Show I A DUKEDOM AT STAKE Grave oi Alleged Duke I Portland to Be Opened I London Aug SIn the probate divorce di-vorce and admiralty division of the high court of justice today Sir Francis Henry Jeune president of the court granted the application of Mrs Anna Maria Druce for an order empowering her to open the grave and Inspect the coffin which is alleged to contain the remains of the man buried as Thomas Charles Drucfr who the applicant ass as-s < rts was in fact and in law the fifth duke of Portland During the evidence trs Hamilton one of the witnesses adhered firmly to the statement that she had seen and spoken to Thomas Charles Druce after his alleged death lrs Druce the applicant claims that her fatherinlaws alleged death and burial under the name of Druce were deceptions and that he finally lived and died after having been under the care of Dr Forbes Winslow in a lunatic asylum as Dr Harner Her son for whom the claim is made and who she asserts Is the real duke of Portland Port-land is a domestic servant He was last heard of in Australia |