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I still think there is a good chance it is a compound motor.
http://www.joliettech.com/connections_dc_motors.htm
and yes the motor might turn with out the series winding hooked up, and yes if you applied voltage directly to these lead it very well could become skimasks backlight

Here is some fun reading, the second half is DC.
http://www.reliance.com/mtr/mtrthrmn.htm

You may well be right! Time to disassemble and inspect to see what he has, I hope he has some experience with brushes and commutators.