Goods to the
amount of 11.000 have already been re
covered and more loot la expected to
turn up soon.
The men In jail are Harry Owens.
Dennis J. Bishop, S. T. Ryan, William
O. Mull. Each of the men captured
knew that the others were stealing, al
though the existence of an organised
conspiracy nas not vet Dean Droved.
Others are involved and, according to
Cox, these others Include men much
nigner up.
Cox and Owens have confessed. The
latter asserts that If the houses of una
f tne tilgner employes of the freight
department of the road are searched
more stolen goods will be found. With
the exception of these two tha men
are sullen and refuse to talk.
STANDPIPE KILLS
ENGINEER SHIELDS
(Sperial Ptapstca to Tht Jon mil.)
Tacoma. Wash.. Auc. 14. Joseoh M.
Shields, a Northern Pacific freight en
rlnMr waa lr11l1 vikntArila v ftitifwin
Covington, near Auburn. There was a
hot boy beneath one of the freight cars
it Shields train and he stenned Into
the gangway between the tender and
locomotive cab and was leaning out and
looklna backward to locate the trouble.
The stand pipe of a watertank, standing
close to tje track struck him on the
head, knocking him from the train and
producing Instant death. The body was
brought here and the King county coro
ner notified. Shields was 18 veara of
age, and leaves a voung wife here. His
motner lives at UKianoma city.
A laav liver leads to chronic dvmen-
sla and constipation weakens the whole
system. uoan's Kegulnts (Z5 cents
per box) correct the liver, tons the
stomach, care constipation.
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Owing to the fact that our pres
ent building is to be' torn down
soon and for months we will not
be in a position to handle such a
stock as we have on hand we offer
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our entire stock of
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ComE)inadoin
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including all designs and styles at
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We realize while we do this that there are not enough of the class
of fixtures we carry to satisfy the demand.
IE GAS COMPANY
We mteive Atacd Ow S
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LAST WEEK IT SOLD AT Vz THIS PRICE. WE HAD NOT INTENDED TO ANNOUNCE THIS INCREASE TILL AUG. 20
SOON THE PRICE WILL BE 75c PER SHARE SSSffi
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All TUDAD IFTI lHIIOlr PA Rooms 206-207-208 Couch Building, fourth and Washington Streets
UN WOUIr Mill I TO 10. P0RTUWD, OREGON
THE CHAW
Is not a stand-still corporation. It bought its mining prop
erty in Siskiyou county, California, on the 4th day of Octo
ber, 1906. Two days later it had its men on their way to
the mines. Seven days after it had all difficulties brushed
aside, and its mines began producing. On December 20
if was shipping gold to the mint, and it is now mining high
rade ores that will ultimately prove one of the best invest
ments ever offered the people of Portland and the North
west '
The Champion Group Mining Company Is Not
An Insignificant Corporation.
Its property is not an insignificant property. It owns
i TWELVE claims in the the famous gold belt of Siskiyou
county, and
Every Share of Stock It Sells Makes the Buyer
a Partner, in Each of These Thoroughly
Proven Gold-Producing Propositions.
We feel sure that stock bought today at 50 cents will later
be sold or may later be sold at $5 and more the share. We
gauge this opinion on known conditions at the mines, and
tested values of its ores. We have heretofore published
sworn-to statements of the equipment of our mines and the
assayed value of our ores. It is likely that every reader of
this advertisement has read this testimony, but if not, a
postal directed to this office, or the return of the coupon
attached bereto, will bring by ' return mail the documents
complete, so that any person may read the ABSOLUTE
FACTS concerning the mining properties we own in North
ern California.
We Have No "Prospects" to Offer Any One.
We have mines, considerably developed when we bought
them, and now lacking but the expenditure of a few more
thousand dollars to make them class among the most cer
tain dividend payers of the West. And when the Champion
Group Mining Company management makes this statement,
IT IS TRUE. We want the public to understand this. We
want it known that in all our statements we shall deal in
facts, and that our reliability shall not be questioned.
It Is But a Short Railroad Ride From Portland
to Our Mines.
The distance is only 390 miles, and we freely offer to pay
all traveling expenses of any one buying any considerable
quantity of our shares, if such person will visit our proper
ties, and if that individual will then say that we have in any
wise misrepresented the facts, we will refund to him or her
EVERY DOLLAR invested in our stock. This is the way
we do business. We always have done it this way. We are
ever in the open. We never have anything to conceal.
