Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-25
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Mrs. Koch wa surn thxt thn up-
LUCKY Alfred Hahn vak hsr runaway
husband. issrsnsa, EBiprg Bthsr pDEnn
81 ysssulblanrc. be hsn. liar nm.
peculiar scsT on tnt knrs. Blu; snch
apparently convincing sczrs Or bsdity
identity vcrx generally.
Tnik IL thu rnRt OF Martin 6urrns,
winch COMPOUNDED the best Jurssta OF
FrxHrs lhne. centuries agn. whsre .
wiie actually took al Impestor ID
hey aymf or Der i0ug-l0st nnshsnn,
lived TOUR ycnrs win hin IN great rnB-
ingal happiness. anU bon hIn tEU emil
rircn. Tn, genuine MAvtm wa nIG--isc
10 BasITanus he Lola. arrurdmr 10 ths
customs Of the pruvmns, vhsn he vas
ehven ano an, ten. and aitsr isn years
rar SWAY N sparr and SERVED unisr
Charlie 7. Eign, years latarE ssrsnxs-,
wiao annnunrRd hIiasan AE q wzn-
5eTef, appeared al Atgues, ths yes'-
ueire Of the deserted viii. ant
vas promptly arrrpteu NJ eurh ny I'm
uncis. tne tour sisters, and the win OF
tina real Martin. BE recalled 10 lar
trant,s me nlinuteyf hsrurveures and dS-
tails of lnafr MARRIED lifr. and shDeac
hudiiy marks winch made the a<surance
duuhly Rurn. Martin Ous-rf had mad two
double teeth N hR upper Jss, m efe-
sinn Of hind N ms right eys, the nail
OF tit first finger Of NJ right hand vas
broken. ant On tht sams hand wars
three warts. TIM stranger had al tissse
marks.
mhs upahut was that he <eok ppszes-
sion o. she piupeTty Of Martin amt Lived
fnr four years with jse-trznfe n
hss wife, she having tsyp chilr-sE py
nm. Their 3 pHssmg soldier made .
dunnsIilon tina thh YEA Martin was .
rteud o. ma tina, n. had iDs1 = iee -
.lIr siege 81 81 Quentin, ant thai hs
( va sill ailve. l'hf result wGs TIM
TIA o. TIT imDDster, X ssnmsc 10 bt
iuIuussinie 10 aiiov nis guilt, and the
Judges lsaned 10 1he prisuunr, until
aiartn 6uerrc himself oppurtunesy Ar
,vad run Suam witt yrD1usn lee.
( Tner wiit nuC sisters acknowledged
/ then mistake, ano I'm accused man
1 finally confessed thai his trus nnme
was A-liauh du Tilh, lrlsnd OF Mar
tn. frnm vhun ne had is1zund ttr
/ "details " hIE family iiie.
The Impostor wa hanged hatuu -
hnust Of Martin 6uarrs, ant MS b0ey
burnt to xstIes. III passing ssutsnrs
the Dou-t renRursu bsrEranna, for
wife. Il vns uYgeE, ought ro i:nDs nus
band bv thousand marks and sigrg,
81 NJ Il render II utterly inIpossibis fur
any Other man u palm himself OF m
ha staaG, snd Martin only iGTgsve ncr
atrnf . long pe-i0l.
AnDtnar Cast nearer hnme was thai
OF Luther Hause, aud Il attracted grrst
astautIuu al INT slnle. - Ah-D npF-
lan6 Eauss. 5 sun of Nix. Jamm
HnnE, ni Cu-InnA II Mama, siinu
o. whalsr a. New bsdford, n -
tnTst Year, nothing wa imxrf INN
nm, until iinaliy hs was given NJ o.
loss. In 1919 g young man CANT 10
Ar. James Hauan, announced himzsh
a. .ht uisgmg Rowland, an6 called
nm iK.haI. lie also CREATED Ain.
Hause 81 ms mother, bur Ehr mad hsr
doubu a n hss idsn.itp. 4" II y0u
g-u nv SOL, 9 SIR said "vOu hzve
gui scar OF vow kn=s," lie pulled
NJ hR irouseYr ant showed hsr tine
= 80 tsaa
nTeaEi 6hr continued. Tina, tao. Ia
showed. she ALSO rieSc-ibsr . Sczr on
thf neck unGs- the ear, winch la had
Also Rnu iasI Of al. E'han ana sald tina:
ons u heJ sons Tres lEppsc nyef TIM
othG- hs cxhiDiEe1 ina same peculis-isy.
Then ans vas sa,Isi,sI. Friends Of trle
iamilr and pisymateE OF kOviand a.
ones rsr0gnIzeG hiH ~ shf i0st 500, Of
whom hs was nearly tint exact equal
Il agu. and 10 v'hon hf b0Ts . sgzoDg
resemblance n sDnlt respess6.
THE Young MAI wa accordingly IN
stalled II the house "a IN ruth tin
Rowland VIM nae beer I'm inrae years
uouTnsl n mead. Bun Este- five muuths
Il v'aE established beyUnd dDuif tnxt
hf wa ~ Impostnf thai hIs name was
Luther. ant tina; he wa thu sor uf
p8ur NH named seth AAuss. Of Tiny,
de-. WIN wa II I'D wsy rsl&ted 10
James Hsuse OF Cu-Inna IIH own
iather came forward aD0 yacoguizs6
hin a. ms son. hiurrDyei, L was moi
long bef0rs the real Rowland appeared.
lie had lsh thr vhsisr sHt journsycd
&c California afrer gold.
We could 20 Oh ane III columns with
tine ACCOUNTS OF cases Of tht samf gsus-
IA KIND. The 1ensarkAblt thing sbput
then b that whiis there may he gome
strong resemblance wnIct gives rnf %
shf mIssAken IDENTIFY, there II always
striking differences sizD. Alfrsd
Hahn If taller than Koch, has ssnfy
nan instead Of aark hrpgB, snd
brown ewes instead nj blas. Tim
Teal Martin fiue-rp vas tim anc
slight. ant ArnaRk On Tin was shg-s
and STOUT and when they wert brought
inesttaI mt nm wnuid hzvf COMPOUNDED
t1Iana. Auviail6 Hauze wzE Ys-y GiL
forsni N eyes, harr. enc complexion
from Lutbsr HEass, and yst, although
me- son had h=sn Rbserr uniy tbrsp
yez-s, Airs. Hzusf uc1splsc tin Impos-
Tar, and chiefly IN tts evlasnx OF In
Ernrs.
There rs . ea-sarn Esnar.l li.kenezx,
and thu presence Of fhe scarE and MARKS
makes penpis forgss tina greater dIfp-
snres II appearance. Bssldrs, tney
want u be rorvlncer mum than thry
isar heuis nsseived.
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