Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-07
THE TICHBORNE CASE.

ALT. DOTEN, ., Rdlssr and Prsprietsr.
THE TICHBORNE CASE.
Those who have followed the for
tunes Of this most remarkable claim
ant for the past two years, are just
now sanguine and full Of joy. 1t will
be remembered that this richborne Is
a claimant to one Of the finest estates.
In England; that he came home after
many years Of wandering to find an
other in his place. and himself sup
posed to have been lost at sea ; that
he was recognized As the rightful heir
by many domestics, retainers and
neighbors, and also by his own moth
or; that the party In possession (nine
points Of the law) denounced him as
an impostor, and refused to give up
his title and lands; that the claimant
being poor on bringing suit for his
rights, issued bonds payable on his
succeeding to his claimed title and es-
tate, which were largely subscribed
for BY the middle and poorer classes;
that the suit brought was unsuccessful.
and at Its termination the claimant
was arrested aud held to answer on q
charge Of perjury that he obtained
bail and spoke all over England, urg-
Ing his claims and raised large sums
Of money for his defense; that Lord
Chief Justice Cockburn, before whom
the case was tried. forbade his public
speaking or any attempt to popularizs
himself among the people under a
heavy penalty; that a prominent
member Of Parliament has been In this
country and in Canada obtaining EVIL
dence in his behalf; that his counsel.
DR.. Kennedy, spoke for three or four
weeks In Ills defense, and that the
trial has been in progress now for
nearly four months. This brings US
to the present state of facts under
which the stock Of the claimant has
grown rapidly In popular favor. On
the 18th day Of October, It then being
the 115th day Of this famous trial, the
claimant Introduced, as q witness, a
Norwegian named Liuo, who swears
that the claimant Is the person, who,
with several others, was found In a
half-starved condition, In an open
boat, by the brig Osprey, which sailed
from New York in February, 1854.
The claimant stated to the Witness
that he and his companions had been
on the ship Bella, which was wrecked
OF the coast OF Brazil. Those who
deny the claimants right have here
tofore asserted that the real Sir Roger
Tichborne was drowned at sea on the
Bella, and II Lines story Is corrob-
GRATED. as 1t is claimed 1t will be, the
defendant will have made out his case.
Line isa sailor, who casually heard
persons discussing the csse In July
last, and when some n said that the
real Tichborne went down at sea with
the bella" he recalled the incidents
OF the rescue. Line swears that tho
claimant, when taken from the boat,
was dclirious from exhaustion or sum
stroke, and that he nursed him on the
voyage to Australia, and noticed the
scar on his neck, and also a peculiar
mark on his body above the hip. In
many particulars his story corrob-
crates that Of the claimant, though, as
to some incidents, as the name Of
sending the claimant ashore, at Mel
bourne, whether BY a boat or steamer,
and the number Of the crew Of the
Bella, the number of the survivors.
ETC., there are differences in the two
statements, not more numerous, how
ever, than would probably result from
the failure Of the memory to recall all
the particulars Of such an occurrence
after the lapse Of twenty years. The
witness swore positively that the claim
ant is the man found In the boat
by the Osprey.
A. Is natural, this testimony has re-
vlved the hopes Of the claimant and
his followers; and It must be con-
fsssed 1t puts his case in a most favor-
able light. The case with Its sur
roundings OF mystery, danger, ju-
dicial tyranny and moneyed perse-
c~ution, IL a fitting theme for the pen
of a Charles Reade or Wilkie Collins.
Should the assumed Sir Roger prove
himself to be beyond doubt the real
Sir Roger, 1t will be one Of the most
remarkable cases Of contested identity
on record. AS 1t is now, either the
cheek OF the claimant Is something
almost superhuman, or he Is the gen.
uine article of British %aristocracy, de-
veloped by shipwreck, misfortune,
ct al.