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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-30
Brooklyn, Jan. %, 1888.
sEcoND1SG MRS. HARRIs's APPEAL.

70 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: am glad to second the appeal OF Mrs. HATTIE
for n new trial for her son. The conduct and result
OF the trial were certainly extraordinary The prose-
cntion was NndlctNe, and in the absence OF proo'
introduced testimony totally foreign TO the ihoic'
ment which could not but prejudice the minds OF inc
iurors against the accused. The evidence was IN
and Irrelevant and how twelve men earnest
iy s,ednr the truth could DE found to vote away u
,1an,s life on such testimony Is past comprehenslon
rho evidence Is admittedly circumstantia ana crcun'
itantiI eridrnce however damaging, Is never con-
elusive We are, unhappily through death,peu , con,
LESSONS too often shown where innocent I'M nm liz
cumstnntial evidence. II Carlyle ". Harris Is not
c1iIty-and no evidence appears 10 show uat IL n.
fhen right Justice and fair play demand that ne 10
granted a new trial and acquitted OF the eTime ZOE
20 IS Orientalst., Newark. " j., JAM 20, 1893.
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ycIp OWNER or THE GRAND HOTEL.

F. Theodore Walton. Of Philadelphia. once known
nc "PlunCcr" Walton, because Of lis heavy betlhg
an the turf has become the proprietor OF the "inr
Hotel nj Thirty first street and broadway, ana VIII
hencoforth devote considerable time to the manage
mcnt Of his new purchase. He bought the tease
and good will Of the hotel from Robert stafford VINO.
with several others held the leases OF tile "rahu anu
another hotel. The price paid for the lease eooo
will and furnishings OF the house was Si'ooo''
Mr. Walton considers that he made bargain ih'S-
much as stafford. Whitaker and krccl the ola pro
prl,,ors have spent 100000 In improvements since
last MAY. Mr. Walton intends TO adj further TO IN"
amendments OF the Grand hy cXpenGing S5ooCo
which will be mainly used In alterations ana decof'
tionS ON the Office floor. The barrOom Is to be trans
formed into mode hotel cafe ana the barber slop
will lie, rcmodecd into IL barroom.
There will Ice no changes In IL" personnel OF Tue
office staff and house employees. but next week +.
Theodore Walton IT,. son OF ia" new proprietor VIII
be- Installed IL assistant manager. ,
The transfer made on wednesday 'N'i''"S
Inst and soon after Mr.. Walton began NEGOTIATIONS
Inc was PROPRIETOR and h" soon Installed himself III
He 4, not u novice in the hotel b1siheSS' III Ia ,
he is "A veteran hotel man. lie WAS proprietor 81
Tho 81 James In this city for six years. from Isl
m Is.3 and he has since 1--S been proprietor ana
MAJ ger of the stockton hotel at Cape MAY.
Yesterday Mr.. Walton was busy giving lns'ruc
tions TO his staff and giving each man his IDEA OF
how the various departments should be conducted
Speed. comfort and luxury characterize the iiVe
r.. Of fl. M
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FIVE SVINDLERS ARRESTED.
WESTERN UNION WIRES TAPPED AND POOL
ROOM FLEECED.

