The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-03
C,mrnsnondsnae New York World.


am now again told what was told at the
close of the claimants cross-examlnatlon
last sumnnr-namely, that the jury Will M
form the Judge that they are now rcaoy 10
give a verdict for the defence without hearing
a single witness or Il word Of argument on
fhat side. When it il remembered what
very strong case the plaintiff has maze our,
and what host of indiSp.tably honest ana ~
tellipent witnesses have sworn 10 lhclf heise,
in his identity, il may seem lncrcolLie That
the Jury could be so certain Of their o.., n
oniniou as to he anxious TO pronour' r il mt
this stage of the trial. But many acts 90 to
strengthen the belief that the umor speak
of is true. The jury is~r..n unusually able
one, composed of educ. lted men of business
and they have givr..i indications from time TO
imc of their desire to act upon the principle
that the strength of chain Is no more than
the strength Of its weakest link; and ii c;tli-
not bc denied that although parts of the
plaintiffs case arc extremely strong, other
parts are fcarfullv weak, The little scene
which happened in coiut on Tuesday III Inc
close OF Mr. Baigsnt's rceXalnirlton was
very significant, This witness, after having
been under e,xslnilmtion for thirteen days,
was abolls e. leave the box, when the fore
man C she jury said he had some questions
to Gl>k.
The Foreman You have told lis that Mr..
Hopkins and yourself arranged win the
claimant that he was to write Il test iesSeT,
such rs Roger Tichborne would write. NO"
tell the jury what steps you took to convey
your resolution to the claimant
Witness 1t was left TO Mr.. Rouse.
q. The message was given by alr. Hop
kins to Mr.. Rouse verbally, and then CONF
nrun,.,tcd to che claimant: A. fc+.
O. Then Rnuse was co%niZant OF your de-
sign: A. Yos.
.. As II natter of fact did he take that
communication A. | don't know.
Q. Who brought the claimants answer
back to you! a. was under the nnprrS-
son that Mr.. Holmes brought il, but it al-
pears t'mt it came by post.
o. Was Mr.. Holmes, then, coSnlZant OF
your design and intention: A. don't
know.
q. But Roi:se was: A. les.
9. ANY OTHER person: A. No.
o. Was Rouse aware Of the nature OF the
answer You sent: A. do not know.
q. You said that Mr.. Holmes br"ught you
fbe answer? A. | never had amy actual
tno,y,cdue of how the answer came until
Mr.. Hopkins showed Inc the letter.
o. Tncn YOUR desire to have such Il lctlcr
written as Roger Tichbornc would write
was communicated verbally to the claimant
a. presume so.
@. Who was present when that letter was
onrncd aud read! A. don't know. Only
know that Mr.. Hopkins showed II TO me-
q. And the altlsUn to the lady (AllSS BEL
lew was not explained to you! n. 1t was
no. ,,,
., And the letter was accepted by you ana
Mr.. Hopkius as one that Roger Tichhnrne
might lave written? A. We'll, MI. Hop
kns accepted it, and / simply bowed to his
O. At that time you had not made up your
mind that the claimant was Roger llcii-
borne: A. No.
O. And YOU were testing him? \. les.
g. Now, 90 to your conversation on the
I'd of February when you SAID TO the Chilli
ant ".I,lSt tell Inc what you ana Wllcli you
landed at Melbourne You have to'd us
that he offered no explanation why, under
those circumstances, he never addressed one
word TO his family nor communicated with
them in any way. Did you not ask him WHY !:
A. No. lie gave Inc IN idea which thought
was quite sufficient to my mind. lie saia
that when he went up to GippcSland--
o. No. am talking of the time Whrn he
landed. A. No. not when Ii" landed.
O. Did he say, or did you ask linn, II he
had any settled plan or any Object i'll gong
IN country. to conceal himself from his
fiieaLsY 4. No; it was merely Oh the spur
of the moment. | never put question TO
him but n he related it to ne, thought 1t
was done on the spur of the moment.
O. Your words were. " Not Knowing what
10 do" Then | may take il that he had no
settled plan at the time OF going up country
and conccang himself from his friends: A.
No, he did not express any.
Q. But he led you to believe, you said,
thai he had no resources, and took The lllst
tter. A. Yes.
q. Roger Tichbornc at tlmt time had Il
banking account with one Of the best known
ban iilw firms in England: \. lie had.
4. Roger Tichbornc knew that2 a. les.
q. Did il never occur to you to ask the
claimant why, having banking account WIFI
sufficient funds for his requirements, never
took steps to get himself so far identified at
the time bv the captain Of the Osprey as the
man picked up in boat? a. No; he SAID
he went OFT suddenly, without even wishing
the captain goodbye; that may explain II.
O. But ut that time you were testing nm
A. I simply listened to what he said.
O. But you asked him to write thai letter:
A. That was Mr.. Hopkins's wish.
o. Did ii never occur to you 10 ASK nm i
question analogous to that? y. No, II dld
not.
Q. He did not, as lie might easily have
done, get his story IS to being picked up i'll
Sea atttsted? A.. No, he did not. lie went
away suddenly. 1t appeared to me very
natural
y. What, natural that man having ample
funds accessible in degree should, rather
than nike an attempt to make them araila-
bic, take the first oiler that was made to
him = mo an :Wpr,1
.. think you have said that after Roger
Ticnborne joined the army you saw linn but
five or six times? \. Yes.
o. Were you much with him? a. No.
q. Then subsequently to lS49 YOU saw
little or nothing of him: A. No.
O. You Isiye constantly used the phrase IN
yo,IIr croSs-cXamiuution, "Just like Roger"
When making use Of such phrase have you
intended TO apply 1t 10 the Roger Iichborne
YOU knew prior to 1S49 OF 10 the present
claimant? A. To the one prior to 1898,
when he went away.
q. But you saw comparatively little of him
from 1916 to 1858? A. Yes but he was
not much changed,
o, understood you to say it was the man-
nerS, habits, sayings, and writings OF Roger
Iichbone, and not his appearance, that you
referred to when you used that phrases A,
Yes.
O. The Roger Tichborne prior to 1910 :!
A. Wei, knew him and heard OF him upto
1863.
Q. Can you give lis any instance In which
Roger Tichborne before he went abroad,
showed that carelessness and frequent mat
tention to business: A. Well, Dir. Hopkins's
letters and his letters to his mother show
that.