Long v. Halse

[Steven Russell]

Apologies if this has been pointed out before.

In my view, DC Halse's rendering of the graffito should be seen as more reliable than that of Long. Firstly as, according to this site, Long's original spelling of "Jewes" was corrected to "Juwes" and secondly as Halse has used inverted commas to denote new paragraph but still part of the quotation. Thus he has been careful to record the message line by line. This being the case, I believe we should trust him as to exact wording and spelling.

Best wishes,
Steve.

[lynn cates]

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Hello Steven. I agree that Halse had a better take on the GSG than any one else that night.

But isn't that a bit ironic? Wasn't Halse a City man? Why is he over on SY territory anyway?

Cheers.
LC

[Monty]

Halse was a City man.

There were no restrictions in persuing a crime.

Monty

[YankeeSergeant]

Long & Halse

Halse was a City man.

There were no restrictions in persuing a crime.

Monty

I'm researching this portion of my novel as I type this. Though there are minor inconsistancies, the gist of the text in both cases seems to be the same. It's just a damned shame Sir Charles didn't let them get a photograph before having the graffiti washed away.

[Wickerman]

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