Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-01
ENGLAND's ~sLAUGTERHOUsE BA-
RONEE.-
Sir Roger Tichborne alias Tom Cas-
tro-Aristoerat, Bullock Driver,
Butcher. and Baker.

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Sir Roger Tichborne alias Tom Cas-
tro-Arisf0eraf, Bullock Driver,
Butcher, and Baker.
The number of skeletons brought to light dur
ing the Tichborne trial, If the claimant proves
all he says, win be something awful. The real
Sir Roger was no better than he should be, but
the pretender with his scandalous testimony
about Mr.. Radcliffe seems to be a great deal
worse. Yet both Sir Roger and Mrs. Radcliffe
are descendants OF the proud family OF Arundel,
the lords of Ward0ur, and Katherine Doughty
(now Mrs. Radcliffe) Is the granddaughter of the
late Lord Arundel, and cousin of the Earl OF
Shrewsbury. Her father was brother OF Sir
Rogers father, and preceded him i'm the baron
etcy OF Tichborne, but took the name of Doughty
upon inheriting the estates of kinswoman of
that name; Sir Edward (Tichbornel Doughty
died in 1858, and Sir Rogers father, Sir James
Francis Doughty Tichborne, then an old man,
succeeded him In the title and estates. Sir Roger
left England about the time OF his uncle Edwards
death, and his cousin Kate married Joseph Per
ceval Bickford Radcliffe, son and heir of Nork-
shire baronet, in October, 1854. What Mr.. and
Mrs. Radcliffe will have to sayto
THE PRETENDED SIR ROGER
If he establishes his claim, no one can undertake
to guess. The property involved in the suit was
originally very large, but great deal OF il is GO
ing to the lawyerswho, for five or six years past,
have had the case in hand.
Among the points made against the claimant,
is the fact that he did not know his assumed
mothers Christian name in 1866, when he made
viii in Australia, and left his property to her
under the name of Hannah Frances. He had
had one letter from her at the time, which was
signed III. Il. Tichborne, which initials he inter-
preted as above, her real name being Harriette
fenclta. Even now he is not sure about the lat
ter name.
A Melbourne, Victoria, correspondent of the
New York Sun, says: There are thousands of
people elsewhere as well as hereabOuts who have
heard of Castro's boldly asserted claims with UNI
feigned astOnishment, because there were so
many who knew him as the rough, uncouth
specimen which he was, and because the transit
q M inc md %x.rxa
of bullocks to a snugly-settled Baronet. is by no
means so common among the order of human
events as to pass unnoticed His is unquestion-
ably one OF the most remarkable cases that have
ever provoked popular comment.
sINGULARLY ADVENTUROUS CAREER.
Away back on the records ofthe aristocracy the
name or Tichborne stands prominently, the last
Baronet of that name having been Sir Alfred H.
TtchbOrne, the father Of the heir who is now Gag
erly sought and who is alleged by one side TO have
been found in the person of Tom Castro, the out
cast OF society i'll the wilds of Australia. The
Ilchborne estates net an annual income of
f24,Oc0, or S120 900. The old English law which
conveys to the eldest the title and estates of
the rather created Sir Alfred first boy Sir Roger
Ilchborne At the time OF Sir Alfred's death
his eldest son, who had been in the army and
mad contracted rowing disposition, was sup
posed TO be somewhere in the antiDOdes but no
one knew where. The succession to the baron
etcy was undisturbed for a while until the right
full Sir Roger should return, and meanwhile a
PosShumous son was born TO Sir Alfred, Lady
IIchborne being at that time at the homestead
This son had well-nigh reached the age of five
years, when his friends and those who hoped to
Proht by his succession to the title of his brother
began to stir the rumor that Sir Roger was dead
and the baronetcy therefore fell to his Young
brother. Lady Tichborne disbelieved these rr.
