Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-02-03
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a beautiful wife, mysteriously disap-
peared from the Fall River line steam
err Priscilla while en- route to Boston.
but even his wife lost hope, aud it wasl
believed he had met with foul play Of
had committed suicide.
William Barnes, the brother Of thai
missing man, is in business in Quebel
While walking to his Office a montkI
ago he met a man whom he thought toa
be the perfect double of his brothers
He stared at the man, who looked up.
With startled looks both gazed at each
other. Charles Barnes-for the sup
posed double was the real brother
reeled forward and fell into his arms,
calling: "Will! Will! What is the
matter? Where am I?''
The chance meeting on the street had
In fash called back the lost identity.
where is Kate? Where is my wife?
Have l been ill?'' were some of the
questions which Barnes asked bis
brother In quick succession.
The story of his disappearance and
the belief of all of his relatives that he
was dead was told to him. Mrs.
means, was in Europe chaperoning
party Of girls, and as soon as her ad-
dress was learned Barnes cabled her.
On receiving her reply he sailed to join
her.
The most remarkable feature of the
whole marvellous tale is the fact that
during the years that Barnes was I'm.
aware Of his identity he amassed more
than 100000 by fortunate investments
in timber and mining claims In Mani.
t0ba.
The adventures Of Barnes were told
by Mrs. Henry A. Buttz, aunt Of Mrs.
Barnes, at her home in Madison, N. J..
"Mr. Barnes" she says, remembers
nothing as to how he left the steam
er. He first became conscious and nor
NAL, except his loss of memory, while
In lumber camp in the northwest.
His past was complete blank to him,
and he began to work with the men In
the logging camp. from his cards he
supposed that his name must be
Charles e. Barnes and so continued to
use his real name. For several months
he remained in the camp. Then he got
timber land and established business
for himself. His financial success was
marked, but nothing of his past came
back to him until he met his brothar
Will on the street In Quebec" ,..,.:.:'
Mr.. Barnes disappearance created q
Nd
ton searched for weeks for clew; ard
several arrests were made on a theofyi
Of foul play. The police eventually DE-
clared the case one Of suicide. ". - :, |
When the: Priscilla arrived at! Eall
River Barnes hat and coat, with arti-
cles of toilet; were found in tiststate-
room. How lie left the ship Is as much
a mystery as ever, but friends now BE-
lieve that Barnes, who is, a powerful
swimmer, jumped into the water as' tie
vessel was nearing her dock and swan
ashore. The officers. of the boat declar-
ed he had not gone ashore by the usual
means. FIX. s:.:.. .f:&3a ,:ss,~sy~
! After her husbands disappearance
Mrs. Barnes was obliged tosearn her
own living. She became the matron
of the Bordentown Military academy
and remained in that position until last
September, when she took the party Of
young women to Europe. *. - :, :: :. !.
The properties Mr., Barnes has .sac-
quired contain valuable mineral depos-
Its. - Timber was the only object he
had in view when he purchased them,
but as that was cleared off lodges oe
copper ore were discovered. ;.f,s s1;
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