ROOM FLEECED.
Jacob MCGUIRE, Twenty-Five years old, "specu-
atorp who lives at the United States Hotel; Thomas
w. Russell, twentyone years old, plumber. Wander
bilt House Richard Smith, thirty three years old No
$50 East Thireenthst. John Ward, twenty-nne years
old canvasser, Goshen, n. V, and Charles Martin
twenty.eight years old, electrician, No. IA East
Twelfth-st were arrested Saturday for tapping
Western Union wires The information obtained In
tbs way had been used to swindle poolroomS "ard
hired q room at the Splnger House. University Pace
and Fourteenth-st. The room was on the top hoor
His trunk vouched his responsibility, but lEslae
II were storage batteries and cells. Just few hours
later Martin. in the character OF Western Union
lneman, asked permission TO go TO the roof ana re-
pair some wires which were out OF order. linen
Martin tapped the wire that led to the poolroom run
by Peter Downey, at Thlrteenth-st and Cniversly
Place q block away. Ward had been an operator In
the Western Union Office and the click tick OF the
instrument connecting with the wire that led TO his
window told him the name Of the winners at the
Gutenberg track.
In the street on the opposite sidewalk stood the
rest Of the gang watching for the signal. one OF
them held q card containing the list OF entries III
each race Ward held up card with the number OF
the winner Oh It, and the horse played heavily
the being held back until the money was paceu
The Western Union Telegraph Company DeRaA ~
receive complaints that thu poolroom wires aroi,u
Fourteenth-st. being tapped. and the company
communicated with d private detective agency. nh
specor Mclaughlin, however, learned OF the sWihuc
and on Saturday Detective Sergeants OCohhoT, NC
the gang In a liquor-sore at University Place ana
Twelith-st In Wards room the working plant was
found. Yesterday the confedeIates were all hcld or
examination, Smith and Ward being held In ban OF
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Westerly, r. l.. Jan. %, 1893.
TIE CRISIS FOR CARLYLE W. HARRIS.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: AS the time draws near for the final decision
of what the future of Carlyle W. Harris Will be, 1t Is
the duty OF every lover Of justice to use his ahd h"r
influence TO see that justice is administered.
This has probably excited more Interest than
any other within the recollection of the present gen.
eraton and will doubtless result for the benefit OF
mankind, and perhaps help to eXrlngulsh certain evil
elements so prominent Ia the circles Of both high
and low society,"
G. ". Harris Is not the only young man In this
country deserving OF the extreme Teprinand OF the
law; he Is not the only person who to-day ought
not walk under the blue sky OF heaven and breathe
the pure air Of the Just and holy; but, as 1t SO hap
pens. his has become conspicuous one. Never
theless he is he IS. and deserves the punishment
that he deserves. IL Is he who Is accountable for IT,
Is he who must die for the sins If others. But on
the whole Is il not better that II Is so
70 my mind there IS no doubt about his quit,
look mt his life from the time he was seven years
u age aud see what it must needs lead To. His
would Indeed. have been II wonderful career II It
pondrred upon Is hot the command What yc do,
do quicklyrl Let 20 forward, them boldly and DO
that which IS right and proper. and let Us not be
fearful OF what shall say Of Us, so long as we
know We have guidance superior 10 that which Is
generally acCeIted. y. !. IL
shamOkn, Penn, Jan. go. 1893.
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JUSTICE. NOT SYMPATHY. APPEALED TO.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In the name OF justice mot sympathy Carlyle
w. Harris should have new trial. Is this young
man to die "A violent death. With a minister Of Jesus
at the death chair, In this socalled Christian COM
munity, because 1t proven on his trial that he
erred from yrtuel for on this point alone he
convicted.
1t was not proven that he administered directly or
Indirectly sufficient morphine TO cause the death Of
his wife. Does not the law explicitly state the
prisoner should have the benefit Of any reasonable
doubt ," How much more when, rs in lis case, Il
Young life stake. II Is evident Carlyle W.
Harris l. being sacrificed the altar OF hypOcracy
and l. as one Of the People," by whom he has been
prosecuted protest against his Intended murder for bY
no other name | call Il. Mt. ISLES.
New-YOrk, Jau. 20, 1893.
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GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
SUPERINTENDENT BYRNES'S PROFFERED
HONOR
POSTS WISH HIN TO BE MARSHAL NOTES
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS

On Monday evening the newly elected Memorial
Committee Of the City and County OF NewYork will
meet at the officers room OF the Goth Regiment In
Tompkins Market Building to organize for the year.
The committee IS composed Of delegates elected from
each Grand Army post in the city. Each post Is
emitted to send one delegate. and additional dele
gate FOR every fifty members, major fraction
thereof over the first fifty. The officers be elected
next Monday evening are Chairman. n first and
second vice chairman. treasurer. recording ard a
corresponding secretary and grand marshal
The most important post OF all Is the grand marshal
for upon that officer depends In large degree the
success OF the Memorial Day parade. which takes place
annually on May 80. lie must select the general
staff and aids and the marshas OF divisions which
Is difficult task. when II Is remembered how many
kinds OF people he must please what jealousics he
must compose and the various shades OF opinion h..
must defer 10 impress their promulgators with
belief that he Il doing So He should therefore be a
man OF judgment. tact strong personality and able TO
direct and TO command. lie should be a man who mas
had experience in forming parades and in preparing
marching columns,
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MRS. HARRIS'S APPEAL.
AsK1NC; A NEW TRIAL FOR HER SON.
OPINIONS OF CORRESPONDENTS IN HER FAVOR
POINTS RAISED IN SUPPORT OF
TIE REQUEST.


