Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
A NEW TICHBoRNE CASE.
COntending in Canada for the Hefrship
of a 100000 Property in st. Paul,
Mimi.


of 100000 Property in st. Paul,
Mimi.
In the rural parish of st. Philippe, a
few miles west of this city, on the St.
Lawrence, says a Montreal special, legal
investigation has been in progress for
some days under a UAited States Court
commission from st. Paul, Mimi, which
is exciting much interest from its resem-
blance to the great Tichborne SUIT in
England. The question at issue relates
to the identity of Isaie Desnoyers, who
has entered suit in st. Paul to recover
200 acres of land worth $500, 900 in the i'm
mediate vicinity of that city, to which the
claimant alleges he is the legal heir. The
history of the case is embraced in the fol-
lowing synopsis of the evidence produced
before the commission:
In 1884 Etienne DesnOyers, son of a
habltant residing in st. Philippe, emil
| grated to the Eastern States, and after
I remaining there a few years gravitated
to the West, making his future home at
/ st. Paul on 200 acres of land which he
/ purchased. With the advance of popula-
| ton in st. Paul the estate became Yalu-
able, and at the time of his death, six
months ago, he had realized 5000, 600 on
the sale of only portion of it.
Deceased had three sisters living with
him and they claimed the estate after his
death. They also disposed of the balance
of the land for 500, 900.
There was no dispute raised as to their
title to the Inheritance until few months
ago, when Isai9 DesnOyers arrived at St.
Philippe from Nebraska, after % years.
absence, and immediately had an action
entered in st. Paul to recover the estate
from the parties in possession on the
ground that he is the son and heir of the
late Etienne DesnOyers. His statement
regarding his history is to the effect that
his alleged father married in Troy in 1886.
and that his wife, claimants mother, died
there year after the child's birth.
The father having made up his mind to
try his fortune in the West, sent his son
to a relative in st. Philippe named An
tome DesnOyers to be brought up. After
the child arrived the latter had him bap-
! tlzed by the parish cure as his own Off
spring. The boy grew up and was always
known as Antoine's son. When he was
seventeen years Of age Etienne Desnoyers
wrote from st. Paul for the lad to be sent
to him. He went there and remained five
years with his alleged parent and then
struck out for Nebraska on his own ac-
count, from which he has returned to
claim his alleged natural and lawful
right.
A large number of local witnesses have
given their evidence, but under the belief
| that the claimant is Antoine Desnoyer's
son. The baptismal register, as kept by
the priest, who is now dead, was pro-
duced, and il is therein stated that Isaie
Desnoyers was the lawful issue of Antoine
and Marie DesnoyeTs, his wife. This old
couple, who brought up the claimant, are
alive still, but their mental powers are so
impaired by age that they are incapaci-
tated from giving evidence. 1t is singu-
lar case, and opinions are divided as to
whether the claimant is another Arthur
OrtOn like the one now nearing the end
OF his ten years Imprisonment in Eng