Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-09
CLAIMS ESTATE OF
DUKE Of PORTLAND
Hundreds Seek Admission 10 Hear
The Famous bruce MyS-
terry Case.
DID HE LEAD A DOUBLE LIFE?
ono Wlincs. SNorc ne Helped 'r"uso
Mock Funeral So a~ 900 Euf1
The puai Personality

london. Soy HunIr,f. HI rH
Valniy uurh, for ndmHano. o ,h
Maryebono police court n1ay Nh,
thc hcarug of tha famous nrrca mts.
llfy case was resumed HTrri urlc
sou OF thc late rhm Charles pmo
BE- m the present proceedings CHARGED
win perjury by hia nephew acorv
Honanby Druoc. n connection Nith Do.
prucc claim ta the estates of the Duke
o. roruaud which ciam dates b1ck
g. 1885, Thic claim which has been
vigorously contested by the present
Duke off Portland ccntcrs about tro oId
question whether Thomas Charles
Duce. 40 ono time the owner of the
famous Baker street bazaar. who is said
to have died 90 years aso. was NOT
the same rorson ls che eccentric nftn
Duke of Portland who died iu 1913.
Interest today was heightened by ths
alleged theft since lhC previous session
. the diary 0f Mis- Robinson. laugn-
ter of "a southern touaccl planter. Nuo
was employed as ana amauucnsis lu tle
Baker street bazaar ANA who says she
frequently went 10 Wcnbrok abbey th,
Portland seat where she SAW thc lIte
p g. bruce. father OF thC late 6corg
Druce. who Ii turn was father 1l
George Hollauby bruce. the clAimaut
d ihu estates ni the Duke ot Portland.
whose Identify with r g. Druce She
claimed 90 be- Hbie to establish.
CALDWELL KNEW DUKE
Robert caldwell of staten Island s.
y. testified thai DE knew the late Duke
or PORTLAND both as the duke 1nd Is
r. g. Druce at Wollbrok abbey ana ut
the Baker street 1azar. and that he
treated tho duke at both places for "a
disease of the nos Caldwell sWolo
That hc arranged with the duke the
death and mock funeral of Druco.
That bis dual personality could finally
b. buried
Hc declared that az thr dukes re-
quest Doe employed "a carpenter to make.
"a coffin. purchased 200 pounds 0f lead
and put I'D In tne coffin himself rle
funeral occurred the following day
Mr.. caldwell added b. saw th. duke
On the morning of the funeral ut th.
Baker street bazaar BE idenUded Two
photographs as pictures of the Duke of
Portland in tho character of r. g..
Drucc Ashed to account for the bc8ra
shown in uUa of the photographs. Wit-
ness replied be- had seen the duke wear
a false beard After The funeral wit-
less said ne asked the duke 81 bruce"
nd left will The duke then thanked
,z.~ for reminding him of such am im-
~ tant point ANA said be must have
y made
aidNell told of his Introduction TO
sac duke iu 1864 Dy the famous physi-
cian Sir Morru Mckenzie. Co his in-
umacy with the duke. and his cure of
the dukes nasal trouble. he testified
that be received presents from the
duke aggregatlng about $4,000 besides
$4,000 for curing the nasal trouble
Witness said ho remained iu England
SIX years after the funeral went ID
america iu 1874. saw the bruce case
mentioned in the New York papers m
February of that year and cOmmuui-
Gated with DruCe'R lawyer
cross-cNamiucd by Mr. Avery Cald-
Vel admitted he had been described M.
tthe great American afidavit-maNer."
but ne added that IL was NOT Justified.
MI Avery questioned caldwell close
~ on the subject of his alleged offer 20
sen New York newspaper % stor,
about the forged VIII and the robbery
Of "A. 2. Stewart the dry goods mer-
chant NJ New York city
The witness admitted that he had
correspondpd with Albert Hilton SON
OF The late judge Hilton about thr
matter and he also admitted rhat ha
had suggested that Judge Hilton had
forged Mr Stewards wil and dug up
The body"
PRESSING WITNESS.
Pressed 90 explain why. if NOT 90 sx-
tort money Doe had written to Albarf
anton. inc witness said Dee desired %
return home some letters which had
pe-sea between Mr Hilton an1 Mrf