New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-02

4 STRANGE CAsE-A F0miv dsce,red as % fis
d.nfify ~ q son and brotblrA singular case has oc
Cured In Bangor Me which shows absolute aud entire
deception Of whole family. ncighbors AMI school
10 the identity Of person alter lew years
absence. young man, named Luther Hause. 20 years
/ OF age imposed himself upon the family OF James
llause Esq of C0rnna by claiming 10 be- the long lost
and In that character obtained money and goods 81
the amount OF about one hundred dollars the case 10
reported al length In the Bangor Uhg Of Monday last
but the main facts of interest have abridged into the
following notice The OF James liause was named
Rowland. and be had been absent on a whaling voyage
when some neighbors Of Mr. ilause saw Luther Hause
! 10 Bangor, apd accoscd him for Rowland But the
young man informed them ~ their mistake and syowcd
his real They did not believe him and informed
| Mr. James Hsuse that they had seen his son. Mr.
! llause went Immediately 10 Bangor 10 ind him, was
unsuccess.u In his search and eit a ghbor suhor
lied 20 bring him home The latter found Luther, and
on inviting him 10 20 home. Luther accepted the inyi
t4tion When he reached the house be sddrCssed Mr.
and Mrs Hsuse "a father and mot. er Mrs Hause bad
doubts at rst the color Il the eyes and hair
OF Luther was entirely different from thar u her
She referred 10 several scars her son had. Luther
showed on his knee, one On his breast one on
his neck and an overlapping toe all OF whicn ROW
land had.
He remained At their house some five months and
the longer he stayed the more they satisfied he
was their son. Mr. Hause stated that he believed him
% be his Just much AZ he believed his wife 10 be-
his vito Msrg dVrnostic circumstances related
by the young man, which they supposed could only
have been known 20 their son but which the npostor
OF family matters and aiterward brought forward
confirmation OF his Identity. Several of the neighbors
OF Mr. lause took this young man 10 be Rowland ause
Young men, who had been schOOmates ith Rowland
talked with Luther about past times, and became
yinced that he was Rowland Hsuse.
Al last MIR. Dow came 10 COfrlnna, saw Luther,
and sad tha' he knew this young man, and his name
was Lbttr Hause and no mistake and that he belonged
IN Troy. Another person recognized him as Luther
Hsuse and said he hsd lived by MIN II years James
Hsuse then began doubt the fact OF Luther Hause be-
ing his aud In order settle the dispute existing
In the family and the community as 70 his Identity
warrant was issued by Vonoy A. Sprague Esq
against Luther for obtaining goods under false
prctences he had got watch and several other
tlcles while remaining 1t Mr. Hauses house. He was
arrested and examined Mr. Seth Hsuse OF Troy wss
summoned and appeared AZ the trial and there recog.
nized the prisoner as his son
During tho trial there was great excitement, snf
about 400 persons were present and apparently the
Of them in favor Of Luther believing him be
Rowland. The Justice sustained the warrant Upon
the trial the counsel of the prisoner contended that
Hause and bis family had deceived the young man In
stead Of his deceiying them-that when be was first
Laftsr Hsuse-thst they dragged MIN 20 Corinns and
forced him 10 say that he was James Rowland Hause-
there was pretence that he any one else thsn
Luther Hsuse and that James Hause # be had opened
bis eyes 70 the light around him might have known
that he was Luther Hause. The Judge charged very
strongly against the prisoner The Jury after being
out very e ~ minutes came into Court with a verdict
Of guilty
This is as singular case OF the kind a. has probably
ever been known. Mr.. James Hause Is represented 10
be an intelligent man Justice ~ the Peac aud a man
q property Il seems strange that such an imposition
could be prsctsed upon family of the intel gence
they are said TO possess