He was in the rigging of the ship and asked the policeman (Sgt Sherlock) not to arrest him that day. “Sherlock took him and Garvey asked to be allowed to go to the urinal. On the night of Christmas Eve, he was approached by Garvey on the corner of Moss Street, near the quays. The young man asked the sailor to buy him a drink. “Sergeant Hozack followed him down the rope,” recalled Joseph Donnelly, a coal dealer who saw the episode unfold.

Source: The Irish Times December 25, 2018 09:22 UTC