The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12 00:00:00

THE TICHBORNE TRIAL.

The further hearing of this case was resumed on
Monday morning, the tifty.third day. We give the
following condensed account of the Proceedings : -
Dr. Kenealy Before the proceedings are commenced I
have an application to make ti your lordships. It is that
tte Court will die. ense with the attendance of the defendant
for some days. Ile has erysipelas considerably advanceo In
one leg, and it Is 7onnrienclog to the other, and the medical
man states that he must recline In a horizontal position, and
avoid moving ab at, or getting In and out of his brougham,
if the progress of the disease ii t be stayed. We have our
medical man—a gentleman of eminence—here, and then we
make no objection to the defendant's being examined by
another mec teal man on behalf of the Crown.
Mr. Hawkins : I em not disposed to interpose any obstacle
to an application of this sort ; but there are some witnesses to
be examined who have not yet seen the defendant in the
course of this teal, so that. on the whole, it perhaps would
be better to adjoin n altogether for a few days.
Dr. Kennels : I do not want any adjournment of that
sort—l only ask that the defendant may be excused attend-
ance.

—lie I ord Chief Justice: I think we !nay now ask when
you think it is likely that the case for the prosecution will
close.

Mr: Hawkins Subject to one or two witnesses who I have
not yet Neu able to examine, I think by about Wednesday,
and suhject always to th- time the examination of the wit,
metes Ott handwi Ring may occupy. There are vine letten
not yet put In, and some documents not yet read, which will
occupy acme time; and then, as I said, I have two or three
witnesses who have not yet had an opportunity of seeing the
defendant..

Ilie Lord Chief Justice if two or three days would be
likely to enable the defend Ant to come hack without d anger
of aggravating the local mischief, we might perhal,s a journ
for ttia, per.iod, . . . . .

MrJtioo Lnah It appears to me to be deallable that
the witneves should aee the defendant.
. . . . .

Me. iltielkina Ida not think it would be satisfactory to
examine :hose witness's in the &nee.° of the defendant,
who will aave to he asked, Is he or jibe not the luau?"
The Lord Chief Ju•tive Well, then, witneales of that
sort must give their evidence as to he hientlty in cokirt, he
being present. That is the Slew the court is disposed to
take. But we certainly should DOi wish to f ,ree hiot to he
here until he has hal a rt asonable lime to reoover front this
attack. Co-day, if we are going iuto evidence as to hand.
writ no and ecohine s,e, his preseuee cannot be Ilene,. try.
kfr Etimitins I sleoul,l thu knot.

The Lord Chief Jasttee : TLe ,nlrndant may therefore go,
and eel not attend agaiu till further notice
After a dircusatou respecting the adj urnmcnt of the
trial and its probable ler gth, the L trd Clint Jo tier sdd it
at uid be prcrnature now tl deehh —we must wlit until the
prosevutson Is dulahed. We sh di then not resist any fa,
anplicatlon under the eircumstanmo .• ant we ought to agree
to a w.ek But Its a trial of this him! It is impulant that
the, should be to waste of time.

--the rubb.ct then Ctoi led, find the detrudent left the
court.

_
homes King was then called and said an a photo
rrapher, and one of the ctikf om-rators of the sterecsc
,mpany. I hove ben with thee tout 15 years (pout°
graph prodoce si.t) 11.116.1 to wit.iest ) I loose Indistinct-
ness about the atin,b ol this phototraoh. I tee no peon
larity ab iut this to Indicate an, hine more than the usual
formation of the thu rb. A lei., used in taking a photonoiph
covers a certain space, beyond which the focus commence,
tu fall off sod nitlmatel fades altogether. This indication
(the thumb) Is in cousequal.ce of the failure of too focus of
the lens.

ihe witness was then cross-examined, after which,
31r. Charba Chsb t wee examined by Mr. Hawkins, and
said—l am an expert in handwriting, and have directed a
great deal of time to the study of handwriting. I have made
handwriting my study for about eighteen years. I have had
submitted to me a number of letter and documents par-
p irting to be wrltten by Roger Cronies Tim.borne, by Arthur
Orton, and by the defendant. I believe I have seen all the
original autographs in the case, an I have examined them
with the view of orming an opinion as to the persons by
whom thy were written. I have a list of the documents and
photogrsths, c pee of which have been furnished to the
jury. Dere are altogethetsthlrty photographs that I have
txamln•d in the list furnished to the jury, and I have
arranged them as (hoes nf Roger Cantles Tichborne, of
Arthur Orton, and of the Claimant. A. to the general
melt of at, investi.mtions with reference Cottle handwriting
In the on lispural letters of Rog r Tichhcrue, I
those letter. were certal,,ls none of them wr.ttm either by
Arttur Orton or the defendant. With ',seed% to those
letters which are In the undoubted handwriting of An hur
Orton and of ins &to-Mani, I do, with ut doubt, believe
them to be written by one and the same person.
And Ind have teen a ritten by Roger Charles fichborne ?
Certainly not.

