Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-30
THE TICHBORNE TRIAL.
THE MISSING LINK IN THE DEFENCE
SUPPLIED.
NARRATIVE OF THE STEWARD OF THE Oss
PREY-FAvoRABLE EVIDENCE FOR
THE ECLAIMANT-oNE OF THE RE-
SUITS OF Mr.. wHALLEY's
VISIT TO AMERICA.

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IFROM tbs CORRESPONDENT. OF THEN. Y. WORLD OF
LONDON, October I5.-Ye Yesterday, which was a
the one hundred and iftennth day OF the presen
trial OF the Tichbore case, was the most exciting
day Of the trial thus far A few days before as c
you may remember, ons "Capiain Brown" had c
proved that he had placed Roger Tichborne on
beard the BsllAat Rio, the ship which went down, !
as was supposed, with all hands, and that the q
defendant was this same Roger; proved It, that f
is II Captain Brown is 10 be believed Eester- t
day the stsWaFd Of the Osprey, the vessel by
which the defendant says he was saved, came on
the stand, and sWoTe that he was on board the
OapTeywhen she picked up boat containing six
survivors of the wrecked Bella, and that the
defendant was one ofthere survivors. The clai-
mants own story, as told on his former trial by
himself, is that he, with eight of the crew ofthe
Bella, was picked up in April, 1854, of the
coast Of Brazil, by vessel whose name was the
Osprey, and whose captain was either Lewis
Oven or Owen Lewis, that these nine rescued
persons were conveyed to Melbourne, where the
Osprey arrived on the 23d or Oath Of July, that
the claimant was insenabv when rescued, and
remained "unwell for seven or eight weeks |
aboard" that he had, when rescued, nothing |
but his clothing and a ring engraved with the |
TichbOrne crest: and that Immediately after his
landing he obtained an engagement "a herdsman
and went away TO GipPesland without taking
|, leave Of any one.
1
. called In support Of these narratives, is a man
! Of intelligent countenance, little under fifty
years Of age, with bald head, twinkling eyes,
and grey beard which decendsuPOn his breast.
He wore q ssaman's cloth ree6Bg jacket, but
otherwise had little of the air of sailor. Al
. though as he explained, a Dane by birth, and
II speaking with q strong foreign accent his COM
maad of Epglish is considerable, and his educa-
s ton is decidedly superior TO that of any Ordi-
y nary sleWaP1 Of merchant vessel. Lieu's evil
:, dence was given throughout without any hesta-
- lion. He Joined, he said as steward, a vessel
callel the Osprey, barque-Tigged aud of about
ID 400 IONS register in New Orleans in 1852. H'r
~ captains name was John Bannelt, who was also
chief owner, her brokers were MessTs. Furch &
e Melnken, Of New York. In this ship he sailed
o. from Staten Island in the latter part Of FebEuay
y 1854 and, in the following April oil the coast Oi
Brazil, and some 400 or 500 miles from land
their attention was attracted one morning to q
= boat, the Occupants OF which had hoisted red
10 shirt upon a spar (The defendant has stated
al that their signal was a red flannel shirt hOislet
10, ION scull) SnbseqOedly tbaCsPsey canla 'uI
Nn with this boat, which was found to contain sil
ay peFsOhs-tWOsUefe rowing, Whilethe other four
y, ,o' were lying under the ihwarts 10 such a stat
me that, as the witness expressed il 'they knew
nothing about themselves"
Is According to Luie's narrative, all these 81,
ds persons remained aboard the Osprey until be
arrival in Melbourne, which, he said, was eearl
in July"-the two sane men meanwhile lendin
ary hand in the shl work, but the four Others rG
ay naming 10 the last incapable Of labor. OF thes
lIy four One WAS young man who was not sallo
and this person was conveyed to Luie's bertl
the where the Witness tended him even to feedIn
him, cnlting his hair, and washing him, for Il
eak whole voyage. During this time the your
was Igentleman conVersed with his nurse in SPANS
and broken French. and alsO in English; an
a & after some time learnt from hiIa that his nan
ID a was Rogers-fFom which period he always cal
I, at ed him Mr.. ROgeFs-his rescued cOmpanlo
being known aboard by the sObriqret Of "tl
lent April GOOls" Mr.. ROgers" told him he hi
has been in Brazil and mentioned people in Rio,
lhe was "alWays deranged" and "could never
'nu- member anything" He had big eyebrows, al
lues a habit of raising his forhead and winking
eyes; and % washing him Luie saw repeated
large mark on hts side just abOve the leit o.
) which was Of an olive Tint. Besides this he h
avne A scar ON the back Of the head and another
oval the left aTnl just Ike those which the defends
and ha, Beyond mentioning that he came ir'
even Rio he said nothing about his anlecedents; a
bich Luie, sHapCeliRg that he was "a runaway bal
irinR rupt" took occasion TO ask him whether that
pfect the fact. but EOt no answer. When they go'
with Melbourne witness saw his patient 20 ashore
loWn the captain aud the pilot, which be did with
-Te-;- taking leave; aud Luie heard no more Of h
/ ne lbecsusa be himself abscOnded from his ship
Dued same day and went up to BaliaPat diggiI
Z hs Finallv the witness Identified the defendan
Ri6 The saT1e peFvOn. and said that al their first
= tbe Iterview on the 7th Of July last the latter
N 10 | once addressed HIM as "Luie," and CONVEX
m a with him in the Spanish language and ais
liting the Fr'ncA
steward OF the Osprey; bat in eross-examinA
by Mr.. Hawkins he supplemented these st
ments by many other details. He said
5 in thoneh he observed that Mr.. Rogers hand
Z one small, he saw no pscnllsrity Of The thumb,
ritles, saw no ring. There was no Owen on board
yes OsDEey. hnt the witness mentioned the nam'
several Of the rescued men, and also ofthe
60 tof his own vessel He also gave the addF'
= oS, In the United States at which some OF the
stShs crew of the OspFey we're 70 be 1ound, and
A thSt claPad Ahat aDOlher, named Mccarthy, was
hing "a Melbourne, "a prOsr sreFOtis gentleman,
1855. and thai in the same year the Osprey
self with the maats taken out Of her, Wasac
p19oL p9S " laid up in that port where witness bar
: shis saw her Hos the witness used toadminlsi
\ kon- his insane patient white rum and water &
~ ,is dav: hOw the latter was Wbnt 10 spend his
IN me n ms berth aboard the Oeprey in getting d.
10 thet WpickinR Oaknm," and reading the "Gard
q - aos.l1i hOu LniN himaelf INT arrived lI
{ glad gland In July last; and how, his attention
3 - drawn 10 the AboEna ease, he found on
eIicaa Ighalley and tie defsadAnt, we're among
!. u ltteTa explained by the SlInesA
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