The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-05-10
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INSTANCES OF MISTAKEN IDEN
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r INSTANCES OF MISTAKEN IDEN
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: Pliny tells US Cnce th2t Sura, the
q Pro Consul, met q fisherman. Save
= that the one was dressed in purple
the other in Iags, the resemblance
4 between them wss so striking Thai
: not only the noble Roman was
cmezed, but gil his I'll wers. 1t was
5 the ssme face, height, general appear
3 3 ance, and even the il Elections o! the
5 voice were similar. The fisherman
: might have lorded it over the rich
: Sicilisn Province, or The Consul have
5 cast his nets, and few men would
: have been the wiser.
The late interesting Tichborne case
recalls this question of identity, and
D it may I've interesting to reproduce
some of the celebrated trials.
n very curious one Is hat which
, gave such prominence TO Tronson du
Coudray, who alterward pleaded so
nobly for the unfortunate Maria An
, toine,te. The story, too, has apretty
bit of romance in it worth recalling.
In the year 1773, in August, near
, Peronne, q traveller cn horseback
finds stray boy, clad in rags, wan
dering disconsolate by the side OF a
J forest. Attracted by his ina,ticulate
J cries, he addressed Ein, and finds
that he is deaf and dumb. nj. de
Sartine is then Minister of Police,
and the child is placed in the asylum
at Bicetre. The boys there, gener-
ally of low origin, despise the new
conner, who seems Of gentle birth,
and who refuses to play with them.
All this comes TO the ears Of the
Able de L'Epee, celebrated for his
discovery in giving back lost senses.
He sees the boy, who has already
acquired some knowledge of the deaf
and dumb language, and the little
fellow makes him understand that he
is of gentle birth that he once lived
in beautiful country house that his
father, who was an officer and a
Aobleman, is dead, but that his
mother and sister are living. lie
informs the Able that one day q man
on horseback took him away and left
him in the wood by himself, and that
he was in this way got rid OF. The
Able took the boy, whom he called
Joseph, under his own care, and he
became his especial favo:ite. By
and-by the good Able was fired with
the idea of making researches among
all the noble families of France, With
the hope of finding some place
where Joseph's story would coincide.
Strangely enough, it came to bis ears
that there was a noble family called
Solar, consisting of mother and
daughter that the Count Solar was
dead, and, what was more singular,
too, there had been deaf and dumb
boy, a son, who had disappeared.
Here was perfect parallel. The son
was said to have died. The Abbe
would not believe it. Then an un-
fortunate man was introduced on the
scene, Cazesux by name, who was to
suffer all kinds of torments. II was
ascertained that the young Count OF
Solar had been in Cszeaux's hands,
but Cszeaux declared the child had
died at Bagneres, OF smallpox, IN
IVA In 1775 the mother died.
Then the Able took up the cudgeis
for Joseph, and interested the Duke
of Penthievre in the matter. Inc
hoy was sent TO Clermont, where his
supposed sister resided, but as thir-
teen yesrs had passed since she had
seen her brother. she did not know
him, Nine. de Solar's father was,
however, still living, who said he
thought the boy Gid look something
like his grandson. but what made
him feel stronger in his belief that he
was his grandfather, was because he
felt a natural attraction toward him.
Even the Countess family joined
with the old gentleman and declared
that from the build Of the boy, from
his round shoulders and knock-knees,
he must be the long-lost son. There
was a mole, too, on Joseph's back;
they all were ready to swear it was
the precise mole on the young
Counts person. Nevertheless, the
young lady insisted in the most
obstinate way that the boy was
not her brother. In the meantime
moor Cazeaux was hunted down.
As the author of an internal plot, he
was loaded with chains, hurled into
prison, stripped OF all his property,
and was made to suffer untold out
RACES. He was put in a loathsome
prison for eleven months, anc a final
Judgment was about being declared
agains. him, when DeCoudray took
his case. 1t was proved beyond
doubt that the young Count was alive
in 1774, while in 1773 the boy Joseph
was in Bicelra. 1t was found out,
too, that Joseph was not quite as
deaf as was imagined, but heard a
little, and managed to pick up good
deal of information abou. his pre-
tend ed family relationship with Solars.
Finally Cszeaux was liberated, ru-
ined man in health and prospects.
and, though he was declared perfect
Ily innocent, half of France was still
determined 10 think him a guilty
wretch. The sequel is rather pretty.
| A. NJ. Avril, a wealthy old bachelor.
one ct the Judges OF the Chatelet,
who had been most severe in his
opinions concerning Gazeaux, and
who had helped to bring him 70 mis-
fortune, died, and, as an atonement,
made Cszeaux his legatee. The
French revolution then following,
the young Countess Solar was de-
priyed of all her means, and lived in
abject poverty. Cazeaux proposed,
was accepted, they were married,
an lived together to happy old age,
the Countess dying under tue reign
of Louis Philippe. Whether Joseph
was a swindler or not, it is difficult
to determine. All that is known OF
him afterward was, that he went INTO
the army and was killed in battle.
. 1ue lHis'OltuDt Va 4uditlh oes
and his wife. Bertande de Rols, Is
perhaps the strangest of sll the cases
, of mistaken identity, and forms
most interesting story. In the mia
: BILE of the sixteenth century, Marun
married Bertrande. When they were
about twenty years of age, son Is
born, whom they called Sanxi. sud
5 denly Martin deserts the fair Ber-
; trande and her child, and is no longer
heard Of. Eight years pass by
when 10! one fine day, man, Ie-
sembling ct least, in every respect
the long-lost Martin, appears, CLAIMS
Bertrande as bis wife, snd is received
in her loving arms. They live togeth'
= er for three years, and two children
i are born. Suddenly storm bursts
out in this apparently happy house
s hold.
Beftrande declares that Martin isnot