The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-10-20

We ARE surprised and amused to find in the
San Francisco Daily Examiner of Sept. Goth
ultimo, a new edition of an old story of the
famous Tichborne mystery which appeared in the
PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER of Oct. Bird, 1874.
The material for the account in question was
furnished to this Journal by Captain E. Wood,
formerly connected will the whale fishery and
since a well known resident of the Hawaiian
Islands. From the columns of the ADVERTISER,
Captain Woods account made its way into the
Californian and Eastern United States Press
thence crossing the Atlantic, it was recopied in
the London Times and illustrated London Netos,
and, as the saying is " went the round of the
papers," till, as often happens, all trace was
lost of the Journal with which it originated.
For a special reason, the story is NOW revived,
and the issue of the Examiner referred to has a
sensational heading ga man turns up in the
Hawaiian Islands who asserts that he saw Sir
Roger die" Then follows an almost verbatim
repetition of our narrative of Oct. 3rd, 1874.
The reason for raking up this old story is tracea-
BILE to the fact that the man in question, George
Clairidge, now residing at Hilo, on the Island of
Hawaii, has been asked to go to England at the
cost of certain parties interested in the Itch
"a OocC. IL OubiJ LAAUDtItcT dUUe IQdG he
has actually set out for England but this is not
the case, as George Clairidge, for reasons best
known to himself, has lately told Captain E.
Wood Jour i%nformant) that he declines to pro-
coed to England in this matter. In that case,
his deposition on oath with reference to the
death of Sir Rodger on Sydney Island, could be
taken before the Hilo Magistrate, in the presence
of two or three witnesses, and subsequently sent
on to England. We are Of opinion that George
Clairidge ought to make q deposition on oath,
in this case. We also think that the parties in
terested should have an inspection made of the
place where Clairidge's "Sir Roger" was
buried on Sydney Island. Possibly the body
may still be intact, or something may be inferred
with it, which could be identified as having be-
longed to the real Sir Roger. The finding of even a
skeleton would somewha confirm George Clair
statement. We may here recall the main
of that statement, which our readers NAV
readily have forgotten in the lapse of three
years. In 1854, George Clairidge was on Rotu-
nah Island, which he left for Sydney Island on
board the schooner Annie, that had picked up
Sir Roger" and another man from an open boat
off the River Platte. Sir Roger was taken
ashore sick at Sydney Island, George Clairidge
also landed the schooner Annie sailed away
ind returned no more the sick man told Clair
ldge shortly before his death that his name was
Roger Tichborne soon after that he died and was
buried by Clairidge, who had to spend nearly
years on the island of Sydney before a vessel
allied in and took him off. " Sir Roger +" before
lis death also told Clairidge that he sailed from
tio on a ship which went down in a squall,
even men and himself escaping in the boat
which was picked up by the Annie, six being
hen dead. "Sir Roger p" also gave Clairidge a
aper with some writing in English and French,
was afterwards copied in part at yelling