UNKNOWN MAN.
“HoBaRTOWN JACK’S” DOUBLE. AUCKLAND, Nov. 13. John Gallagher, the central figure in the strange drama of mistaken identity that is tho topic of conversation at, the present time, had a double, and that double was the mail whose body was taken from the harbour on Saturday last, and who. on Monday, was buried under the wrong name of John Gallagher by “Hobartown V own family. When the photograph taken at Ne.ss Valley was seen by those who know “Hobartown" the likeness to the dead man was immediately noticed by those who had seen the corpse. It was staled by a police officer that the only marked difference let w een the mail in the picture and the one now buried was that “ 1 lohartiown” was shown with a nioif-taelie adorn men t which the (lead mail did not pos-c.-,-. otherwise the (•lieeklinni's. | ruminciil lip-, hair and general appearance were identical with the unknown man. How much like
“Hohartow n“ tin- dead man was can he letter realised when it is remembered that not one or two members, hut practically every one of the staff of the Municipal Fish Market, where Gallagher was as well-known as the harbour itself were positve that the body found in the water was that of the man who is alive and well in Ness Valley, Clevo<l(iu. Confronted with the photograph thoy were astonished. The man found in the water was ‘Hobartown’ to a T." said one of the men. The fact that tho dead mail did not have a moustache was looked on as a minor detail, for “Hobartown’s” own son identified the body as that of his father, and in the meantime tho identity of the man who was buried on Monditv remains a mys-
The police are still making inquiries. The body when recovered from the sea was clothed in a double-breasted brown coat, black tweed trousers, grey shirt
and tan shoes. “Hobnrtown Jack” will come to Auckland when the inquest proceedings are resumed. His friends here will he pleased to see the hero of the remarkable story, if only to talk with him about the fame that came to him so suddenly.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1925, Page 4
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362UNKNOWN MAN. Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1925, Page 4
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