Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-27
More Testimony in Duke Of
Portland Case.
KNOWN TO MRS. HAMILTON
Former Sweetheart Familiar With
Double Life.
TOLD OF HIS COMING DENISE
Old Man Did Not Like to Be Re-
minded Aftervard Of His
Former Existence. u

Special Cablegram TO The Star.
LONDON. November 27.-The hearing
Of the perjury charge made by George
Hollamby bruce against Herbert bruce
was resumed by Judge Plowden in the
Marylebone police court today.
Mary Robinson. formerly "outside sec
rotary to the late fifth Duke of Port
land. who. she has testified. told her he
was also ST. c. Druce,' took the stand
again and her cross examination was re-
sumed by MIR. Avory, council for the de-
PENDANT. He took her over the ground
covered in the former days attempt to
shake her testimony, but ELECTED no new
facts.
The next witness was Mrs. Hamilton.
She was a witness years ago for. the
late Mrs. Anna Maria bruce. wife of
Walter Thomas bruce, who she declared
to be the eldest legitimate son of ct. c.
bruce" 1t was mainly Mrs. Hamltons
testimony that caused the late Judge
Sir Francis Jeune to issue an order for
the opening of the vault in Highgate
cemetery. in which is said to be a coffin
purporting to contain the remains of L.
c. bruce, but really contained 200 pounds
of lead. put there by Robert Caldwell
at the request of the Duke of Portland.
when he had decided to end with a mock
funeral his masquerade as bruce. This
order, through misunderstanding, the
late Mrs bruce allowed to lapse.
bruce and the Duke.
The mother of Walter Thomas Drucs
was the second wife of 1T. c. Druce."
The claimant TO the portion of the Port
land estates now held by Lord Howard
de Walden, George Hollamby bruce.
found that ct. C. bruce" married Miss
Crickmer In 1861, prior to his marriage
with Anna Maria. This first wife was
Georges grandmother.
She swore that bruce and the Duke OF
Portland were the same person. and iden-
titled portraits of the duke as bruce. She
said that the duke. whom she described
as an old friend of her fathers, always
had false beard in his pocket.
The duke. the witness continued. had
at one time intended to marry her, but
her father refused his consent. Mrs.
Hamilton then said that on one occasion
she had asked the duke why he wore q
false beard. He explained it was neces-
as bruce. In 1864. the witness went on.
the Duke of Portland said to her:
Foretold His Own Death.
'Madge. 1 am going to de-
To this the witness replied:
You don't look like it,
Mrs. Hamilton then declared that her
father had explained to her that the
Duke OF Portland was going to cease
to be I. c. Druce and she said she
was informed there was going to be
a funeral. In 1866 she again saw her
father and the Duke of Portland to-
gether in London. and on this occasion
she said chaffingly to the duke:
thought you were dead and buried"
She called him bruce and this an
noyed him.
Continuing, Mrs. Hamilton testified
that she last saw the Duke Of Port
land in 1876. The duke then SAID that
he felt very i'll and thought he was
going to die. Mrs. Hamilton said to
him:
II hope you will repent of all your
SINS and to this the duke answered:
Thank you. Madge." .-...
The witness testified that the man
she saw In 1876 was also T. c. bruce Of
the Baker street bazaar. The duke.
the witness averred, suffered from an
affection of the skin, and at one time
had Jumps on his nose.
In the course of her testimony Mrs.
Hamilton said that the fourth Duke OF
Portland vas her godfather. She had
been at Welbeck Abbey with her fa-
Their as the guest Of the fifth duke.
whom she knew well in his dual char
acter