The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-23 00:00:00

THE ELTHA.II IIIIEDEL

THE TICHHORNE UASE.
Several officers of the 6th Dragoon Guards
(Carbineers) have spoken to the identity of the
claimant; John Moors, servant to Roger Tiolaborne, at
Upton, from 1852. mentloned various incidents in
shooting end fishing that occurred about Poole. Saw
the claiment in January, Dal, in London, and I am
Per confidant he is no other than Roger Tichborne,
Of th. ril himself —(sensation.) On the let of March,
1853, 1 embarked with him on board the Pauline, at
Havre; as his servant. Incidents on the voyage to
South America were related. Roger Tiohborne got a
Sib hook through his eyelid. It is said the mark
remains. On fiehborne going front Saoirago he left
with Moore an elephant shined dog." Claimant
Selected the name of the salami "Tearooat " from a
list of sixteen names. I have a bill for the keep of the
dog, beating iti name (produced). I paid • man named
unthell, in Santiago, for keeping the dug. When I
gecko to him (plaintiff) I had not this bill with me.
It was dated Santiago, May 8, 1854, and made Moore
debtor to Colin Censpball, of that plea., for 108 days'
board for the dog " Teereoat." There were also these
Items in addition :—" Paid 000 k for going to market
for beef;" "paid a woman doctor for setting his In ;"
and "paid for tearing clothes of servant girl "
(laughter.) (This document, coupled with the circum-
stances detailed by the witness, produced a considerable
effect in court;) The witness was examined as to events
at Poole. I asked him if he reoolleoted anything about
Musing poachers, and about people being on the island
looking after his rabbits. He said he chased them
morose the bay and the harbour. He taw some people
on the island, and be wanted me to go with them in a
beet, and I objected. People coming from Poole used
to stop there, and I dare say if they saw any rabbits
they would take them. He said he followed them into
the harbour. He did so most decidedly.
Various letters written by the claimant have been
produced in court. The one following dated Poole,
sill illustrate his composition and orthography :
London Hotel, Poole, Oct. 14, 186/.
llip dear Beinuis,—l knee only Just reoelved your kind
letter with the cheque enebreed. fly dear Mamma, you thlaS
It ungraceful of mu not writing before, but I did not know
ware you would be. I wrote to you last nista Irmo Alresford,
to your address in Paris. I was travelling all last week, and
you know yourself, my deer mamma, how awarkward it is to
write when you are not stationary. I have been very
oucceseful in my tour. I have WOO Colonel Custanoe and
apt. Pinkey. They have each made an adllavit, and Colonel
Onstanee • very strong one. A very strange thing happened
when I arrived here. I got out of the train, an old MAO
looked at me and walked up and mid " How di, Sir Roger."
He knew me in a minute, and nobody knew I was corning,
Per I even wrote to Hr. Holm., and told him that I was not
• going to Poole until Wednesday. I hope, my dear mamma,
you b•V• got better of your Cold, and oe very careful not to
sleep I damp shetteagein. lhope to ,be very sumesdul here,
and then, my dear mamma, I shall be on my way to see you,
I hope, my dear mamma, you will go and sec my miser children,
And let me know how they are. I have not heard from them
since 1 left Croydon. I hope, my dear mamma, you have
arrived safe, and that you will write to ma at once, a) that I
may knew ware to send my letters to you. I will send this
to eroydea, and write to Bogie to forward It to you. I will
isms up to see you, my dear mamma, has soon as I know you
have arrived. Hoping, my dear mamma, you are well, and
that I shall soon hem from you, I rem au, my dear mamma,
your affectionate son,
R. C. D. TIOUDOW,
Mr. A. J. W. Biddelph, a magistrate for St/Sidi, •
esoond-oortsin of Hr. 11, Tiehborne, said that though

