The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-01

The reward formerly Offered Tor the ietui"
az the long lost Theophilus was SUI ou..
standing. The reply mentioned the sun
OF sa50. Next came telegram asking v
expenses were 10 be guaranteed. IL was
ans werpd IN the affirmative. Finally came
third Telegram ASKING whcther-Theopnius
Youngs should start for New YORK mat
morning. or whether he should await tue
arrival Of his brothers lawyer IN Boston.
THE latter course was chosen, aud IN Boston
the lawyer found the person claiming 10 DC
rHEorHILUs,
and secured The witnesses ALREADY men,'ou'
ed, aud who were prepared TO swear, more
or less positively. to MS idenuty. ins
ophilus, however, still dec'ined 10 see us
wife or children. Mr.. foungss iequcs.
TO have him arrested as an impostor was
disregsrded, as being Insufficient IN Jaw,
Theophilus's friends arguing thai, even u
he bad imposed on his alleged bro'hef' ne
had not as yet imposed on the wife:
The property which Is at STAKE Is otner.
entity represented by the two parties AZ
issue. Henry Yeungs, the executor, say
that IL consists OF one nth OF Two or toiee
houses on Eighth avenue or ADJOINING
streets, worth $4,000 TO Sl00,00O. mrs.
Young, on the other hand, says that tnere
are eight houses on EigbtA avenue, one
house on Fifty-fourth street, with Two iots
aud one bouseon Forty-third street, oes'ues
other property worth from 100000 10 S3oo.-
900. A photograph OF the alleged ineopn'-
lus Y0ungs, compared win one laken VI .pe
acknow lodged Theopbilus IN 1874, SHOWS
several points OF resemblance, although tne
comparison is marred by The fact that tne
older picture IS o front view and tne iaiter
a profile. Manager ScaDap, OF Inc New
England Organ Company, says mat when
Youngs was IN his employ as )ig-sawyeI
be (ScaGlaD) saw silver plate SET near tne
back of his head, near the top, which plate
was from u to "a inches in diameter. Work,
men also swear that YouDgs told them about
the pIaie. The Theophilus who was discov-
cred last summer has scar at the top OF
his head, blu. says he never wore pia'e'
MRS. YoUNGs
Is described as a Spiritualist medium. Inc
friends OF the defence say that she has prac-
ticed "a such, aud claims 10 be able to make
piano float in the air. She wears about
her neck gold medal presented to her by
President Lincoln for devotion TO sick and
wound "a soldiers during the war. Her hrst
u.band was Colonel Miller, said to be an
intimate friend of President Lincoln. She
served at the front as nurse, ana Is sara 10
hear several bullet wounds in her body.
Her father was Cranston Laurie, Chief OF
tbe Statistical Bureau Of the Post-Oflice I'M
der President Jackson. The alleged Theo-
nhilus SAYS he never heard OF this medal
while he lived with his wife, and doesn't
believe Lincoln gave 1t to her. Tbere are
other extraordinary contradictions in the
case. =,
Another hearing in the case was had yes
terday before Edward +. Underbili as reie'
rec. Mrs. Youngs has already declared, al
ter looking at the alleged Theophilus,
ssThat man is not my husband"
HE SMILED
sardonicaly and said nothing. Yesterday
the testimony was taken of Mrs. Emma
RuddeyforIb, who was an adopted daughter
of Mrs. Youngs's father, Mr.. Cranston Lau'
RE. of Washington, ID. c., lately deceased.
She il, therefore, fostei-sister OF Mrs.
Youngs. She testified that she bad been
reared in the Laurie family, and lived
there until she was married; tDat sne
had last seen TbeOphilus prior 10
his d,sappearance in Washington IN
1874. and did not again meet MN
until about month ago, when she saw nim
and identified him positively in this city;
that Dir. and Mrs. Youngs lived together
for time In her adopted fathers family,
and that the man present yesterday in court
was Theophilus Youngs and the claimant
was his wife. Lewis L. l.. Laurie, bro.
Their of Mrs. Youngs, testified that he bad
known Tbeophilus Youugs well, even be-
fore be had been married to witness Sis
rer. and that the man before him in court
was Theophilus YouDgs. Thomas Rudder'
forth, father-iu-law, and Thomas ii. Rud'
derfortb, husband, Of the first witness, also
gave testimony
IDENTIFYING THE MAN
In court as Tbeophilus Youngs. Richard il.
Atkinson, of Boston, testified that he was
a landlord, and rented premises in Boston
to Tbeophilus YOuDgs and wife from the
fall OF 1874 10 June, 1875, aud that The par
ties present in court were the same per-
sons. He said that while they were his
tenants he saw Tbeophilus sometimes a
dozen times day, and was positive as 10
the identity of the man In court.
It is understood that daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Youngs is to be produced as a
witness in her fathers behalf. The girl was
eight years OF age when her father disap-
peared, aud since that time has been living
aDart from her mother, and with relatives.
sb. has not yet seen her father, and meet
ing between the two has been arranged for
to-day.
BrOckway's Release.
HE sURRENDERs THE PLATES FROM WHICH
rup rmn uUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND