The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-03
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was set MP In January, 1861 and II was set up under
these Circumstances :-Tne claimant had been. ne
under the name OF Castro, cattle Keeping cattle
siaugnennQ, and Outcherlng. ana alter having
was lnso,venr, he was In 1865 at wag Waega in The
service OF butcher. AT that time one GlnDes. an
attorney. was acting Tor Inn IN his insolvency:
GIuDrs ilad ola acquaintance at sydney named
CubIlt, who as long ago as 1862 had seen In the
Home Nens the death Of Sir James TlchDorne, ana
knew from a BarOnctage that the eldest son Roger
was supposed To be lost. Moreover IN 1868, the
Dowager Lady Iichborne had published adj
refreshments Tor INN, describing MN hav-
ing been lost IN the Bella aud the heir
to the tile and estates. These advertisements
Giooes' OLD friend Cuultu lived there also lived one
Boyle black servant OF the iamily, who mad gone
out there soon a,cr Roger hal leii England. lie
had been living there ever since vii W. SONS, one
OF whom i0.O~ ed The bnslness OF y barber: and he
constantly heard IRON the family and was constantly
thinking oi Roger. Meanwhile, The claimant was
at Wagga Wagga win Cubes Cuitrs Oid friend.
In April, ls65. the claimant. who said he was well
o ieigned name. 10 inquire whether anything
was known there Oi the Ur,ons, and. about the
issued ny MISSING Friend once ut Sydney.
which, on the 10Th o May, 1869, appeared ~
answered by th- Dowager at Paris. She sent
him particulars AZ 10 her lost sun Roger, winch
Cuoltt published IN an advertisement. onitung.
claimant that IN September he saw Tins ad. ertise-
ment II was answered by Gibbes VINO wrote 10
CuUltt that he ''tnUunit he had spotted the man"
some Llme his was sent ny Iubitt to the
Dowager ana he promised inquiries. On the .lst
OF December Cul'iGt wrote to her. stating that her
son was alive and well; ne did not SAY where, but
he said NJ q place 100 miles from sydney. Tins
would he received 10y her On The zist oi February,
she heard OF the death III her second son. Alfred,
leaving INC estates ~ trust Tor a,s ony son, an IN
Gbhes, Ia Cubitt and .he claimant, To them OBJ
serving that they had sent her no dctails-notn-
my bv which she could know the man
was her son, TUT To the caniant, addressing
hum tn Inc WINES. Terms as My dearest ne w1
have IN April, ami ON tue loln o January, lsdo. ne
wrote his iirsl letter 60 hef asSerns ms claim az
identity 'tne b own marx ON ms side anu the
Brighton card case" Lnis would oe received ~
preceding February, acknowledged INN. Her
answer mas not been produced. but II appears rom
subsequent letter That she diu not recoguIze the
Writllg answer IN terms or recognition; Tor In
May ne wrote IA reply tnat nc was disappointed mat
she unl not acknowledge MIN and uid q seem to
recognize MS Handwriting. ln later lcters she
wrote that sue knew nothing OF 'rhe brown mark"
and US tire Brighton card case, mercy observed
that she would not advise nm say anything aoout
II. As to other matters mentioned by Globes appa-
rently on the claimants niornlauon sne wrote mat
stand his statements but OH the waole. notwith-
standing these discrepancies, she SAID SHE Sun be-
lleved INN 10 her son, AMI wished him al to
come home. There, however, difficulty arose
about funds, and upOu this the correspondence con-
tlnued another SIX mouths Et september, 1866,
altogether whole year. An attempt Was made to
get banker 10 advance money by means ol Will,
IN which. however, the descriptions OF the estates
and even the names Rogers mother were all
mIssLaied, and this, 1t was san, was deposited
win a banker hut 1t would SEEM in vain. Iii June
never having, while there, openly assumed the
name OF ncnbOrne. Before leaving he gave man
he knew tucre, one Cater o note invlting him to
Tchborne, but begging him not 70 men.
