The Washington times., 1921-01-21
FARRELL CAN'T
RECALL LM|X-UP
BaIIoonist, Admitting Mental
Lapse at Mattlce, 0mits Story
of Striking Hinton.
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irresponsible. and at the moment
when he attacked Hinton did not
know what he vas doing. Indeed. he
did not know until the next morning
that he had been in a Jam" with a
comrade.
AS 10 an offer TO commit suicide
and let Hinton and kloor eat his
body. Farrell did not remember that.
At various times in the four days
wandering In the woods after the
three had landed near Moose Factory,
Ont, he said. he Sid not know what
he was doing or saying.
Kloor first said he knew nothing ~f
the ofrer OF suicide. Hinton said at
wouldn't be fair to tell OF any re-
marks" Farrell said he was ire
sponsible as to remarks which he
might have made.
Hinton wrote to his wits that Far
rell had offered to kin himself. His
letter was published. not by his per-
mission but by that OF his wife. fSr-
reIl, learning OF this, struck him
Then they shook hands and made up.
FARRELL's STORY OF FLIGHT.
Farrell told OF starting out with
KIoor and Hinton In the balloon and
narrated their experience with the
gas bag until they landed In Upper
Ontario. lie said, which the others
hadn't stated. that he did not like
the trip when storms set in and
that he asked Kloor to make land
ing.
Farrelrs tale OF the wanderings OF
| tho adventurers In the woods after
their landing was as the others had
told II, except that he said:
II think / said a little prayer out
loud which began with asking God
for forgiveness OF my sins and to as
sist us in our efforts. That was the
only prayer ! know that was said
by any member OF the party"
Hinton in his letter to his wife.
wrote that Farrell had prayed.
Farrells tale of what happened
while the men were wandering
through the forest was wonderfully
picturesque. but all has been told.
The only new facts were that he ate
moss, and that he drank water when
ever he could get 1t, from rivers or
from the wallows of moose. He be-
came nauseated.
URGED OTHERS TO GO.
II got very weak" he testified. 81
fell behind. Hinton kind of 'razzed'
me to keep on, saying we must make
time I was fading fast--was faint
ing. l don't know what I told them.
! told them, l remember, to go on
| Just to make a fire and ! would follow
their tracks.
II don't know what l said to them
| (this was about the time when, as
| Hinton wrote. Farrell offered to sacri-
flee himselD and I must have tainted
dead away, for when / came to j know
Kloor was helping me up and saying
| There's. nobody going to follow any
tracks"
Thus the incident of the alleged
suicidal offer was passed over.
| Farrell went on and told Of their
| rescue by an Indian, of the party's
stay at Moose Factory and Of it's
tramp to Mattice. 1t was there that
Farrell struck Hinton. This is his re-
port of their arrival there:
81 was bothered by moving picture
men and reporters. They made me
smile for them, walk on snowshoes
and smoke cigarettes. They asked me
all sorts of silly questions. such as
why did you go up in this Balloon
"A decent kind of fellow asked
me to his house in Mattice to have
| cup of tea his mother was brewing.
She asked me If / would wait for
sonas krIAS dsh. I said l would. The
room began to fill up with man after
man-correspondents and picture
men. They asked a lot of questions
couldn't decline to answer.
81 had been on the late watch on
the trail from Moose Factory the
night before. had no sleep. I was
all in-sick-dopey. ! didn't know
what I was doing. I just told them
! a general story of the trip.
"Then sJme fellow l don't know
told me some things that had been
printed about me, and I seemed to
get all excited and really don't know
what I said or did
| "The next I knew somebody was
saying, You1l have to stop this
swearing! / apologized to the man,
who had taken me into his place.
There were some general move
ments about the room. ! lost all
sense of reason. l was shaking all
over with nerves. Then l was taken
down to the private car of the
Canadian National, where Lieuten-
ants Hinton ans Kloor met me. I
was dopey dog tired--all in. / went
to sleep and did not wake up for
hours.
HARDLY REMEMBERED HINTON.
Then Mr.. Kloor told me I had
been in a muss with Mr.. Hinton
| and I replied that I scarcely re-
membered seeing Mr.. Hinton. l told
Kloor I'm going nutty unless you
look out for me- and he put me to
bed again.
"The next morning he said I had
better apologize to Hinton as ! had
treated him rough. and l did So:
and Hinton and l became friends
again and we always were friends
before that and have been ever
since.
|
together became sick trying to
shake hands and please everybody,
and / still am sick"
| At this point Farrell was excused
for the day. His story, so far as
detail of the trip was concerned, was
Tar the best yet narrated on the wit
ness stand.
Hinton and Kloor sat within a few
feet of him while he was testifying,