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I had to do it after reading the heart-rending story of "Death on Porcupine River" (TIME Feb 29). The picture of Albert Johnson shows a kindly face. Without the slightest doubt, in the beginning, he thought only of the wretched suffering animals caught in the cruel traps.
In December Indian trappers complained at the Mounted Police Headquarters in Aklavik that somebody was interfering with their trap lines. For both white and red men, trapping is the only livelihood in winter. Robbing trap lines is a crime, though understandable, but these traps were not robbed. Somebody was smashing...
Though what justice may be he does not know, he has plenty of ideas and experience as to what injustice is. The sight of men being oppressed, and then suppressed when they have stepped into legal traps, was too painful for him to bear without protest. He makes no altruistic...
"A day or so later we actually captured a wee Heteronota bynoei, and in jubilation decided we were ready for the boat (this was the last species undiscovered). However, we viewed a great deal of empty horizon before Dr. Allen finally spotted her sails from the top of the beach...
"What in the world could have been the cause of my eyesight failing at such a critical moment? Is it liable to happen again without the aid of the 18th Amendment? I saw the old Constitution outside of Annapolis the other day. She looked quite innocent of having had any...