The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-24
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fore Judge Wandell when the woman
declared that in 1865 she had been mar
ried to Jansen in Charleston, 8. G.. The
prisoner denied all knowledge Of his &C
cuser, and said that he had a wife and
five children Of his own. It then appear
ed that the original Alemsly was a
Scotchman, while Jansen proved to be a
Dane, but Mrs. Margaret Scott came for
ward and also identified Jansen as the
man who lived with Mrs. Alemsly In
No. 205 West Twenty first street. Mary
Egerton, aged thirteen years, picked out
Jansen from among, forty other men as
the one who had lived with her aunt In
No. ia West Eleventh street. Mr.. Brooks,
the employer of the prisoner, testified
that Jansen had been with him seven
years, and that he had never lived at
either of the addresses given by the wit
nesses. It finally was decided to be a
clear case of mistaken identity, much to
the indignation and evident grief of the
complainant. $50
WHOSE CORPSE7
In the spring Of 1861 @ barrel Of pitch
was stolen from, a Jersey City pier, and
the same day Ada Ricard, woman OF
great beauty, but of doubtful character,
suddenly left her hotel in New York. a
few days later porter employed on the
pier saw the naked foot Of woman
protruding above the water on North
river. He at once landed the body,
when it was found fastened by a rope
around the waist to the missing barrel
of pitch. The body was entirely nude,
there was a gag tied in the mouth, and
it was evident that the woman had pos
sessed much beauty.
In due time the body was buried, with
the exception OF the head, which was
preserved by the city physician. Sub
sequently a. man happening % see the
head declared it. tp, be. that. of Ada Ri
card, On this clue the detectives found
Charles Rieard, her husband, who had
not lived with lliss wife for some time.
He gave minute descriptGn of certain
marks, such as the loss of a tooth. the
cicatrice OF an old, wound on her leg,
the result of an accident, and the abnor-
NAL development, Of. her limbs. He was
not at. this time aware Of the supposed
death of his wife, and when shown the
head was overcome with grief and hor-
ror The police at once began to trace
Ada's history to discover the murderer.
when they were astonshed by the return
of the woman to her hotel from a visit
TO New Orleans The head was next rec
ognjged by, Mrs. Callahan, of Boston, SIS
that of her daughter, but next day the
daughter was found in Bellevue hospital.
The head has now been buried many
years, and the Identity of the corpse re-
mains mystery.:922
Forty or fifty years ago a. forged check
for large amount was presented at the
counter of the Bank of America. For
several days no trace Of the forger could
be obtained, and the sensation caused by
the crime was almost forgotten when 1t
was revived by the teller causing the ar
rest of a man he saw standing at the
door of the City Hotel, in Broadway,
near Chambers street, The prisoner
turned out to be Mr.. Redmond, TIE pro-
rrietor of the hoteBT and he vehemently
denied all knowledge or completely in
the forgery. The tsller, however, per-
sisted in identifying Mr. Redmond as the
person who had presented the forged
check and receiver The money. Despite
his high character, the grand Jury in
dleted Mr.. RednfGTld and he was placed
on trial. 1t was then clearly shown de-
spite the positive testimony Of the bank
teller that the latter was entirely mis-
taken. and the prisoner was acquitted.
The real ferger never was discovered
SERIOUS PREDICAMENT.
In January 1880, Leonidas Rims of No
300 Hudson street, entered the New Yorl
postofce, where. he met John Sonta=y, q
bookkeeper for the Germania Fire Tnsur
ance company. Binns at once asked q
policeman to arrest Sentag, saying thai
he was the man who, on a Sixth avenue
car some days before, had stolen his
watch.
Are you sure he is the man?" demand
ed the officer
Yes; 1 cannot be mistaken" was Mr.
Binns' reply.
On their approaching Mr. Sontag. tht
accuser said: Il wish you tc return The
watch you robbed me Of
After q stare of surprise Mr. Sontaz
laughed ard renlied: Your watch
What do I know about It?
AS Binns persisted in his accusation
Sontag was arrested and arraigned be-
; fore Justice BfXby at the tornbs, wher
the complainant repeated his statement.
You are positive that this is the RICH,
MANI" said the MAGISTRATE.
Yes. sir; positiss!f'
This is a drea8faI mistake, exclaimed
the prisoner, seeing that his position was
becoming Desperate II never saw the
complainant bef9re5aI am respectable
man, snd was insibed at home, in the
fremont, when he Says the robbery tool
place
sontag was hs3iili for trial, but before
the grand jury aetea upon his case i.
was proved to rs one of mistaken iden
tity- o3e
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