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Show I OGDEN MAN IS I APHASIA VICTIM J Thurman Marquis, Son of Former Colored Church Pastor, in Hospital KANSAS CTTY Mo. Doc. lfi The Identity of tho latest man of mystery who was found vamlrinpr about the lobby at tho union station Monday night, was believed to hnvo been re-yealed re-yealed last niprht by positive Identification Identifica-tion na Thurman Nf&rquis, a 1 1 1 c: r . He was Identified by Roy Tiiton. I negro, proprietor of Tiiton's Fever Remedy company, l s 1 2 Kast Twelfth street. He said M.. mills lived at fl Offden, T'tnh. Tllton raid the name was pronounced "Mail , Opden, according to Tilu i la a cen-ler cen-ler for Pullman porters and waiters. He advnni-od the theory last nlpht that Marquis had probably left there, working nr. a Pullman porter r waiter and cam'- into Kansas City where Uq had a fall or jar, causing the plate to slip. The identification came through a ipicture, published in newspapers ,s-terdaj ,s-terdaj afternoon Tllton and his wife, H Mrs. Helen Tllton. both recognised the picture Mrs Tiiton, prior to her mar-rlape, mar-rlape, had kept company with Mat -1 ' IDKM'll ICMloN IS POSITIVE. Tllton aid he had lived with Mar-quis Mar-quis in Ofrdon for more than a year before Tiiton married. H Tllton visited the hospital Immedl-1 H ateyl after he saw the picture Mar-J 1 quis was playing a piano at the far i end of the ward His back was toward H tlie door As TUton entered the door. H even before he saw the mystery man'&l H face, lie exclaimed, "that's him." H Tiiton was positive in his Identlf lea-1 H tion and declared he would know Mar- H iiiis in the dark. He .said he had been H aequainted with him eijrht ears. Fust, H at Suit Kake, Utah, where Marquis. I H Tllton. his wife and u rtotht r' girl often H attended dances togethei H Although Tiiton called Marquis by 1 name and mentioned other names of H persons with whom both were a- H qualnted. he failed to bring much re- H sponso fronx Marquis When the' H maiclen name of Mrs. Tiiton was no n- H tloned. Marquis ceased playing the H piano and looked up at Tllton for H several minutes. The rowd of hos-j H pital attaches which had gathered around were breathless with expects tion. Then without word M.i'i lis lapsed into the blankness he has H shown since going to the hospital. He began playing again. fm LAPSE is WOT NEW EXPERIENCE. H ' It is nothing new for him to acl that way," Tiiton said "He has . H metal plate Inserted In his skull and I him to lose his reasoning powers. The last time j remember about was back in 1915 he seemed to have lost his mind- Thurman declared thai ho bad been sand-bapped but it was common talk around Salt Lake then that th-metal th-metal plato had jus; slipped, 11 . was only sick a few days and was all rmht as soon as the doctors replaced that plate." Physicians say there is no silver plate In the man's skull; that th re I a piece of the skull missing Atter the positive Identification by Tllton, the picture was identified I later by Mrs. Susie Hasten nnd Mrs Katrine Johnson. 1918 F.ast Sixteenth j street both relatives of Tiiton. All J of them wtc acquainted with Marquis Mar-quis at Salt Lataei Except for being la little fleshier, they all said ,1C ftP-' ftP-' peared the same as when they last saw him. I Tiiton said h- saw Marquis Inst July !a ip.l.-n Both Mr. and Mrs. Tllton 1 attended a dance with Marquis a year ago. CANT EXPJjAI EDUCA HON. "Although I don't remember where Thurman received hi-- education." Mrs. Tllton said, 'he was always an a.i studen. and pick im little bits I of learning wherever bs couhl. I re- j member lo slioli' d l-'rench one tirno I under a French-Indian family by the name of Frmeis. His father, the Reverend Rev-erend Henry Marquis, was a pastor I of tho African Method 1st c hurch at Ogden. Thurman was very sensitive I aliout his affllclion and always avoided avoid-ed talking about it, but T rcmcmhe'r I tasked him one time If it ever pained him and he said it did whenever the plate slipped. "He was always a great talker." she said, "and often talked of his learning, Wit I guess 1 didn't pay much attention atten-tion at th' time. He told mo once, I believe, that he had attended school at Columbus. O I think the family moved out west from Columbus." Ml s( SO l l HINDER OP PAST. In an effort to bring back SO me reflection re-flection of tho past Tllton sat down at tho piano and bean playing a ragtime rag-time melody which Tiiton had composed com-posed and which Tiiton Bald Marquis often played. Marquis watched close- ly. He stood beside the piano, but as soon as Tiiton left the seal, without a sign, Marquis sat down and resumed his playing. Marquis's face was expressionless; except when Tiiton talk d to him, then1 he appeared as though struggling j within himself to bring back a dim memory. Once he shook his head negatively when pressed for an answer as to whether or not he remembered Tiiton. Mrs Tiiton said .she didn't know for I sure how Marquis was injured in the i j first place, hut said he believed she ! remembered hearing someone say that he had a fall when a child. Mrs. Tllton said she heard that Mar- quis was married to a girl by the name of Ruth Willy and lived at I'ocatello, 1 Ida. CAUjS His SIS! ER'S V MI". I Marquis repeatedly called out the name of "Myrtle" yesterday. "Myrtle, where are you?" he asked often and would Interrupt question-SB question-SB by saying "Myrtle." That Is the first nome of Marquis's sister, aceording to Tiiton and his wife. Dr. Herman 8. Major, n-urologist after a thorough examination of the man late yesti May afternoon founa little or no reflex action in tests to! determine the exact condition of the patient. "I believe it ! a good case of, aphasia," said Dr. Major. o c, |