Connecticut western news., 1884-08-20

Henry Died.
 The Washington correspondent of the New York Times is the author of the terrible story that Greedy aud his party were forced to sub sist for some tune on the flesh of comrades shot. Henry, one of the party, was shot, and his bones stripped of their flesh.
 Commander Schey discovered that many of the IT men who are said to have perished from starvation had been eaten by their famishing comrades. It was the one last resort Provided supplies had not ar rived, deah stared the hungry and crazed men in the face, but there was hope If life would hold out for even few weeks. It is reported that the only men who escaped the knife were three or four who died of scurvy. The amputated limbs of men who afterward perished were eagerly devoured as food.
 It is said that the departments at Washing ing are knowing to the truth of the statement.
 The report goes on to say Lieut.. Greedy was decidedly adverse to having the bodies of the buried dead disturbed. He thought 1t wise, they had been buried so long, to let them remain in their Arctic graves Com mander Schley did not agree with him. The bodies were dug from their graves in the little hill just back of the permanent camp es- tablished in October. 1888. Most of the blankets contained nothing but heaps of white bones, many of them picked clean. The re- mains could be identified only by the marks on the blankets.
 When the survivors were found, and the re- lief sailors started to lift two of the sufferers who were nearly dead from starvation, one, German cried out in frenzy ''Dont let them shoot me as they did poor Henry Must be killed and eaten as Henry was? Don't let them do it Don't Don't " The mortified sailors told the commander what they had heard, and he found that the frantic mans words were no doubt true in their horrible import Com mander Schley instructed Dr. Ames, surgeon of the Bear, and others to make thor ough examination, and put the results in writing, this was done, and the documents are now at the War Department in Washington. The bodies of the dead were dug up, and it is said in the blankets were found only white bones, many of the bones being stripped clean. | Commander Schley found that many of the party who, it had been reported, died from starvation had been eaten by their starving | comrades.
 It is asserted that of all who died only three or four were left unmutilated, and these died | of the scurvy. The amputated limbs of men were eaten. It is not known whether the same fate befell the four bodies which were carried away by the sea.
 The death of Charles B. Henry is said to have occurred in this way: He was driven l to desperation by hunger, and discover ing an opportunity to get more food than the stinted rations allowed to the men, he attempted to steal a small quantity. His crime WAS ulSCONeT6u anu ne WAS COuutulut0 to be shot. His death is set down in the record as having occurred on June 6. When search was made for the body it was found, it is said, picked to the bones, with the exception of the face, which was left intact and recognized. THE SHOOTING OF HENRY. In an interview Lieut.. Greedy admitted tha Henry was shot by orders on June 6. As earl. as March, before the party went into it summer camp, it was suspected that Henr. | had been secretly possessing himself O much. more than his allotted share of tn slender stores, and this suspicion tnal. becoming certainty the Lieutenan | had the utmost difficulty in protecting | the culprit from the natural indignation of hl comrades. Henry was at one time discovere' | intoxicated. having broken into the stock O | liquors, and it became necessary, in order t preserve the all-important discipline of the lit | tie party, to warn him that & summary mill tary execution would follow further depreda | tions.
 Events proved that this warning was O not the slightest avail Henry, impellet by his bitter hunger, stole, among othe | provisions, two pounds Of bacon. The eat | ing of this large amount of meat made hin | ill and disclosed his selfish crime to th' | other members of the party. A search was a | once instituted, and 1t was discovered that | with other articles, Henry had stolen ant secreted the sealskin boots of the hunter o the expedition.
 
 | ders that Henry be shot for disobedience, and though the Lieutenant was unable to leave hi | tent, the orders were carried into effect | Three men were detailed to perform the duty, and in the rife of one O | the three & blank cartridge was inserted Lieut.. Greedy stated that he himself woulC have shot the man had it not been for the ex haustion which from May 24, the date of tht beginning of the summer camp, had confined him to his quarters. As it was, the Lieutenan did not witness the execution or see the bod. | before burial"
 As to the eating of human flesh, Lieutenan
 Greedy stated, with much feeling, that, so ia
 as his personal knowledge went, no act of thi
 sort had been committed by any one connecte
 with the party, and that, if anything of tn
 kind occurred, itwas an individual act, utterl
 unauthorized and heartily deprecated.
 Lieut.. Greedy further says: The writtel
 order for Henry's execution was committed
 three of the party. They were ordered to shoC
 him, encountering as little danger themselvt
 as possible, as Henry was the strongest of tn
 party. Sadly the men departed on their terri
 ble errand. Their comrades left in cam
 turned their ey es to the ocean.
 In few minutes the breeze bore to the
 ears the sound of two quick pistol shots. A
 were silent. Slowly, after a short interval, th
 men returned. The written order was hande
 to Lieutenant Greedy, and the horrib
 but necessary execution was over. Henr
 
 and his body was understood to be inferred {
 the foot of the northwest ice foe.
 GREELY's OFFICIAL REPORT.
 Lieut.. Greedy has made his official report
 the War Department relative to the executio
 of Henry. He says Ten of our party had a
 ready died of starvation, and two more lay {
 the point of death. Provisions had bee
 stolen in November, 1883. and Henry's con
 plicity therein was more than suspected March 2i, 1884, the party nearly perished froI
 asphyxia. While several men were uncoI
 scious and efforts were being made for the restoration, Private Henry stole about tw pounds of bacon from the mess stores; he wa not only seen by the Esquimau, Jens Edward but his stomach being overloaded he threw u . the undigested bacon. An open investig'
 ton was held, and every member , the party declared him guilty of tn and other thefts. A clamor for his life WI f raised but was repressed by me. 1 put hi
 under surveillance until our waning strengt rendered his physical services indispensable - Later he was found one day intoxicated ha' ing stolen the liquor on hand for gener, issue. A second time his life was demanded 3 but again spared him. On June ,, theft
 provisions on his part having been reported 1 me, had a conversation with him in which 3 appealed to his practical sense, pointing oI that union was necessary to our preservation 4 He promised entire reformation, but distrus ing him issued written order that he shoul f be shot if detected stealing.
 On June he not only stole part of tn ) shrimps for our breakfast, but visiting unar 3 thorized our winter camp. stole certain sea
 skin reserved for food. then ordered hil , shot. On his person was found silver chroI ! ograph, abandoned by me at Fort Conger, an
 stolen by him. In his bag was found l large quantity of sealskin and pa ) of sealskin boots stolen a few da, 8 before from the hunter. SuspectiI comphcity on the part of several I ordere r his execution by three of the most reliab D men. After his death the order was read the entire party, and alas, concurred in l every member as being not only just but I essential to our safety. To avoid public sca
 dal, I ordered that no man should speak . this matter until an official report was ma( of the facts.
 I have the honor to request that 8 court inquiry be ordered.
 STARTLING REVELATION. 8 Ever since the burial of Lieut.. Kislingbur in Rochester, there have been grave doubts ' to whether the remains of the Arctic hero we , buried or whether it was not merely 8 mo, | ceremony On Thursday the remains wei