The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-06
AN IRISH BARBER,

AN IRISH BARBER,
Thomas D'Orday, whose evidence created a
genuine sensation. D'Orday said he had car
ried on the business Of hair dresser in Clon-
mel since 1885, and when the Carblneers
| (Ticbborne's ,reglmenU was quartered there,
he ''had the honor of cutting the hair Of all
| the officers There was enc OF these officers
.who had something peculiar about his head"
Said the witness:
the habit for officers Of the army to have their
| hair cut as close as the non.commissIon-
ed officers and privates, and the reason I
know OF the mark Is that had to leave the
hair little longer to cover that mark. (Wit.
ness showed upon his own head the position of
Q. Did you cut tha: gentleman's hair more
O. So as to know it well? A. Yes:
Q. Have you seen the plaintiff 10 this case?
A. have.
o. Did you examine his head? A. I did.
o. Did you find anything there? A. found
8 similar mark to the mark on the officer
years ago; asked him If he reco!lected haV-
| Ing his hair cut in Clonmel; he said he did; /
| then asked him If he recollected where the
| establishment was Situated In which ne had
his hair cut; be said, Eyes; 1t was down from
Miss Smiths, towards the barracks" that de.
sCripti0n was correct.
O. Who is Miss Smith? A. She Ia respec-
| table Quaker lady, who keeps confectionery
and a perfumery establishment which Is much
| frequented by officers in Clonmel.
| Cross-examined by the attorney general
| o. What sort of q scar was thls-a burn, q
| cut, or brulse? a. Not being reared In the
profession cannot professionally describe It.
| It might be from fall or cut, or from brine
or pickle, as We call 1t In Ireland, falling upon
Q. My friend, Mr.. Hawkins. suggests that it
might have been Chile pickle. Laughter ]
A. Mr.. Hawkins has said good many smart
Witness, at the request of the Lord Chief
Justice, described on clip of paper the size OF
the scar.
The encouragement. Does this represent
witness. think it is, as well as my recol-
lection serves me.
o. Is that the size OF the mark you saw the
other day? A. The momept l saw itsI said
that ls the hair cut.
o. You must have had q very clear recol-
lection of the SCARF. A. Well, yes. got q
comb and combsd back the hair, when found
the mark. The moment I saw the size and
position, said: .That Is the gentleman"
when saw 1t I was at once sure IL was the
same; as sure as / could be after twenty years.
Q. Was 1t very prominent A. No, be-
cause the hair was long.
Q. Does it stick out much A. You could
feel it with the combi 1t was on the surface OF
o. Any one would find it who knew where
to look? A. Yes.
The foreman Of the jury: Can you speak as
to the color Of the hair
witness. think his hair was shade or
two lighter at that time; bis hair is shade or
Two lighter than 1t was twenty years ago:
Q. Can you tell the jury whether hair cut
from the'head loses 1t color A. Certainly; 1t
gets lighter when cut of.
Mr.. Sergeant Ballantine. That ls your pro-
fessional opinion?
Witness. Yes, without fee. [Laughter.l
After this witness came Mr.. Bulpett, the
banker, who had been examined before. and
who was recalled simply for the purpose OF
clearing up doubtful point In his testimony.
Then came Captain Burton, the famous traV-
eller, whose evidence was important only as
showing that the plaintiffs refusal 10 go to
Chile in 1868, which was alleged to be on ac-
count of his unwlllngness to face the soula
American witnesses, was really due to his pre-
carlous health. He was followed by Sir Viii.
liam Ferguson, the renowned surgeon BE
| had been employed 10 exsmlBe the person OF
the defendant on the 29lh Of last month. to
see II certain marks known to be on the per-
son of Roger TichbOrne were on bis body.
These marks were scars upon the Inner side
OF eQcn aQklS, dS IL mduo WALL q lohSot, q
round scar on the left arm; other marks made
10 vaccinations. In the. French and not IN the
English manner; o scar on the edge OF the right
eyebrow, and q scar over the bridge Of the nose:
Roger Tichborne had all these marks, and
the plaintiff, said Sir William; also has them.
he also spoke of the peculiar formation OF his
legs-s'iu-kneed"- pecullarlty Of Roger; the
scar on the head spoken Of by the barber; q
congenlal mark on his Left eide; and the
especial popularity about his hands, bis
knuckles, aud hIs thumb. plainly seen In the
photograph of Roger. All Of this testimony
was wonderfully strong, and 1t doubtless pro-
dnced q great inpre esson on the jury. Captain
Worlley, who Is q very learned authority on
the subject of photography, was the next Wit.
ness. and he swore that the daguerreotype
which Mr.. Baigent said had been "tampered"
with, had been rubbed 80 as to conceal this
regularity in the thumb Of which 80 much
had been said; photograph which had been
taken from this daguerreotype before 1t had
been tampered with plainly showed this Pc
culiarity; the daguerreotype was an unques-
toned picture OF Roger Tichborne, and IN
| The phoIograph taken from It the thumb Is
the exact representation OF the plaintiffs
thumb, which Is an extremely peculiar one.
In short, this witness was certain that the
daguerreolype, which had remained all the
time In the hands of the defence, had been
purposely rubbed In order TO destroy this link
In the chain of the plaintiffs case.
ALL ABOUT THE STATE.