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scenes OF horror, 1t was seldom that the men stood
upright They crawled about on their hands and

scenes OF horror, 1t was seldom that the men stood
uprignI Ihey crawled about on their hands and
knees over the rocks and ice, and when Sergeant
Brainerd was undressed on board the Thetis his
knees were found calloused to thickness OF over
half an inch. In the midst OF such horrors IL was
wondered by the rescung party how Greely and his
few companions kept their reason About the camp
were bones of the dead and dissected and
mutilated bodies were half exposed in the burial
plot back OF the tent. 1t was scene at which the
rescuers shuddered as they looked and the truth
The bodies OF those who died natural deaths were
not mutilated where death had been caused by
disease AS to how many died OF scurvy accounts
QiHeI commander Schley reported II as having
died from starvation. Sergeant Cross the first OF
the exploring party to die, passed away last New
port sergeant Connell, one of the rescued, says
that Cross died OF scurvy on January 1s. At ST.
Johns it was reported that Of the two men lost
on April died Of ScUryy.
With several dead Of scurvy and Henry shot all
did not die OF starvation Instead it is feared that
others met death as Henry did 1t is known that
courG marualS were OF frequent occurrence in the
Greeiy camp. DIR. Pavy was on trial no less than
three times. There were diSSenSiOnS among the
tha en. ana as their condition grew more desperate
snese increased. Until weakened In body and mind
Dy prlvatlon each did all he could for the others
b But at the last the struggle for life became single
IL was each man for himself.
The officers OF the relief vessels still refuse to say
anything on the unpleasant subject, as is their
duty. Sailors talk freely. But some OF the scenes
the Greeiy camp matters were found In as bad
condltlon as 1t Is possible to Imagine. The dsin-
Ierment OF the remains OF Lieut. KiSllngbury has
SHOWN only what could be revealed by the opening
OF any OF the other iron collins Where only scat
tered bones were left no attempt was made to put
them together except In the casket marked Private
Henry"
THE KIsLINGBURY EXAMINATION.
dispatch from Rochester, N. Y, August 18th,
says: This noon with proper magnfytng glasses,
obtained from Bausch and Dransfield, Drs Charles
and James Buckley, Dr. F. A. Vaudeville, and Drs.
Baker, OF Hornellsville. and Lawrence, OF Ramona,
WHO happened TO DE present. made examination
OF the fecal matter found in the large intestine OF
Lieut.. klslingbury's body when the autopsy was
ces, halr, woody and vegetable nber minute shells,
mot scales and muscle and flesh. or this there
the mass. What appear to be the stems OF moss
@ Were seen one gray hair is plain to be seen. The
muscle has the appearance OF the end Of a severed
tendon. This fact is quite suggestive.
The Relations Of Greely and Kisling-
bury.
c. L. Clark, guardian OF the children Of Lieut.
Kslingbury, In an Interview at Detroit yesterday.
said: "If brought to such a point OF starvation
think the unfortunate men would have been thor
oughly justified in doing as they did. 1t may be
that before he died Lieut. Kislingbury was forced
TO do likewise 1t is, to say the least, cruel to crit
1cise In the manner that has been done the unfor-
tunate party On its return from the horrors OF their
exile. The friends OF Lieut.. Kislingbury made a
body to be exhumed" MIR Clark also stated that
the relations existing between Lieuts Greedy and
ks1Hgbury were most cordial, and that the stories
10 the contrary were unjust and untrue. The basis
OF this belief Is conversations with several of the
survivors.
Private Henry's Life I'm Baltimore.
Private Chas Buck Henry, who was shot by order
OF Lieut. A. W. Greedy for stealing rations at Cape
Sabine, was well-known figure in the central sec
tion of Baltimore Mr.. Thomas Murphy, the night
clerk at the Maitby house, stated last night, the
Baltimore american says that Henry was en-
ployed as general utility man around the Maltby
40 IN
speak, by the late Col. Thomas Hogan, and given
employment He then enlisted in the 5th cavalry,
United States hay. and was wounded In the far
west He was discharged, and re-enlisted under
the name of Henry, his right 1ame being Buck. He
returned TO Baltimore, en- route Ior the north, and
registered rg at the Maltby house While at the
Matby house he spoke freely OF the eXpeaieon, and
seemed actuated only by love for the money ile
would would get provided the expedition succeeded.
He was OF sunny disposition, and made friends
rapidly.