The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-16 00:00:00

TITO ST6TTRIMIIS6FI OBSERVER.

Croswexamined : It was not quite by appointment that I
met the plaintiff, but he had sent a message that he should
lie glad to join our party, which connoted of Mr. Constable
Maxwell, Major Rickards, and myself. The plaintiff had
been to Cordova, but alien I saw him he was on his way back
home. It would take almui ten days to go from Buenos
Ayres by sea, through the airlift. of Magellan to Chill, and
the journey across coulitry took Len days for the post Au
ordinary traveller would go much slower; and at that time
it wan an extremely dangerous journey.
Tho Attorney-General : I am glad to see you here, how-
ever.

Mr. Serjeant Ballantlue : But I believe It WU rather a n^ar
thing.

Witness It arm a very near thing. We passed the
Chrletnias-day rather unpleasantly.
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What. with the natives 7—No, running away from them—
(laughter'.

The l.mal Chief Justice The plaintiff was a man evidently
out of training. (A laugh.) He kad too much stomach, and
he seemed weakly, He was a man he should be very lorry
to travel wills newel, the Andes.

To tho Attortley-I;eueral : I passed about two hours with
tho plaintiff, and ho.aaid ho had lattera recalling him to
England.

Sir William' Ferguson lam a surgeon. I was requested
to examine the person of the plaintiff, and I did so three
times In the present year. I examined the marks upon the
ankles. There were several scars upon or near each inner
ankle which were not particularly distinct, except in one
under the left ankle, which was a clear mark of the kind

To what you'd you attribute those marks ?—To wounds.
Would they be accounted for by the thelalon of a lancet °
—They might. The one mark on the left ankle was a clear
incision. It seemed to have been made designedly, but It
might be accidentaL

What is your opinion as to it being a lancet wound I—it
might have been made by any manna Instrument. A free
bold incision of a lancet might have made such a wound.
There wale round scar on the front of the left fore ann. I
cannot urn, an opinion as to what It was. There must have
been a wound or large boll there at some previous time.
I examined the outer edge of the right eyebrow. 1 laud a
scar the result if a wound that must have penetrated the
skin. A fishhook, or a cut to take a fishhook out, would
have produced It.

Was there anything about ids nose you noticed ?-1-es, a
very distinct seer in the skin over the bridge of the nose
between the eyes, and indications that the bones of tile nose
In that locality had been broken. I noticed also the forma-
tion of his lower limbs, lie looked what you is mid all an
111-kileetl MUM TIIIS Naswith both legs. There was on the
left shoulder two small scars, such as might have resulted
Irons a seton in the shoulder, on the back of his head there
was a marked scar. It was over the right side of the occipi-
tal protuberance. The sear was vertical, and about three-
quarters of an inch long—rather inure than less. It was
about the centre of the height of the head. It was such a
scar as might result from a fall on a hard substance. It is
In my judgment of long standing, I don't think it could
have kern created recently.

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Was there any discolouratton about hlii person ?—Yes,
brown mark OH his left side als ad three or four inches long
and an inch wide. I should Say It was a conventual mark.
It is very pale hut perfectly distinct. I examined his hands.
They were fat hands, and in such you generally see that the
knuckles appear the smallest part of the lingers. They were
soft hands. In his the knuckles were not no marked
as in many other hands. They were supple. They could
Ito easily pressed back. more easily than you could ordinary
lingers. I did not test particularly to what extant this
could be done, hut to a greater extent than with ordinary
hands. Since then I have been eesired to examine the
thumb of the left hand. I 41Id no to-day. It Is a peculiarly
nod unusually pointed thumb. The fleshy part projects
beyond the nail more than usual and inure than Oil the other
hand. The nail set-ins imperfectly developed ; not equal to
the nail on the other aide. I thought at first that he was in
the habit of biting his nails, which I have since aacertained
is the ease. Tiliß, however. w ould not account for the
peculiarity lathe left thumb. I was shown this photograph
(a copy of the daguerreotype.)
What is your opinion about it? The thumb in the picture
is peculiar : it is an exact representation if the thumb of the
plaintiff. I taunt see the mark distinctly in the picture, but
I see the point of the extremity that I have referred to .n
remarkably distinct and unusual.

Cross-examined I first examined the plaintiff in February,
1071. I think I saw all the marks on the first occasion
except the thumb. I have notes of my examination. I
think it Ptst possible that I did not see the seton mark on
the shoulder until May. My notes I have not here. They
are at home.

The Attorney-General said that there was a particular rea-
son why he should see the notes.

The witness said that it was a private book which no one
Mw but himself.

The Attorney-General hoped that he might be animal to
see the hook he would look at nothing hut what concerned
this particular case.

Witness said that he had no objection to produce the
book, although he did not think it would give any more
Information than be himself now supplied.
After some further disclission it was arranged that the
examination of air William should be continued the fol-
lowing day at two o'clock, when the book and the notes of
the examination would bein court.