To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir Much surprise Is expressed that the Court oil
Appeals has refused trial In the Harris case
That II tried in the newspapers and at the bar
u public opinion must have been apparent to all
Tho uncontradcted evidence Of tie lbertne character
OF this young man condemned him In tie courtroom
and elsewhere and he deserves such sentence as such
a character should call for; but no amount OF tha'
kind OF evidence revolving as 1t was could connect
him with the charge OF murder. What evidence was
there that he poisoned his wife, If we look the
matter over carefully find absolutely none. lie
prescribed medicine for her and 1t put up ut
drugstore. She took It and died aferward. II this
constitutes evidence of murder, what Will become of
our doctoiSl Certainly the practice of medicine
would become a extra hazardous profession.
The bad character of the prisoner and the medicine
prescribed were the two main facts In the case ana
these facts with the attendant circumstances led the
Jury to believe the accused guilty, yet this alone Is
not sufficient TO warrant verdict to that effect
Every juryman must entertain that opinion beyond
a reasonable doubt to reach conviction ana the a'
csed Is always entitled to the benefit of such doubt
shortly after the trial, while travelling, chanc,d
10 meet Of the oldest members OF te bar IN ms
State (IthOde Island, one eminent In the PROCESSION
who asked If had read the evidence In the liaIrlr
case and when | told him had done so, ne asked
nv opinion OF the verdict. / responded that wlile
the moral character II the young man was certainly
and his acts deserved the most severe con
demnatiOn, Vet the charge was not proved hey Ond Il
Sonabc doubt, and If had been on that Jury such
a verdict would never have been rendered. lie re-
spOnded that he was most strongly Of the same opinion
For the sake OF humanity and Justice well Is Of
mercy the accused should have another trial
J. b. FOSTER.
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tn DEDICATE 4 BRANCH.

The dcdlcatory services Of the uptown branch OF
the West PRESBYTERIAN Church at sixty siXth-st and
the boulevard will be held. beginning with February
, and ending on February 20. The branch Will be-
known rs the Church OF I'd" Good shepherd In III"
dcdlcotory services sermons VIII be preached ly the
Pay D- T,nodore l.. Cuycr. the Rev. Or. Thomas
Hastings. the president Of rn,on Theological! sem
mary; the Rev. hr. John Il. Paxton. the
Rev. Dr. b. Eo- Tio,aI Isc fl, Rex Rev. DR. Dr.
~ W"rilnr tLr Rev Or. d. J. Mcmillan Of the
prr,bytcIiln Board Of me Missions. and Professor
Charles A. Briggs, Of Union Theological seminary.
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NEW EVIDENCE IN HARRIs'S CASE SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: have just read In The Tribune Mrs. Harris's
appeal for a trial for her son Carlyle l am
fully convinced that he IS deserving OF IT, At any
rate II new evidence las been discovered. by all means
let 1t be- given and without delay. Well may 1t be
said that trial by jury by no means instre JUSTICE
fully believe that expert testimony Is unreliable,
as has been shown In many instances and that too
often circumstantial evidence Is admitted by the
courts Young Harris should have every chance for
his life, and Recorder Smyth has 10 In his power To
give him more chance Mrs. liaIris's letter Is liz.
deed touching appeal 10 her son from death, and
II IL can be- done 10y another Trial. why not have 1t.
thus sparing the son life and saving the mother
from a most terrible aiIlctiQn. NORRIS DEl.
Fort Hunter, y. y, Jan. 20, 1893.
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DrcTcrOv N TPlDEUIPR CASE

Judge Thaycr. OF the United States Circuit Court
ot ST. Louis recently granted perpetual Injunction.
and reference master to assess the damages sus
tanned by tie plaintiff, In suit against Joseph T'Se
hon begun by the llo-iett'r company
Of ptt,burg. Mr. Tcgchoh Is restrained
from making or selling imitation IIostcttcr stomach
Filters I'm any manner whltcver either In bulk, by
the gallon or by rcfllng empty HoStettG bottles;
md from the use Of the word iosirt,cr IN cohnec
ION with any article Of stomach btcrS. thus pro
,rctnr h,. plaintiff in the exclusive Of the word
:. IIn.ictlrI" " trldc llInr.' =.
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STOLEN SILVER FOUND IN A CARRIAGE BARREL

STOLEN SILVER FOUND IN GARBAGE BARREL
Julia Noon hid 1ewelry. clothes. silverware ana
china which she had stolen from Miss Annie Maxweh
In the garbage barrel under the front soop OF NO
So West Seventy thi.d-s Miss Maxwell who occupies
rooms In the house, had employed Julia Noon as COOK
ard has recently missed number OF miscellaneous
ARTICLES, but could find no clew TO the Thief uh'ii
the detectives arrested the cook. When the COOK had
been taken TO Police Headquarters on saturday 'he
detectives searched the garbage barrel and ionnd silver
tea knives tureen. silk handkerchiefs and Ties cups
and saucers, jewel box. four SILK skirts sugar
bowl and other articles valued at ~ 900 Miss MAN
Wen could not identify some OF the properly VII.
Twenty sevenih-st who formerly employed Miss Hoo'
lhe prisoner held for trial.
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BELIEVES THERE WAS A LACK OF EVIDENCE.
To the EdItOr OF Z he Tribune.