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' claimant,

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Wore he law the claimant he believed him to
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Impostor, he was eonvineed to the contrary by his
recounting forgotten incidents of old acqnsintancie-ship ;
snob as the shape of favourite pipes and certain fre-
quented walks. —Oroeveraminsd Heard talk about the
Tichborne debentures, but I never saw any of them;
L think I heard the subject of • joint stook oompany
for rating money to promonte this claim being dis-
cerned. I did not see • prospectus stating that the
capital would be £lOO,OOO in £lO sharer. I offer° I
money to assist the company.
Ave you • holder of stores? I don't know what
security I hold. I have been content to 1 end my
WOO].
But I 'appose you have some security? I may have.
Are you to have 65 per cant, for every £100? I
made no snob stipulaSion. I have some security, but
don't think I have mesa it. Heat my money in good
faith. I certainly don't recollect ever having seen the
security. Mr. Norris has it. I have mien this paper
before (a prospeeins handed to witness) or something
like it. Ido not know that as early as September,
1867, the claimant was so mush in need of money aito
be obliged to give a bill to; £l,OOO for £l5O in cash.
Mr. J. W. :Mott, a Southampton magistrate, mu. is"
*mate with the Tiohbornea. Claw the claimant eight
or ten months after his return. I naked him why he
VU so foolish as to 'My away in the manner he had
done, fle said, "Well, you know my papa and mamma
were elwaya quarrelling, my keine was uncomfortable,
and when I went abroad I said I should stay sws7
from seven to fourteen years, but I intended never to
come beck again while my father was alive." I said,
"That is all very well, but how is it you never warn.
' manicated with your bankers when you had pat by a
thousand • year for yonmelf r He said, "No, it was
not a thousand; only £BOO, and I thought it would
accumulate. Idid not want the mew. I was earning
my own subsistence, end did not wish any one to know
where I was." My deliberate judgmeht after seeing
hint and questioning him is, that the claimant is Boger
Tiehburne. I have no mord doubt 'about it than about
my own existence.
By the Soliaitor•Cleueral : At first, before seeing the
, Ailment, I not only believed be waa not Six Hager, but
, hosted against him. There are many people who du
, kitten in hirD, slid was do not. 411 kis old tenantry
believe him to be Sir Hager. My wife, for example.
does not -(laughter)•
By Kr. Gifferd; My wife has only seen him once
since his return. I never asked her her opinion ;
women are generally partisans, and go together in these
things—(langhter). I believed him at first to be an
impostor. became I could not believe it possible for a
man not to misimanimite with his benkers—(lond
laughter).
The ease is prosseding.

ADVIOI TO GIALL—Mio Who aft worth haring wont
women for wives. A. beadle of gewgaws, boned with
• eking of gala andl quivers, sprinkled with cologne, and
set in • carmine miser—this is no help foe • man who
exposes to raise • family of Istrys on bread and meet. The
piano and lace frames we good in their plasm, and so
ere ribbons, frills, and tinsels ; bet you cannot make •
dinner of the former, ow • bed-blanket of the latter, and,
awful as such an ides may seem to you, both dinner
and bed-blankets are neesseary to doniestle happinoas.
Life has it. mobiles a• well as fancies ; bus You mule it
all deeorstions, rernembesing the tamale soil oortaioa,
I bet begetting the bedeteed. fiappose • iuso of good
seem. and, of coons, good prospoola, to be looking for
• wife, what chance have you to be chomp ? You may
ow him, or you may trap hint, but how much Wier to
make it an obis.* for him to stash you. Ream your
wolf worth whattiag, sad goa awed so shrewd ogo•hst or
4196•1 to heir 70% Awl imoskoi.