Colonel Archibald Henry Plantagenet Wortley was then
called, and said: I have now retired from the army, and
have for many years given my attention to the study of
photography. I was out with Mr. Fenton, and was °Metal
reporter upon photographs to the last Exhibition. I have
some experience of daguerreotypes as well no photographs.
The photograph handed to me was, I believe taken from the
daguerreotype of Roger Tlchborne —the Chilies daguerreo-
type. In the two daguerreotypes there are differences. In
one a waistcoat appears, and in the other not.

The Lord Chief Justice : To my eyes there seems to be very
true lines down one shirt, lind not the other.

Witness: I think they are not lines, hut marks caused in
the cleaning of the original daguerreotype plate. They are
irregular lines.

The Lord Chief Justice You can only see the lines if you
get a particular sight. They are very regular running town
the front of the shirt, but on the collar they run the other
way.

Witness I can now, after looking again, see the lines your
lordship means. These lines would only holiest° that one
photograph has been exposed for a different period of thing
to the other. There were no lines in the second picture :
and the pattern on the shirt has been burnt oat as we
call it, by too long exposure to the light which it would
certainly obliterate. and give lines. These differences do
slot show that the shirt is not the same in the two cases. I
should think that it is the same shirt. I am certain the
neckcloth is the same. The coat also appears to be the
same.

The Lord Chid Justice I think that Is agreed on all
hands.

Witness : it appears to be the same chair, but 7 can
only see a little hlt of It. The left hand of the photo-
graph shows the thumb, but I cannot distinguish it In
the daguerreotype, which appears to have been rubbed
with some coarse sandy matter, effacing the thumb.
There are the same marks on other parts 'd the daguer-
reotype. In the photograph the formation of the end of
the them') appears to be very peculiar. There must be
nearly half an Inch of flesh projecting beyond the thumb
nail, and the nail is more sunk than usual into the flesh. I
have this morning for the first time seen the plaintiff. I
examined his left hand. I have re" doubt whatever that
this photograph was taken front a hand which was in exactly
the same state as the plaintiffs now is. In the daguerreotype
there is a peculiarly tired look and the eyebrow is somewhat
squarer than usual.
Cross-examined The thumb must have been shown In the
daguerreotype when the photogreph was taken from It. The
daguerreotypes are bmi, but not very bad. When about to be
copied the daguerreotype would no doubt be taken out of the
case. Daguerreotypes suite' from exposure to the air, snit
injury once so suffered would go on. It would be an injury
to oxidization of metals. Any person acquainted with the
subject would see the dilfetence between the photograh and
the daguerreotype.
Re-examined Mere exposure would not account for what
I see on the daguerreotype. No chemical failing could have
produced the obliteration of the thumb. There must have
been abrasion or rubbing. If sand had got into the case
that might cause It.

The Foreman of the Jury : Is there any process by which
a hand could be put in without it being detected ?
Witness : I could detect it.
A Juryman Could those daguerreotypes have been taken
without the party knowing it?
Witness I think they might. The waistcoat may have
been pushed back. I can, however, see no signs of a waist-
coat.

Mr. Serieant Ballantine The daguerreotype which is said
to have been altered was produced by the defendants.

The Attorney-General : The photographs which show the
thumb are also pradueed by the defendants.
At tout o'clock the Court again adjourned.

reduce. the pressure of the sewage gas, though, I think, not
efficiently.

Mr. Dale observes that, no tar as he lames, only three
persona out of 2s who Inhabited the Lodge at the time of
the Royal visit were affected with diarrinea or other dim-
order. the Illness of two ,d whom "were due to Influences
quite distinct from sewage poison.' Notwithstanding this,
from the neccasary information very frankly afforded me by
Mr. Dale, although one of thews may be fairly admitted to
have been due to other causes than sewage poisoning, there
was nothing which led me to doubt the probability of sew-
age infection in the other.

The editor of the Brit 1,4 Medirat Journal is in posseish.n
of evidence on this subject extending beyond that which
Mr. Dale appears to pone.eila, and of which lie has already
Indicated the details. The housekeeper was my authority
for stating that Lord Chesterfield slept in the bedchamber
of the Prince after the Royal visit. The inforniation
was given in Mr. Dales pretence; and she on another
occasion gave toe details of the occupants of that room for
some time before and after the Prince's visit. If a fur-
ther examination of the Lodge is to be undertaken by a
medical inspector of the Local lioVenlinent lioard, it should
be carried out at once, as, from the introduction of venti-
lators, the renewal of watercloset fans, the repairing and
trapping of the sewers, which was going in at the time of
my visit, it may otherwise be imposSible for the inspector to
torso any reliable conclusions On the questions at issue.

It would afford me sincere pleasure to find that anything
could be adduced to weaken the overwhelming evidence
which seen y to point to the Scarborough visit as the origin
of the attack of typhoid of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, the Earl of C'hesterileld, and the " temporary ser-
vant " of the Duke of Beaufort.

