A black man claiming Jewish faith and Abyssinian African origin who appeared in Goldsboro, NC in December 1901, recognised by local colored Masons and Odd Fellows, and drew attention for fluency in written and spoken Hebrew; described as a sailor who deserted his ship at Newport News, Virginia. Possibly, but not confidently, the same itinerant man reported elsewhere in the American press of this period under the Waltzkowitz/Wolskowicy/Volskovitz/Valskabomann spellings - kept as a distinct person because neither a name nor a firm identification links the reports.