The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-25
Ccrrcsp,pdspce New York World.

! day aud to-day centred in the testimony of
3he old negro, or IMAM Of COLOR" as the
English call him, Andrew Boyle, the old
! retainer Of the Tichborne and Doughty
| families. lie Is a Jamaica negro, and is
now siSty-four years old. His hair Is
| white; bis face is Intelligent; he has : very
| soft voice and manner; he was we'll
| sky-blue ncckt'e. In body he is very fee.
| bic. and he was permitted to be seated
during his examination but his intellect
| never illgged, and he retorted sharply at
| times upon the Attorney. General. His
| evidence, as Will be seen, was very strong
in support Of the plaintiffs case. Boyle
said:
| ! am row living at Harley Lodge, the
| residence 0! Sir Roger Tichborne. was
| born in Jamaica, and when eleven years
| old the late Mr.. Edward Tichborne, after
Sir Edward Doughty, came to that island
! and took me into his service. When he re-
HIM; a Miss Doughty had died, which
gave him the estates and the title I con-
tiuued in his service TIL March, 1853, and
for the last twenty years of his life ! was
his valet: knew al the members Of the
Doughty and Tichborne families l mar
RCD .Ticc--first, Lady Doughty's nurse
maid second. a .chooimstress at Itch
horne: ! first saw the claimant, Sir Roger
Ti%hborHe, when he was a little boy, just
| beginning to walk when he got little
| older he used TO visit lis frequently !; then
10 wen, to school at Stonyhurst aud spent
| his holidays with us; st Tichb0rne his
shooting and fishing together; he would
smoke day and might; there used to be much
society there, but he was tonder cf being
| with the servants down stairs than with
| the gentlemen be spoke English very
| broken and bad; he went away in 1858 !;
| sir Edward then died four months after
wards there were some changes in the
family and | left the service, and in the
| spring Of 1854 | went to Australia; Lady
| Doughty gave me money to pay my pas
sage, and sue arranged TO give me an an
till came back to Eng land, in 1866, with
Sir Roger; soon after [ reached Australia
| received letter from Lady Doughty tell
ing ne that the Bella had foundered and
that it was feared Roger was drowned; |
met Michael Guilfoyle, who had been gar
Jcner at Tichborne, and told him tho
news; from 1904 TO 1856 heard nothing OF
| Sir. Tichborne, but used to take parttcu-
lar notice OF every man met Oh tho street
in sydney.
Tue Lord Chief Justice Why?
Answer: 20 see whether he was Sir
| Roger or not.
Question What Induced YOU TO do that
Answer: Because Lady Doughty stated
in hor letter
The Attorney General asked for tbs pro-
du:tion Of this letter.
The letter, which vas one Of very cousid-
cradle lcngIh. was produ cd and read. 1t
was dated january, 1890, and commenced
My good Boyle aud Mrs. BOgle"; eX-
| isl. al heard
witncsS. and proceeded to give an account
Of Miss Kate Doughty marriage to Colonel
Radcliffe, son of Sir John Radcliffe. "Tbe
GarCinal married them in Spanish place on
the 18Th of October. Lord Arundel gave
her away, and she did look beautiful, as
every enc said, in her wedding dress. d"
| My daughter expresses herself as complete-
| lv happy In the choice she has made,
and Mr. Radcliffe, you know, BECAME q
| Catholic when he came OF age, and ls an u
ccllent young man.
Alter mentioning several friends of the
family the letter proceeded: "Mv poor
| dear Roger TiChborne at Rio Janeiro EN-
| barked on board merchant vessel, the
| Bella, for New York on the Goth of april,
and on the Goth it was seen wreck by the
| Keut. but no bodies found. Tho banker
at Rio wrote to Glyn that Roger embarked,
! and aope has been held out that they
might have been picked up and taken TO
Australia or elsewhere, but all hope IS
gone. 1t is dreadful. Pray hard for me.
And this dreadful year no full Of sorrows.
l. I can scarcely think Of all have lost.
Pray hard for NE TO be well prepared when,
ever my time comes. + hope you will
both frequently write to me, as l shall
always be much interested about you and
miss you greatly"
| Well, this patient watchfulness on The
uart of Boyle for "tbe lost heir" wss at
last rewarded. One day in August his son
told him to go to the Metropolitan Hotel Ia
sydney, where ns might see some one
whom he knew he went there aud sat in
The gateway Of the hotel; presently he saw
Sir Roger iichOorne coming towards him
Directly ! saw him / knew it was Hii
Roger Ticaborns at the very first sight; ne
passed about three or four yards h'em mo
he saw mo and stopped and looked;
looked hard at him and smiled he came uT
to rne aud asked me, Hslloo, Boyle, Ii
| that youP" I said, eyes, sir )" ls ssid
something to Inc which could not catch
he said he was going upstairs, but he would
see me again directly, and III very le"
minutes the waiter came and asked nae 10
| steD that way; | went upstairs and found
| him in his room, alone ! said, beg
your pardon, l called 10 see Mr.. Roger
| irichborae, but you arc net him, are you -
lie aaid, "Oh, yes, Bosle, l Sm:w l sag
"How much stouter you are got r. he salo,
| * Yes. I'm not shat slender Lad tnat was
when / Left TicRborne ;" he inquired after
NV wife and fsmilY-two sons, John ana
| AnCrew-sll of whom he knew at Itch
borne he asked me how long | had been
| in sydney; he frsG asked me II Lived Il
| Tichborne with his father said, les;
| | lived With his father at Tichborne about
four months; he asked me 1.-THE two broth
ers Goodwin were alive the Godrlas are
farmers nssr Tichborne; he said the elder
Goodwin was stlngy old follow, ana never
| allowed his son, half crown apiece To
spcnd was not aware that there were
two sous OF Gedwu before ! knew only
1ns ore: he inquired after HrF. Martin,
the old nurse, If she was alive she was
| nurse TO nv masters mother-my master,
| Sir Edward Doughty said she was alive
when | came away she was very OLD
| woman, quite over eighty, she was
! never seen out Of the house by
any one; he also inquired for two
brothers named Guys, we'll. known people
| in the yillase-rathsr low characters
| he inquired after EthridSs the blacksmith
he asked me if recOllected going out rap
| bit-shooting with him and Brand, the game.
keeper; l was there Tor aooliI az hout LIZ LIZ
also asked il remembered now MS uncis
Edward used to blow up; never named
sny person to him; he named them all &c
me in fact, never thought OF any OF then
iii ne mentioned them except Mr.. Gosford
Mr. Tichborne told me he was going &c
England by toe next mail; told him peo,,
| pIe would be very glad to see. him bac9;
lad ne intention of going to England then
out bad thoueht O.! it just before lei'
him thsx. and called every day for two OF