The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-28

frst isseryisW, aud recognized him.
Moore, the,seryent Who went out 10 The
Pauline, identified him. The regiment
al tailor knew him as the man loruhom
he had formerly filled orders, aud four
teen lormer officers and privates in the
Carbineers swore to his identity.
The claimants lack of education has
been much commented on, and the
Solicitor-g general, who is one OF the
counsel for the defence, ELECTED the
following testimony on his cross exam-
ipation of the cousin Of whom We have
already spoken:
The Solicitor.Geueral. Does be say
"howsomdever| [Laughter- Witness
Yes, he does.
"Have you ever heard him say 'his
abscess busted ?" Laughter. Witness.
No.
The Solicitor General. Do you mean
to say that he would pass muster among
English gentlemen as an English gen
tleman Witness. 1 could point out
several English gentlemen who woald
not pass muster as English gentlemen
apy better than he does They are men
apparently no better than farmers, and |
would place Tichborne among that class.
l have heard OF persons called English
gentlemen who were so illiterate in
conversation that you would take them
to be nothing better than pig-jobbers-
The Solicitor General. Was the Rog-
er Tichborne of 1889 man whose mal-
ners were no better than farmer, or
more than equal to pigjobber? Wit
ness. In those days he did not dress in
the particular style that he afterward
adopted.
The Solicitor General. I am not
speaking bout his dress, but his man
ners. Nuness. never said that the
present claimant had no better manners
than pig jobber.
The Solicitor General. Do you mean
to say that the manners Of the claimant
are as good as the manners Of the Itch.
borne whom you knew in 1S4S? Wit
ness. Quite as good. l have seen him
preside at his table With as much repose
as any gentMman. He was a man
whom you could not distinguish from
the vast number Of gentlemen except
in some inaccuracies OF language.
The Solicitor General. Such as Chow
somdever." Laughter
A lady who had known young Mr.
Tichborne before 1858, when French
was his favorite tongue, testified that
while dining with the claimant since
his return she spoke few words in
French, when he evinced his knowledge
Of what she said, proving :hat he had
not wholly forgotten the language.
Almost every witness thus far has
described the manner in which he
tested the claimants memory as to the
incidents which it.seems scarcely posi-
bic could be known to an imposter aud
in every instance the statements made
By him have coiocided with the recol-
lection Of the q esfiouer.
Since his return the claimant has been
engaged until now in collecting evidence
for this suit and through what perlls
he had to proceed, the following passage
from the opening speech of Sergeant
ID u.: Ill ebov.
"Commissious were issued both to
Australia and Melipiila. | may say
hat from that you cannot doubt that
Sir Roger Tichborne has been largely
and that a large oumbcr Of
persons implicitly believe in his story,
md have been ready to help him in
money as we'll as in countenance. Sir
Roger Tichborne started with the South
American commission; and after they
reached Rio it became question whcth
,r they should cross the Cordllcras or
20 around by Cape Horn. Sir Roger
nad naturally a strong objection to a
;ea voyage, and while the other men,
,ers afraid 10 undertake the risk Of
.rossing the Cordilleras, went by the
lea, Sir Roger started by that route.
md had reached Cadovn, a place on the
'ron,ier Of the mountains. There he
became extremely i'll, and, in conse-
,uence. he was obliged to return to
England without making his waJ across
he CordiIleras. AS singular episode
n this extraordinary ease, | may men,
ion that the diligence in which he ha
aiken his place was stopped 10 the
'ordiileras, aud every person in it
murdered"
OF course We cannot know what was
n the counsei's mind when he said this
'ut it certainly was very remarkable
act that every traveller iu the diligence
n which it was known the claiman,
u,epded to cross the mountains should
ave been murdered on that journey
Almos. all that can be said Of the |
efence is, that it will rest upon the
ssumed death Of Sir Roger Tichborne
n the occasion of the shipwreck Of the
'ella. Although we have as yet heard
My one side Of the case, and not the
hole of that, it is certain that if the
laimans is not Sir Roger Tichborne.
e ought to be in some doubt as to his
ersonal identity by the time the trial
ended. He might soliloquise ate.
he manner Of the Yale student
aued Ammi, who, coming home from
late dinner, held forth to himself
hus: "Am I Ammi, or am | not Ammi?
am not Ammi, who the diam T."