Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-04-25 | Page 8 | Missing Man is Silent for Past Thirty Years

GSiNG MIS SILENT ! FOR PAST THIRTY YEARS . Identity Finally RcTcalcd Through His Application for Soldier's Pension. . SAN" JOSE. CaL, April 25. A romantic roman-tic story has been developed and a thir-' thir-' y years mystery made clear by means f a letter received by San Jose Mer-' Mer-' ury from Frank G. Martin, a membr ; f the editorial elaff of the Philadelphia I'ubllc Ledger, t ho wrote making ln-TJlrles ln-TJlrles reCHrdlns his father, who in 1S72 as a prosperous farmer and in February Feb-ruary of that year went to Baltimore with- a large consignment of Mock. hich ho disposed of, after which all - trace of him was lost. It was believed - that he had been murderel, and after - fcvn years his considerable estate was ." r rebated and distributed to his heirs. Some years ago his supposed widow was granted a pension, the missing' man having served as a soldier in the Civil war, at the time of his discharge being a Lieutenant-Colonel of 'the Seventy-third Seventy-third Ohio volunteers. A few weeks ago Mrs. Martin learned that John F. Martin had applied, for a pension from San Jose, Cal.. which led the son to write to the Mercury to investigate in-vestigate the case. i Martin was found without d-iTcully, as he had resided here since last June. He readily admitted his identity add defended his course in tMndonin;? his wife and four young children Ly the statement that there vras n insufferable insuffer-able difference of temperament between himself and his wife. He said t would write to his son.