Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-14
OUT OF THE WILDS
Naval BaIIOOniStS Get Back to Civlll'
cation.
Two OF THEM CAME TO ANGRY BLOWS
Because Sc There Was Y Too Much Talk
), at a .:Time:..When 4 Would Have
Been, Better to@ Say, Nothing; BIT

! YER fee!ihg was Eh9onueteo' .'".''
Mattice,, Ont, Jan. 1I.-The long
| trek TO civilization Of the three
American naval 'balloonists came to'a
dramatic climax here this afternoon
when two of them-Lieutenants Far
rell and Einton-came to blows over
statements alleged to have been made
by the latter in q letter to his wife:
When they emerged from the bush
at 2.30 o'clock after 1G day jour-
ney from the Hudson Bay company
post at Moose Factory. near where
they descended December IA, the three
acronauts. bound in q tie of friend
ship through their facing together Of
death, apparently were inseparable.
An hour later Lieutenant Farrell
sat in the parlor of the log cabin
home OF H. p. Williamson, clerk In
the Hudson Bay company store. here,
relating the story of the party's ad-
ventures to newspaper men.
t.; During the conversation Lieutenant
Farrell was shown copies Of news
dispatches, among them a letter al
legged to have been sent by Hinton to
his wife and published in New York
newspaper, which said. in part:
Mr.. Farrell fell from exhaustion
several times. Wanted us to cut his
throat and take his body for food and
asked us to go on and let him die
but we decided to stick and die to-
gether. was the only one that did
not express my feelings and kept them
,heered up"
Hinton then came into the ROOM
He told Farrell he ought not to con-
tinue his talk to newspaper men, as
he had dispatches from the secretary
If the navy forbiddng any of them
10 talk until an official report had
been filed.
"You rat, you have been talking
yourself" Farrell snapped back in
| !iynantly. lie then accused Hinton
Of writing false reports, referring to
The letter.
Blow to Jaw. p.
Hinton replied that the letter had,
been published without his consent,
but that Its contents.~evidently had
ben exaggerated. FARRELL then went
into another room to apologize TO Mrs.
Williamson for his language. While
ne was gone. it is said Hinton de-
iared his remarks about eXaggeratlon
were made only for Farrcll's benefit
Farrell returned. More words passe'
between the officers. Then Farrell
took Off his coat. and struck. Hinton
IN ;the jaw. Hinton was sent sprawl.
| ing oyer a table. AT this jnncture
/ aewspaper$ men and others in the
! ;ooms hteppea between THE men. !. :,
! :Thetmen left the; cabin hastily ans,
went.: to- d special traln.ion a siding
! d. take, thep,.to. Cochrane. i =, *
Claiming that be had been double
.rossed" in. regard to the writing Oh
efters for publication, Farrell said: =!
Il wrote. a. letter TO. Frank Bent,
commissioner OF contracts Of New
York city and he CIinton) asked me
to write on it that it was not TO be
! published"
He. added that Bent was an inli:,
mate friend and evidently had duhf
Is he requested. He said he thought
Hinton and Kloor wrote their letters
nnder the same agreement.
and could do it now. in this ROOM
Farrell said he held no .grudge
against Kloot, who during the days
in the bush, he said, had remarked
that he did not want. to die; as he
had ito much. to live for"
The party left Moose Factory De.
.ember % instead of December 27. az
they had intended.
l. During the first three days travel
ng down the Missntibi' all three off:
:ers rode on the sleds because they
were fatigued from their earlier ex-
perience, Farrell said.
When they felt fully rested, he con-
tinued, they took turns in mushlnn
along with the Indians. They had
been initiated into the secret Of snow
shoes while at Moose Factory and go'
. along fairly well, but were rather
used up when time came to mako
camp.
In Snow Storm.
They were caught in snow storm
the first Sunday on the trail ant
were forced to pitch camp after trav-
cling but one mile. Fight days dowr
the Missinah their dogs began Il
show signs of fatigue and men were
sent back to Moose Factory for 9th
ers.: They were well provisloned ant
moAse meat formed n part of thei
daily ration. - &c.
They carried" four pigeons wheI
they left Rockaway Farrell said. ON
OF them was released q short distanc'
from the point of departures Two q
the others were eaten during the
: stasein the woods and the fourth WA
killed, and held for the last morsel' e..
Almost Immediately after the as
cent at Rockaawy they went into tn
clouds. The only time they could &C.
earth was when passing over Wells
n. Y. Then they were caught In