ARTHUR ORTON TRACED.
In:iii oil-cony of ; the pi.inecr: of nows-C'./ paper 1 literature i'i : O-ppsi'i'tlv'tlia s Gipps-i'ti lul GiiirJkz, of. Ju\.e, 1850. noy beiore ''^ : ui, : \ye tlio : 'ffi6t-'so*/. Di'. ''C^'y^hafc:/ 1 ;. there. <v : : t s.ao [ Ai'.tbLUr^prtb'ii j^l'trijipsiaiid;'|£ iii 1856," employed; as'a'stocM'in, andjia ! ; fj this-.re&pect, asj.ia most pthersj fche'/enrV: Jtrtco-; of and; Mrs _itaqal is fe ei: ; thoroughly corroborated. ■ It; will ' m-jrnbered that : the > date mentioned .was ■ siwr'lly; after the dose of the' Russian war/; ? .wjhiiti subscriptions to Hrds-the'Patriotio {«i iijiuid. for the willows •and''.'' .-.- findlihi of soldiers'. of r _the; allied army, - killedV iii'',-batlie', : wero."'being 1 throughput .dominions.. ;.!])he-. ; .; Giift>:dianfMiihti a.listofsub'scrjiptipns,.''. collected by Mr John Jo,kh^on, c w|ip ' then itho .proprietor of Ine ,Mewburn rim. .He, : an;l ; hi3 neighbour of Sir J*ames'Mactiirlane) head: the fot-:.with>ij : '-. '£50 ; each; -other 1 well-knowni squatters^.! ■■.:: '(soine stili ; -resident here)' I'-follow vsii.h:;-. ? amounts varyidg' from £25.'to''£5; thed : '' . under ; !the, heading "From the men on'' I ,!; '■■: of other names, that' of"' Axthur Orton;':'. . stockman,';£ 2." KoW i! tliiß:.man; was ;-- either 'tlie '' criminal •'ku6wi 1 * f as i " : ;;; Claimant," or he was somebody else,'and;:; if Mr,:Whalley;can establish>th'eflatteraß' } an absolute' : facfc,^ : 'ho will'find scope for further energetic--research/'for--^ :- the whereabouts of Jir~R6ger" Would still;- :, remain as profound a secret as the. indivi--| dual of the Iron Mask, or the author of .1:. Junius. That the person; who for; some r y.: ■ eighteen months; between the endof 1855 and ,th'e winter : of 1857, passed.at:Bois?; ; dale, MewbiiraParkland' Said; as'Aithur' ' Orton;;.■:was .intimately acquainted wijth.j-' young Sir.-Roger Charles., Doughty Tictv borne is-perhaps.capable^pf.proof. On-..:.•-due occasion,i Orton,-whoever he.was>i ; bought a 1 horse of .a gentleman" w.ho;has> -i been a resident of Sale: for the. last twenty;;; ;> years.'The animal'was abayiwifch blaok&: -:-' points; tolerably;well : 'bred and- spirited.' J : :: and like most horses f broken-in by stock-W (;; ; . men iii' those;-days; 1 giyetffo the" pastime-^: of- bueking,with -strangers; o •;■:'Orton'-was 1 !^;' warned of this"; little' peculiar bO.V: re" fl ;.; marking.," that he would;^cure'^liim that,-"sprang.quickjyintp the was>as'i quickly depisited A ;pn - tfaiev-tucf - again. He was not hurt, however, taud' '•;;' igain he essayed the-/'curing"process, '■■[{. but after-a< prolonged .straggle' foruthe > mastery, with the samelroau.lt. :•," Ah," v laid Orton, who was certainly agoodrider.j,vhatever else he mayiiave begn^'iYpu-y0 ; ,,, ; {otsome pluokiuyou,and 'ight'blood,l'llcall . indsothe' horse-was i : named ; accordtngly;'ir:i; )ld residents of Sale attd : neighbourhood ;a' ■ an! : recall : mahy similarNstones^xeajially.- ).- : ireirautbenticated: 9 Joihgsxif^brtpn;— 'Q^dfy&fyr/ies^^T^ 1 '
! !;■!! -'•■ ■■ ,i j•= .-• vi -''•'■•('. i.-'nil' I '- ' i in paper saysi-'-Oariousperaoiis ~ AVho examine the Alonthly'Army List have of tea ■: expressed their (Surprise.' at , ( thß o£" ( ; natriotisui niide ''by.)N.ew: Zeajarid.ai illustrated.', in its pages, where noVdozeas.oiily.'M't'' ii'uaV r , cjrejii} ,oi, pur ''braye'Vfejbw-satijacts 'are %ms. 'A bearing, cbmmissipns'lii;tiie VcjiomarVdlunwer. i=| service,- are^diily-'redogQise'd'in ' 'tKe'''! official iists Of there appear to.be .enough to ; fill a* very'' respectable;battaiiod;'ori;]their "oivtf-'accoiittt, Without any the lower : ; iiiliUry grades." Tui3. saroaatioi-'.'writer■;. profe'd-a. ■ w ii .ve in-tituted inquiries .as" iy wii-vi >re" ■tldhj to key withimilii;w ui!y : art; corn'Oufcjironiroitt ■; tvni-iiliiidjSiJ.ibiq^a, lou 11 j, f>* i «ii •j I cdo V, vyhich. r ii vliAakin'; ;p;a;!3^,t;iere^-' , r^ l : 'vWho-;"V. ■j'~>t;ii»eU;? l»)*;i'ikM*- , ' t '3Cpre i p!« ii caku, a luly's ne.sklet, and a' jet cross,,', Taj, ae.toud, to liiin a . jo.-ilo of.e!.ire:-.;,and, the-third.(Hr '.Eider) ji,,, '!i'vflr,brflop!i.;V)d .do!/,- ,Cu' the u-:nt of is ukiaj pi a ' was speoiaUy; |wrva'l--ior 1.-wflst •^/r.y-
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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1844, 31 August 1874, Page 3
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524ARTHUR ORTON TRACED. Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1844, 31 August 1874, Page 3
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