At the Oreeewfohjoilco'wuris on Friday,
Waft., pooh Islen brought II) before Mr,
charged with the wilful murder of Jane Minis
aged 11 yoars. The court was again er,,i ,„eC i.,
pri-oner, on being placed in the dock, e5,,,„,,i , iL,
anxiety, and was paler than on any of the
eX•Tvilations. He was. however. qui e
' Mi a Alice Drensford, of ttridee-phee, 1.,. .
said she had known the prisoner .ighteen se,,,tw,L4na,
bad kept *dummy with him twelve months. yh' 54,4
time si,e saw bim before the murder wa, e et:44at
fortnight before Fa Lter. !le did not visit at her huh "
!loupe, her parents not being awa-• she
any c.rresponJe-iel with blue. Ile hail • cigad i ,t,_4l
to come out to him, wiiirlo was a whiaCe be
with him. A whistle whieli had be-it pialod up r,T4
police near the theoe of the murder wee ahsee 11th,
w , when she said she believed it s to tle
prisoner'''. 0 at t.,4
William Sperabott ssid he resided In High,
Deptford. end was a furnishing ironmonger.
mamboed Monday weenier, the 24th of ADril. h'u
PSW the prisoner on that night, at about half. ..i
o'clock. The pri,oner asked him if be had a smallitst4
or hatchet of any kind, whiob would do for a
cal performance. lie (witiais.) replied he tleagjr, ~.`
had, and with that the prisoner walked kie th,,,,....*.s
Ile then asked his wife if she recollected whethes7
had anything of the kind in stock. His f. 41
ftellg
she thought not,. Witness then directed thi ara
to Mr. Thomas's shop in High-street, which
fifty lard• off. Ho (witness) went to the
pointed the shop out to him. lie WILI put., ,tr.stt
the night, because Price'a traveller from the
had been there that morning, After the er , .42
left his shop, he went in the direction of 11,, thea7
shop, but he did not watch to see wheth,r he
lie heal this morning seen the prisoner in the a..,,
yard. among a large number of men, and oicitei LI
out from the lot. When the iniseuer came lets r.„,
shop he came from the direction of the ihte,,
broadway. He believed the prisoner hsd dart '
on and light trousers.
Mr. John Thomas Barr, of Greenwich, esethrt„
said he remembered the night of the owl
WWI out walking with Miss Priscilla idillingtel
heard the church clock chime a quarter to :
after he left his booth, A, ho Mitt gem: ep t„4
hill he saw the prisoner at the c 'flier of -ir.
shop. The primmer was then coining down lt,ye.;•-i
As far alio could recollect ho was walking
When he (witness) got up to Hydevsle the el.'
struck nine. He had weed the prisceer abece,4l
or eight minutes. He did not speak to him that s._
Fle had once spoken to the prisoner before, --"""
Miss Priscilla Billington gave oorrob 'retire 'risme.
She had known the prisoner before well by Nit, it
I U.:ta telnioSPtant4ingh.i"Thile epr?ais74oor thetad
wasruneml;l';'''
road. Ile was very red in the face.
Thomas Luella, a florist, said oe tho nl•ht 'ot In .14
tion he left home shortly before seven to so to (net
wieh to pay his father's club money. Da Li ye
while coming towards Greee•ith, he met the we,'
in the corn fill, with hi' armi round • dark pri„,
girl's wail'', Tea'. wan he had since seen in th, ei,„,;
1 yard, and touote,l him oa th, suould-r, and eat ii....
was the prisoner. Toe witness was !overtly era
mumbled, but lois evidence wet not s,siten,
to TheT,hh
ien "lie
followingw
y ,wtemriaogeusaaitnruaol.ri id:,:inirnyeb.d.,,i tan t e
mainmc tt
ziiit.n.4.,rsce fpeite,
,a;
, Tne author of it called upon tr. Peek,
1 solicitor, on Monday evening, ant was ileuedime
1 taken by that gentleman 4f-ire the police nap ate.;
I the Blackhestirroed station, who to ,k the,,..
• down. It has been sent to the Treiaary. Tteee
meet is LI ioiioWi :—" I, John Hutton, of the
hotel, Jeffrierroad. Clayman, and of the di,:
Birchwood-corner, St. Mary Cray, Knit, isi,_l
Thursday afternoon last I was at my heaie, tikll
Inn Birchwood-corner, when Mr. Ile !;., 0 4
etac:ning kietitts, Brith, called upon in, wi.,, r,f •:.,
, to the purchase of • tent rbich I. bat for al.t.
1 C 001.34, of conversation the suhjest of the
' don was mentioned, and Mr. Bridge turn,d rosal,ie
in the most eeergetic manner, said, 'do helper ~
they have not got the right man. Look is not tales
or ' the murderer; I cannot any which. I said, 'e,
are you saying? Be careful,' and he reim A, ':!.4
me, God, I know the murderer.' I sod, ' itridt•
are not doing year duty to the pufilic,' aiding, ,
you waiting till Pooh is ditcharged xiii a 'eve
offered by the Government?' Ilrid,e then ssid.'::
told the police, but they did not take much nnic!
1 I then aaked him who he believed was the net
and be said, ' I know him, and I could pie, ha.,,
a thousand. He is a soldier,' and wan grece
repeated the words, 'I can pick him out eta ta,.7
Some other conversation then followed, but I .
remember the words, alter which Mr. Brills
soldier came to in, house on the nitht of the
between half-past eleven and twelve o'clock, e 1..;
hat or cep. B ciod was on his hands soil cleLiaa a
took him into the kitchen and assisted ti wa.;
t do not recollect Hr. Bridge saying scything u
flit.. Bridge has mimes denied the story.)

