The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-14
That Awful Arctic sto-u

New York, 13.-The rumor tbot
Charles B. Henry, of the GreeIv
expedition, was killed and portio1
of him eaten, caused much exeifa
mentin the neighbcrhood of Cypress
cemetery. Application was nade
to Coroner Robinson by persons NOT
related TO Henry to have the body
exhumed and an inquest hell. The
laws OF this State, in cases where a
person dies outside the State hut ia
buried IN 1t, permits the coroner of
inc county to determine whether
there Is cause to hold an inquest.
The coroner will take Counsel OF the
matter to. day.
Boston, Is "A special from Ports.
mouth, n. H. says: MEsrlv This
morning Col. Kent obtained an ins
tervieW with Lieutenant GreaTv
who admitted he had Henry phot y
military execution, on the 6th If
June. As early SIS March If was
suspected that Henry was stealing
the limited faod which was appor-
toned out to the survivors and this
fact being finally and positively as
certained Lieutenant Greedy had
thereafter hard work 10 protect the
mans life. 1t became necessary in
order to keep up the discipline to
inform Henry that he would be-
shot il the practice were continCei
and that a eimilar fate W~u,d be
NE ted out to sny other member of
the party detected in like crime,
If Henry had ceen permitted 20 rcn.
tinue lis stealiDgS unmole ted the
balance of the party would Snralz
Lave starved to death, ana Henry
alone sutvive1. After, and in spita
of these warnin g5, Henry was egain
detected in stealing provisions.
among the food taken being TWO
pounds CT bscon, The eating of
which made him sick. Sear:h was
then instituted when it was found
that Henry h. among other arti-
cles stolen and etcreied a pair of
seal skin boot which had belonged
to the hunter OF the party.
Lieurenant @ eely was therefore
forced, in order to maintain military
discipline and protIc the lives of
his other comrades, to Issue a writ
ten order that Henry he shot, which
order was carried into effect on
June 9Th. As to the alleged canni>
balsm, Greedy says If there was any
| thing Of the kind 1t must have be n
an individual act AZ d not general.
Nothing of the kidd, however, came
under Greelv's personal observati N.
Sergeant B ainArd, who is IN ;he
hospitsl at the navy yard, confirms
Greely's statement. More than a
week sgo Lieutenant Greedy for
Warded TO the Secretary of wa a
detailed report OF tbs Henry eXegu-
ticn. Upon proper represent tons
to Secretary Chandler court of in
quiry will undoubtedly be ordered.
New York, Is -Yesterday tne Of
fieers and men of tie Alert, Thetis
and Bear refused to say anything
for. publication about the suffsringS
OF the Greedy party. II is evident
no weyer, that the stories cf canui-
bslism at Cape Sabine haze sOmt
foundation In fact. A gentIem Al
! connected with the relief expedition
who did not want hts name to b;
used said: "i he opinion among thu
officers was that cauni5aiism Taa re
sor;e1 to; twas only when il Wa
either that or death. "Apy one car
easily understand" said TIT
man, "that men who haze beeI
living for months On a few
sbr:ms per day are not exactly in
their right minds. When Greely
was found the party were more O.
less out of their heads; they hac
cuff .red So much from hunger an
exposure, collapse was very near
II is ca y to see that for months III
dominant and on'y idea in TIL
minds OF these men was how 20 gel
food; they probably dreamed an
thought OF nothing else; they canna
be blamed for eating whatever the,
could find"
The Bear was oren to Visitors "a
day. TIE iron tank in which tn
bodies of the six victims lad teel
preserves was on deck. 1t il fOu
and half feet long by 20 incht
vide, and the bodies Of the men,
, is admitted, we're merely skin an
J bones. Commander Schley pro
nounced the remarkable "inter
view" with him published ye5ter
; day "a lie."