The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-14
MARVELLOUS IMPOSTURES.
PARALLELS FOR THE FAMOUS ITCH
BORNE CASE.

PARALLELS FOR THE FAMOUS ITCH
BORNE CASE.
Two Men Hanged for One Mans Crime
Even q Mother Deceived by Eel
low Pretending. to be her Lons-Los1
SON.
The universal interest which has attached 10
the famous Tichborne case, in which vulgar
butcher laid claim to one OF the largest estates
and most noble titles of England, and ID Wnicn
the discontinue of the claimant, alter pro-
tracted trial, has In no way discouraged III"
from preparing for another attempt on larger
scale. has had the effect of bringing out nume-
rous "reminiscences. Of remarkable cases Oh
mistaken Identity. Aside from the romantic
elements In this case, and the always ready
popular sympathy for one in humble life who
claims to have been kept out OF his own andis
suAfor it, the notable point is that it furnish
@es6Te of the most remarkable cases of disput-
: ed personal indemnity on record. Such cases
always possess an interest iof the puoilc.
= THE WRONG MAN HANGED.
The annals of Grim furnish many instances
in which the identity Of persons arrested and
charged with offence has been proved by ap-
parently conclusive testimony, yet the persons
40 proved guilty have afterward been found
wholly innocent, and the witnesses all mista.
ken In the man. In 1876 gentleman named
:, Pa1fafor highway robbery, NO less than four
Witnesses teslifying to his idenLiy Olner
witnesses were brought forward TO prove an
allbi, but one of these having been detected IN
falsity, the jury refused to believe al, ana
brought the prisoner 10 goy fG his
cence Four years afterward the real criml-
na2rSone Duboscq, was arrested, and found 10
possess marvellous personal likeness 70 Les-
uroues Evidence Of conclusive CHARACTER
wa, produced against him, and ne was nang,
ed, an accomplice testlfying 10 MS Suiit auo
to the entire innocence OF Lesurques.
YOUNG MANS ESCAPE.
Tn 1s45 singular case Of mistaken identity
occurred in a trial ct Lowell, massachusetts
Some wretch had assaulted little girls picking
berries In the fields near that city, ana young
man was arrested two weeks after. A MT.
Houghton and ms wife, VINO naa s,r rna o,Os 10 sue
rescue of the girls on hearing their screams,
sWore positively that the prisoner was the
gafne man who had run away In the bushes at
the time of the assault. The Two girls were
taken separately In q room, and each OF them
pointed out the prisoner as the fellow VINO
committed the assault upon them: Other
witnesses, to the number OF ten IN al, swore
to his identity with man whom they had
seen on the day before the crime near the
spot.-On the other hand, the prisoner proved
most conclusively that at the time of the out
rage ne vas In remote town IN another
State, and The real criminal was atterward
found aud punished. But the remarkable re-
5 semblance of the prisoner to the villain who
had committed the crime, and the fact that
the Witnesses for the government who identl-
fed him were all mistaken, caused the JuoSe
who tried the case 10 remark that 1t was
Al, 70 hob oil
human testimony.
KILLING THE .FATTED CALF FOR THE WRONG
PRoDIGAL.
case more nearly resembling the Tlchborne
claimant, being that OF q lost son returning to
his parents house, and recognized and be-
lieyed in as their true son, while all the time
an lmpostor, occurred at Bangor, Maine, In
l849. The claimant In this case was g young.
man twenty-tour years OF age, named Lnther
Hause, q wild fellow, son OF Luther Hanse, OF
Troy, Maine, who had worked at Bangor for
two or three wears as q common laborer. He
imposed upon the family Of James Hause TO
whom neither he nor his father was related)
by claiming to be their long lest son, and OBJ
tanned from them money and clothing 70 q
considerable amount, for which suit was nnaly
brought against him. On coming to their
house. the Imposter addressed Mr. Hause as
..father," and then turned to Mrs.. Hause, threw
his arms about her neck and kissed her, say
ing: HHow do you do, mother? ?n Mrs. d. did
not at first believe that it was her son. HIS
eyes and hair were different In color, and MS
Complexion differed still more widely, In
speaking to Luther, she said: "ls 1t possible
thai this is my long.lost son Rowland? :" He
answered, ssYes, mother, 1t is me-" she then
said to him: .'If you are my son you have
got a scar on your knee" He pulled up MS
pants and showed scar on his knee. -sne
then said: my son had scar on hisbreasf,
that was burnt In Mr.. Andrews shop. ~ He
pulled away. his shirt bosom and showed
scar on his breast. She then said: "My son
Rowland had scar on his neck, under hls
ear He held up his neck and showed; q scar
10 that place on his neck. She then SAID:
Zone of my sons toes Tapped over the other"
He said. .iOne Of mine is so.n Mrs. Hsuse
asked him to show her the room where he use
to sleep. He went NJ ,lairs to the room where
her son slept and after! some hesitation threw
himself upon bed standing IN the room and
said: '.This is my old bed. MT. Haase and
his wife were then fully satisfied that he was
their son, and provided him with clothes, DC.
he remained asthelr house some five months,
and the longer he stayed the more they were
satisfied he was their son. ~.
SCARS MADE TO ORDER.
A daughter of Mr. James Hause testified
6 that she kept school at Brewer, Opposite Ban
, : gor,) and that she did not at first know the
defendant when he called 10 see her. Doubt
ing his identity, she said TO him: III you
are my brother, you have a scar on the mead,
where hurt you when you were q little boy"
Size then felt of his head and found scar,
), and became satisfied that he was her lost
I brother. She so testified before the court.
N Several OF the neighbors Of Mr.. Hause took
this young man to be Rowland Hause. Young
men who had been school-mates with Row
land, talked with Luther about past times,
and became convinced that he was Rowland
Hause.
Qa the other side, there were several doubt
fufcircumstances connected with the young
man. which led the father aud mother to feel
continued uncertainty about their pulatlve
son. And one day there came over to Corln-
ma MIR. Dow, who positively recognized the
youth as Luther Hause, who belonged TO Troy.
= Mr. Thomas Gardiner also told Hanse tnat he
recognized the young man as Luther Hause,