A NEW COCK-LANE 01106 T.
There have recently been doings in Wayne 1.
Ohio, as marvellous as any that ever frightensiL
Mather or u3yEilled Dr, JOiillloll. In the htr
of Wooster there :Ives a quiet and reapeatable
tamed Hoffman, whit& for nearly two yeatiltal
tortured and haunted by malignant spirits. Tie
sistent demons cannot be entreatad or engin ado
and their proacelings bear • close ro., oar
'Mao of divers familiar imps conjured up by

spiritualists, and to those.- of tie fruncins L.
ghost of a century ago. The mysterious pro.k
affi4ot toe Hoffman family were begun in Ju.,.
while the family lived in Ilißeriberi. Holmes t
0 ato. At thnt date, by way of keynote or prid
tLe weird drama to come, Mr. Hoffman one 4
two dollars from his puree. He did not at nal
bute this to any Bstanio or supernatural i
although he felt subsequently called on is
Prudently resolving to bide his money were a
in future, he went his way. But put his 100 l
where he might, the cunning depredators Apia!:
and relieved him of it. The poor man soon fm.
it was absolutely impossible to keep any lone
him at alt; and this was only the he4inruq
woes. Articles of food and of area began to,

is the lame unaccountable way. Croettry
shelves without the aid of human na..1.,
smashed to pica... Stones, eggs, and eez
objects were tossed wildly about the hone; r-
and then the unseen tricketert got up a al,d
of gravel and sand, which would be playful.j..;...
the faces of the inmates. The family
naturally surprised and annoyed; r warm 7.r.l
alarmed, and having unsueoetsfully trid ereiN,
that occurred to teem, both to diseoYer tar es
these visitations and to pat a stop to their,
solved to quit their home. Mr. liuffinan teas:
house for his wife and three ohildrea—tbe
aged 20, 17, and 15 respectively—to the tort
ter, at some distance from their former aliMit•
with the discretion that appeare to moo;
him, he took up his own temporary quarter's; t'
where he was employed. Toe famby nos miti
remain unmolested ; but they soon fount tonic,
grin how trivial were the impedimenu of or'
loodity to their malefic) attendants. Ile Fd
lioffinab, mice I, escaped further attentions;
spouse Was less fortunate. That lady awl hit k"'
being domiciled at the house of one Soot,
Liberty-street, Wooster, now became the none '
extraordieary series of persecutions. tie 4.0'
the mother sod eldest dsukiter were first s5-,1
and then returned In fragment., fis.is I,,ea
slashed to pieces, Sometimes the garnduts •
steed in out-of-the-way plaaos. time d.y, for&
most of the linen of the family was ducoeerelf
packed in the mouth of the cellar drain. Atom
a silk dress was found under • wood-pile, atd
were dug up that had been deliberately hermit:,
or send. all fresh feature was now added to tlit,
tainment, in the shape of notes that arrivel
knew from whence. although they sometimes
to be thrown from the oellnr. These wj.sivci CO,
various threats and admonitions. One or the a.
