The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-21
THE TICHBORNn ITiUJSSLE.
RUNNING OUTLINE OF THE GREAT
SUIT.
Summary OF the Plaintiffs Case-What
He Tries to Prove, and What HIS op-
ponents Say-OrtOn or Tichborne,
Which!
correspondence Of the New York world.l

TichbOrne romance has taken OF the English
pnblic John Bull was shown carrying the
Tod Man of the Sea" on his shoulders, anC
finding it as difficult TO get rid of him as eVel
did the victim Of whom Sinbad told to get free
from their prosecutor. Everything else, the
cartoon tells us, must give place 10 Tichoorne
we have already endured it for so great q
length of time that can hardly say how long Il
has been or will continue TO be The topic OF par.
amount attention. Judges. jurymen ana coun,
Sci have already made preparations TO meti
the possibility of their dying before It's termi
nation. 1t lasted forty days before the long
vacation, and the plaintiffs case was only Just
begun. How long more 1t will run neither
iurymen nor counsel can say; but as 1t Is Ger
tain that we will have TO Send you constantly
fresh instalments OF 1t, have thought IL wei
to send you resume OF the case, so far as II
has been made public, so that your OLD read
ers may refresh their memories, ana yonr new
circle may be placed an codrd1~ WIFI lnis ceie'
brated cause.
Alter much difficulty in securing jury. the
case of the claimant was stated by Sergeant
Ballaniiue, one OF the most eminent members
of the English bar, on May IL. AS will b. re,
membered by these who have read Mr.. Samuel
Warren's famous novel If Ten Thousand o
Year, the most Important cases frequently
have as defendant one who is not really So,
but only by legal fiction. AS In that FAMOUS
suit in which the client OF Cannon d Snapp,
mir. T!ttlebat Titmouse, was the plaint!if, ana
q tenant the nominal defendant In q suit lot
ejectment, 80 in the Tichborne trial the de-
frndant is q Colonel Lu>hington, tenant oil the
Tichborne estate In Hampshire. Inc Teal
defendants are the guardians OF the infant
known as Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty Itch
borne. the plaintiff claiming to be the uncle OF
this child and the rigat to dispossess him OF
The estates and title which are now held ny
him. and which are Of large Importance. In
the generation preceding the plalDtln tnere
were three brothers Tichborne. The eldest
died childless; the second, who had assumed,
In consideration Of an inheritance, the name
of Doughty. left one daughter, Kate, after
wards Ratcllffe, but no son; anu the tnlrd
brother had two sons-Sir Roger, whom the
plaIntifr claims 10 be, and James, who died
Young, leaving posthumous child, Alfred,
who at present holds The estates and title.
Sir James Tichborne married French lady.
daughter of an English gentleman and
French woman. They had very unhappy
life. making the life Of their child Roger u
shell npon earth.n as he eliclously describes
1t. His edcu. ton was entrusted to French
man named Chatilon, and was grossly neg
lecied. When his family returned to England
he was sent in lS45 to Stonyhurst, the great
Catholic college, TO school, but owing TO varl-
ous causes, chief Of which was his want OF
preparation and his gross Ignorance OF Eng
I'LL.
at Sandhurst for The army, he made wretch
ed examination, but the examiners were not
particular, aid he was passed. He Joined the
CarabIneers in 1919 at PortObello Bridge. In
1850 he visited TichbOrne, and lh,re met his
cousin, Kate Doughty, with whom he Tell In
love, whom he wanted To marry, and win
whom; as he swears, he Was more familiar
than was right, Refused her hand oy her
father, and unhappy in the army ana
society, where his pecuiiarlties made him
ridiculous, he determined TO leave Eng
land. Before doing so, after cOnsulla-
tlon with Mr.. Hopkins, IAN eminent solicit
tor,) Mr.. Slaughter and Mr.. GoSford, Uhe
steward OF the estate he made will. He
then sold out Of the army, and alter visiting
his father and mother In Paris. he took pas
sage in The Pau inc for Valparaiso, About
this time he was Sight, with light hair and
ewes, and by no means bad-looking.. He was
about FIVE feet eight ami half inches high.
Daring his sOjourn in France he fell on his
head, receiving wound which lelt large
mark. While In the army he had serious
1ainting lit, from which he recovered only
both OF which marks the present claimant
possesses, and medical evidence is forthcom-
ing that he could not have Inflicted them
within any recent period. Before leaving he
left in the hands Of Mr.. GOsfvrd sealrd
racket, the contents Of which were known 10
no one The soi-diSant fichborne dec ares
that he Can tell It's contents If produced ny
Gosford. When the Pauline sailed from
Hayre there was on board with Roger Itch
borne q body servant named Moore. The
vessel reached Valparaiso in June, 1853, and
the pair then proceeded to Santiago, where
Moore fell i'll, and Tichb0rne LEFT him 10 90 TO
Valparaiso; from there he went to Meipilla,
and remained three weeks Knocking about.
Then he returned to Valparaiso. flom
which he sent home some ords' leath
ers and skins. Having taken coaslinS
voyage in the Pauline, he returned 10 Val
paraiso and Santiago, and then crossed The
continent 10 Rio Janero. He then look pas
SAGE In the Bella for New York. The ship was
lest. The news having come to England. the
next OF kin administered the will oil his father
and took possession Of the estates, Sir R"ger
having been treated as defunct. Instead Oh
all the crew of the Bella having been lost, Sir
Roger states that two boats left the ship; Que
OF these were lost; from the other he was pick
ell up by All American bark In state border
ing on insanity, and was brought to Melbourne,
in July, lS53-just in the gold fever. In COM
pany with Mr.. Foster, son OF the a'torney-gen-
eral of Australia, he went 10 Boisdale, III Sipp-
land. Here he attracted Mr.. Fosters atlen-
ton by his riding-an accomplishment OF
which he was master before leaving Eagund.
He afterwards went to DiagO, where he ac-
cepted mecial employment, calling himself
Thomas Castro, in memory Of companion at
Mellpilla. When at Dago he met Arthur Or
ton, whose name figures so often In this trial,
"a butcher of the type-the butcher tyre OF
Wrapping" This is the man whom the defen-
dants claim Is now perSOnating Sir Roger Itch
borne. For long time these men associated
together. One of the most important ques-
tions the Jury will have to decide is whether
Tom Castro was Arthur Orton or Tichborne.
In 1861 they visited Wagga-WagSa. In 1865
TichbOrne married.
While all believed in the loss of the Bella,
his mother, Lady Feiicitie Tichborne, hoped
against hope, and never ceased searching for
him. In 1865 Tichborne heard of their efforts
through an attorney named Gibbs, who had
seen their advertisement, and suspected that
Castro and the missing baronet were one.
Af:er awhile he wrote to his mother from
Wagga-Wagga on January II, 1856, his last
previous letter having been dated In April,
1854. In his Australian letter he alluded to
two circums stances, known only to her and to
himself. She. however, did not accept this
abatement OF his as proof, and wrote back TO
him to that effect. He wrote In reply, giving
further particulars; amongst others, that he
had been recognized by Boyle, black servant
of the family; Whereof it may be said that the
annarent theory OF the defence was that Boyle
had posted Orion on all matters concerning the
family. After going 10 America, Tlchtorne
returned 10 England IN December, 1916. he
then went to Paris to see his mother, and
was Immediately recognized by her. sult
was thereupon commenced for the reslora-
ton of the estate. 1t was resisted oy Tue pos
SCISSORS, declaring that the claimant was not
the man he pretended to be. Commissioners
were sent out by both parties to South Amerl-
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