Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-06-29 | Page 12 | Looks like Bror; Held as Deserter

LOOKS LIKE BROTHER HELD AS DESERTER A case of mistaken identity caused Fred Tred Lucas about fifteen minutes of an unpleasant experience this morning mornin in th he the office of Sheriff Joseph C. C Sharp United Acting Df Sn on information furnished by the States government young Lucas was as arrested as a deserter from the army He lie protested that ho was not the he man wanted but Deputy Corless who ho made the arrest took the man to the he private office of the tho sheri sheriff where he ie was subjected to a rigid examina examina- tion on In practically every detail with the he exception of age e tho the young man moan tallied allied l with the description of the tho do- do anti and tho the sheriff was about to hae lave him taken to Port Fort Douglas when he be e informed the officers that it was not ot he but his brother who had deserted de de- from the army from the army He lie stated th that t his brother was three years ears older than he was but that they looked hooked very much flinch alike The sheriff was as inclined to doubt the story but the yonn young man insisted that he was aR right and nd added that his brother was vas as in the guardhouse at Fort Douglas A telephone message from the fort informed formed the tho sheriff that the youn young man an was telling a straight story stor that his s brother Ulysses S. S Lucas the deserter de de- erter was in the guardhouse at the fort rt and had been there for nearly three iree weeks The young man was wa's was promptly turned loose and as he ho left the tho 10 office remarked ed that ho he did not blame blam ame th the officer We look so much alike that we we have ha lave often been taken for twins said saido ho he o as he walked out of tIme the office