The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15

y,%,srtcntly said and done things witch excited
Martin Guerrc also had his own, story to tell.
He had woGriod Of his wife and his village life.
and r., Sb IS ! TO enlist in the g., army. In, ,ooou,o
that his superior officers had procured his dis
we'll 70 deny his wife. but SireumstaRecs had
tcssion of Arnold did not prevent his hanging,
but as to what became of Monsieur and Mad.
The The S MGI5ih h SMSTrS, iS %pS resu TDsss d'S and mHt e eS,,.
mented on IN the Tichborno, case when Sir John
Duke Colcridge-nftorward Lord Chief Justice
Guorro case, when no commented upon the
strange = conduct Of Sir Roger TiG al,on
her son: The French records show that tho
tied upon his children. by Mime. Guorre.
or There re- ceme up in NIX lI9G In France ,T GO a, Sn 10 her
OF the Lyons Mali, In that year a mall
coach near Lyons had been robbed and, one
having been recognized during the ARRAY by
witnesses. He was convicted on the mere owl
t SsaiS q his iS nsoesnco td9 %as ex sa q sirOP 4kRsn PRS Sis
double was discovered In a robber named Du.
SSS Sd sworn wo9; T t0 the s0P personsi T idoh,i fso'S Of T hs'
s sis,aaa ,,I newly X anS as stoTtly swT oSS tn to ana IN,
their previous mistake, but the mischief was
irreparablc. Two men were executed on the
testimony Of witnesses who had sworn equally
to the personal identity of both Us being one
in A IN New Way YoT sh city case Of III this n kind 0e'T % +
this county and several adjacent counties
comprised, one district for criminal prosecn-
lions, and hence originated tho title Of Dis.
trict. Attorney now used rs confined 70 each
county. This New YORK case is known in legal
circles as tho Hoag personal identity case md
miner In 1s01in the City Hall for bigamy, where
In tho notable Richard Riker prosecuted as Dis,
and Daniel B. Tqmpkins, SftsrwaFa dovernor
OF this State and also Vice-Prcsidont OF tho
H 1sao an s'S SsoiL dsssn ySsaph II Parker ths sf iiTsd yis n this
city, engaged as a member Of tho night watch
p M"sS r mg55istP a, 9ppoIntmSntl = and Rdc Gne Thomas oamn.
the other. HoaF, had been married previously
Christmas. Of 1900 to Catherine Secor, and after
living with her six months abscopded because
known of him until a few months after his dis.
appearance, when g female acquaintance or
Mrs; hoae, being in New -, York PIX c sleim ,Satr to p nSd
at her instance other Rockland county resi-
dents came'and m~ade,similar recognition.
Accordingly tho alleged Hoag was arrested.
Joseph Parker, and lived with a Mira Parker
booker name Of susanna Wendell. Here, as
runs the song in tho opera OF The Mikado.
only T9' a bRRs sss1Ei sG IN RSeEiana. P SSe a T taisS %ai PG IN
New York also, and masqueradinS under on
alias. Altnopsh there:wcre few newspaper and
turing the THAI d &C the s%1citsmsns whsl
Of RocEianders from HsSsrstraw, where e
order to Identity him as Thomas Hoag-a nam.
he had never even heard pronounced previous S
tEeinan mes W Sh.Gni tho Ghief Judge Of the Rockiand
Court Of Common Pleas. a man named Coe, wher
asked to. regard the prisoner and tell what HI
IT know him well by his other name o
Thomas HgSss. and and by that appsellsti %a,f 2,
now called Parker and Miss Catherine seOor
, ac custom Cd as a Judge to seeing and recsosnizinI
faces and listening to and distinguishing voices.
. The more TopPkins cro Ss !, {ndg
and the witness was sure of Christmas beinI
the wedding day. Closely questioned by tn
+ " am as much satisfied that the man on tria
4 10: the Thomas Hoas,.I married as l am that
, Catherine secor, the wife, was the secon,
|. witness; 1t had already been admitted b
; osPeno aSa S snd c aans,dD said "a we admit It tina
!. f ps1 isa ar:' M Mrs.. H sesSr T iook saivs se Se SSri st *
bewtldcred Parker. and he in turn looked at he
t quite pensively. albeit puzzled. Miss Seco
Q Counsellor Tompkins II II did not stand to ra
0 son that a woman could not pillow the head J
n | u nuSDdhu u "a out hho AN ~ vi y
!. swear to him. But Tompkins was not then cor
( scious OF the Guorre case.
q with these two witnesses District Attornc
Riker rested, and the defence began. Josep
o Chadwick, living on Pell street, who was a joui
. PRISONER d,ssgs; several sw9as t years. nc and nd" when HMoP Park Ee
. Whether his friend Parker had ever nasquel
AIDED as Thomas Hoag he could not. OF cours'
r tell, and Parker might have gone on the sly I
= Rockland county and committed bigamy. "bu
ps { fb rho fsaSs Ry nGa SG,nE Ves SGs; i t T@s IN q
Q christmas Day, lso0.the day of the secol
! ent, had worked together. in loading a vessel a
d the South street wharf. Moreover, he, Tx
n P aI, : ssry aid 5 job; ;h by & Sai and and p knew to m shat 3
n during the holidays. when the real Hoag wa
in Hayerstraw, Joe was regular on watch. A
through the year 1900. Elizabeth Mitcho
o swore to having lent the prisoner some money 0
n houses and their families being intimate. jaime
Redding: had-known the prisoner from infanc
oner had served on watch with him all throug
O the time that Miss Secor had sworn that b
a was counting her. The defence rested; and II
8 hat the prisoner was Hong OF RocEIand count,
q and not Parker Of the watch.
d secor remon Identified Parker as Hoa'
IF Moses Anderson was positive that the prison'
. forehead and by his lisp in speaking, and kne,
, also that he had n scar on his foot. His daugl
d Par Parker a@v now b Sas SsT Hoag Always shrugged ii b
= shoulders precisely as tho prisoner was doin
as he sat by his counsel. Jamos Secor. brotht
y Of the deceived wife. and Mrs. Secor also swor
that the prisoner was Hoag, and Of his identit
!. they had no doubt; nor had two brother
y named Conklin and their sister, who had see
d the prisoner as Thomas Hoag In Rockland coul
q ty all through December.
h by this time poor Parker was more pui
r zled, and began to have doubts of his own Il
dividuality, like Rip Van Wrinkle, and the d.
fence took on more testimony, also. Jamc
Inquar swore to hobnobbing with the prison'
I as Parker on Christmas eve; Susannah We
Q dell, the mother in-law, testified that the pri
Q oner had not loft their home but for one wee
o since 1909 began, land that was not in ii
5 Christmas week OF 1900, either" Magnl
q Bcekman. Captain Of the Watch, produced hi
rollcall for al the time during which the bil
amistic Hoag was in Rockland, and tho tall
q showed the prisoner never absent.
The Judge here suggested that since n HOa
Q witness had sworn that the real bigamist had
scar on his foot, the prisoner should exhibit h
n MEDAL extremity to tho jury. Prosecutor Itik,
n said he had Thought of that, but he could not &
y anything TO force the accused to become a wi
ness against himself. But after n hurried col
IT sultation with Parker. his counsel said: w
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