LETTER FROM THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT.
The following letter has, it is stated, been received by Mr. Guildford Onslow, dated from Dartmoor Prison ; —“My dear Onslow, —Thanks for yours of the 4th of last December, and the kind promises therein contained, which I feel sure will be carried out to the letter. Please send my kind love to my wife and children, and advise her on no account to attempt to come such a long journey, just to see me shut up in a cage for twenty minutes. I would fain not pollute the fair names of my friends by mentioning them in an epistle of this kind, so, therefore, as you know to whom I wish to send, send my kind regards. Please take it for granted and convey them, as also my kind remembrances to the tenantry and others in your neighborhood. My reason for wishing you to wait until you heard from me is to remind you to get a special order, which will enable you to remain a much longerperiodthan twenty minutes. I have suffered very much, both mentally and bodily, from the severe cold of this place and the insufficiency of food. I have lost no less than 1481bs. in thirteen months and ten days ; and although I have applied to both the medical officer and the governor, I have not as yet been able to get more nourishing food or medicine to stop or alleviate the rapid consumption lam in. I saw the director yesterday, and asked him to have me removed. Please give my sincere thanks to the public for espousing my cause in the handsome manner they have. I feel sure the British public will never rest contented while an innocent man lays cast in gaol to pass his life amongst felons.' Give my love to my children. God knows whether I shall ever see them again or not. I doubt it if lam left here much longer. So good-bye, my ever kind and sincere friend. Write to my cousin, and tell him to look after his godchild, now that ho is robbed of his father. —Give my kind love, and accept the same from yours truly, Roger (Thomas Castro).” *
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4463, 9 July 1875, Page 3
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367LETTER FROM THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4463, 9 July 1875, Page 3
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