Lord Barrington Is Beaten Up

Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. 路易. “Lord F. Seymour Barrington” was a bit of a local celebrity, if an extremely disreputable one, during 1903. After conducting a bigamist marriage on the East Coast, “Lord Barrington” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. 路易.

当巴林顿抵达圣. 路易, 他很快开始寻找另一个妻子为自己定下了本地. 巴林顿发现了一个目标在聪明，但缺乏经验的堪萨斯城的威廉敏娜格雷斯科克伦, MO. 巴林顿科克伦做小姐的妹妹和妹夫的熟人.

在他访问自己的家, 巴林顿留下深刻的印象科克伦小姐与他的英国庄园的故事. 恋爱不久, 科克伦小姐成了夫人. 林顿在一月中旬 1903.

太太. 巴林顿的哥哥起了疑心巴林顿勋爵的故事，并开始寻找他的背景. 先生. 科克伦发现，他的妹妹是巴林顿的第三任妻子. “Lord Barrington” 没有理会离婚要么他以前的妻子.

“Lord Barrington” under his real name Frederick George Barton, a graduate of Dartmoor prison not Oxford University, married Celestine Elizabeth Miller in Brooklyn. When they returned to England, Barton was arrested and returned to Dartmoor for a previous prison escape. Barton did not contact Mrs. Barton or their child, when he returned to the United States.

When Barton returned to the United States, he moved to Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, he posed as “Lord Frederick Sydnham Burgoyne”. In Philadelphia, he married a young woman on December 1, 1902, a mere six weeks before he married Miss Cochrane. 十二月 23, 1902, “Lord Burgoyne” abandoned his new wife and made his way to St. 路易.

When Mrs. Barrington’s brother realized that “Lord Barrington” had tricked his younger sister into a bigamist marriage, he traveled from Kansas City to St. Louis to confront his new brother-in-law. 对峙发生在他的妹妹, 太太. 埃利奥特, home at 4368 West Belle Place.

先生. 科克伦, 一个运动的年轻人在他二十多岁中旬, 面对巴顿，他发现了什么. “Lord Barrington” 决定最好的防御是一个很好的进攻，并在先生投掷了一些侮辱. 科克伦. 先生. 科克伦回应具有较强的冲鼻子.

As “Lord Barrington” 试图恢复他的镇定, 先生. 科克伦抓住他的衣领, 被赶出家门他和连击他用拳头. 当他们到了人行道, 先生. 科克伦放置在固体成足 “他的贵族身份的” 具有强大的命令背侧离开，永不回来.

通过提醒 “巴林顿勋爵的” 哭援助, 2圣. 路易斯警官回答现场. 要巴林顿的沮丧, 海关人员拘捕他大, 南方酒店悬而未决的法案. “Lord Barrington” 又名弗雷德里克·巴顿将重返监狱的熟悉出没在圣未来数月. Louis Workhouse.

先生. 科克伦带着姐姐回到了堪萨斯城. 太太. 巴林顿与圣的采访. 圣路易斯邮报说，她 “恨他(Lord Barrington).” 巴顿的这种婚姻会以离婚告终.

虽然巴灵顿勋爵将成为几个月骗取酒店, 他的名字也不会留出试卷的长. 圣. 路易斯警方还没有看到最后的 “Lord Barrington”.

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Sources: 圣. 圣路易斯邮报, 一月 25, 1903 版, p. 29 and February 2, 1903. p. 1. 圣. Louis Star-Times, 二月 7, 1903, p. 1

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