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There is an article on a visit to him by Jean M. Gordon published in the Press and Journal on 5th August 1932. She says he was very evasive about his nationality.
This was followed by a letter (dated 5-8-1932) published in the Press and Journal on 12th August 1932. The correspondent, John Murray from Rothiemay, says he visited him seven years earlier and learned he was a Welshman by birth.
Jean M. Gordon's reply to this letter (dated 12-8-1932) was published in the Press and Journal on 18th August 1932. She says that a genuine Welshman had greeted him in Welsh earlier in the summer and drew a blank.
The following letter was published in the Press and Journal on 27th September 1933.
The Cullen Hermit
Sir, - A subscription has been started to
help Charles Marionie, the old Frenchman
who lived in a cave at Cullen for thirteen
years. He had not registered as an alien on
his arrival at Cullen, and he has had to leave
his cave and return to France.
I have heard from Charles Marionie from Leith.
He had to proceed by boat to London in order
to see the French Consul before he could re-
enter France. He intends looking for work
on his arrival in France, but I fear it may
be some time before he succeeds in getting a
job. - Yours, etc.,
(Miss) S. G. Smith
6 Marchmont Terrace,
Glasgow, W. 2,
Sept. 16, 1933.
He is not on the 1921 census for Cullen.
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