Sir In reply to the appeal OF Mrs. Harris. will
state my convictions No person Should be convicted
Of murder upon circumstantal evidence alone. have
read carefully the trial. and after 50 doing and think
ing Il all over, time and again. have concluded that
young Harris should have the benefit OF the doubt
III, wife was addicted the OF morphine that fact
has no, been disputed. She may have taken enough
In addition the doses bought ana given 10 her by
Harris, To have made the dose fatal False Oaths ana
false accusations are not uncommon I'm what called
courts Of Justice Respectfully. VI. f.. CARRIER.
Middle Iladdam, Conn. Jan. %, lsy3
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HOPING THAT HARRIS MAY HAVE ANOTHER
CHANCE.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune
sir: If, when the history of the life OF Carlyle W.
Harris was investigated it had been found above re-
proach up to the time when lie is supposed to have
dercd his wife, can any question that lie would now
be- granted a new trial? Does he not owe his con
vctlOn 10 the fact that he WAS proved to have been
4 fast Young man. rather than to any positive proof
Il his having committed murder! / hope he may be
given another chance. NJ X. l..
Elizabeth y. j., Jan. %. 1893.
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ew.Yorl:, Jan. 90, l-1o.
DID NOT SEE Ev1pENcE ENOUGH TO CONVICT

DID NOT SEE EVIDENCE ENOVGT TO CONVICT.
TO the Editor IF The TT bhne.
sir: II the newspaper reports OF the :ia OF Carlyle
" Harris were true II seems 10 me that he con-
vctcd upon Insufficient evidence. / followed the
trial very closely but failed 10 see any proof strong
enough to warrant the jury In reaching its decision.
Having been myself Juror on similar case. and
having been severely criticised by the press for agree
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-30
CIRCUMSTANTIAL PROOF NOT

TO the EdItOr OF TIC IT'D u IT C
Sir: At the request OF several friends, ana moved
by my feelings deire TO protest as strongly as pos
slle against the execution OF Carlyle ". Harris The
death penalty the severest sentence known 10 ths
law should be enforced where the PROOF OF crims
Is wholly circumstantia and where there Is so con-
siderable doubt OF guilt as there is In this CASE
SUSPICION of injustice o: too great severity does
orn to take away respect for the law than even It's
i'Y ,nforcoment Remember tie old saving 1T IL
better for ten guilty 10 escape than Tor one IN
nocent man to suffer death" ] know MIS- iiaIIiss
The prisoucr mother but have not seen her Tor owe!
wear or been approached in any way, or Deeh asAe"
ny "ei ~ "'''' ''' JAMES II. DARLINGTON.
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ruINKs NEw EvIpEYCE Should BE HEARD.

THINKS NEW EVIDENCE SHOULD BE HEARD.
tho Editor The Tribune.
sir: have read with interest Mrs. iarrlss touch
ing letter I'm behalf Of her son. not oycrwroust but
we'll put and entitled 10 the highest consideration.
Thus IL seems that 10 objection should BE- offered
against new trili, a. no harm can follow a post
nonnmcnt Of IIarriss execution In the present
decision shall not be set aside. To deprive the pris-
oner OF the benefit OF doubt wonld be cruel indeed
and n shock to society. The testimony OF the doctor
declaring that a po>tm Ortrm held nearly two months
rrr death IS Of 40 avail should serve also strong
argument favor OF appeal. when II may be proved
that the victim was an hahitnll oplum-eatcr. ara
other new Developments lrOnght 10 bear. Far bet
Ter that myrladS at guilty CASES should escape than
put 10 death single one that may b" innocent
r' JOSEPH MARIE.
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HODCMAN'S
MACKINTOSHES
OVERSHOES
ARE EXCEI.EED BY NONE.
BROADWAY, 81 West Odd ST..
Cor. Grand ~. Adj. Fifth Ave. Hotel.