advised Mrs. liodinse, in • friendly way, that
would came down the cells' steam backwards ,
knees, at • ,pecidsd day and hour, she wouhi but •
containing 2,taki dollars. Die worthy lady win:
to clutch the 6httcring prdo, but, '' being af.
bodily injury, was dissuaded DI IselghbsUrs fru
mug =
tho hatatious attempt." it oecurred to be
unreasonably, that the task might bj more
undertaken by her husband; and see therefore re
to that ooutiomi person at has USW, and indeoe
ge i •
with her to NV utiattr. The spirit', hoWera,
Loacture, promptly trainstuittel another ow.
,tleet th.t no one couid p,ssibly get the
hit-
Masa( ; and we are hot surpr.se I to henr by
accouuta that it Ls' not yet teen secured. 01
amends for ti-ii Oi.appolutmcul, tLe h0u03.4r4?'
have begun a new said livoly round of do.',
ruidangs are heard on the wails At inght, stot;,
the size of pebbles to that of • hem s b.i ate 1
through the doors and windows, ratter,
general futars is created, as it nape 5.10
high revelry. ' .t hold youog man, • viAltui..
said somuthiug disrepeelfui of the uuseeu lopi.
red-hot steno was dropp..d. on MA heel ; ant, or'
out his pocket haidlkerchief, be tumult It was r".
shreda. All sorts of mysuliciatious are preciat,
Hoffman, for inStallite, answered one of tbs.:
I notes," and psi his reply in the cellar; but p"j
I hot upstairs into the room shove "his ess
mid on the door by his side--all
prment." The faintly are now quite impoccio,:i
the thefts and other raVag.,S of their detuor-,.
mentors. Mrs. liotfuian and her demotes,
ckitmtlaw °t
hoaen worn
fattierdai duly by
es null them
while the haabad antn
old working suit left to him. Nearly all t`a
utensils, sum' as plates, cups and
table cutlery, have been either bei1t,0:!,7,-„,;,,
Of course the obvious suggestion 1,
;chief has really been wrought by conut7a,
not by spirits at all, and that, as
William faravni and his tritely ia
long averted, must be certain at !W. t,r. •
declares that trent careful watch ha,
that hundreds of men and wormo
inspeeted the premises without li.m4
any clue to the mystery. Sevemi _7( Fc.'
pty 'ideal have investigated it, and • ITO,
spirituallsta have likewise sewed to
light whatever has been thrown ou
so far as the postponement of detreti.ooltu"o,
ghost mast coruuuly be allowed to
Ids predecessor of Cuck-lsoe, who ri...„..5js
perplexed the wise heeds of last coati:
Tines, May S.

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Irari Rum°ll hos given notice to -
n:ore "
the Crow. ellans, las ratifications( Lb. rr°lll*
ingtoo.
"er cSly, with Prose '1°211,,
Bal""?e, left Windsor CsAlo

for Baluiciral. oO
The Town Council of I.,ith,with onlY
voioe, haa determined nye.. clothini a!, in..
gowns and cooktel hat., „ Lto.l.
.
Theodosia, ditaighter of tile ista
and wife of Sir Bandit .1.1i5,.°1„
y.l. died died on the WM inst. in
age. The &owed lady, acogniuli ww"
li
mania to biz Bogert is las, sod m
liavbit bed kw.

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