A foreman working for Magistrate Higgins in the Canton factory settlement on Higgins' Moon was in charge of the large body of workers, known as mudders, and handled the daily affairs of the business. An imposing man, the right-hand man of Higgins ran a small crew of feared "prods" to assist him and treated the destitute mudders cruelly. He had a strong accent, and seemingly Slavic (possibly Russian) speech pattern.