day pete" shannon the dead shot OF the Central
Park menagerIe. was sent out 10 bring :he dog back
dead or alive but he was unsuccessful Yesterday the
Park Department asked the aid Of the Park police In
dlspOSing Of the dog but when night came the dog
SIN the suShy surface Of the reservoir and his
would be slayers went home wet cold and disappointed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-30
PUBLIC SENTIMENT SAID TO BE IN HIS FAVoR.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I am very much Interested in the case OF
CARLYLE W. Harris and desire 10 my name ana IN
nuence in lis behalf believe. with many OF your
readers that Recorder smyth should grant him new
trial. not only because there Is new evidence. which
has accumulated since the first trial. but also De-
cause testimony which could have been produced nc
that time was omitted. Now what possible harm
could 1t do to grant the request for new trialf
The public sentiment Is strongly In favor OF 1t. and
II * fair 10 assume that this would not be unless
the majority of the people Zee! cohNl tat II WAS
not pr,yen that he committed the crime OF which he
was charged.
Charity and mercy are not the things asked lot IN
mis- c,si.-onlv Justice II CARLYLE W. Harris had
been executed a month ago. and new testimony had
come light how great would have been tne regret
mai m lunOc.nt man had been put TO death but lie
still lives and there IS yet opportunity 10 prevent tne
sacrifice OF innocent mans life. man cannot De
wholly bad who shows the record OF good treatment
to his mother. ii. IL
lonkers, JAN %, 1893.
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TWO CITY DEPARTMENTS BAFFLED BIZ DOG.
There Is dog on the fee in the large reservoir III
central Park. How tile poor mOngre for he Is Il
cross between a Newfoundland and setter. got there
nooouy Knows. Someone must have dropped him over
tne ralings on Friday night for he seen early on
saturday morning. wandering almlcssy over the
,oIen surface No dog OF his size could have forced
nmsalf through the Rulings that surround the
"serVor' or could have jumped over them. on satur-
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TRIED FOR IMMORTALITY RATHER THAN MURDER

TO the Editor Of The Tribnne.
SIR: I have read with deep Interest the appear
from, Mrs Harris for her SON. believe II Is uhco"'
tradIcted that tie evidence was entirely cHcus'a"
tial. At a distance the trial appeared 10 pe iof nv
Morality rather than for murder. The character OK
,ba defendant may be bad; | do Eot know. but ao'
hitting this to be true that does not prove him suy
OF murder as charged II the case against fia'fis
was much stronger than 1t Is. new trial on now
evidence should be granted. Neither justice nor gooS
morals will be promoted by hurryln8 10 eAecuuon
This Young man. His attorneys may nave erreo -
10 the evidence which should have been presen.e9 ~
his defence Let him again have the opportunity y
prove himself innocent. CHAhLfS FEh"A'
Westerly X. l.. Jan. 26, 1898.
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a GIFT TO TIE TOWN Of FAIRHAVEN.

THE MILMCENT MEMORIAL LIBRARY TO BE
DEDICATED TO-DAY.
New Bedford. Mass. Jan. 90 (spccaD.-The splendid
memorial library erected in the Of Falrhaven by
the children of Henry ii. Rogers OF New York, In
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ing to a verdict Of guilty" am slow In condemn
ing jury for arriving at a certain decision when
have not heen present during the entire trial Per-
hans tustice woud be best served by granting new
tial TO this young man, but unfortunately Tor MN ~.
application must be made 10 Recorder sfnyth. ana
that upright official 10 have Ntie ol the eic-
ment OF mercy In his makeup on this account no
often commits injustice. fear. and he may ~ ths
JIS'A|H'
New York. Jan. o5, 1893.
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rpGIyG THAT HARRIS SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER
CHANCE.

To the Editor Of T he Tribune
sir: My heart Is stirred with deep ssmpa'ny io'
Mrs Harris, and l sincerely hope that her soh may
-, ,,rr,,,tad another trial There are doubts In my
mind as to his ghilt, and feel that crime VIII %
committed should Carlyle Harris not nave a2ne1
chance for hlS life ~ ~ NoiHH-A''
bedford, y. Y, Jan. 25. 1893.
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AN APPEAL FROM CONNECTICUT.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
sir: write asking that new trial be granted 10
Carlyle W. Harris son Of Mrs. McCready Harris.
PRESIDENT ". c. L. l..
Middle Iaddam, Conn, Jan. 20. i 03.
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AlS THE VIKINGS CAME.
TO SAIL FROM NORWAY FOR AMERICA.
MEN WILL COME TO THE FAIR IN REPRO.
DUCTIoy OF ONE OF THE MORSE.
MEMS SHIPS

Orc OF the most Interesting Of the nautical
hibs that VIII be al the Worlds Fair will be fac
smile OF an old Vkrg slip w,ich VIII be sent by
Norway. In the winter OF l310'3o a Norwegian
sailor living in >aGdeord one OF the small ports OF
Norway. employed hs leisure time during the winter
months In eXp.orir. saGd.hn or mound on the