The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-11-01

Whole No. 2I62.

The HoIIowtown Suicide
The Victim not Morris
| henderson, Who Was
Hes
The communication from Mr.. ".
Il. Daugherty, of Brown county,
which we publish in another col
umn, shows that the dead man found
at HollowtOwn, in this county, on
the 18th Of laat month, as stated in
our columns, was not Morris Hen
derson, as supposed by hie uncle and
other relatives and acquaintances,
who identified the body as his. Il
seems to have been one of those
singular cases which sometimes oe-
cur, in which even near relatives Of a
person supposed to be dead, are mis-
takenin his identity. Itbeing settled,
however, that the dead man was not
Morris Henderson, the question
arises, "Who was he79 and It IS to
be hoped further Investigation viii
throw some satisfactory light on the
mystery.
An election ticket was found in the
pockets of the unknown man, which
renders it probable, that the deceased
was in Franklin county about the
time of the election, which was held
Oct. 9th, only three days before his
death. The ticket contained the
names of the Democratic candidates
for county Offices in Franklin county,
as shown by the fact that Mr.. Harvey
Cashatt's name was on the ticket for
Clerk of the Court. The name had
been marked over with a pencil, but
could still be read distinctly.
P. S. Since the above was in type,
we have received the Georgetown
Sentinel, which gives some other de
tails of the mysterious affair. We
copy:
It seems that after the body had
been awaiting Identification for some
time, parties who saw it pronounced
it to be that of a young man named
Henderson, a nephew of the wife Of
Mr.. ohm Kennedy, living near this
place. The relatives of the young
man were at once notified of his de-
mise, and hastened to take pos
session of the body and render the
last honors to the dead. No sooner
had they viewed the body then they
were satisfied that it was the body
of their relative, and they not only
recognized it by the face, form, etc,
but from marks on the body. Hen
derson had a crooked finger, a scar
over one eye, and also on one of his
knees, and these marks were found
on the deceased. Besides the recog-
netion of the relatives, parties who
we're well acquainted with Henderson
declared the dead body to be his.
The body was conveyed to Hender-
sons grandmothers, and thence to
the cemetery, where it was buried
So far the story is not an unusual
one, but the strange part is to fol-
low.
Last Sunday, while Mr.. Kennedy
and his family were at dinner, who
should walk into the house but Hen
derson himself! Mr.. Kennedy knew
that with his own eyes he had seen
him dead and buried, and to say that
be felt uncomfortable would be draw
ing it mildly. He was scared, and
was in a fair way to become a firm
believer in spirituaism, when the
young man spoke and proved cOnclu-
sively that be was alive and in the
flesh. He had been working near
Higginsport for some time, and was
not aware that he had been killed and
buried, and was as much surprised
as anyone when informed Of that
fact.
Since the reappearance Of the
young man it has been discovered
that the marks of the two young
men, while being the same in ap-
pearance, were Of different members,
the crooked finger being on the
right hand of one and on the left
hand Of the other, and so with the
other marks. It is a strange case Of
mistaken identity. We congratulate
Mr.. Henderson, that, though "dead
and buried" he still lives to thank
the persons who Offciated at his fu
neral