Strange Identity Case
! ♦ Mblilwuhnu hits two uuuolved mystorieu on Imnd which aro rather strango. Tho moro roiiiarlmblo in ono in which tho subjoet is Hint of n body found on tho railwuy lino nofti' Port Molbourno in July, with the head savored. This was positively identified as tho body of David fivßiwon, n polico constable, by a sister nnd two brother?. The deceased was mourned until September lGlIf whon a man living at a wino enfo in tho city was leeo'jnised ns David Svonsou, and was confronted Willi the sister, who immediately deolarnd him lo lie her brother, but which fact the stranger angrily denied, Uo suddonly left, saying lie was going to iho doctor's, mid has not since beon seen, Moantitno the photograph of tho body was recognised as that ot a labourer named Gilbert Adlard, who, when last seen, on July 15th, suited ho was going out "into tho beyond." Information has Bince been received that this man is somewhere living in tho Ballarat district. Tho identification of three noceasary to lear the matter tip.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1137, 4 November 1904, Page 2
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177Strange Identity Case Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1137, 4 November 1904, Page 2
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