Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-12
AEROKAUT FELLS
HINTON ON RETURN
Trouble Starts Over Letter
Written by Hin
ton
RAT FARRELL RETORT
Farrell Claims He Was Double Cross
ed-T'Ook Turns in Washing"
Caught in SnOwStorm

AIattice, Ontario, Jan. l2.-Thc long
trek to civilization Of the three Amer
:can naval balloonisrs came to dra-
matte climax here Yesterday after
room when two Of them-LieutS. Far
rel! and Hinton--came to blows over
statements alleged to have been
made by the latter in letter 20 Gis
wife.
When they emerged from the bush
1T 2:a0 o'clock after a sixteen days
Journey from the Hudson Bay Com
pany's post at Moose Factory, near
where they descended December Il,
the three areonarts, bound in a tic
Of friendship through their facing
together of death, apparently were
inseparablc.
AT hour later Lieut.. Farrell sat in
the parlor of the log cabin home Of
II. p. Williamson, clerk in the Hue
son Bay Company store here, rela-
ting tie story Of the parry's adver-
lures to ncwspapermen.
During the conversation Lieut..
Farrell was shown copies of news
dispatches, among them a letter al
lc@ed to have been sent by Hinton to
his wife and published. which san,
in part: s
'tsIr: Farrell Eel! from exhaustion
several times. VARIED US to GU his
throat ard take his body for food.
end asked US to go on and let HIM
die. hut we decided to stick and die
together. ! was the only one rnat
did not eynrsss my feelings, and
kf"t them cheercd rH.''
Hinton then came into the Tcsr1.
!Ie told Farrell he should not con-
tince his talk 10 n"wspapermen. a.
he lad disDatchcs from the Secrr-
tary of the Navy forhidding any Of
them. to talk until an official report
had been filed.
"You rat. YOU have been talking
Yourself" Farrell snarpcd back in
fiensrtly. Fl" tEen accused Hinton
of writing false reports, referring to
the letter.
Hinton rcnli:d that the letter had
been published without his consen,
Int that its con.erts evidently had
been exaggerated. Farrell then ven;
into arGther room to apologize to
Nrrs. Williamson for MS 'anguage.
While he was gene. t is said, Hinton
.sc,larcd his remark about cXaggera-
ton m-as made only for FarTells
benefit.
Farrell rc:urned. More words
raSsci between the officers. Then
Farrell took CT his coat and stuck
Hir'on on the jaw. Hinton was sent
spraw!in% ever . table. AT this
;lr"ture rewspapermen and others
in the room stepped between the n1er
The men left thc cabin separately
ard vert to special train waiting
nn siding to take them to Cocnranc
Claiming that Ia had been double
crossed" in regard to the writing Of
letters for publication. Farrell SAID:
81 wrote a letter to Frank Eent,
commissioner OF contracts Of New
York City and he fHinton) asked me
to write on'"it that it was rot to be
published
He added that. Bent was an inti-
matc friend and evidently had done
as hr requested. He said he thought
Hinton ard kloor wrote their let
;ers under the same agreement.
The halloonists will remain here
rrtiI this afternoon as guests of ".
B. Way. divisiora! superintendent of
the Canadian National Railway,
whose private car has been placed a
Their disposal.
The mo of departure has not been
arncurccd. En- route TO New York
the party will make only one stop.
Toronto, where they will be guests
Of MAYER Church ard the rotary
clrb of Torerro at luncheon. They
will arrive in Toronto ahout.3 o'clock,
Thors1ar afternoon.
Lieut.. Farrell said last night that
:Fer"t was greatfieal. of ''du;bbling''
among bis co,nparions5 nnd himself
during the three DAYS they we're lost
.in--thf woods above: Moose Factory.
He claimed he was inrbetter rtysi-
cal condition than either of his eo.il-