The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-10-21 00:00:00

RELEASE OF THE CLAIMANT.

The Tiohborne claimant was dleabarged from
Pentonville prisoo at tea minutes to aloe this (hien-
ley) morning. Hu time warn not up tiotil Thursday,
his relines being quite unexpected. Mr. Qoartermaloe
Past and a detective accomoanled him to Scotland
Yazd in a cab, alter which the Claimant drove off.

HIS PRI3ON LIFE.
The claimant to the Turnhout. estates has been
berated from Peat invllle Prima, alter undergoing •
um of penal servitude extending to 10 year. and
ight months for pojory in having, matted by the
j iry, falsely declared himself to he It our Charles
mghty Tie:borne. At the tiros of his convicion s
limb 'purest was taken in the case tha the aothori
ties had to adopt special measure, to serum the Nasty
i; the prisour. too ',Hotly, at an oust p ictid
oionnent he was' slippeo"—to nee his own phrase—
from Westminster to the Surrey side of the Thames,
via Vauxhall Bridge, the coarse thus suggest. I being •
,alculatail to avoid the crowd which awaited his
,osuore through the Strand. By this arts igement
removal to Nergate. where he wera through ths
initial stages of hie convict life, was without inoideot,
Lod in a few days base. rem iv4d to Pentooville, the
rith wales acting again with snob caution as would
.v Ad publicity. Like other prisoners cion•iotwt at
tint period and seutenoal to penal servitude, he
remained one week at Pentonville, and then on bin
removal to Milani-1k he commenoed the real terrors ,
if hie lot, as for nine in ;tithe be endured solitary
confinement. daring which neither he nor any
...Mot could make any marks that to to reluce the
length of the 111110,0e3. IS WM at Hillbank that
his unwieldly bulk first attracted the lateral in of the
auth Ala., a convict weighing 26 stone being without
pr-rodent. Hie massive fram, too raised such a &lid
culty with regard to providing him with adequate
routers, that • cell of lip •cial dimensions had even-
tually tube allotted to him, earl he was eon 'immolated
with the roomiest apartment the establishment could
futon& While et hfillbank hi wee eoplryel in
• king oakum, an occupation which afforded him no
or:op* for expertise. or cleverness, but in which he WIIS
al ways diligent. In foot the Olaimant was never a
lazy conrict ; on the contrary, hie fellow.pris mere
"leen upraised their disapprobation of his doing so
much work. But id late ',ears, due chiefly to the fact
trot he had expressed a decided preference for being
I'ft alone, he hes experienul none of this annoyance.
At the end of hie probation he was remor-d to
Dartmoor, where he bsca-no • tailor, and although
he had some years' practice at his trade and was
always imbued with a desire to do his best, he never
proved a very efficient workman.
His career at Dartmoor wan unfavourable to him in
more way. than one. It we. here that be began to
develop toue poke in his feet and lege which could
only be expected from • man of his habit, who was
compelled to stud during the greater put of the
day, and hie oomplainte were more persistent than the
senior medico" °Moor thought just a•ble. But though
he was regarded as • man who shammed neither, tele
in the result proved id ailvontsige to the a meat,
who, in coosequeme of the adverse reports of the
doctor, was not allowed that time in hospital whita
he then desired, and which would have prolonged his
imprieontnect owing to the marks which he would
have lost while under sick troatusent. In his letter to
laud, be dwelt strongly on this mode of tree--
went, and eventually soffioient Wickens* was brought
to hear with the Home Ofllos to bring about hi.
removal to Portsmouth, bit in the ordinary course of
churls he wee followed by the seine me licol Aber
by whom he had been treated at Dartmoor. Here the
same symptoms of illness presented themselves, and
at last be wee allowed u min* hospital nursing as be
demanded. But finding that be could make eight
marks a day while at work, and not more than six
while le hospital, he ceased to court the luxuries at
the dieposal of the doctor, and the foot that he lost
only 30 marks by illness, in other words, that he had
no more than 30 days on the elk list In 10 TN"
speaks well for the health he enjoyed dialog hie
imprisonment. On hie rem mat to E'igarsin outh he
coatlnued to be employed in the tailor's shop,
hut never took Madly to the work. The con-
finement he hod endured lo the meanwhile
though exceedingly irksome to him, bad the effect of
considerably reducing hie weight, which is now not
more than 18. t. 7111, Roe conduct, however, was
always" first class eximp'a-y," and as • mak of this
he was permitted on enterion hie last year to wear
' the blue dress, which is the highest honour • convict
can empire to, Ili it entitled him to as additional week's
remision of sentence and ensures him an extra .63
from the Government on he discharge. So exemplary
he. hese his conduit that he has never bum mentioned
in rePori•ellibotlifb in hie recnionstumee with bin fellow
prisoners on ths subject at his exoemilve indu•try, be
on one occasion olmost iofrioge I the regulations. Hie
moist to be emit to the potato works that he might
enjoy pure air was readily wooded to, sod be was for
• time employed in the stooling ground in Portsmouth
D ockyard, though, as may be readily conceivel. in
thie class of labour he did not gristly distinguish
himself. His next move WM to the carpenter'. shop,
which le mush more secluded. It was not anticipated
that he would prove • better carpenter than tailor, but
he h tweed out • really skilful workman, and would
have no difficulty in tuning his living at this handi-
craft. Not only did be prove industrious, but betook
a real interest in his work, and would, no entering
throw
the shop, row off his up and frock, roll up his shirt
sleeve., and get about hie work with reel earsestome.
As ill well knows, tbit Oloinmot is la his religious
view, • Roman Catholic, and sweetly he was allowed
the possession of • Hatay Bible. At first anal
this may appear • trilling vire aostancie, but in reality
it nerves to show the great interest be always had in
'Bold dots.. Bat though he showed so much
pereistenos in his riff rt. to be allowed the volume, he
was cover the duoutest of Datholio....

He was always employed with the 8611111
parts of prisoners mid in rarione other little ways
he wee regarded se a special claw of 01411,001. so far as
disciplim would permit. Another din mlty mom is
the victualling department, al I ea the Ulainuirit bad as
est reordiamy oTM:sae to maintain be was allowed orte
(mirth more food than the other men. His Appetite
never failed him. and lodged at fleet be wog apt to sok
for more. As be ba I gained as much power la inaa.
.ntial golden be setae time gime dld his utmost to be
allowed the privilege of a pipe, and, as he had
formerly beers an habitual =okay, he premed his
claim. with great assiduity; but newspapers and
tobacco beteg boats which the anthoritnee have
rigi lip determined that no priermers shall ewer injay.
be was onsumessful. It Is a prison offence to be
lotted talking, and he WM favoured by nature
th's respect, as he on all coomekine evisood
prutoOnd taCittirllity, sod did oeorpthior
hie power to foster the unwillingness of his Meade
to talk to itigo. He rialtivated a stolid demeanour
he would never call ia lite doctor if he could help It
sal be was sever known to attempt a joke during his
lasprimement He made WO serious attempt to Im-
prove hie education. West hie movement will be on
Waviag Pentogiville, or where he I. likel to live, are
I as peessat wasksewa, bath, has. a &she to
Uwe is the berms at his

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