The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-30
OKLAHOMA MAN
Of MYSTERY IS
NOT IDENTIFIED
Indian World War Veteran
Has Lost Memory; Legion
Searches for Clue to
Parentage.

OKLAHOMA CITY The Identity OF
Oklahoma's mysterious Indian world
war veteran is still unknown after a
year of investigation.
Remembering only that he is part
Indian; that he was hurt and half
buried by a shell explosion in the front
trenches in France that his brother or
half-brother was killed. the veteran.
with u partly paralyzed brain, was
saved from self-destruction near Paw
nee, Okla, one year ago this August
Some one told me it did not take
long or did not hurt much to drown
yourself, so l am going to get in the
Arkansas river" he explained when
prevented In the act and taken TO Paw
rec.
Since that time efforts have been
| made in vain to have his identity es
tablished by the government. The case
has now been referred 10 the legion TO
assist in proving his claim and have
him placed in a government hospital
Found Starving.
When found the man weighed S7l2
pounds. was half starved, and without
sufficient clothing. even for August,
He said he could not work and no
one would feed him He could not re-
member his name. but thought 1t was
either Arthur Green Littleswift, Ar
thur l.. Green or Arthur Lopez. He
said his relatives name was Ray L.
Green.
Ray l.. Green, described as private
Machine Gun CO.. 3Osth infantry" was
killed in France, October 12, 1918
The Pawnee man remembers enough
of the trenches 10 convince all overseas
boys that he was in the first line. His
whole left side is paralyzed. A Paw
ice doctor says his brain is partly
numb, accounting for the mans in
ability to clear his record. He thinks
he enlisted in Arkansas City, Kan,
May 10, 1918, and that another man
signed his name because he could not
read or write. He says his organ,AA-
tion was go. d, 18th Machine Batta-
lion, 135th Division" and that he was
private first class. but reports u Paw
nee declare that the adjutant generals
trace Of his record.
Finger Prints Taken.
Three sets Of finger prints have been
taken. One set was sent TO the adju-
tant generals office and two sets to
the 14th district office, veterans bu-
reau. Dallas. Texas, with no results in
two months.
A. n,,ft - III,
private 353rd infantry, seth division,
whose present address is Wellington
Kan. affirms that the man was dis.
charged from the same casualty COM
pany at Camp Dodge, Ia, March 20,
1919. He was known only as Chief
part Sioux Indian. The Sioux agency
records show no one by the names
given.
Insurance payments on $40, 900 for
the death Of Ray L. Green, which has
been going to a SimS H., man sup.
posed to be a grandfather, have been
stopped by the veterans bureau pend
ing Identification Of The Oklahoma man,
on the possibility that he is Ray. Let
ters to the Sims, H., man are un--
answered. and the postmaster is quoted
as saying that the recipient Of the let
ters denied he is a relative Of Arthur
Green Littlswift.
The man Of mystery is dark COM
plexioned; has dark brown eyes. black
straight hair; now weighs $50 pounds;
is feet and one.fourth inches tall; Is
quick OF mo ement except for the par
alyzed side. has alert, snappy
eyes.