The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-01-21
MADE AN ZOOLOGY
Admits Lieut.. KlOOr Told
Him He Had Treated His
Friend Rough.
ONCE FELL EXHAUSTED
Told Companions to Go On and
He'd Follow Their Tracks
When Rested.

IL
before the Naval Court of Inquiry at
Rockaway Point yesterday that he had
no recollection of a fight with Lieut..
Walter Hinton after he and Hinton,
with Lieut.. Louis a. I<loor, Jr.. had
reached Mattice after an overland trip
from Moose Factory, where they
landed in a naval balloon. He said he
vas told later that there had been
trouble in a cabin in Mattice, but he
declared that he was so tired and dazed
that he hardly recalled having seen
Hinton. OF the events that transpired
at Mattice after their arrival from
Moose Factory Lieut.. Farrell said:
'Kloor and Hinton came in half an
hour ahead of me. as they got a ride
from a movie man we met six or seven
miles out. walked TO the last, and In
that way we became separated. l was
absolutely dog tired. The movie men
kept bothering me. A fellow took me
10 his house, where one man after an
other entered and began asking me
questions.
IT attempted to tell them the general
story of the trip. but seemed TO be
losing my sense Of reasoning. I remem-
Der one fellow telling about things pub
iished about me here in the papers, and
+ seemed TO get all excited. l really
don't know what did or said. but I
heard somebody say You must stop
this swearing apologized for swear
ing. After that there was a general
movement around the place, and
seemed to lose all sense OF reasoning.
1T lay down, but was so nervous that
| couldn't sleep. Mr.. Kloor told me after
| got up that I'd had a fight with Hin
ton and the newspaperrnen. scarcely
remember seeing Hinton. I told him
was going nutty IL he didn't look out.
They kept me there a couple of hours.
got up for supper. but I couldn't eat
Mr.. Kloor said I'd better apologize TO
Mr.. Hinton. as I'd treated him rough.
did so. and he and have been friends.
as we always were before"
offered to Follow Tracks.
Lieut.. Farrell did not tell the court
that he offered TO commit suicide during
the four days they were lost in the
forests of Ontario. as Lieut.. Hinton
however, that at a time when he was
too exhausted to move he suggested that
he remain behind and follow the tracks
Of the others after he had recovered his
strength But to this suggestion Lieut.
Eloor. commander of the expedition.
sid: There's nobody going to follow
tracks"
Lieut. Farrell began mis- testimony by
declaring that his opinion of free balloon
ing altered after the basket began TO
bump among trees and they got cold and
wet flying through rain over an unknown
territory. His account grew more Inter-
esting when he told Of the second morn
ing OF their wanderings In the forest.
Il felt the strain OF going through the
bush" he said. land i wanted sleep
awful bad but we were as cheerful
as any three could be under such
circumstances. We discussed almost
everything under the sun as we sat
keeping warm-even our friends and
folks on the station. how they'd think
we were lost or bumped Off
after midnight we tried 10 snuggle
together and sleep. but for Mr.. Hinton
and myself this seemed out OF the ques-
ton. Mr.. Kloor slept. but he squirmed
around a lot and next morning we ac-
cused him OF taking up all the fire.
don't remember whether we ate pigeon
that morning december 10 or not.
One day was much like the other
1--WE started out full Of hope. 7 think
] said little prayer out loud that be-
gan asking God TO assist us In our ef-
forts. as we all had the bunch we would
hit something on the third day This
was TIE only prayer sa;G aloud by any
OF the party at any time that | heard.
II was said not in any devout way. but
simply as an ordinary fellow would try
10 say a prayer.
I'D been going perhaps two and n
half or three hours when ] had two or
three very bad falls. The ground
seemed covered with logs or fun Of
holes and when / stepped either
slipped on a log or went through hole.
I guess IL was about a quarter 70 IL
when I had a very bad fall. My stom-
ach had been bothering me all morning.
especially after tho first fall. was
quite thirsty and made couple Of trips
20 the river for water. which put me
further behind the party. When ] got
ND after that last fall was very weak
and called to Mr.. Hinton 10 come back.
"Must Have tainted"
Il told him could go no further and
asked him to make a fire He sort OF
'razzed' me TO keep on. He said We
must make time. i tOlO MIN al iiHhAi
make a fire and I'll keep on when I get
rested and follow your tracks. lie said
do YOU want to make the same PROPOSE
ton 20 Kloor? That II. think he said
that. I was failing fast and fell at that
point must have tainted dead away
because when I came 10 Mr.. Kloor was
helping me UP and remember him say
ing There's nobody going to follow
tracks
After a rest we continued. and
seemed TO get better as the afternoon
progressed. But we all felt pretty blue
We'd spent the third day and nothing
happened. We spent thoroughly mis-.
cradle night Mr. Hinton. by the look
on his face, was fast fading away, and
suppose my face looked the same way
I noticed the pole star and was shocked
ut its position. II seemed directly over
head"
Wis Details Of their rescue aoxt day
wee ribsiantiaiTy the same az were
reci'ed By The others when they were
on ire stan
--~tne morning session OF the hearing
Lieut.. Leslie r. Corbin. supply officer OF
the station. testified as 20 the navy prop.
erty lost on the hight. The balloon itself
and other equipment not returned 10
the station reached n total value Of
ss.7t0.i7. the balloon itself being valued
81 $500, he said.