The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-06


brothers, separated I'm early boy.
hood. have furnished for the Grim
inal history OF the South it's most
remarkable case of dual identity.
Alfred ID oliver. ex.hanker and
ex.social leader. has just stepped
out OF prison. after serving sen
tence for crime. he alleges. was
committed by his twin brother.
Louis c. Oliver.
Also. Alfred served four.year
sentence for higamy because Louis
wife insisted that no tAlfredl was
her husband. Louis.
They Are Doubles
The twin brothers look so nearly
alike that their best friends. their
relatives. even. could not tell the
one from the other.
One twin grew up prosperous. re-
spected. honest--he has just come
out of q prison cell.
The other Is alleged TO have
grown into the black sheep
and TO have committed the crime
for which the former was punished.
These Oliver twins were born 80
years ago. AT Climax. Ga. They
were dressed alike. acted alike, and
were the images of each other.
Even their playmates did not know
the difference.
Cuts OF His Toe
When Q years old. they were
wadino In . puddle near their
home. Louis stepped on . tin
can and the big toe Of his left
foot was cut Off
Not long after. their parents died
and Louis was taken by family
named Harding. Alfred lived with
an aunt
A year later the HardinEs moved
away with Louis. the twin with the
nine toes. He had been legally
adopted. and. instead OF being Louis
G. Oliver. he became Louis c. Hard.
Ing.
Both Brothers Do We'll
That was the last the brothers
heard Of each other until 10 years
ago. when Louis wrote to Alfred
from Mississippi.
He was doing well. he said. and
owned three big lumber mills near
Greenwood.
Also he had very pretty wife.
Alfred. In Georgia. also was pros.
pering.
Two years later Louis was ar.
rested on charges OF swindiing sew
erai lumber dealers. was convicted
and sentenced TO prison for ten
years.
He escaped.
His photographs were sent broad
cast. No trace Of him was found.
Hes Now In Honduras
He II now said to be In Honduras,
Central America
Alfred, the other twin. few
weeks later married Miss Rosebud
English. a Georgia belle.
Mrs. Louis Harding. wife OF the
twin brother In Mississippi. saw .
photograph Of Alfred Oliver and his
bride in a newspaper.
That's Louis. and he's married
again" she exclaimed.
Alfred. believed TO be Louis Hard.
ing. the escaped convict. was ar.
Etstsu ~ oibaHtHe*
Sentenced to Four Years
He was sent to the state peni-
Tertiary for four years for bigamy
His wife. believing herself mar
ried TO Harding. who already had n
wife, was granted absolute divorce.
Police sent Alfred divers pic
ture broadcast. and one fell into
the hands OF the sheriff at Green
wood. Miss.
He wired to the governor OF Geor.
gia that Harding was wanted in
Mississippi TO serve out ten.year
term under the name OF Harding
SO, when Alfred divers bigamy
term was ended. sheriff OF Mis-
sissippi met him at the door OF the
Georgia penitentiary.
The other day Alfred Oliver went
before the court to make final de
termined fight to prove that he was
serving sentence for his twin broth
err: that he served four years in
Georgia as a bIgsmist because OF
tho mistaken identity and lost a
wife and fortune, also.
my twin brother, who now
10 known a. Harding" said the
prisoner. sis the man you want.
He has nine toes; have ten"
Chancellor Jones looked over Der
tillon measurements of Harding
and those OF Oliver. II was true,
as the prisoner said, that Harding
has only nine toes. while oliver has
ten.
The chancellor then granted an
order freeing Alfred ID. Oliver.