The Republican journal., 1871-07-13
The Tichborne Trial.

AN AUSTRALIAN III rCHfE AIMING A
EAEoNETCl
For 4 thousand years Tichbornc manor
has descended tothe heirs of the Tirhborne
| family, This is no loose and eXagmcr-
atcd estimate: the family actually dates
| its possession of the fine estate, now
worth E2J,0oo 4 year, as far back as two
centuries before the Conquest In the
corner of the park there is a field of
twenty-lhree acres, still known as ''the
| Crawls,' the produce Of which was set
apart tor the poor in Henry IFS time, by
Sir Roger Tiehhornc, al the request OF his
| dying wife, the lady Mabclla, who rccciv-
ed lor this purpose as much land Us she
could crawl over unas>istpd while Il Ger.
tain billet or brand was burning Thi,
annual distribution. called the Tirhholne
dole, was continued for centuries until
the ncighhorhood became infested by vag-
abonds, gipsies and oilers, and in 1896 the
custom was abandoned.
The late Sir James Tirhlornp was iv-
ing not very happily ii is said, with Lady
Harriet +. Tchbone in Paris in 1929,
when theiriirs son, Roger Charles Dough-
ty lichborne, was born Ihe heir to the
ancient title and estate was brought up in
1 III lS, i'tltt t1ll' ftit III u Iftlltn lulDf
named Chatillon. In ls1.5, his family he
ing Roman Catholics, he was sent TO a
JesuiS school AT Stonyhurst, in England.
In 1910 he entered the British army rs an
officer OF the Carbinrrrs, and was station
ed ior II while at Dublin with his rcgi-
ment. While he WAS still in the army he
fell in love with his cousin. Miss Kate
Doughty, but in the summer of 1872, her
: II 4. Il.
the match and it was broken OF Miss
Doughty has since married and Is now
Mr.. Radcliffe.
ROGER Tichhomc, in 1872 wa nearly
II years old, five feet eight inches HIGH,
rather slim, speahin" English with a
marked inrrign accent, owing TO his
French edncation In the army, he en-
couuterel nothing but iidiculc. ON account
Of the deficiencies in his training; At home
the miserable lie of his parents made him
Wretehrd; and after his disappointment
in love, he resolved to sell his commission
and leave England never 10 return until
after his fathers death. Alter final in
terNiew With his cousin, he placed his
vii! and 4 sealed packet in th, hands uf :,
LAWYER named Vincent Got-lord and
crossed the Channel In March, ls.t3, he
embarked at lIayrc for Valparaiso, az
runpanied hy a servant named Moore.
After spending some months in South
America, he took passage. early in 1891,
at Rio Janriro. ON board the American sbiU
Bella for New York The Bella lonnlorc1
at sea. and the trustees of fine Ticbborne
estate, who hold il for the infant son OF a
Younger brother, maintain that all ON
board were lost. This is the report that
reached Enolonl. and thoumh in 1sjS a
sailor. asking aims of Lady Tichborne. At
Tichborne housr said he had heard Of
some persons wrecked on the BELLA havinn
been picked ND and hrouoht to Nelbourne
Sir .I,mns attached no in,no,,tance 10 tbn
report. and after his death in 1861. the
estate passed into the hands of the omar
dans Of Sir Ro~er's deceased hrothers
minor son. the next of kin.
Lady Tichborne was not so easily salts
fed, and after her husbands death adycr
tised fur and wide. particularly in Emo
land and Australia. for her lost son. send
mo instructions fo solicitors ia hunt him
M. with photonrapbs of tha mjssinn heir
a solicitor in NIn]bo,rnc fms instructed
published an advertisement in. the Mel
bourne Arpus and after many months re-
ceived an answer. One mornino a rouoh
fellow. whose ra~med cIotbino and coarse
speech were in nprtecl l,ecninu with his
orcupation of butcher called mon the So
licitor and said he was Roocr Tichborne
His attention had been directed to tbc AL
ycrtisemen. he said. by \ fnllow-worl,-
man. Two boats accor1ino to his story
left the sinkin" Bella After dr;f1ino
three DAYS. his boat was picked m bv
an American sbip. the Osprey and CARVED
TO McIbourne where ne assumed tbe name
of Thomas Castro. whose acouaintancc he
had made in South America, became a
cattle driver, and butcher. and married
an ilitcrate woman by whom he has had
two children.
This strange story appears to have won
the confidence of the solicitor. who made
liberal advances TO the sol. disant Sir Roo
er, and in 1866 the Australian butcher
proceeded to England to Law formal claim
to the estate and title. On his arrival he
learned that Lady Tichbornc had taken
up her residence in Paris, and that the
homestead was mtenanted. He directed
his steps towards Paris without DELAY, and
quartered himself at one of the most
fashionable hotels in that nay CITY. For
more than two weeks he remained in
Paris before he made known his presence
to the inmates of his mothers residence
Then he called upon her. and found her
life tas. ebbing. The meetinr between
Lady Tichborne, cnfeebled by aoe and
long sickness, and almost palsicd by her
near approach TO the grave, and this
bearded, sun-browned man, fresh from
the wilds of Australia, was Il STRIKING
scene. Enderning terms on the part of
Tom Castro, and strange wild looks and
speechless emotion on the part of Lady
I'chbornc, struck those who were present
with amazement. But Lady Tichborne