Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-29
Beats Wilkie Collins.
From the New York Herald. ]

"I have all the wives and children I
want already" said Charles McHugh
yesterday to Justice Welde, "and never
saw this woman before"
"Do you think could live with man
eight years and not know something
about him?" came from Mrs. ST.
George. "Wouldn't I know him after
an absence of four weeks9"
The Justice thought she ought to.
"If you don't believe me, Judge, look
at the nail of the third finger ON the
left hand and you will find that it is
turned to the right"
"That's So" replied the sergeant.
"Now brush away the hair on the back
of his head and you will find scar
where he was struck with hammer"
said Mrs. st. George blushing, "four
years ago."
"There's the scar, sure enough" said
the sergeant, exactly. "That proves
it."
eff you will examine his left thumb
carefully you will see the marks of afel
on, which he had last winter"
The thumb showed unmistakable evil
dence of having been affected in some
thing after that fashion.
"Why do you abandon your wife. and
then deny that you are her husband 2"
asked Justice Welde.
"Yes, why do you, Michael?" said
Mrs. st. George.
81 tell you never saw her before"
replied Charles, in an unhappy manner.
Then he asked hopefully. "Have ever
lost any of my fngersp
mo" said the woman, you had them
all four weeks ago"
"See," said McHugh, triumphantly
holding up the stump of one finger.
Il lost that years ago.
"O!" exclaimed Mrs. st. George, you
must have lost that within month,
Michael; whatever have you been do
ing?"
"But it couldn't heal in month"
"Why, should know those hands
anywhere" observed Mrs. st. George !;
"but I have witnesses; bring on the
children" with an air of one starting
procession. The procession came on.
They were three pledges of affection.
The pledges all ran to Mr.. McHugh
and called him "papa."
"Papa" pulled out his handkerchief
and wiped his brow. The situation
was getting decidedly desperate.
"My husband has beautiful teeth" re-
marked Mrs. st. George.
Mr.. McHugh caught at the words as
drowning man at a straw. He lifted
his huge mustache and showed that his
were black and broken.
Mrs. st. George screamed, blushed
scarlet, and turned away her head.
Then she looked again, and this time
she was pale. @No," she said slowly,
those are not my husbands teeth. I
been mistaken"
MIR. James Healy, master carpenter
and builder at 207 East One Hundred
and Fifth Street, for whom st. George
worked for four years until month
ago, was in court prepared to swear
that McHugh was st. George.
"St. George had peculiar twitching
of the muscles about the eye said Mr..
Healy, as has this man. and habit of
arching his eyebrows, which were very
bushy. This mans eyebrows are bushy
and he arches them. The manner,
size and voice are the same. The finger
was the only thing thas puzzled me. [
have talked with st. George a dozen
times day for four years, and ought
to know him pretty WE'LL"
A 17-year-old son of Healy was the
only person acquainted with st. George
that did not feel sure that he and Nc
Hugh were identical. Pauline Smith
and Miss McNally, who had lived in the
same house with ST. George for several
years, swore that he was McHugh and
McHugh was he.
Mrs. st. George finally admitted she
was mistaken. She is searching the
hospitals and the morgue for her hus-
band, who disappeared some time since.
McHugh was in jail two days. He adj
mits he had narrow escape from be-
coming Mr.. st. George.