Your $500 of today, should make you the millionaire of
the future,
Your Salary for One Month Now Ought to
Earn Your Living in the Years to Come.
Here are persons and estates that, by mining, were
built up from nothing to opulence. Most of the readers of
this newspaper know the history, or have read the biogra
phies of the Hearsts, the Huntingtons, the Stanfords, the
Fairs, the Dalys,, the Clarks, the Crockers, the Spreckels,
the Sharons, the Mackays, the Floods, the Licks, etc. Had
it not been for money made in mining there never would
have been a Mackay-Bennet cable, there never would have
been a Postal Telegraph, and' by its profits mansions have
been erected and the earth has been beautified and adorned
in every region of civilization. As samples of the gifts from
beneath the surface of California's bosom, note the conser
vative value of the following men and estates at the present
time measured in dollars and cents:
From Nothing to Multi-Millionaires
W. R. Hearst, est.
C. P. Huntington
Leland Stanford .
iames G. Fair...
larcus Daly
Senator Clark
Chas. Crocker
Peter Donahue ..
J. B. Haggin
.$40,000,000
35,000,000
25,000,000
25,000,000
25,000,000
25,000,000
22,000,000
20,000,000
20,000,000
Claus Spreckels .
Sharon, estate . . .
Mark Hopkins ..
Thos. F. Walsh .
W. S. Stratton . .
John W. Mackay
James G. Flood..
Wm. S. O'Brien..
Lick, estate
.$20,000,000
. 20,000,000
. 21,000,000
. 20,000,000
. 15,000,000
. 10,000,000
. 10,000,000
. 10,000,000
. 10,000,000
Nature's Wonderful Generosity.
$100.00 invested in the Mohawk Mine at Goldfield, three
years ago, is now worth $70,000.
$100.00 invested in the Jack Pot, at Cripple Creek, Colorado,
ten years ago, is now worth $6,000.
$100.00 invested in the Isabella, at Cripple Creek, in 1893, is
now worth $5,960.
$100.00 invested in the Wolverine Copper Stock in 1893 is
now worth $4,000.
$100.00 invested in the Butte & Boston Stock in 1896 is now
worth $7,900.
$100.00 invested in the United Verde Stock twelve years ago
is now worth $30,000.
$100.00 invested in the Homestake in South Dakota twelve
years ago is now worth $28,000. ; ,
$100.00 invested in the Calumet & Hecla has paid the inves
tor $150,000. Stock bought at $1.00 a share is now
worth $650 a share. yz , ,
$100.00 invested in the Le Roi a few years ago is now worth
$250,000, and has paid $35,000 in dividends. '
$100.00 invested in Gold Coin in 1896 is now worth $55,000,
and has paid $11,000 in dividends. ' . f ,
Mrs. F. Chase, a poor woman of Bangor, Maine, a few years
ago purchased 100 shares of United Verde mining
stock for $100, for which she recently refused $40,000.
) in cash offered by Senator Clark. The stock yields
. her $5.00 per day in dividends. - '
One-third of the Mary McKinney , mine of Cripple Creek
was accepted for a $49.00 grocery bilL The grocery
man now has an income of $250,000 per annum in div- '
idends, and his interest in the mine is worth $2,000,000
In all these above companies there have been thousands of
stockholders who have reaped these enormous profits.. These
Jrofits are not only possible, but are extremely probable in .
undreds of legitimate and well-selected mining enterprise!
at the present time. . i - ' -
Partial Payments May Be Arranged.
That none may be debarred from the. privileges of these
shares from participating in their profits, in the futureif
it be desired, arrangements may be jnade whereby stock can
be secured by making a small payment at time of purchase,'
the balance in weekly or monthly payments. . This will en
able persons of small means to follow the example of the
Hearsts, the Floods, the Mackays, the Spreckels and the '
host of other wealthy men of the Pacific coast
Cut Out and Send for Particulars
The Champion Group Mining Co.,
Couch Building, Portland, Oregon.
Gents Please mail without cost to me descriptive booklet re
garding your offer. I may'be interested.
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THERE WAS NEVER A MORE LEGITIMATE MINING PROPOSITION THAN THIS
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