Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-12-05
ev MARAvENE rHompsoN.

~ MARAvENE THOMPSON.
Mrs. Thompson, the author of this
article. is just beginning in The Ameri-
"a Q serial story, entitled
''The Woman's Law" based on double
Identity, in which q mother. to a v
Tor a murderer. The Tribune asked
Mrs. Thompson for an illustrated
article. setting forth some Of the facts
IN her possession in regard to double
identity, and this is the result. 1t APP
pears that she has been interested in
found her own double. Annie Walsh,
whose astonishing resemblance to her.
SELF ID revealed by two of the photo
graphs reproduced here. Then she be-
came interested in the comments of
9 judge who said h q q criminal is
scription of himself, because n de-
scription would At ct least two men in
each block. This Judge went on to
say that he could find his double in
half an hour in any crowded thorough
double SO far as height.
eyes and hair can be conveyed by de-
scription. Later, she found many
police prosecutors who told her that
identification by finger prints and 9TH
er scientific means Is developing
simply because the old method Of de-
ton Is a filure.
To come suddenly upon yourself
reflected in a mirror-that is. to think
it's yourself, and to discover It's an
other person you see! How do you
of your double across a department
store aisle under such circumstances?
! certainly. felt queer. My double
started and drew back involuntarily,
and so did I blurted out:
u thought you were my reflection.
YES" III whispered in an awed
tone. tits uncanny, isn't it?'
Mistaken For Twins.
Then solemnly we went to-
mirrors in the store and looked
at ourselves and each other side by
side. Both were dressed in white and
wore e big panama hat. Our faces.
figures. apparel, were SO similar that
each could only stare in silence at this
other woman whose outward identity
was so her own. My double sug-
gested that we have our pictures
taken. So we went to a photographer
across the street: He wanted us to
pose together. Twins always do"
was his argument.
We believed that our respective
pictures would not look alike. Minus
coloring and expression the difference
would be more apparent, we said. But
10! Y pictured features were
Which 10 the picture OF myself and
which ts my double? You don't know.
Well. you needn't look embarrassed.
MY " mother doesn't know. NY
double Y Annie Walsh and I met her
IN the Marsh store In Boston
IN 1909. At the time I jottedi down
h following points Of likeness be-
tweek Annie Walsh and myself:. ewes.
nose. mouth, chin. lines of expression.
squlnt in eye when laughing. contour
Of lace, height. general appearance
= manner. = VIII leave Il to any
reader whether OF photographs. here
with reproduced. would not deceive
anyone. ever Q husband or mother. OF
course in the flesh one could not de-
ceive h others relatives long. but
outsiders could be deceived indefinitely.
THIS set me to thinking. and, being
z writer Of fiction. it was not long until
I had fmagtned the situation which !
have worked out in s'The Woman's
Law" But before I started to write
I thought that I would see whether I
could n other cases Of double
Did any n else have?
Did anyone else? / laugh now when
! think of my query.
Chief Inspector McGarr. OF the Bos-
ton police lays: -"If you don't know
how common q man with one arm is.
begin to look for him, and you'll pretty
loon find out"
0aynors Double.
Now you either saw the late Mayor
GaynOr OF New York or have seer
pictures Of him. Christy Mathewson.
the great "Matty," knew Gaynor well
So when he saw him 1t the railway
station in Richmond, Va, . few Years
ago. he shouted . 8 fsliow BAN play
er in the cal. "Oh Jags. look! there's
Giants crowded to the window and
gave the mayor q round az applause
Cnly-it was not Mayor Gaynor. Il
WAS Doctor Thomas Wilson. educator
and treasurer Of the New York State
Training School Fol-. 0irla#Who re-
cetvod this ovation from the Giants.
DIR. Wilson bowed and smiled. II
would have been usele1g for him to Say
he was mot Mayor Gaynor. He has
tried this before. He has Z summel
roetdence 1t Oak Island Beach, ana or
trip to and from L0ng aS&and III
saccoGted with How sdsysdo
Nayof7s. rom; sorneone. shcgtly aktel
Mayor uaynor recovered frgtns bic III.
me- attShdant upon the shooting: 9
epnductor Of tho Brooklyn trolle,
ee0ppsd toside Dr.. Wilson ana 1aldsi -
NoFried voice, why. mayor yon jus