I Dein ye you have prepared for yourself the reasons for the
opinion you have fora:64?-1 have

Wii yin be so good as to stste your rotione for corning to
the crinclusion )ou have formed P—l find In the handwriting
of Roger llb,rles Lchhortie nine spei kitties, which die-
tim:uish his handwriting from all hand ariting• in esistence.
I should say the differerce Is as great as in the case of
marks upon a M.'S person. He might have moles,
wounds, and other marks, various of which might
he found upon any other man, but It would he
impose( ile to find them all in combination, hi pre-
cisely the same way on two persons. You might find one,
two, three, or four of them, but to find more than that
wouid he almost lamotodble. First, Roger 1 ichborue had a
habit joining the .malt •" to the capital letter "C..'
not to the termination tut to the body of the letter, as in
the word .•Cishir. " 'I here are prefixes to the rounded letters,
of which o" forms • component part, such as "5" and
"d Alto other letters, I find pe,uharities 1., the Claimant's
handwriting. I mean a prefix to such letter. as m" ;and
"w" ,ind those which begin with an up stroke. That exists
In Caatro's letters, but to a very minor degree. The next
pidn is the invet.rate habit of menu the letter a in the
rounded form, the up-stroke toeing turned back. Then there
la a peculiar formation of the capital letter " which I
Cannot 4cicrthe in words, bat wh.ch Is contained In one of
the littirs in the word England, and such as I have never
seen elsewhere.

Witness: I have observed every peculiarity in the hand-
writing of Roger Tithborne, but I have selected nine, and if
ynu fled the same nine peculiarities In any other hand-
writing, that h d writing will Infallibly be Roger Tich.
borne's. If nine points are not enough I can mention others,
I have done tht same with the defendant's hand siting.
The first Is an occasional and pecul'ar f, rmati n of the
capital L " The peculiarity is that it looks more like the
capital letter "7. The most striking instance of it I. hi a
letter which is not photographed I , the letter No. 31 you
will find it occurs three times, In the word. " London,"
" Letter," and "Life." The next peculiarity is the capital
letter "1." In the handwriting of the &fondant the
loop is made conversely, or on the right tide. R for
makes it properly on the left side. The defendant carries
all the lots through the body of the letters, an I that
is what Roger avoids. But the most distinctive point
is the additional up stroke which he m ikes on
the other side, or the side where he bexine the loop. The
next is the cipttal "I'." The pm larity Is carry Ing
the formation of the loop or the letter below the
line or level of the other letters ; in fact the capital
"P " and the small p' are oft, n Indistingukhab,e,
but In whatever form he nut,' it, he never carries
it above the r ther letters. The s ext pecullarPy Is
the formati, n, but oily occasions.', f the c le,ter
"S." It r cmrs in the cord " Sun " The next in the pscultar
manner of vrtning the small lett, r ;" It is rc,oeiunoi : it
doss not always occur, but fr,quently. The commenchig
loop of the "a ' is detach, d, aunt sometimes it is is the for-
mation of a dot, or a thickening, but it is intendet for a
small loop.

Juror.—ltur. there are some 2O small's "1 in thb letter,
and lint one of them Is wade in that way.
Tim witness pointed out numerous Ins! slices In the
writing adopt, ri in one net of letters thst'were Lot to no
foot dint the other. The defendent'e halt to Austratis svas to
who the r of the It to tha felt, hut since then
differ, nt—to the right ant to the left, retabstng the latter
way ever Anne, corn: atible wlrAt the form of Arthur Orton
of old. The undoubted Roger Aw,ys makes it large sh uldor
to tha irt,rht—in some instances so large as to be nude.
tlimulshnltle from the letter "N," c soling c mfa.ton in read.
int; cle letters It g-r's was sire., timing, rapid hand, and
In the defer.dsvit'a handwriting th.re are Instances of some
of the lath I's I) tog In a still more &wing ay le
The examination of Mr. Chabot had not concluded
when the Court adjourned.

