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The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
January 2, 1907, pg 6

Fail To Establish Dead Man's Identity

Young man of prepossessing appearance, who was found dead several hours after his arrest by the Sapulpa police.

Herewith is a photograph of an unknown young man, who was found dead in the city jail at Sapulpa. Efforts to identify the remains have failed, despite the earnest work of the chief of police of Sapulpa and the members of the Eagle Lodge, of which he was a member.

It is believed by the Sapulpa officers that the young man was drugged. Seven hours after he was taken into custody, evidently under the influence of powerful opiates, during which time he gave no information concerning himself, he died.

The Eagles Lodge has made a thorough investigation, but has been unable to find any clue concerning the identity of the dead man.

Should this photograph be recognized, word may be sent to the Oklahoman, to the Sapulpa police or to the Sapulpa Eagles lodge.

The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
January 3, 1907
page 1

Death Mystery is Solved

By the aid of The Oklahoman, Patrick Mayar, formerly of Round Lake, Minn., has been saved from burial in a unmarked grave in potter's field.

Through a portrait published in The Oklahoman yesterday, R. L. Johnson, a subscriber residing on a rural route four miles from Geary, Okla. has identified the body of a young man who died in the city jail at Sapulpa several days ago under mysterious circumstances, as Patrick Mayar, formerly an employe (sic) in a general store in Harris, Iowa. Police officers and members of the Eagles Lodge at Sapulpa have been endeavoring to discover the young man's antecedents ever since his death.

Although it is a message of sorrow that will be sent to the aged parents on the farm up in Minnesota of the death of a missing son among strangers, it can be with only a feeling of relief that they learn their boy will not be buried in an unmarked grave.

Mayar was found by the Sapulpa police several days ago in an unconscious condition. He died without giving any information as to who he was. Not an article was found on the body or clothing that could give the officers a clue as to the identity of the man. The police and Eagles exerted every effort but all were availing.

Last evening R. L. Johnson, living near Geary, called up The Oklahoman by telephone, saying that he recognized the picture as that of Pat Mayar, whose home was in Round Lake, Minn.

Mayar's parents and a sister live a short distance from Round Lake and the dead man has a brother, John Mayar, living at Harris, Iowa. It was two years ago that Pat Mayar worked for Mr. Johnson as a clerk in a general store at Harris. He went from Harris to Washington and then disappeared entirely.