Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-02-08
a Circuit Story

Sir John Coleridge relates In the
county Of Cornwall, England there
lived highly respectable family nam
Robinson, consisting Of two sons, VII
liam and Nicholas, and two daughtel's-
The property was settled on the Two
sons and their male issue, and, IN case
Of death, on the two daughters.
William was to he fhB squire and
Nicholas was placed with an eminent
attorney of st. Austell, as his clerk,
but with the prospect OF one day being
admitted into partnership. The young
man conducted hims elf we'll and res
pectabIy. and the attorney became
much attached to him. The harmony,
however, between the two, and be-
tween the family, was broken, for
Nicholas had fallen In love with a
young woman at st. Austell, who was
q milliBeF or milliner's apprentice.
The result was that in November, 14S2
the young man was sent to London to
qualify himself as an attorney thence
he wrote unhappy letters to his old
master and others, but he was ultl-
mately admitted an attorney of the
Courts of Queens Bench and Com
mon Pleas. Thenceforward he was
never seen by any member of his fam
ily or former friends, and all search
for him proved fruitless.
In the course of time the old Rob
inson died. William, the eldest son,
succeeded to the property he never
married, and died in May, 1902. As
nothing was heard of Nicholas, the
two sisters became entitled to the
property, and they held possession of
it for twenty years, no claim being
made to disturb their enjoyment of it.
In 1888, a young man, whose looks
and manners were above his means
and station, had made his appear
ance as a stranger at Liverpool. He
called himself Nathaniel Richardson
the same initials as Nicholas Robin
son. He bought a cab and horse, and
piled for hire In the streets of Liver
pool. Being a civil, sober, and pru-
dent man, he soon became prosperous
and drove a coach between London
and Liverpool He married, had
children, and gradually, acquired con-
siderable property.
Having gone to Wales to purchase
horses in 1902 he was by accident
drowned in the Mersey, In the year
1921 it was said that this Nathaniel
Richardson was no ether than NiehO-
tuS LhOUAuSO4 du0 lis Cluosb SUI Cld4AAA
I'd the property which was then inher-
ted by the two daughters, and the
aotion was tried in Cornwall
Nearly forty years had elapsed
since any one had seen Nicholas Rob
inson, but it was made out conclusive
", in a most remarkable way, and by g
variety of small circumstances, all
pointing to one conclusion, that Ma
thaniel Richardson was the identical
Nicholas Robinson. The Cornish
witnesses and the Liverpool witnesses
agreed In the description of his person,
his height, the color of his hair, his
general appearance, and more particu-
Iarlyit was mentioned that he had
peculiar habit of biting his nails, and
that he had a great fOndness for
horses.
s'In addition to other circumstances,
there was this most remarkable one ;
that NathaniePs g widow married again, ,
and the furniture aud effects we're ia
ken to the second husbands house.
Among the articles was an old trunk
which she had never seen opened, but
It happened one day that this old
trunk wes through curiosity, examined
and. among other letters and papers,
the two certificates of Nicholas Robin
sons admission as attorney to the
Courts of Queens Beuoh and Common
Pleas were found. On the trial the
old master of Nicholas Robinson, alas
Nathaniel Richardson, sWOre to his
handwriting, and so the property was
recovered.