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Show "MYSTERY MAN" IS IDENTIFIED Oklahoma's "mystery man," who for four years baffled efforts of American Legion and Bed Cross officials to establish es-tablish his identity, has been .recognized .recog-nized as Arthur Littleswift Frazier of Winner, S. D. Incidentally by his Identification, Iden-tification, he may receive $2,000 In back pay due him from the government, govern-ment, and a Legion post named in his honor will have to seek another hero to commemorate. Frazier, or Green, as he was known then, was discovered in the woods near Ponca City, Okla., existing on berries and roots, living In a tepee constructed con-structed principally of remnants of an American flag. Ue was taken in charge by; the authorities and on recommendation recommenda-tion of the American Legion was sent to a government hospital, as he had established the fact that he was a World war veteran. Then began a long quest for clues to his identity. Every relief agency and government bureau exhausted itself in efforts to learu who the man was, but to no avail. lie was positively i "identified" on several occasions by various persons only to show no signs of recognition when put to test. In the meantime, back in the South Dakota town where he had lived, his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frazier received oilicial notice from the government gov-ernment that their son had been killed in action in the Argonne late in October, Octo-ber, 191S. He was mourned as dead, and in order to pay. him full respect, a post of the Legion was named in his honor. By chance a Legionnaire residing in Winner saw a photograph of the Oklahoma Okla-homa "mystery man," as he was known, because he had no recollection of his past, and the parents went to Muskogee Musko-gee to identify the man. There, he was claimed as their son, and they returned to the Dakota home'. 1 If this man was Frazier, then he was entitled to back pay because he had never been discharged from the service. serv-ice. Compensation checks sent him were fraudulently cashed in Chicago at one time. Because Frazier is suffering not only from his mental disability but tuberculosis tuber-culosis hastened by the poisonous gases and exposure, his Legion friends appealed to the Veterans' bureau for J aid. He was sent to Minneapolis, 1 where he was met by two comrades, and he recognized both of them immediately im-mediately as "buddies'" in his overseas outfit. Both said the man had served In the same Minnesota guard unit with which they served in France, and testified testi-fied to their belief that he was Frazier. The man has no recollection of any of his previous life, save a dog, who bad been his companion in earlier days, and who apparently recognized him the moment he set foot in the Frazier home. I |