The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-30
THE PLAN IS ABANDONED WAS THE LADY I|CRBORRE
DEPARTING VISITORS RECALL \
FAMOUS CASE.
Wife of the Man, Who, as Child, was
the Defendant in the Tichborne
Claimant Case.

BY the Aorangi took passage Lady
Tichborne, who has been staying on
the Islands for some weeks. Her
name recalls one of the most sensa
tional trials of the century. She Is
the wife of Sir Henry Tichborne, IN
whose behalf, when IA minor, the de-
fense was made against the claim set
up by person calling himself Sir
Roger Tichborne. lh the late sixties
and the early seventies the case eXcit-
ed the widest interest, and all Eng
land and the Australian Colonies were
divided into those for and against the
"Claimant" as he was called. The
Claimant lost his case and was then
prosecuted for perjury and forgery.
being sentenced to fourteen years inn
prisonment for the crime. The cs-
tates in litigation are worth 100000
year.
The Claimant represented himself
as Sir Roger Tichborne. who had been
supposed to be lost at sen in 1854. Rog-
er Tchborne was born in 1929 and was
chiefly educated in France till 1913.
when he entered Stonyhurst College,
in England. In 1Sio he entered the
army. and in 1852 threw up his COM
mission and sailed for Valparaiso, he
having in the meantime proposed mar
riage to his cousin. Kate Doughty,
who refused him. From Valparaiso
he sailed i'm the Bella. which founder
ed at sea. The claimant insisted that
he had been saved from the wreck by
the crew of the Osprey, and had been
landed in Australia, where he lived
roughly for thirteen years, under the
name of Castro. He set up his claim
in 1867, was recognized by his mother
the dowager Lady Tichborne, and by
Sir Clifford Constable, and some of his
brother officers, but was rejected by
the other members of the family. The
trial lastel 103 days, and resulted in
the claimant being non-suited. The
claimant was twenty-five days under
examination, and the Attorney Gener-
al, Sir John Coleridge. in reviewing
the case, spoke for twenty-six consec-
utive days. The law proceedings cost
the estate 100000.
The tria of the "Claimant' for per-
jury and forgery commenced April %,
1872, and lasted till February 2s, 1874,
and was the longest trial known in
England. The claimant" was SEN
y
ment at hard labor, but was released
on ticket of leave in 1884, after serv-
ing ten years. DR.. Kenealy, who con-
| Quoted the defence, took from Decem-
Der 2, 1873, to Jan. IA, 1874, to sum up
| the evidence, and the Judges charge
| to the jury occupied the time from
January 90 to February 2s of the lat
| ter year.
The expenses of the second trial
were borne by the State for the pros
ecuton. while the Claimant issued
"Tichborne bonds" to obtain funds.
To the present day there are peo-
pie who believe that the verdict of
the jury was unjust and the "Claim-
ant" had the support of many veal
thy people. who subscribed literally
to his cause, one gentleman spending
$65.000 for him.
| Lady Tichborne arrived in this city
on the r. NJ S. Aorangi. several weeks
ago, accompanied by Mrs. Merlin. her
travelling companion. They took rooms
at the Hawaiian hotel. where they re.
mained during their stay in the city
receiving but little company. and go.
ing out very little. Lady Tichborne
was heard to remark that she had
come here more for the sea voyage
than to see the sights.