THE TICHBORNE CLAMANT IN NEWGATE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1200, 3 June 1872, Page 2

THE TICHBORNE CLAMANT IN NEWGATE.

..,,,> fxpNDON, TJISPATOH.] , The claimant, it seems, has' allo'wecl himsfelf to be"^ 'iiiteryiew.ild " since, nis'iri- 1 carceraiion* iii ' : Newga'te.' : ; ■ Refempo- iio the mode,iin;^hich;/.ihe had conducted the case against him, he expressed; hi^in^ignationthat-theiearned gentleman had not cross-examined him upon the tattoo marks, buthad -kept that part of :the defence in reserve,^ iri the hope'

that it would, as it certainly did, deal a successful bloW against him. "If he had ventured to examine me on this matter," rsroarked^.the .prisoner, "it would have given me ? the opportunity which I ought - to have had, of denying that I was so marked, and of bringing forward good .witnesses who. could have sufficiently^ proved it; Arid what I pariicularly com-'- ■'--' plain of is, that. JMr Alfred j Seymour,. M.P., who says he knew all along I was tattooed, did not at once^ Btate^it.- - Can ■ v we consider it a proper thing if he allowed me' to impose myself 'as Sir Roger Tichborne upon my mother and sisters ■?. ■ (Then, again, there are-the^etters of Mrs Pattendreigh. The tried to win his case with;tnem, but failed, and he had to acknowledge he could not rely upon them. .If I had . done.this, , ; L r wonder what would have been said? I should. not have been. : surprised In that.,!.. 3 ; case to • have, found' .myself-, r xyher,e. 1.-.am.y 1 -,' / v, now." In replying to a question, about the general conduct of the trial, 5 he criti- - cised the speedy decision which the jury t gave when they had heard only ,afew] wit-' \, f nesses for the defence. Could it be that the jury were frightened atthe prdspeftt^-. of two hundred v witnes3e3 being placed iri i; the box; by the; Attorney-General? ., ".The:; Attorney-Gerieralj" He: said, ?[ knewthat,;;, , such an idea was ..enough to terrify any,., jurymen iri the' world." N.or' did; t^i'e; 5 . , claimant seem satisfied witn the perfect '''. impartiality of the judge— in fact, he ex.-..-, pressed himself in a.yery opposite sense. . „ He also spoke in angry tonesabout the, ,,. ; publication of the Martin Guerre case in*?; „ TlieMonthya, periodical,.he said, which was , edited by :the brother of the^ Attorney^ ... General; He ; stated, in jaVveryi.clfcat^i/ manner, what the, fltoiy v wasy ; an,d said. j: ;.- that, as published in the periodical mentioned, it was materially, altered from the , r •book in which it originally appeared.' " v " There: can be rdoabti"* .said t°e claimant," that it did\ prejudice public - r opinion against me." When asked what he; thought' wa3 the cause of;; 'his case^ breaking down and what was th'e'decisibii -" ° for the defendant, he answered " Money ; and 'money is all I want to !- :; free-^myself ajIC . from this placeV arid prove my '"innocence \ of the charge qri which I am'^committed,' -il :..•• and, win my estates." •With f =resisect" to the bail, he ; said, " I , ,wari£ ; tny kido'w • -why ir ; T ' I should be^treated differently : to -other .• ■people. Why should they require me to'" . /give them sureties in a manner which they j y do not require of other defendants who '£' are placed in a like^ pbsitioir'ito myself 1 See what else they" have done. By a most ; unfair proceeding I was made: i n? % ~* bankrupt, and altogether they have left J. me bound- hand arid foot. They have seized everything —absolutely -left me / All my^papers /have' been! taken', r and they ' appropriated my- last *' change of linen. All that I possess is the .suit. of clothes I now wear.'. : v <Hpw.can.vifc .: y*-\ be expected that I can meet the charge • against '-.me when, I atn ? thus .treated TV With reference to his committal he said-— "I contend that it was not faix my eighty- /r eight witnesses— l forget the ex^ctinum-: ~ber— who so distinctly swore in my favor; \' r . rhould go for nothing, and that" the jury ;~~ should have so 1 ' readily, believed^ thefew' ! on the other, side, and particularly _ those I ' '-. ;■'. who swore about the tattoo marks, none •; of whom, agreed as to' what;the '.m'arks'"'. ; actually r were.. .Some said. one: thing' and '-. some another. Upon evidence, which ,did . '. not agree, and which I and my witnesses, .' , and more still, could have denied, the ..defendant Mt6n. If* the -jury' hald- given: . riie the "chance^Ed- proved: everythuig I said." When asked whether he had any confidence i that the; result; .pf- theritrial would be iri his favor, he replied^" " Why, of course j qf what perjury have I been? c guilty? J have -.proof of . everything, 1 f said. But I will riot conseut that the trial shall take place at Westminster. I shall demand to be tried at the Central . Criminal Court.^ There I shall expect ."to., ; ; get a fairer trial. He then went^on to ... say that when he is acquitted he intended to go on with, the action for the restoration of his property, and that he shall <mM: . prosecute the Doughty case. ""'"" After a yy* - f ew : further observatioris, -in ? which ! < kli6 { * claimaut again repudiated with gestures of contempt the charge of perjury, -posi-S J tively asserted his innocence and re-J i asserted; his determination. >to prosecute :- another action for the recovery of his title and estates, the interview came to • an end.