MAN OF MYSTERY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 150, 7 April 1930, Page 6

MAN OF MYSTERY.

PROCLAIMED HIMSELF LOST. There is a young man of mystery in a Reigate (Surrey) institution, well educated, well spoken, and well dressed. He has forgotten everything about himself and nobody seems to know him. He composes music and verse, plays the organ, and speaks French. This young man, says an English paper, walked into Reigate police station recently and proclaimed himself lost. He apologised for his forgetfulness, but said that all lie knew was that he had been wandering about for, perhaps, three or four days. The police asked the man every question they could think of, but all they could discover was that he was a charming young man, 25‘ years of age (apparently), sft. Gin. in height, with a fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, clean shaven, and wearing a blue serge suit, a brown tie, a purple striped shirt, with collar to match. His possession of an Assistant-Scout-master’s badge and a tab bearing the address of a Leicester firm of tailors, nrovided the only clues to his identity. So the police sent the man to the guardians. “I think it is a genuine case of loss of memory,” said Mr A. S. Vallance, the master of the institution. “The man says lie lias visited Oxford and Stratford-on-Avon.”

The unknown man said: “I remember seeing two signposts, one to Rei"•ate and one to Croydon. I went to Reigate. I have a vivid recollection of standing up in a large hall full of peonle. hut I cannot think where it could have been. While I have been here I have comnosed a church anthem and a fox trot.”