He's My Son, Hannah Frazier Declares in Court, May 23, 1925

Veteran Faints in Court as Mother Calls Him Her Son. . . Woman Denies Government Claim That Youth Is Imposter Passing for Dead Soldier

Minneapolis, Minn., May 22—Just as Mrs. Hannah Frazier earnestly and quietly testified that he was her son, Arthur Lopez-Frazier collapsed in federal court here today during his identification trial. He was taken to a hospital.

“This boy is my son,” the mother declared to the jury, which is to decide whether he is Arthur Frazier, World War veteran, or Arthur Lopez, Mexican and imposter.” The government contends Frazier is dead.

“I knew it from the very beginning, when I saw his picture,” she declared. “A mother knows her child.”

It was then that Lopez-Frazier lurched forward in his chair and fainted. Mrs. Frazier stepped from the witness stand, gathered him into her arms, dipped her handkerchief in a glass of ice water and pressed it against the back of his neck.

The court declared a recess and the young plaintiff was carried into the judge’s chambers. Mrs. Frazier followed and stood by, weeping, as other members of the family revived him.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 23, 1925

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