Lord Londeaborough had .pared neither trouble nor ex-
pense with drainage of his house, and is wholly free from
personal responsibillty. I sympathize deeply with the pro-
found pain which the circumstances must have caused him,
and it would have sincerely rejoiced me to find the local
cause of this sad outbreak of enteric disorder elsewhere than
under his hospitable roof.
I remain, kr.,
RAN MURRAY, M.D., M.R.C.P., assistant
Physician to the MI, kllesex Hospital al id to
the Hospital for Sick Children , Sanitary
Commissioner of the Britieh Medical
Journal.

the place would be broken down. A large number of men
were on the platform—l should my 300 at least. A cry was
at 00,0 raised, ‘• Here he Is !'' one of my friends said, "Dora
go near those men ! Come away." My reply was, " I will
go to the platform by myself ; surely 300 Ragnehmen will
never attack one?" I went on alone, and the 300 fell upon
me like starving wolves. Three of them, with the butt-ends
of their walking-sticks, battered my hat down fiat my
head ; others who were near enough struck at me with their
fists. The rent of them gorged their appetite* by making
the most hid.us noises. My friends then managed to force
their way through the assailants and rushed to my assist-
ance. For a moment the contest seemed ended, but it was
not no. The brave SOO gathered themselves up, and with re-
newed vigour fell upon the unfortunate its, sweeping
them, with myself from the platform into the urinal.
A two minute* struggle followed, and sic succeeded in our
efforts to get to the mid,lle of the platform. Our reason
for this woo the belief that the train had arrived, which,
however, was not the case. Then the galuut 300 made
their great and ?Mai attack. One had me by the throat,
another by the back of the neck ; two big men rushed
through the crowd mid offered me their help, hut no w miler
had they got a firm hold of me than they tried to strangle
me. Kicked and hit at on all side., we contrived to reach
the door of the waiting-room. Here the treatment was of
the same demcription. One of the railway officials stood In
front tf the door and declared I should not enter, trying to
push me away from the door. I then received a violent hit
on the head from a stick, which, had it not been for
the crowd, would have taken me off my legs. Nearly ex-
hausted, I remembered my pocket-knife, and was almost
tempted to search for it, when the train arrived, a quarter
of an hour after it. time, and, curiously enough, four of the
Reading pollee from the town. The four policemen kept
around me tui I crossed the platform to get Into the carriage
but hitting, kicking, and pulling continued until I managed
to reach the break-van.

The a hole affair at the station lasted about 25 minutes.

When Lord Eicho was charged by working men, members
of the Reform League with having calumniated them, he
came to our meeting at St. Martin's-hall. We received him
kindly, and gave him our platform for as long as he chose
to occupy it, and we listened to him with attention.
Lord Chelsea says that the days of chivalry are gone. It is
quite clear they are gone with the freedom-loving Monarch-
ists of Bolton, LCOIIII, and Reading. Stones, sticks, brick,
bets iron bars, and Cayenne pepper are their only argu-
ments. I hope the Democrats of England will never degrade
themselves by the use of any such means.
I have a braised head, sore arms and legs, and some
ragged clothes, but nothing serious.
Hoping you will give the above an insertion in your next
issue, I am, the.,
Loudon, Dee. 10. USORGE aL4P.R.

SPUTTERINGS FROM "JUDY'S" PEN.

A Li,yrn': Metre—Meet her hy moonlight.
les Sweetest Love in Woman's I:yes A love of • bonnet.
A ass who gives his candid opinion is usually • decided
fool.

A I.4.TMAWS Winter overcoat Is railed a doable

ONE swallow does not make a summer, yet adgar mid In
one's ear may make 0..,e spring
KNIGHTHOOD turns • Christian name into a Sir name.
WHEN isa woman a sparrow Y—Wlien she's In earnest
, in her nest'.

BORES that moat People have to put up with—Netalrborvi.
A BAB BOOk CO Read—A naughty biography (an auto-
biography'

A FAMILY (Pa's)-time—Nnrsing the Ind/.
Witten officer in a regiment would you expect to be the
most chlcken-hearted? -The (b)ensign.
TRUE Esouqil —An ingenlons correspondent writes to
any that, by transposing the letters in the word TICHISORNE,
you may pick out three words—Be not rich. If this long-
winded low business continues, it would semu as though the
si,l .1 would be almost as bad as the loss to whoever wins the
Is a young lady up to the knocker when she Is something
to a door?

ASlA'rEre soup-makers should see that they hare not got
a leek in their saucepan, or it may run out.
The newspapers only semi those reporters to the Cattle
Show alio are accustomed to pens.
litosr hitter things are hot ; hut a bitter told clay Isn't.
Tug earth to dirty, but the sea is tidy
Ji sr now it is frightfully hot at the antipodes. We hear
of • porter actually sticking to a boa he was left in charge of.
GUNS are planted like trees, and, when planted, they
about.

iloW can an overdone egg he hardly done?
WHEN you speak of a diminutive argenteous cone, convex
on its summit and semi-perforated with symmetrical inden-
tations, you probably mean a thimble but there In nu say-
ing for certain.

TnE eat with nine lives falls on its feet; but a nine tailed
cat falls ,w some one's else's back.

THERE are often many slips after the lips have left the
Cup.

IF you flllyour stove this weather, it ought to feel grateful.
—Judy.