The Washington herald., 1907-11-10
MYSTERY IS DEEPER
Name of Dickens Now Enters
Into bruce Case.
ANSWER LIES IN THE GRAVE
Only the DIsinterment of Supposed
Remains of Merchant VIII Decide
Whether He and Eccentric Duke
Of Portland Were the Same-LegaI
Fight WngeS Bitterly,
Facts in the suit.

Facts I'm the Suit.
That T. c. Druce and the Duke Of Portland wer
one and the same person
That T. :. Druce did not die in 1861.
That the coffin buried in Highgate Cemetery am
supposed to contain 7. c. Duocs body was II
fact filed with lead
That the appearance and DISAPPEARANCE Of IL
duke and T. c. Draee during their lives doTesailed
Tnat they were alike in physical and meEtal char
acteristics
jsecn found.
That the death certificate Of T. c bruce was no
signed b. a doctor.
That the dukes London residence. Harcom
House. Cayendish Square. and the Baker stree
bazaar were connected b tunnels
II is in the coffin which has been buried nearl
half century. that the evidence exists which wi
either go far toward proving the claimants cas-
or leave him without any case at all
II II be proved that old Mr.. D-uces body is il
that coffin. he sAid. then obviously lie could no
have been the Duke Of Portland. who died nfteei
ycars after the alleged burial q Mr. Drlee. But
and on tins Point hangs ms claim 20 the Portlan
milions-n the coffin be found empty-snd an
confident it viii be found empty-then that fact
taken together with the strong circ,mstantiai eyi
dence ! have already collected. vii establish b.
yond all doubt that the name Of Drce unde
''hich I have known my grandfather was nothin
more o. less than an incogrito adopted by the lift
Duke Of Portland 10 conceal his real identity"
London, Nov a-What part. II ans
did Charles Dickens. the novelist play il
the mystery Of the alleged dual person
/ atty OF T. G. bruce and the eccentri
/ fifth Duke OF Portland?
That is the question that all Englan
| is asking. after having recovered fron
the first shock Of the litigation resulting
/ from the petition OF George II Druce
who claims the title and estate Of n
/ dead nObleman: the story OF the moe
/ funeral. by means OF which the duke 1
said 20 have disposed Of his piebeia
! self; the story OF Miss Robinson. the OF
/ dukes amanuensis, who drags in tn
name Of Dickens. and the sensational ties
/ timony OF Robert Caldwell. Of New Yorh
/ who claims 10 have been a confidant q
the duke Mystery piles on mystery
while accusation. differences. and innuen
| does, add TO counter-accusatlons. denial:
and determinations.
Caldwell Tells story.
| The entire country is amazed at IN
sensational narrative Of Robert CaldweI
/ in the Marylebone police court. II true
/ il may involve the opening OF the cofi
! in Highbury Cemetery. a step which III
! claimants of the estates OF the Duke o
Portland and Lord Howard de Waldo
I have been unable 10 bring aDout durin
/ the last ten years, and this may be fol
lowed by prolonged litigation
/ The American witness told his tai
+ quietly. but with astonishing pTecisio
and detail positively identifying the fft
! Duke OF Portland as T. G. DTuce, fOunde
I OF the Baker Street Bazaar. and Stain
/ that the coffin for the fictitious funera
was ordered by him and hlled with lead
I He was contentious as a witness and wa
+ fully prepared for cr0ss-examinatio
about an affidavit made regarding A. I
/ Stewards viii. and his relations wit
! Judge Hilton and a New York Newspaper
/ Every word WAS followed by breathles
/ interest by an audience which include
many Fashionable pei sons.
Contest of Druce Heirs.
The proceedings in the police court pEi
marily concern TWO bruce heirs. Georg
Z Hollamby bruce. who assumes TO be IN
grandson Of the fifth Duke OF Portland b.
MS first marriage, Is prosecuting Her
bert Druce. a son by the second marriage
FOR perjury IN asserting that he saw hi
ant is attempting 20 discredit the other
and at the same time enhance the valu
OF the bruce bonds, which have been rs
ing FOR several months.
Counsel representing the two estate
hold watching briefs. but their clients ar
vitality interested 10 discredlting IN
American witness and proving that tn
fifth Duke OF Portland and T. c. Druc
were not identical persons.
Says Duke Was Druce.
Caldwell testified he knew the eccenui
nobleman as the Duke OF Portland. il
Welbeck Abbey. and as T. c. bruce. Il
the Baker street bazaar He was in
troduced TO the duke by Sir MoreH Mac
kenzIe. the celebrated London surgeon
who attended Emperor Frederick III. o
Germany, when that monarch was crow
prince Caldwell said he cured the duk
of a nasal complaint receiving 81, %
outright as a fee and $4,000 in presents
He testified he arranged with POrtlan
for the mock bruce funeral.
George HoIIamby bruce bases his hop
70 establish d right to the title and prop
erty Of the Duke Of Portland largely Of
the testimony Of Miss Robinson. a daugh
ter OF tobacco planter in the South, an
Caldwell An underground passage con
Meeting the bazaar with the dukes hOus
was discovered by workmen last June
The claimant says his grandfather use
to pass from house TO bazaar and bacl
by that subterranean route. He expect
to prove that when Portland. fOrty-thre
years ago. wearied Of spending half hi
time in masquerade as bruce. the mOcl
funeral was held to account for the shop
keepers disappearance from the bazaar
Miss RobinsOns testimony is that Druc
employed her as an amanuensis in tn