ZION that he had been butcher or mad
not TO Melbourne hut to sydney. ana ut place
hall way called Goulburn, he was remarked IN the
In The name Vi Castro In July he was at Sydney,
ANA lileuCe he sent me DOwagcr photograph Of
saw rcseni GLANCE; Tie hands were. rogers ous ne
seemed TO have grown very stout, whereas ne had
been very sliin IN winch all the witnesses agree:
Al sydney he met Bogle VINO, he Said. recognized
him and wrote home mat he had seen hun. Here
the claimant renewed his ATTEMPTS To raise money,
ana assumed the name Ui IlchDoIne. But, although
aided by Giboes and CuUtt, lie Ouui great difficulty
IN raising money. IN tue result however. party
through Inc intervention OF G.bies and partly
through The ali OF Boyle, money was raised, ana the
clamant came 10 England, orlnging Boyle with him.
lie went, however, not direct, tut via New York;
ana not 10 parls where the Dowager was awaiting
HIM, 0ut 10 England.
his FIRST visit The re atoas or Arthur orion.
lie eiL a letter writ en- by hun IN eiened hand IN
spondence with them; they pressing 70 see him TO
nave al least news vi their brother. and ne sending
ihcm as The pnotos rapis OF Orton's vile and enid,
photographs Of Ms own. In the mean time lie from
| time 10 lime remitled them money, anu CORE
under The maine OF brand. lew DAYS alter ms ar.
rIval nc went down 10 AiresIOrd, near TIchbOrne,
ana stayed several DAYS at the house OF one Kous,
wno had ecu clerk OF Hopkins, the Old family
attorney, VINO resided taere. Tue claimant
RoL kous TO drive INN round Tchborne, and tee-
grapied 10 Boyle, VINO came down, got into the
hOu aud was SHOWN over the principal rooms. He
became inrluIate with Kous, out went 10 see no
| return Tor a month. tie went to London and en-
| gagged an attorney and put him IN secret communi-
cation with Rous. lie came up TO London again
aud again 10 see MS attorney; ne went win HIM 10
DOCTORS Commons 10 see Rogers will, and to
thai was known OF her was recoraed. lie stayed at
Gravesend In order he SAID. 10 ne out OF tue way OF
win rcatve OF the family 10 see them he tried 10
avoid them. In day or Two, however, ne saw Mr..
| Gosiord IN the presence OF MS attorney and they
CONVEX, cd he wiii but the c,aIi:ant did not
mention lie sealed packet, nor lid ne ever mention
II al all until SIX mon.ns later Gosiord mentioned
II TO iiln aud MIR. Oosord did not believe him 10 be
| TcnDUine.
REcuGNizED by THE DowAGER-"MY DEAR ROGER. u
| soon afterwards ne went over With his attorney
| ana a Trend see The Dowager, ana saw her IN
their presence and that OF several other persons.
According TO the deposition OF one person present,
sue III once addressed uIn ner SON. AN, my dear
Roger, now glad am 70 see yuu." she afterwards
Mute AN affidavit That she INSTANTLY recognized
nIm aud that '.nls voice and features were unmIs
takable.n But sue died before she was crosse K
ahmed. He remained ten days with her, and she
was constantly taking to nlm oi past times. Durlna
| TINS time Koger's ola tutor Chation. saw him and
did noa recognize MN, ana has been confronted
| back 10 England nc went down to Alresioru, and
tuere Hopkins and Baisent had q conversation
! with hn, and Hopkins made an afliddvit That.
though he could not recall his features, he was
convinced oil his Identity from his knowledge OF
past circumstances ana Of the features OF the 10
cailty, while Balgent abte, lie SAID, 10 recog.
nize ms .catuIes aud his voice. winch, lie SAID,
"quite went thrvueh niin and electrified HIM. Mr..
Hopxlns lnvlled nlm 10 stay al his house for q
week, winch he did, aud all Airesf0rd believed In
him ana the bes were set ringing about hun.
Coloael Lusninglon, the tenant OF the estate.
! showed him over Tie house and believed IN him.
! lac went 10 live AZ Croydon. The Duwagcr came Il
| 1--we win him IOl some months aud ilnd Win heI
| hogcr's letters anu accoutrements &C., and the
| things he sent home, winch, when Ihey were shown
to the claimant as Rogers, he a. once 'recOgnized.
| Is lie THE MANY
He now obtained the acknowledgement OF Mr..
Constable, son 0f sir clifford but not that OF SII
Illn0rd himself. He also gained the support
| Of another gentleman. Mr.. Marx; ana Mr.
| bulpetL, Winchester banker, became &c
| convinced that ne opened a credit for 100 In
his lavor, even before ne mad seen hlm-so, nj
| least, ne SAID, and though afterwards he tried to
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