The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-25
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Cincinnati Enquirer.
Thomas keene, the actor. used to
play III n piece IN which there wers
two young men. onc the soa OF poor
woman, the other of rich Woman
d. some Hoans they both became lost
The rich w0mau's son died. and the
poor woman : son denied his own
mother and claimed the rich woman,
The play hriugs out IN marked relief
The mistaken ideatlty. The iinproba-
biiilies OF the play however, pale be-
side case III READ life thar has just
come t. light IN Dayton. e. Jnnids
Meinsiein tailor OF that city. aud a
native OF Switzerland, came 80 this
country SIX years sgo with his vie
ami three children 1.-Two boys and a
girl His eldest chiia, Janius. IT,, was
then about years old The family
lived two year, n New York. six
months in Austin and fix months In
Galveston, Tex. and then removed 10
Dayton. hers they have lived for the
past three years
They had not resided long In Day.
Ton when junins with a play innate, 9 Is
appeared, and his parents we're unable
~ learn anything 81 his whereabouts
They advertised and appealed to the
police, bat no lunists WAS found.
When the Wild West combination
showed la Dayton seversl days ago.
some enc saw a lad with the troupe
who rrscmblcd young juuias. The
father vas AT once informed Of the
fact. aud az once went o. toluiahn-
hunting fof his lenr-lost son. When
he rrash he'd Columbus he easily foanA
him. aud the recognition appeared
mutual The hoy declared that his
name was iunigs, aud that he had
ron away irsn home. Mr. MeinStcin
was delighted and took the boy home
with him.
The mother MAS soon persuaded that
the boy Was their son. The brother
sna sister az once made ap With
him as their iong.lost brother.
True. the parents we're souics hal
puzzled that hc could not speak Ger
man, but tie boy declared be had for
gotten e, having hcsn SO constantly
associated "a The show with English.
speaking VooItle
AZ ans rate. the fatsed calf was
kiiled and the predigal's retarn wei,
coined AZ sat The mother recoiieCtetl
that JuuHs !. Al = mgle on hts lett side.
The Young y an, !, appeared on exam
inatspn. haf nuac Then further
doubts afe. uutil az last aF weiH.
stein was SO much sc sea in regard 20
the Identity NJ his own son that lie ap.
piied 81 CHEZ of Police Shoemaker,
who took tile boy aside sad by dini
Of THREAT aril pcrsu1. ion induced the
slick young rascal 80 cofdcs- that his
name WAS set Neinstein at all, bat
Charles Frederic Napoleon Mitchell
and that his mother Was dead. though
his father lived az birmingham
Ala, He also confessed that hs
ran away fresn home on account
Of VI treatment. that he had
lvea Ia this eiiy and worked al
anything he casild Eet 10 do. and for
Saalc tiulc past had hcsn travel
tag With The show. The WeinSteins
were terIltiy hraken an over the de-
npesweRf as the childrea had
grown derpsy attached IL The yaans
scanp, whose oely excuse for pass
iar hioiscH OF as their brother
wHs that &c was tired Of wandering
slsant the world without home, and
=, The NetuSssins wanted sen he
Thought he wcsild sake rs Eooi one
a. anybody The Young fellow va.
ssni aut Il toSR By the chief Of ps,livc
ssd soli q so n his own father ia
Birmingham, Alabania.