Show TAKES HINT FROM SOLOMONS AWARD shell shocked ked soldier given to three families paris confronted with one of the roost most poignant problems arising out of the world war the case of a shell shocked and amnesia victim who Is clail claimed lied as a lost relative by twenty differ different eilt persons the court in the ili lit tle tie town of rodez in the south of france adopted a solution reminiscent of the judgment of Sol solomon ornon selecting three claimants who seemed the most serious the court ruled that private X should live for three months it in turn with each of thew them A special commission named hy by the court will supervise the experiment and try to to determine whether private X N shows any signs of recognizing the surroundings or supposed relatives at the end of the nine months period the court will give a definite judgment regarding custody of private X after consideration of the experts report the center of this stra strange tige legal tangle has been an inmate or of an insane asylum since 1918 he originally turned up in a hatch batch of returned prisoners at lyons lynns at the close of the war ife he could not remember his name or what had happened to him before being made prisoner there was no way of identifying him film for years no one claimed him until authorities appealed to the press stories were written about hilra ills his photograph an and descriptions were printed last but not least readers were reminded that the state owed him francs about today in pension arrears and that naturally since he is incapable of managing his affairs the money would go to his legal guardian almost immediately letters started pouring in from families who thought they recognized private X as a lost son brother or husband of all these letters three seemed to the court to be worthy of consideration the three candidates are the family who believe that private X Is the he son of octave Afon join and who was reported missing in action mme ame gensac geniac who declares that he Is tier her son missing since 1915 and mine lime le tiny may proprietor of a tobacco stor eln the center of france who says saya tie he is her husband marcel the family started the litigation to obtain custody of the soldier thus forcing a decision by court alme le may gave the court a very detailed description of certain marks on tier her husbands body which corresponded with those on private X |