m0rs, and caused active search and inquiry to
DE made TOT the missing Sir Roger Copies of
excellent photographs were despatched to vari-
Gus quarter Of the globe, accompanied by in
sructions to solicitors TO hunt out Sir Roger or
some trace OF him, and return him to En- gland.
a nf f1,ar
spread their
STORY OF SIR RoGER's DEATH
Among the many photographs and noticessen
iorth was one 70 prominent solicitor of this
city, whose Office is but a few doors below the
Albion here, and who is a permanent puest at
the old Criterion Hotel a few rods up the street
pursuant 10 ms instructions, the solicitor caused
70 be published in the Argus notices for informs
auon OF the missing Sir Roger II was MANY
weeks and months before there was any result:
but one bright morning OVERLOOKING fellow
ragged, and ill-kept, entered the solicitors Office
A private interview was had, a comparison be-
tween the photograph and the man made and
the result was the acceptance of this uncouth
fellow as the long lost Sir Roger Tichborne
Inc s0ncitor's purse-strings were opened to him.
and he was literally supplied with money. His
person was renovated, his filthy, weil-worn
clothes were replaced by fashionable attire and
he departed for London, This was Tom Castro
the bullock driver, whom almost everybody in
the bush knew.
A long time passed before further intelligence
was had OF Tom Castro, alias Sir Roger itch
borne. But he proceeded to England There
he learned that Lady TichbOTne had taken mn
her residence in Paris, and that the homestead
was untennanted. He directed his stems toward
Paris without delay, and quartered himself at
enc of the most fashionable hotels IN that gay
city. But he 90
FAILED TO CALL UPON HIS MOTHER,
who, 1t was given out, vase her death bed For
upward of two weeks he remained i'm Paris
before he made known his presence to the
inmates Of his mothers residence Then he
called her hprli fac
The meeting between Lady TichbOrne, enfee-
bled by age and long sickness, and almost
palsied by her near approach to the grave, and
this bearded, sun-browned man, fresh from the
widest depths Of Australia, was a remarkable
one. Endearing terms on the part of Tom Cas-
tro, and strange, wild looks and specifies
emotion ON the part OF Lady Tichborne struck
those who were present with awe. But Ladv
Iichborne recognized him and proclaimed TO ali
the assembled witnesses in the house that this
was met bSi 81. and that he was the
The life of Lady Tichbprne thereafter was very
brief. and Sir Roger Tichborne, alias Tom Cas-
tro, scarcely waited TO see her fairly entOmbed
before he hurried to England, demanded ros-
session Of the estate, proclaimed himself Sir
Roger TichbOrne, Bart, and succeeded in bor-
rowing eco 900, or s3O,oO0. He was now ready,
20 far as his opponents at law were concerned, TO
carry on the litigation, and as the friends of The
posthumous son had already questioned hisripht
to the title and estates he set at once TO work TO
fortify himself with the legal auxiliaries neces-
The first that we knew Of Castro here was
during brief engagement as sailor before the
mast on the coasting vessels Of this port. But
he did not remain here long. He started off into
the interior, and soon became engaged as stock
rider From stock-riding, Castro went 10 pastry
making. He entered a bakery in the colony of
Sydney, across the Murray river here, and re-
manned there some time assisting his EMPLOYER
In making coarse bread, pies and cakes which
found limited sale among the people Of that
region. From the drudgeries of dough-mixing,
Castro Topped back in the social scale and be,
came bullock-driver in the same colony He
spent a few years az bullock-driving, and finally
left il TO engage in saughtering those animals in
the stock yard. AS butcher he became nnife
proficient, and it is understood that he was fol-
lowing this business when the notice from his
mother attracted the attention of q fellow-york-
man who communicated with him.
SUMNER SHowRRs.-Summer showers fire.
quently Overtake persons and "wet them to the
skim 1t is then safer to walk steadily and rap
idly on, until the clothes become dry again,
than TO stop under shelter and remain there
still until the storm Is over. II home is reached
while the clothing Is yet wet, take some hot
drink instantly mint m mora. 10