WHICH IS WHICH?
TWO MEN'S SIMILARITY EVEN FINGER PRINTS AGREE (Received 14th March, 1 p.m.) . HOME, 13th March' A few weeks ago a man who had forgotten his identity was discharged from an asylum at Turin. He was identified by his wite, brother, children, cousins and a parish priest aa Professor Canella! who disappeared in the fighting in Macedonia in 1916. The man had not long been restored to family -life at .Fadua when Madame Bruneri. wife of a compositor, of Turin, claimed him as her husband who had deserted her seven years before. The police arrest, ed the man and. put him in ■ gaol; at Turin. Madame Canella, CanellaV brother, and the priest emphatically reasserted that it was the professor,' The physical and facial similarity of the two men was amazing. Both had a rib removed; each had a son qi fifteen* even their fingerprints were identical. The police were hopelessly ' confused. Madame Canella is determined to ftgh't the case in the Law Courts to retai* her restored husband. . ■ . ■'
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 61, 14 March 1927, Page 10
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170WHICH IS WHICH? Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 61, 14 March 1927, Page 10
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