St. Paul daily globe., 1889-10-26


brother had left any effects behind him.
Imagine his CONSERVATION when he
was told that his brother was
alive and well, and that he
could get ocular demonstration of
the fact if he would wait until noon.
when the young man supposed to be
lying in the little cemetery at Hazel
wood would return for dinner. Tom
Mahoney could scarcely credit the in
formation-it was too good to be true.
He asked the landlady if she was Joking
him, and informed her that he was in
NO MOOD FOR JOKING.
The lady told him that she was dead IN
earnest, and that what she said was
true; he mad only to wait an hour or so
and see. So Tom waited with feelings
that can be better imagined than de-
scribed. When the noon hour came a
young man entered the door Of the
boarding house. He approached Tom
Mahoney, who shrank back as if con-
fronted by ghost. The young man
was Patrick MahOuey, resurrected from
the dead. Not Patrick Mahoney rObed
in somber shrOud. but Patrick MahOney
in life. In moment the two brothers
were wrapped in each others arms. the
one crying for joy; the other
dumfounded and unable to un-
derstand the cause of the scene.
When Tom explained to his brother all
that had taken place; how he (Patrick)
had been killed in an accident at st.
Paul, placed IN coffin, shipped home
and afterwards buried by his fathers
side. the young man hardly knew
whether to laugh or cry. The two
brothers, happy beyond all understand
ing, came back to st. Paul and spent the
afternoon telling their friends of the most
remarkable happening. johnnie Nc
Cabe. who was schoolmate of young
Mahoney's, and who was one of the
persons who identified him at the un
dertaker's establishment. was sent for
by Mr.. Donnelly a short time after
Mahoney and his brother arrived at the
store. Meantime the supposed deceased
was stat oDed
BEHIND A DOOR
in the undertaking room where Ma
honey's remains lay but few days be-
fore. In a short time McCabe entered
and was told that person in the back
room wanted to speak with him. Nc
Cabe passed on back, and just as
he arrived at the threshold of the
room in question, Mahoney stepped
out from his hiding place and
stood before him. The affrighted Me-
Cabe jumped back about ten feet, and
for some little time refused to take the
hand extended to him. When matters
were explained there was general jOlli-
fication all around. A similar joke was
perpetrated on man named Tracy, a
street ear driver, and an inti-
mate friend of young Mahoney's.
Mahoney had attended Tracy's we'd
ding a short time before. OF course,
Tracy had no idea of meeting Mahoney
again, at least on this earth. Mahoney
spied Tracy coming along Wabasha
street in his car yesterday afternoon
and, at the suggestion of his brother,
passed into the rear of the
car and. going forward, opened the
door and tapped the driver
gently on the shoulder. Tracy
tnrned quickly, and finding himself
with the spirit of MahOney. made
break. almost plunging on top of the
horses. These are but a few of the
many jokes perpetrated by young Ma
honey and his friends during the after
noon.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE THING
about this occurrence is this: A cousin
of the man supposed to be dead,a young
lady residing only few blocks from
his boarding house at Minneapo-
lis, received a telegram announc-
ing his death Wednesday and passed
by this house on her way to the train to
attend the funeral, never stopping to in
quire if, indeed. the man was dead.
The two Mahoneys left for home last
evening. and this morning the poor
heartbroken mother will meet her boy
whom she believes to be beyond the
tears and sighs of this life. 1t will be
such a meeting as is rarely enjoved by
humankind, and the effect may be more
serious in its consequences than was
caused by the thought of separation.
When one stops and considers such a
case, as this is it unreasonable to sup
pose that the man who was found one
morning In Chicago catchbasin, and
who is believed to be DR.. Cronin, is not
DR.. Cronin after all? In this instance
the man was dead only a few hours
when his friends and relatives came and
fully identified him. The day after the
accident the identification continued,
and in the evening, when the brother
arrived and saw the remains, the fact
was certain that the body was that of
Patrick Mahoney. Add to this the fact
that the day following the body was
seen by the boys mother and at least
500 acquaintances and the Identification
is as complete as it possibly could be.
Might there not be mistake in the case
of Cronin?
WHO IS THE DEAD MAN?
But little is known of the man who
was mistaken for Mahoney. While the
remains were at the undertaking estab-
lishment, a man named William o.
Brown, a laborer, who boards at the
house of William Smith, 763 Jackson
street, called, and after viewing the
same, stated that the deceased was
James Maloney. The only James Ma
loney In the directory is put down as
fireman Oh the Manitoba road, and his |
boarding place is given at 763
Jackson street. 1t is barely DOS
sible that Maloney is the right |
name of the dead man, and the |
mistaken identity is accounted for by |
the similarity of names. Judge Nc |
Cafferty, commissioner of the United |
States court, claimed to know the young
man. and went so far as to get an order |
from the coroner for the clothing of the |
deceased. The remains of the stranger
will be exhumed probably to-day or TO- |
and shipped back to ST. Paul. |
and if unclaimed, will be buried by the
county.
Drowned in the Mississippi.