At the sitting of the court on Wednesday morning.
the defendant, in compliance with the Lord Chief
Justice's direction, wee iii attendance, and occupied
his ugual place on the flour of the court.
Mr. Chahot again entered the hos and be. Kt nra`y cr n-
tinkled his crom examination. With reference to the cipher
IN whten "Sir Roger Charles Tic,borne " was write,, in the
Wayg t•Waidga picket-10 ok, he old he did not
know that it woo,, Jesuit cipher. He cculd read it at owe,
but he knew nothing of Its hlstort.
The I out Chief JusCce the M utter and 1 can tell you
its history. It Is very curi. ha that it wan the cipher of my
father when lie was Minister of this country to the Colum-
bian Republic. The Master, who is ohe of his song had it
• .xdainei to him by my Weer. The cipher was ultimately
The hewing of the case woe resumed on Tuesday
Mr. stolen. ano this le a copy of it.
Kenealy ; ans told It is cc old as the Hum of James I
morning
The Lord Chtef Justice Very likely ; but at the time lam
Mr. C:isbot was fnrther examined as to the handwriting if at if, it was used as a diplomatic cipher.
Roger I d•thorm, Arthur Orton, and Thomas Castro. He so. foreman said he hail known it for some years,
piloted out the peculiarity of the letter'. In Arthur Ort in Mr. K.nealy said he believed it was need as far back as
and Thomas Castroa letters, they are Identical, and, In every the reign of James I. for secret diplomatic coraespondence.
instance, a full stop precedes the pronoun.-1 nave examined Mr. Chabot As far as lam aware It Is the only cipher In
the iii,doebted algnatirres of R. C. Tichhorne, end also these
existence constructed on actentiee principles. It is aver;
of the d. fondaut. Previous to 18 A, Roger made the capital beantlfni cipher, understood the moment It Is explained,
letter "R," b., beginning at one, et the tp of the letter, and there Is none :n existence which Is learned lu so short
making it loop at ace bottom citric down grime, arid carrying a Hine, the witeess was then questioned as to handwriting,
it on to the top bow. It fa the readiest niede of making the and said there cue I/0 similarity of any validity at all b.-
letter, and Is adepterl by all rapid webers. The letter •' g ' tween Roger Tlchborne's and the defendant's writing, and
(email,, habitually like the "y," with a well-formed loop,
that It almost tiny letter were picked out for comparison,
All the loop of his lettecs are elegantly Vrmed. The letter a child at a glance would say that there was no resemblance
e" is Ike an "I," and is very c macteristlc of his whatever.
writing. Roger algae his name invariably "Roger Charles At this period the two Andrallan witnesses, a lady and
Jib once,' the defendant 'Rigor C Tichnorne." After gentleman, who have just arrived tn this country, enrered
poloting out the pecularitles of various letters-the letters the ['putt and t.o•k their seats in a position where they
of which " o " forme the part are all made open.
could confront the defendant. They seemed to he as much
During the tedious and technical explanation of the cha- oiled, of interest to the defendant as to others in court
rector:BElc pecull +titter of the slrnstu,e of Roger Tichlonne,
who were aware of their presence.
it Jnry man said they were so strong that he would undertake Mr. Chato.t, having given dill, rent instances of misspell-
to unmistakeably show in an hour whsre they did not exist logs in Roger's letters, his further Cr! ss exantination was
In the defendant's penance of It arer C Tichborne.
temporarly Interrupted to enable Mr. Childers, M.P , to be
The Crd Cue( Just ce My I ask if you are profession.
all @sanitised,
comiected with the study of handwriting.
The made it a
On the spplication of Mr. Hawkins, Juryman Not in the least ; int I neve .
stndy. The key. to the writing are very numerous. The Right Hon. Hugh Childers. M.P., was called
Esaminatioo returned the initial "1" In Roger Tich- in fore ST Chabot's crosaexamination had concluded.
borne s s.goarure is in two distinct parts, formed by two He li• pu.rl I war in Melhourne at the head of the
oeeratious of the pen, and he connects the beet mof the carton,* B •partment Horn D iC.53, to gehruarr.
letter "I " will, the small You cumot see any IS 7. In Jove Jolly, and August, ISA, there was no
went of junctiou. Then the small "l" and the "c " d thirdly in saps gettlua allay kW Inn,' of tallorS who
are Jollied together, and read like the letter "it," lied gone to th- geld digglem....tbe gold lever had Unit
the Deb iidant's signature is completely at variance pretty nigh come to au end, and es a ',atter of
with that if Roger Tichh Tue. Then the capital "It" fact epee ships were leavleg than arriving et alrlborirne.
of the Doooo.og always haa si, apatroao red- Is, Irb4 wit. a monthly hue of postfil C 011104.11,011-
nre the dlowmatroke of the letter, except in one instance, tion we h Keigiand I should conr.ira 114,.fe would th-n
where the down-strobe Is reigesented by a loop. The lance been si, ddliculry in the Englishman communicat.
one instance to which I allude does net outwit+ Ma glens- I is with England or el obtaining a passage to this country.
hi" but In the weed "leraidn.' On the other hand, A vessel arriving In the hay in Tu1y,111144, would have

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