The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-03-28
The Tichborne Trials


.ers or deinac del the exercise OF jus
ice, was the famous Tichborne trial,
ust concluded IN London The histo-
~ Of this trial il long and varied, and
though the jury established . verdict
against the claimant there are many
persons who stil adhere to the idea
that he Is In reality fl,esiong Lost heir,
Sir Roger Tichborne.
Although much has been said and
published respecting this remarkable
case, brief resume of its history and
the adventures OF the would.be Sir
Roger, will not be out Of place at this
time.
The plaintiff set forth In his claim
hat he WAS the rightful heir to the
richborne baronetcy and estate. which
returns an annual income Of some
81, 900, and is now held BY Sir Henry
Cichborne, the latter coming iato pos
.-ssion Of the property In 1866. The
trial began in Nay of last year, and the
issue to be determined was whether
the claimant was or was not the right
ful heir ct Sir James Tichborne. who
died in 1862. This rightful heir was
Roger, eldest son Of Sir James, who
was borne in 1920; who fell IN love
with pretty cousin in 1851. aud being
rejected by her, threw up his commits
sion in the army early in 1853, and
went to Soutn America, to be gone a
year or two.
While in South America Roger was
known to have met parties by the
name Of DE Castro, the cngnomen IN.
der which claimant proves that e
afterwards pursued the avocation OF
butcher in Australia. The last known
Of the real Roger Was the fact that he
sailed from South America in 1854, in
ship called the Bella, which foun.
dered at sea, all on board perishing.
Time rolled on, Siy James died, Sir
Henry, the next son, was legally IS.
tablished as Baronet Of Tichb0rne, and
nothing was heard OF the lost heir until
claimant landed at London aud set up
his claim.
The latter began the thread Of his
story where the record Of Roger Itch
borne's existence Was lost, claiming
that he was picked up at sea aud ear
ried 10 Australia, where he resided
until 1865, under the name Of DE Gas
tro. While In Australia claiman,
heard the particulars Of his faaher's(:)
death and answ the advertisements
which was widely Published, for the
lost heir. He employed All attorney al
MelbOrDe by the name of Gibses, and
after o correspondence between the two
and the family in Englaui, claimant
sailed for London, whore he arrived al
the close of 1865. He told his story
aud was recognized by the aged wife
of Sir James and her SON, but by nc
other members Of the family. Thu,
matters rested, although plaintiff wa,
busy hunting up the evidence that he
was the lost Roger, until the trial was
Instituted last May.
Notwithstanding that The claiman,
Was rejected by nearly ali of the rela
tives and many Of the friends of tht
Tichborne family, it must be rrcoliect
ed tina. Lady Tichborne herself recog
nized him as her son whom she had
long supposed lost. More than thi,
witnesses taken from almost every
sphere of life, brother officers Of Sill
Roger, soldiers OF the regiment i,
when he served, as well rs profe sion
al men and tradesmen, protested t.
recognize the claimant as Sir Rogel
Tichborne of years ago. Old servant,
II the family testified in his favor
t,elio wing s.s... - ~ s~..., s,~S A.a-
$. areat was the interest evincad IN
the progress Of the trial, aud sd iirml.
convinced were large numbers %
people that tile claimant would wiz
his case. that the Tichborne bond.
ISSUED by the claimant or his friend,
found numerous purchasers. The evi.
deilce brought fDtw ward embraced long
aud complete details Of claimants life
aud contained matters of early history
40 trnthfully stated and so persistentIy
defended that, were he not Sir Roger,
he Is certainly one ri the eleverest
imposters ever known.
On the 2l.t Of last December the
Case for claimant wa. closed, and that
Of defendant began on the 18th Of Jan
uary. The latter's en- se was argued by
Solicitor General Sir John Duke Coler
iige, whose address in answer to
allegations viii long be
remembered as one Of the most won
derfal efforts of the kind on record. 1t
Was 80 effective that though the claim
AMI .,ad been mans months In max ing
up his case aud l.. preceding powerful
evidence to.prove ii-not ne of the
eleven jurors who heard the able argu !.
meiit for one moment believed that the
was he genuine Sir Roger
Tichborne.
The claimant, whose real name was
Arthur Orion, spent many years In
arranging his story To he consistent
with the facts in relation to the Itch
borne family history auti the early life
of Sir Roger. He was busy in England
and ireland from 1867 to 1871, intend.
log to begin the suit ut some future
time, aud evidently picked up every
item OF information he could obtain
that would favor his plan. Bat, with,
all his adr0itnes-, defendants counsel
proved that Orion biundered unceas-
ingiy when he was in Australia,
declaring that he had only been
private in the army for thirteen days,
aud then bought out, when the real
Roger hal been AN officer Tor more
[hah three years; guessing ~ ms r,v...
er's name from from the initials, aud
guessing wrongly, with other like
plumbers.
The whole world was ran sacked for
More than thousand
witnesses were examined in Australia
alone. All'the shipping journals of
were examined to find wheth-
er there Was any American vessel