The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
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In Tie year 1851 thsfs lived at Keois-
bsex, Germany. 4 sinsis man named
Abset Richter. He was at that 1Ds
twsnty-sisht ysars Old and had coosi1.
cradle landed property. Richter was
gust rstirinG man. respectable and
Aooest and we'll liked, and at the daee
w give was keeping company With .
young woman. They quarrslsd aosae
eoenstAing. and ~ suddsnly dsap'
psarsd. He was living with his moth
q, and It was shown that b. got up
about Midnight and left the Aouss.
That was tie last to BE- seen Of him for
many q year.
A. Richter had no beothers o. sisteFs
tAs govsrnmsnt took charge Of hb
property after ons year and hsid II IN
trust. while reward of 500 was q.
fsred for infoematioa concerning him.
When dvs ysss8 had passsd and not
q thing had bssn heard Of the missang
Richter b suddsnly appeared at biz
home-that 10, q man claiming 10 b b
appeared. He entered ths house oos
evening, hung up his hat o. tie sams
old hook and thsn TUNED and en-.
braced his mothse. He u1sd TO b clean
ahaven. Now b. had whisksrs. That
was the only dikssence he mothsf de-
tsctsd. He was welcomed a. hsr long
lost son. and Of all the people who
came to ~ him no ons Questioned hi
identity. Richter claimed that b had
gone away 10 America bscauss Of the
quarrel with the stri. who was now
married. Tho government was notified
Of his return. and stsps were bsing
taken to return his property whsn
something hsppsnsd. Ths wife whom
be had guarded with a. girl came
back to her old hons 90 visit When
she heard that her Old lover was home
again Of course she Wantsd to - him.
He lodged q meeting ~ long ~ post
bic. but It came about at length. Aftse
the meeting the woman said abe doubt
ed the identity Of the psrsoo. Other
people began to woodsf. and finally
the mother was the only one that did
not doubt. The government took the
matter In hand, and Richter was
forced to submit to an sxaminatioo.
It was tie woman with whom be had
quarreled that wrought his downfall.
He statsd the cause Of the quarrel. and
he repeated some Of the words that
had passed bstwssn them. but ~ could
not describe tie intsrisr Of Asr fathers
house. He could not tall how many
presents hs had given hss.
Within lsss than two hours the naan
who had sven fooled the mother Of tie
missing man was pronounced an I'm
postos and sent to jan fos TRIAL. and h
the end b. got afessn ysars In peisoa.
Just two ysaxs aftsr ~ exposurs an
other Richter turned up. He walked
into the house ~ eesa - you pleases
and almost the inst question hs asked
was about Katrina. IT, giri ~ had
quarrs3sd with He inQuirsd a1eee
twenty di6sesot psesous, uaAs ~ way
about the houss ~ II - lad bssn bosa
IN It, and The mother rather rsauctaAt-
" accepted him foe what b clai1ssa
10 be. There were four psfsons % ~
farm that had bsea employed there
for many years. THIS Atchtsf crested
them all BY name a. ehsy approached
him to shake hands. One Of them had
lost child By accident about The time
Richtsr went away. This man ~
ferred to II and gavo the particulars.
For 4 week the mother watched him
and asked questions. and at last she
was satisnsd and accepted him. Most
Of the nsighboes did the sams. but
there was one man that ~ . trap
for him. Ths woman who had opposed
the other had now immisratsd 70 Amse-
lea. This Richter claimed that hs hAA
been in England all The tims, running