The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
A Supposed Dead Man Writes to
Augusta, Ga, and
DENIES BEING DEAD.
A Mysterious Case Of Mistaken ldenti'
ty. Forty P'opIs Identified Body
Found Mar Augusta to Be
Rev. A. E. Roiahn Who
Tu-nS ITo Alive
Turns Up Alive.

A qussr case OF mistaken identity
has recently occurred in Augusta,
Ca, and the Herald says the an
: aourceroeoG tiist Rev. A. E. Rojshn,
she nan slppt ssd to be nouldering IN
his rave In q 'ar:awsy Pennsylvania
home, is aliva .nd enjoying q normal
degree Of health will be greeted with
surprise akin 80 . shock; but SUCH is
apparently the case and the fact will
pace on record cne Of the most weird,
uncsnny and mysterious occurrences
thag ever originated In Augusta, spo
will furnish Abundant literary mater
tsl for those unusual stories uniVsr.
sally accredited to the vivid lmsgins'
tion and versatile pen OF the novelist.
There a.e many cases OF mistaken
IDENTITY on record, but thsre are fe7
instances II any, Of over forty people
identifying q corpse and al osing mis-
taken.
The name Of the unknown stranger
who died so mys5sriousIy and SO pa
thetscslly in the woods nssr Crsigs 8
Guessing On Sunday afternoon, Octo.
osr che 28uh, and who so closely rs
sembled Rsv. 4. E. Rojshn, an Apos
tolic minister. thst be wss declared
to be ths preacher by over forty peo'
pie, will probably never be known.
Who he was, IS to where he came
from, and why ne refused to disclose
his identity, Is an impenetrable nys
stery that will be discussed until time
erssas 1t from the public mind.
Undertaken B. E. Elliott received
Wednesday the following letter writ
ten by man whose funeral was held
several weeks ago.
ROJAHN NOT DEAD.
Vsidosta, Ca. Dsc. 9. 1906.
Dear Friend:
I received q letter from my mother
st Dallsstown, Pa, that I should pay
the sl00 you charged her to send d
dead man, by name Bruce ". Buke5,
or some other dead man to Dsllas
town, Pa, and used my name to get
her to send Sl00.
lam only 20 years old and this man
vas shout so years old and had nat.
ursl teeth. / have false teeth and
csn't see how they could say 1t wss
me. This was q terrible shock to my
b1other and sister. It was q man they
did not know at all. So I was going
to come over there myself to Angus.
"a; may be there yet and Il. you want
to have a no ne in Heaven, JESUS says
Luke 6:31, "As you would that men
should do to you do ye also unto them
likewise.
Please send me the mans address
Of the house where the man died. I
would like to have his charts, papers
and Bible If he bad any. I can't un-
6enusnd that the man did not tell bis
name st the house where be died, but
the good Lord knows all about 1t. Il
you send me his papers or the things
be lett st the house where be died, !
may find out where his relations live
snd II I car find out them 1t will helr
us. Yours in Jesus name and for His
glory, A. e. RoJAHN.
P. S.-Brother McCaw, q street
| preacher, told me II it was Bruce W.
Bukey, bis father lives in Los Angs'
lies, Csl.
STORY OF THE STRANGER.
The autumn occurrence thst has re-
Gently caused such startling develop
nents reads like genuine romancs
The affair at the time it occurred at
trscted considers ble sttentton.
It will be remembered that on Sun
day evening, October the 2Ssh, Coro
ner Elliott wss summoned to the coun
try to investigate q mysterious death
A ragged, unknown and disconsolat
tramp died In the woods in the Craig
Crossing vicinity, his deathbed tn
fallen autumn leaves and the roo
above him the foliage on the thousant
tinted trees. His name he refused T.
tell and she suggestion OF coming t.
this city for medical treatment fills
his eyes With terror. That he was no
professionally tramp was evidence
by his cffsring his last nickel In psy
ment for a cup OF coffee that som
kind.haartsd woman brought him.
Coroner Elliott. who Is also st th
head Of au undertaking Is Establishment
Brought the body with it's secret fol
ever locked In Its bosom to his plsc
OF business and held 1t for Identifies
ton.
TIE IDENTIFICATION.
> When tine circumstances surround
ing the desth beceme known sewers
people called by the undertaking es
tsbIishnenu and viewed the remain