New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Mystery Man.
Is Not Son of
DIR. Macleod
Soldier Found Wandering in
Paris Is Identified Here
las Roland A. Phillips
and From Evansville, Ind.

1t was Roland A. Phillips, of Evans
VILE, Ind, who came home yester-
day on the transport Mount Vernon,
thereby bringing an end to the mystery
which has eaten at the hearts of three
mothers, as each clung to the frail
hope that he might be her son.
DR.. Malcolm Macleod, pastor of the
Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas, who
had been led to hope that the mys-
terioHs soldier found wandering dazed
in the streets of Paris and unable to
tell his 1alne, might be his son, Henry
Blakeley Macleod, missing since
June %, 1918, took one look at yester-
days arrival, and turned away.
Mrs. Roland Phillips, of South Flush
Ing, Long Island. looked, too, and
turned away, weeping.
NO no." she cried, "he is not my
SON"
The soldier was under the guard Of
four men armed with rifles with fixed
bayonets, as he returned to the country
which has been awaiting his home
coming with such tragic interest, and
the disappointment Of the parents who
had hoped to see their own son brought
back almost from the grave, was in
tensifed by the manner of the man
who stood in his place.
Blames 1t On Officers
"why did you do ths?" cried DR..
Macleod "Why did you cause US all
arA oh
II never said l was Macleod" the
soldier muttered. Blame it on the
officers over there"
i)r. Macleod then produced letters
signed "Blakeley" and asked Phillips
why nc had written them He replied
that nurse who had taken care of
him in a hospital in France had signed
the name.
The Phillips who stood before Dr.
Macleod and Mrs. Phillips yesterday
was a youth five feet six in height and
heavily built
My son was six feet tall, and so
was Elakeley Macleod" said Mrs Phil
lips. at was the fact that the cables
from France told US this man an
swered al the physical descriptions of
our two sons that led Mrs. Macleod
and me to allow ourselves hope that
1t might be he. l cannot understand
way they cabled that this man resem-
bled our sons, for he does net. He
does not look like them"
Three Go to the Pier
Mrs. Macleod was unable to visit
the pier TO meet the mysterious Phil
lips, bat her daughter, Miss Jean Mac
Leod, accompanied her father. They
waited with Mrs. Phillips in the Office
o. General McManus while the steame r
toiied up the river with the thousands
OF soldiers who were coming home un-
Ger normal circumstances and the one
whose arrival might prove as dramatic
al any in the annals of the army.
Major II. C. Craig, of General Nc
Ianus's staff, had gone down the river
night before last to see Private Phil
lips, and il was he who virtually put
an end TO the suspense shortly after
the Mount Vernon dockcd.
Il nave seen the young man, and do
not believe re is your son." he told
DR.. Macleod. Il have examined his
teeth and ears and find no resemblance
70 your son. He appears to be entirely
rational"
To Make II Certain
In order, however, that there might
nfver De any doubt about the identity
OF the maa, both Dr. Macleod and his
daughter ard then Mrs. Phillips were
allowed 10 see MIN. Immediately after
ward ne was taken back under guard
10 the cage OF the ship. He liz under
INC care OF the army medical authori.
tea and will be sent to an army hos
pitai pending the clearing up of the
question of amnesia.
The mystery Of Henry Blakeley Mac
Iced rests to-day just where it did on