Arthur Orton was buried yesterday amid scenes of a very discreditable kind, several hundreds of people having congregated in the Paddington cemetery to gratify their animosity without making the slightest attempt to respect the feelings of the mourners. The Claimant was a.scoundrel, no doubt, but he had paid the penalty of the crime so far as the law could make him. Orton's death has. however, revealed the fact that in spite of his detailed confession there still remained people who believed in him; his widow still claims to be Lady Tichborue, and the name Roger Doughty Tichborne" has been engraved upon the coffin. It is asserted that the present baronet intends if possible to prevent the use of his uncle's name and title on Orton's tombstone; but whether he has any legal power to enforce his objection is a point which has yet to be decided. The Claimant's widow is not the woman who posed the world-famous trial, but a second wife whom Orton married long after his release from prison. The only survivors of those who played a prominent part in the two great trials are Mr. Justice Hawkins, who was leading Counsel for the prosecution in the criminal action, as well as one of the Counsel arrayed against the claimant in the case of Tichborno Lushington," and the present Lord Chancellor, who as Mr. Harding Gifford was a junior in the first trial.
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