The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-07

tnoy walked 70 the other end OF the room. me
claimant did not state the contents OF the packet.
IL may be conveniently stated mere tnat In the
course OF the suit the claimant made an affihavit
That he had placed the sealed packet in the hands OF
Gosord, and that 1t related to mrs cousin Kate In
his evidence at the trial ne stated that there were
He az ns az Ss sealed
packet related 70 his seduction of his cousin before
the disruption OF their engagement and that the
paper dated IN November, 1861, was deposited IN
March, 1859 1t VIII have been seen In what lam
guage Roger Tichbone refers to his instructions as
at which ne did So which was IN January, 1852, and
after the disruption OF the engagement.
TIE CARABIkIERs.
II is now unnecessary, and would be almost i'm.
n 70 trace tine exact Ct and ns
as 10 the identity Of Urton-whethef he was Orton,
TO the property. For many weeks OF the trial the
proof OF personal identity was essayed through the
foundations Of whose belief passed through a Test
ing analytical process only comparaDle TO the nery
ordeal BY which silver ~ refined; me physical
eye, and car, and thumb. and knee, and body-borne
ccatrices-were the latest adduced, manilesty
Of selr-evGenI fact ' Judge and '''I jury
had ocular demonstration in support OF the
able professional medical men, with regard to the
scars on the scalp and ankle, the peculiarly fexi-
Die" knuckles the ear.lobes, unusually pendant
the singular "cOngenital marks" on the side, and
other outward and visible tokens which were cOn.
sldered to establish the Claimants IDENTITY. The
marks' was found equally good for the absence Of
one particular brand or indelbe stain in the nesh,
which It is positively affirmed the true Roger Itch.
borne OF 1851 could be proved to have borne upon
mis- person, on testimony than whlcn nothing more
i1duoltaole mas been presented In the progress
with w Sir wiiliam Ferguson s' Mr. Mr. t Tanton
and Dr. Lipscombe," deposed DR.. suther-
by the Attorney Sss there wers mo- soo
marks upon the plaintiff" This, 1t may be In the
recollection OF all VINO have read the reports OF the
inquiry, cOrrObOrated the averment Of orion, the
had 6es,. taltooed.S When Sir J. b. CcleriGse
was that probably sucn marks had been known TO
exist on the person Of Orion. The question which
the same intent thar lurked IN an accompanying
apparently simple but highly significant inquiry,
did you know Mr.. Beew In the Carabiniers Z"
1t was not therefore surprising to hear that the
present Lord Bellew, OF Barmeath Castle, county
Louth, Ireland showed that the actual "tattooing"
dct su0Stdntfated on the most solemn ana reliable
testtnaony-that OF me rerv nean-Lord Bele,c-
aCO performed the OPERATION Nth his OtCn hand
THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN HIM.
Yet, Notwithstanding that the claimant was re-
rens Of the TcnoOne family Il must So RI m
mind that Lady I1caborne herself recognized him
Is uer son whom she naa long supposed lost More
sphere OF life. brother officers OF Sir Roger soldiers
OF the regiment In which ne served, as well pro.
fesslOnal men ana tradesmen progressed TO recog-
nze the Claimant as the Sir Roger TichbOrne OF
years ago. Ola servants OF the family testified IN
his favor believing him to be the long lost neir.
SO great the interest evnced In the progress OF
the trial and so firmly convinced were large num-
that the Tlchborne bonds issued by the claimant or
his friends found numerous purchasers.
THE CLAIMANTS CASE CLOSED.
On the 2lst OF December, 1877, the case for the
claimant was brought TO close. Though their
witnesses were by no means exhausted, and there
the counsel for the paintlf was satisfied That sum-
cient and forcibe evidence had been adduced to
cordlngv closed case and just three days before
last Christmas the Court adjourned the further
hearing OF the trlal TIL January 10.
THE TRIAL REOPRkED.
On the 18TH or January the Court reassembled for
the further hearing OF this most extraordinary trial.
Lord Chief Justice BOWL occupied IBIS place upon
the bench, and Solicitor General Sir John Duke
COerage, after some unimpOrtant testimony, CON.
menced an address, reviewing minutely the whole
case Of the claimant TINS address viii long be re-
mempered as it Is really one OF the most wonderful
efforts on record the remainder OF the story now
Is soon told Oy the teleprams from London to-day.
which announces the Withdrawal OF the claimant
and his subsequent incarceration IN Newgate JAIL
DURATION OF THE TRIAL.
The hearing OF the cause occupied the attention
OF the Court and jury during space OF III days
day OF the opening OF the Court 1871 ana yester.
day March 8, 1872, the day or Termination OF the
Mlddlesex-lhe eleven beng taken by consent Of
counsel-and argued ty the most eminent men at
the English bar Including Sir Jonn Duke Coleridge,
q. c., SOLICITOR General, who appeared for the
fence and against the claim.
PAY OF THE JURY.
When the Court adjourn ed for the Christmas va.
cation the jurors were paid one guinea day each
Tor thirty days attendance-making seventy guineas
paid TO each OF them for their attendance on the
trial SO lar. The first sittings extended to forty
days, and the second to thirty days. According TO
the strict rule now that the British provisions as to
special jurors has been repealed, s ecal juryman
Is only entitled TO one guinea for cause: but 1t
arranged that In this TichbOrne case the payment
should be one guinea per day. and the attorneys on
botn sides agreed 10 divide the expense between
them.