The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-17
IHOS. MCCALL ALIVE
He Is Not the Man Who Was Muir
dered at Prospect Park
Sunday.
Learns Of Erroneous Identification
and Hastens to the Home Of
Mourning Relatives.

Thomas Mccall. supposed to have been
murdered in Prospect Park last Sunday
night, appeared at the residence OF his
sister. Mrs. Matt Flanagan. 24es six.
teenth avenue s, last night, alive and
WELL He had been working on the new
Rock Island extension and boarding al
Seventh avenue N and Fourth street and
had not heard that his sister had identi-
fed the body of the dead man as that
of himself, until e. w. Anderson, 304
Fourth street S, informed him Of the fact
last night. .
AS soon as Mccall learned how matters
stood. he hurried to his sisters home
He found his sister and Mrs Phillip Nc
Call, his brothers wife, sitting together
mourning his death. while his brother
in-laW WAS out making arrangements fol-
the funeral. ~ - -. -
Mr.. Flanagan returned a few minutes
later and saw his brother-in~law. whom
ne mad been mourning as dead and was
making arrangements to bury, standing
before him alive and we'll. All arrange
! ments for the funeral were dropped, Cor
| oner Williams was notified and the body
OF the man which had been identified as
that Of Mccall, was again given into the
| care OF the coroner The casket was re-
turned to the undertaken and the resi-
dence Of Matt Flanningan, which had
been under a cloud Of mourning since
Tuesday became the scene of Joy, and
happiness. ..'-'
The identification OF the remains OF the
dead man as those Of Thomas Mccall
was first made Tuesday morning by Mrs
Phillip Mccall, who said that there was
no doubt that the dead man was Thomas
Mccall. A few minutes later a reporter
for g journal called at the resi-
dence' of Mrs Matt Flanagan. 242s Six
teenth avenue s. a sister Of Thomas Nc
Call, and informed her of the identification
made by Mrs. Phillip Mccall. Mr.. Elan
nigan accompanied the reporter to the
| morgue and said that he was not positive
| that the Identification was correct Mr.
Flanningan went home and a little later
returned with Mrs. Flanagan who said
that the dead man was her brother
Thomas, whom she had not seen for near
ly three years. She informed Corone.
Williams that the Identification was cor
rect and asked that the remains be given
to her. She had the body removed tc
Gleason's undertaking rooms and all ar
engagements were made to have the funer.
al to-day.
The mistake in identity is easily ex.
planned when Thomas Mccall is seen. He
IS almost an exact counterpart of the
DEAD man. The same in stature, complex.
| Ion, color of eyes, shape Of chin the tive
men look as though they might have beer
twin brothers. In fact they look 50 much
alike that e. w. Anderson. MeCalps
| closest friend at first identified the dead
man as Thomas Mccall.
Though Mccall had been in the CITY
from the time Of the murder until yester.
day he had not learned that the dead ma
had been identified as himself Last nigh,
| when Mr.. Anderson called at MCCALL,
boarding place to get his effects, he was
surprised to find Mccall there. Mccall
| could scarcely be made to believe that the
man had been identified by his sister
in-law and his sister as himself, but
When copy OF an evening paper contain
ing the story of the identification was
shown him. he acknowledged that the
mistake had been made