Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-22


lchics9e Hsraid
Sir HoE1f TfchhoFne No. 3. who
hns Iusl aona 10 EnRland. missed to
oppoEfnnity be had se4en yeaFs arD
Roger IiEhtoE1e No. 1, ofkeEgzss
Arthur 0rton, was ahen ID MillbABk
PFisoa- Tug latter = now q this
couniry preparing 10 lecture. Be i
undonbsedis : hnmbnE Sir Roger
Tichborne No. :. IA however. worthy
Of consideration II only for invesfi-
9ati0n. The writer nat this edition
Of the Ticbb0rne claimants II San
Francisco seven years aGo. He hnd
cone up from Ssn Diego On The IN
Fffa1i0a 81 Frank n. PixieY. Gen
eFal Barnes. Senator sharon. ard
others, and there was % deep an M
deriving Idea that be might be the
gennine article. that these gentlemen
paid ali his expenses. He came
thea reluctantly. he Is Z man quite
a !. arislocrakic IN bearing, but &C.
centric 10 manner. When be AZ
rived from bis .sbee rnnchn he was
taken q General Barnes ofHce. and
there, with all 9 shFewd lawyers
tact and skIll. be Was questioned.
sharon and PIxley were there. The
lawyer had : fun report Of the Itch
borne trial ii England, with ell the
evidence 10 full. Step by step they
led him along. The San Diego man
needed no coaching or prompting
BE answered every question prompt
", and with . kind OF born dignity.
Il the frst place hia stature, con-
plexion, everything exactly CON-
ported with the description Of Sir
Roger. This was = man who had
lived on q Saa Diego ranch for years
He was brown, unkempt and care
lesa. 00e point in the TichboFne
trial, and which helped to send Ar
thur Orion 70 the penitentiaFy, was
that be could not speak 8 word Of
Preach. The original Sir Roger was.
like all educated Englishmen, .
French proficient. General Barnes
called the San Diego m4n's attention
to this, and without further ado he
gan to speak 70 him in FFeBch. The
stranger smiled and answered Barnes
in way that made the latter hunt
his 0llendorfE. Then be called At
ientioa to the reports IN the testl-
mony where India ink marks on the
original Sir Roger were sworn 10,
but which Arthur Orion did not
have. The San Diego man simply
smiled and remarked .GentIemen,
those marks ] can show you, = and.
after some hesitation and delicacy
on the part of all, the man went into
q private Office and dIsrobed. There
was every India ink mark referred to
In the Tichborne trial, and yet others
known 10 the Tichb0rne family. bat
not brought out 10 the evidence.
The marks were Of India ink made
years and years before. They bore
unmistakable evidence Of age. These
facts, coupled with the San Diego
mans indifference, simplicity and
eccentricIly, and bis perfect know
ledge of everything connected with
the name of TichboFne, convinced
Frank Pixley that they had the gen
uine article. General Barnes wrote
TO England, explaiAed one or two
private marks that he had observed
on the mans body, and on the strength
Of this recelve1 q check for ei00 10
pay the San Diego mans way TO
England. Then came another strange
phase. The San Diego bee raiser re-
fused to 60. He wrote General
Barnes that he was sorry he had
listened at all to anybody. lie was
Sir Roger Tichborne. but be had q
wife and two or three children; be
bad q good ranch in San Diego, and
what 40 effort 10 establish his identi-
" In England would mean. he
would not 60. Then General Barnes
and Pixley dropped the subject, and
half confessed to themselves that
they hal been fooled. But the re.
fnsal Of the San Diego man to take
the ei00 draft has always kept Gen.
eral Barnes interest alive. He pass
ed through Chicago some months ago,
and the subject came up Ia cow r
saiiOn with q friend. II have no
doubt be sand, ''that that fellow Is
= member OF the Tichborne family.
But he's crazy-he's got q wife that
he's at ached 10, three or four chill.
dFcn, and a good farm. He's indie
pendent, be never asked any Of US
for cent, and when thc family sent
him $500 through me 70 come home
and be looked at, be wouldn't take
IL But he knows all about the Itch
borne family an has told me things
10 secret that | know nobody could
know unless be was q member OF the
family" To people who remember
the rise And development Of this man
seven years ago, his reception In
England will be looked for with H.
terest. His wife IL now dead, and
his childFen In school 10 Los Angs.
les. Il Is possible that the man in
bis loneliness has resolved 10 90 10
England and assert his claims. He
pays bis own way. Seven years ago
senator Sharon alone was so impress.
ed with the truth OF the man and
bis identity. that be offered 10 back
him for . "trip home at least He re-
fused, as be refused the $500 draft
seEt by the Tichborns family through
General Barnes.
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