New-York tribune., 1910-06-27
WANDERING SON RETURNS.
Greenwich Village Boy Picked
Up on South Sea Island.
HAD LOST HIS MEMORY
After Antipodean Adventures
That Read Like Stevenson He
Is with His Mother.

After having been missing for four years
| Joe Reynolds ate his first dinner with
his mother yesterday. He left his home or
| Greenwich avenue. In old Greenwich Vii
| 1age, for the West, believing that there
were better opportunities to be found there
After a journey to the antipodes, during
which he suffered great hardships, he was
finally picked up by an ex-officer of the
British army. Although Reynolds's mind
was blank at this time, owing to severe
injury to his head that he received, the
Englishman succeeded in guiding Reynolds
back to his old home Q
Reynolds had little money when he
started for the West, and for the most part
he worked his way In town near sgd
ney, Australia, he said, he met captain
by the name of Ziegfield. who was the
master of a Dutch trading vessel. He
drank all night with the captain. who told
him of the fortunes to be found in the
South Pacific and advised him to join his
crew.
Reynolds declares that his mind became
a blank after this until he was picked UP
by Edward Roper, an ex-British army Of
ficer, on the beach on one of the group of
Gilbert Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean.
When found his head was smashed and
there was bullet hole in one Of his legs.
He had faint recollection of going aboard
the boat, but could not tell how he got on
the island.
Roper took care of the injured man until
a trading vessel reached the island, on
which he took Reynolds back to Sydney.
Here the injuries to his head were at
tended to by DR.. Forbes. The latter be-
gan to bring his patients memory back
by asking him to read letters. When he
struck "J'' there was muscular response.
Then the doctor called out various names
until he came to Joseph, and from the
change that came over Reynolds DIR.
Forbes knew that he had his first name.
Roper and Reynolds finally left Sydney,
the latter practically cured of his injuries,
but lacking a clear memory.
"It was in Melbourne said Reynolds
yesterday, that my last name came back
to me. I think I saw the name Reynolds
on sign, and after that seemed to have
a vision of the streets of New York. Then
the whole thing came back to me, and I
Immediately made UP my mind to return
home
Roper, he said, had $500 in the Bank of
Hong Kong, but that he spent much Of this
money in helping him to be cured. A
greater part of the balance was spent on
the trip to this city. The men stayed sew
eral days in San Francisco.
Reynolds is twenty-five years old, smooth
shaven, wears glasses and is feet 10 inches
in height. Before leaving New York he
was a frequent visitor to Columbia Uni
versity, where he read books on philosophy.
Since her son has been missing Mrs
Reynolds has kept lamp burning in the
window of her home every night. She
carefully put away the clothes he had LEFT
and all his belongings. Every morning she
went to church and offered up a prayer for
the wanderers return Recently she was
about to give up hope and go to England
to pass her remaining days with friends.
This plan was frustrated when robbers
broke into her homo and stole all her
money. She then went to live with a.
friend. Mrs. G. L. GiIham, at No. rs Green
witch avenue.
When Reynolds returned he was dressed
in overalls, with a coat slung over his
shoulder. Robert n. Copeland, son of for
mer Police Captain Theron Copeland, was
standing in front of the door when Rey-
nolds approached.
asked.
Copeland thought he recognized Reynolds
and replied:
Are you Joe Reynolds"
After learning that he was Copeland
went in and gradually broke the news Of
his return to his mother while the son
waited outside. He feared the shock Of
sudden JOY might prove fatal to her.