Show hero finds I 1 self legally dead deserted U S army and joined foreign legion st joseph mo arnold godbey a fighting man dian knew that he be had been hurt and injured iu in the french sudan during the world war but he did not know until recently that a court had done him hian a greater damage in declaring him legally dead indeed it was a strange story of adventure that godbey told ills his mother mrs grace godbey Al mulkey when he appeared at her home homeard aud asked for his estate which had already been bean dh aided in probate Iro bate court God beys story be began kin when lie he was en an adventure seeking boy before the united states slates entered the word war nar in 1017 he had a desire to enter the great conflict which lie he had read about ld in the alie newspapers although he was only sixteen years old when be enlisted in february of that year lie he joined the marines won WA hero medals meda ls ills exploits as a marine won him the croix crete lie de guerre and the alie distinguished service ue lie was gassed several times but he rose to the rank of second lieutenant when the war ended godbey was mustered out of the service in ilo ho hoken august 3 1919 civilian life appeal to him so he reen re en listed after six months he deserted and went to the french foreign legion and soon was oft off to F rench french sudan to quell the riff kin uprising there lie he found more fl fighting biting than he cared for A real battle with the riffs ensued the foreign legion rode camels that day in 1926 the ritts mind hand to hand fighting and when it was over godbey was left for dead to days later persons passing over the battlefield found the lie american and took him to a french military hospital where he was kept for two years before lie wis was discharged as fully recovered reco recoN ered in 1928 10 19 28 tried for desertion ile he went to spain where lie he was seized with a desire to see liis his native land again ile he obtained a job on a spanish freighter bound for america the freighter brought him to brooklyn throe three months ago where lie he surrendered to marine authorities ile he was tried for desert desertion loi but u I 1 because of his world war record d the courts leniency gave him a dishonorable dischar discharge re as ills his only punishment ith the promise that six months good behavior would result in granting him an honorable discharge lie he arrived here just in time to learn that the probate court was dividing his adjusted compensation certificate ile he Is claiming the estate on the ground that lie he Is alive and it looks as if he has a good case |