Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-03
Ees aastles Aerala.
The Delays Of Engiish Law.

The gigantic TichbOrne case in Eng
land, affords six-columns of report
daily to the newspapers. Witnesses
have been summoned from all parts of
the world to prove or disprove the
identity of Sir. Roger Tichborne. So
illimitable and exhaustless is the evil
dence, that five years have been con-
sumed, and millions Of dollars spent
fruitlessly in the effort to determine
its merits. Mr.. Whalley the "Anti-
Popery'' M. p, has even threatened
America with a personal invasion, in
order to collect funds for its continu-
ance, a piece Of impudence commen-
surate with his great notoriety.
The London papers of the 9th
nltimo, give the subjoined racy sketch
Of the examination Of Sir. Roger Itch
borne's barber, or in English phrase
ology, "the Claimants 'airdresser."
"But the witness Of the day was the
Claimants hairdresser---a gentleman
whose volubility, self-possession, and
"easy pleasantly" came very near to
the Aristotelic ideal of eutrapelia,"
or "gentcel versatility" This gentle
man was apparently called by Dr. Ken
ealy to directly contradict the asser-
tions Of the correspondent Of the Vest
era Daily Mercury. 1t may be re-
membered that the letter in question,
written from the Garrick Club, declar-
ed that 1t "had been noticed by more
than one person in court that the de-
PENDANTS hair lvaries in color When
he came out Of Newgate it was much
lighter in color than it was when he
went in. 1t is always we'll creased
and brushed closed to his head. l
have often noticed dyed hair and
whiskers The dye leaves peculiar
metallic hue upon the hair, which is
especially noticeable in the sunshine.
1 hope it will not be regarded as con-
tempt OF court ii say the defend
ants hair looks like hair that is sub
jected to some artificial means of col
oring.' Accordingly the accom-
plished professor who has wait
ed upon the defendant from April,
1868, until the present moment
was called to directly contra
diet those scandalous assertions, and
very entertaining indeed did his evi-
dence prove to be. Its gist was to the
effect that the claimants hair was not
dyed, but was only dressed, washed,
and ''displayed secundem drtem. To
the word sgrease" the witness had an
objection, nor was he Modified even
by the assurance that Mr.. Hawkins
had not used the word in ian invidi-
Gus sense" and was quite ready to say
''Oil." With the permission of the
lord Chief Justice, the witness pro-
duced q bottle OF the mixture no had
actually been in the habit Of applying
to tho defendants Uranium. The na me
Of the preparation was ''eukrasia, F"
which signifies, 1t seems, according to
Webster," "a well-balanced mixture, y
but which customers whose knowledge
Of the Hellenic tongue il not we'll
balanced may sometimes inquire for a.
you're crazy" Regarding the bottle
oil "eukrasia' with an unHOyed cOun-
tenance, Hr. Hawkins gravely sug-
gested that Mr.. Bowker the SEN
ior, who, somewhat like old
BOgle, is ''all white at the top"
should he made the corpus aitc for an
experiment upon the virtues OF this
marvellous elixir. T. Econtiu, the wit.
ness suggested that Mr.. Hawkins
should try the eulrdsid up himself.
III you put it on your hair, Mr.. Haw.
kins," said he-"and don't know il
you have any-Or even ii you put it on
your wig, it will not discolOr it,"
Further, 1t turned out that the eukrasio
is composed of whiskey and castor oil
toned with a peculiarly delicate scent,
and that 1t Is not dye OF this the
witness was sure; and he produced
locks cut from the defendants head at
various periods in proof OF his asser-
tiOn; while, before leaving, he in.
sisted on pressing upon Mr.. Hawkins
bottle OF the eukrasid as free gift.
The unquenchable laughter which the
evidence Of this witness caused wal
some relief to an otherwise mOnot0nous
day. But the gist OF his evidence, after
sli, was merely to the effect that the
defendant does not dye his hair, and
that the Ekurdsia is q liquid which
Mr.. Hawkins cannot too regularly use.
The rOars Of laughter which his cross.
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