The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
WHAT GREEDY SAYS.
The Arctic Explorer on the Re-
cent Disclosures.
What He Knows About the Charges
Of CannibaliSm,

A Portsmouth n. H. dispatch to the New
York Times says: Lieutenant Greedy says of
The disclosures regarding the condition Of
Lieutenant KiSlinghury'sb that II is news
horrible news, to him. All these disclosures
and dreadful charges, h" says, came u!on him
with awful sul'lrmcss, and have caused him
more mental anguish than all the experiences
from which he suffered in the North.
The lieutenant says that he can but report
that II there was any cannibnlism, and h. al
mitS that there now seems 10 he M doubt
about II, the man-cnting was done in secrecy,
without his knowledge and contrary {, his
discipline
81 can give no stronger dcnul,' says the
lieutenant. 81 have demanded an iny,sti-
cation. and it will come in time, hut can
say nothing more than have already stated.
| All my papers, ki-linglmyS diary, Lock.
woods diary, and, IN fact, every scrap Of
uoprr relating to the expedition are in charge
OF the war department at Washington.
"Thc crew Of the Thctis can testify that the
| body " the last man dead, Schneider, was nor
mutila,cd in any way, ami ne lhri lhnt We
kent Ellison alive in the hopeless state we
wrr, i'm ought To convince anybody that We
are not caunibals-at least not an orgnn2cl
body of cnnnibals. When ! increased poor
Ellison's ratons. to the dctIimcnt Of all the
rest Of ~, not man complained, although
| knowing that IL decreased our spans ol life III
n terrible degree.
Regarding the story of the trouble between
| Eisljnrml.y and himself. Lieutenant i'rccy
saws il occurred in ISL, til" first year ri th'
cTprd.liun i>a,mehury desired To be re-
hcved from duty, aud Lieutenant ticciy, mo-
| wishing tD retain man against IN VII. hhN'
him hi, liberty. He went sOllhWGrd, but lh'
Trotc,s was sunk. and h. returned tb"u't
Tho Lieutenant saVs there W"rr not two li'
tons. with kiSlmg ury at iii head OF one "
them. when Lockwood diri, ki'ihlgbhI
was siyru the second plncc IN the cNprdlil'H
Lieutenant Glcrly adds that since ms 9,
turn 10 his cnltapv here from NcWluri IWI
every man ul the survivor, hnS called Upn
, him md assured him separately that the
. knew nothing about the condition ol the h''
los of their fallen Comrades Each man 50
| cmnlv sworr that hc was innocent "l lhrd','
~ cannot say the lieut. nant %'''
"vhcthcr they told the truth or not, ana
, doubt il an inyrs,i cation will reveal Nln ;r
q the cannihus. Perhaps ,hoS" WIN dl'' W
y 4 fed upon the bodies ol th ~ who died ue'or
!. hui all this is superstition can h'i' "''"'
:. formvself and for my orders to lll'l"',
. For DAYS aud w,rh Iny on my back nnnn
. 10 move. II IN my enlc'blcl cundl'l'
y one or more OF my men fed up
J, human flesh, it was beyond my c"n'r
"a and certainly beyond my kno"ie lse
n "Thc reason why ddnoi telegraph AT on
# uuon NV arrival At 81 Johns the fact "' u
:. sliuutms of lIrnry was dn" I" my. CIV
! wrtrhld conlitiun. mmuall, anl pay sea-,
6. Henry was shot nmy own rr'olS,'n,,, ny, u
~, ~ action have since been assured 10y Se'
~ ta,cs tllpndlrr and Lincoln that ! d'd 81
NV duty in acting as dit,