, 1870-09-20
MISTAKEN lDEN TITY.
A CountEymAn nIIs In among 50
REM. Is Robbed. Fails into n sewer,
is Sent TO stockton a> q Lun q :ic.

A Cos1ntTymAn nils In Among -.
REM, is Robbed, Fails into n sewer,
is Sent TO Stockton n> O luna :ic.
From The San Franeisco Chronicle.
In the month OF November last citizen Of
one Of the COW counties resolved in hls mind
that he would pay the cosmopolitan city OF
San Francisco visit. He had heard the Won
dels Of the metropolis diated upon had faint
visions Of what wonders Noodwarda and tho
City Gardens ems? presented to an inqu5ine bueol-
lc mlnu; faint rumors came waited DER the
bay Of "Black Crook" leg-acies, and fain
would he look upon the cuf1osities OF nature
as nature formed item, Invested OF extra
neous drape.y. Having finally resolved the
question IN his own mind, he lied himself of
from sweetheart and friend and WIS soon en-
sconced in fashionable hotel-for as he had
never been here before, and scarcely ever ex-
pected to come agaln-he determined to see
the elephant " IN all hls gorgeous hues. He
came, he saw, was conquered, for in the
course OF his wanderinga he meaudered into
''deadfsI," where he underwent tie usual
process that lcayes tho victim sans cash, sans
sense, sans everything, except disgust and re-
/ morse. LII the early dawn, wandering along
the front Ct the city, and Illuminating upon
| the yiciesisudes of fortune, he became sudden
| " mersed il the scented debris OF the sew
era that discharge themselves in that vicinity.
| While IN this plight he WAS taken into custo-
| dy br one Ct the city guardians. and from the
affect OF hia nocturnal indications and extra
ordinary bath, vas in q ssata of mental be-
wlderment. He could give no coherent ac-
station-house for s1fe-Aeeping until called
for. As his name was unknoHn, no Charge
Mae entered against him. He therefore re-
manned in his cell for some three days un-
called mud uncared for. In the meantime an
iuQuisitipn he'd been held upon one Day, who
was declared insare BY the ,nnsy Judga, and
ordered to Stockton. Tins officer in charge
not being acquaint d with Day's person,
ponnced upon our unfortunate bueolic friend.
and without moro ado, hurried him Oft to
Stockton, unl turned linn over t. tue
tender mercies Of the cuslodians of tho in
sane asylum as a 1unatic. Great aud natural
WAS tie amazement of our victim and OF the
presiding genius Of tho asylum. Alternate
explosions OF rage and appeals to reason -, .,r<
alike Of no avail. rroteatatic.- ,zera ,.soss "sss
proofs of identity 1acre treated witI, dar,sion'
or as the Cunning yaearies and devices or Of ]
| mailman: Great was the grief Of tho friends
& the missing man. Inquiries few in every
direction oyer the wi1es. Advertisement:
crowded the c6.;linaa Of newspapers
Even tue temptation of 1args rewasds failed
to elicit any information as to iii4 probab1e
fate HIS friends and relatives finally 70.
signed themselves to the belief that he had
come to an untime1y end. He had either been
shanGised, drowned, or was tile victim OF
Barbary coast rangers. The myetery was,
however, solved in May last, some six months
after h1s supposed demise, when the samc
careful officer discovered Day in the Couuty
Jsil, and that lie Was the person whom he
| should have taken to Stockton. In fact, that
it was case Of mistaken identity. Day was
taken to the asylum, tho circumstances ex.
planned, exchange OF boarders made, and our
friend Tas released to roam again in freedom
and ponder on tho MYSTERY and uncertainty oi
! human events.