BACK TO LIFE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11538, 24 November 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)

BACK TO LIFE.

CURIOUS CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY AT LIVERPOOL. Some time ago a young man named Langdon, residing at Moss Side, Manchester, left his home, proceeding, it was believed, to sea. There was an accident shortly afterwards in the Mersey, and a dead body was found alongside St. George's Dock. The finding of the body, with a description, was published in a Manchester paper. The father of the missing young man read this, and, believing the body was that of his son, came to Liverpool and identified the 'remains, though he was at first in some doubt. The mother also came over, and she had no hesitation in establishing the identity. The sister of the supposed dead man also came to Liverpool, but insisted that the remains were not those of her brother. The father and mother were; however, so positive about the matter that they obtained a certificate of burial from the Liverpool city coroner. The remains were conveyed by rail to Manchester, where they were buried with much solemnity. The parental grief was still acute when the postman brought a letter *o the Moss Side dwelling, and the parents were astonished to find that the letter was from their son, who, instead of being dead, was on his way home to Manchester. It has since been ascertained that the body found was that of a man named Samuel Matheson, of Seacombe.