The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-15
MORE STARTLING FACTS.
IcontInued from FIrnt Paeel

inca. Inc reBulb5 are given IN Jne lOtloW-
ing affidavit Of the physicians
Rochester, Monroe County, N. ", Aug. Ii,
1sSd.-Charles Buckley, NJ. D., and Frederick
A. Vaudeville, M. D., OF the city OF Rochester,,
state Of New York, 'ici1g duly sworn, made
Mount Hope Cemetery Chapel, Rochester, N.
", August ii, 1SSd.-we hereby certify that,
az the request Of representatives OF the Post
Frank W. and william II. Kislingbury, OF the
city OF Rochester, we this morning, In the
chapel Of Mount Hope Cemetery, made an au.
of the late Lieutenant Frederick L. Kisling.
bury In tho presence OF the following named
persons: Lemuel W. Jefrrles, Samuel Il. Car.
ter, VIM. MIL Butler, George II. stillson,
Charles II, Vaudeville, Edward Angevine,
John T. Kislingbury and Frank W. Kisllng-
bury.
We found the body In an iron casket. on
the lid being removed 1t was taken from the
caeket and placed upon table. II was packed
In cotton batting and encased with cotton cloth
tied with strings. on removing this It was
found wrapped In WOODEN blanket the whole
length. Removing this the body was In view.
y weight Appropriated, In our opinion, about
flfty pounds.
on examination Of tho head no signs OF
wounds or injuries were visible. The skin was
not broken. The ears aud nose wore intact.
The eyes were sunken aud wasted. The hair
was thick and from i've TO six inches long.
The face was covered with a heavy reddish
beard and mustache. on tho right side OF the
upper Jaw there wero seven teeth, tho last
molar being gone. on the left side three teeth
were gone, one incisor and two moiars; on the
lower Jaw two teeth, molars, were gone. The
skin and muscles Of the interior portion OF the
face and neck were Intact.
Evidence of CanuibnIfsm.
From the upper portion OF the sternum and
clavicle to the lower border OF the nNh rib on
the left side, the skin and muscles had all
been removed down to the ribs on the right
side. The skin and muscles down 10 the lower
border or tho last rib were gone. There were
two openings between the fourth and fifth In.
tercestal spaces into tho thoracic cavity. Tho
skin and muscles on the anterior portion OF
the abdomen were intact TO tho crest OF the
illium or pelvic bones; the muscles and skin
OF anterior and posterior OF the thighs were en-.
tirely removed except the skin on the outside
portion OF the knee Joints; tho muscles and
skln OF the left leg were removed to within
three inches OF the ankle joint. ON tho right
leg the skin and muscles were removed to
within nve inches OF the ankle Joint. Both
feet were intact, and tho toes were all present.
There was no vestige OF integument or muscles
on either arm, including the muscles OF the
the right forearm, tho interoBseus membrane
remaining. The flesh and muscles on both
hands were intact.
The examination OF the posterior portion OF
the body showed that the skin aud muscles OF
the back from the seventh cervical vertobrp
had been dissected, or cut completely away,
down TO the bones,with tho exception OF pieces
or skin from two to three Inches square on each
side OF tho upper portion OF the sacrum. The
pelvic bones were completely denuded. All
the extremlties were attached to the body by
ligaments only. No fractures OF the body were
discovered. We found all tho organs OF the
thorax and abdomen present. There was ey.
and bowels. The large intestines were dis
tended with hardened Jumps OF focal matter,
IN which there was hair, moss or woody nbres.
In our opinion the flesh removed was cut away
with some sharp instrument. That remaining
on the feet, hands and face showed no signs OF
decomposition.
CHARLES BUCKLEY, NJ. d.
+. A. VAUDEVILLE, NJ. ID.
Subscribed and eworn to before me this 18th
EDWARD ANGEvINE,
Commissioner OF Deeds.
Mr. W. II. Kislingbury, brother of the
deceased, who was present at the autopsy,
volunteered an expression of his theory Of
the deaths at Cape Sabine, in which he
draws the following horrible differences
from the facts aud rumors that have be-
come SO prevalent
Mr.. W. II. KisIingbury, brother OF the de-
ceased, outlined the condition OF things which
would lead TO the BELIEF that the Greedy Expe-
dftlon was divided Into two parts or factions,
and that one persisted because tho other had
gained possession by force OF the food supply.
In this ostracised party were Lieutenant KS
lingbury and DR.. Pavy. The condition of
Lieutenant Kislingburys body shows that he
had died Of starvation at a time when tho 9th
era had some food supply. There was abso-
lutoly nothing I'm the stomach, and In the In
testines was lump OF indigestible material.
stopy ,het AZ ipinred ~ se al ~ ,scr ane ,he
W. Ii. Kielingbury opposed tho exhumlng OF
tho remains OF his brother up to Wednesday
night, In the belief that his brother could not
have been preyed upon by the survivors, be.
cause OF the report that he had helped TO Kill
the polar bear three days before he died. The
brother's deatn.. and KisiingbHry held Iii that
the bear would furnish The necessary food for
tho few survivors for that longth OF time, II
fairly distributed and husbanded. Tho fact
that the neshy part of the lleutenants body
had been cut of shows the bear story to be
myth Invented by some one TO conceal canni-
balism. Instead OF eating a bear the survi-
vors subslsted on the bodies OF their dead com.
pani0ne.
In the opinion OF Kislingbury DR.. Pavy saw
the advance and the outcome OF desperate
struggle for subsistence and ended his life, or
else fell victim to the desperation OF the Inn
mediate adherents OF Greedy. In other words,
u was case In which those not In favor with
the commander were compelled to die that the
others might live.
There 10 suspicion that one of the doomed
get share Of tho food. Henry's death is not OF
sufficiently explained. Mr.. Kislingbury takes
this gloomy view. That there was a struggle
among the starving and desperate men, and
that the strongest by virtue OF authority and
the possession of the little food on hand sur
vived. Lieutenant Kisllngbury, IL seems, was
under the ban Of Greely's displeasure from the
beginning.
The Secrecy with Regard 10 the
Bodies.
The statements that every officer aud
seaman Of the relief expedition had re-
peated opportunities for seeing the remains
OF the victims are not borne out by the
facts, as they become known. The bodies
were recovered in terrible gale, and taken
on shipboard under circumstances where
neither their weight or mutilation would
have been likely to DO observed.
On the deck Of the Thetls the bodies were
covered by screen and guarded by som
tinel. Half of the bodies were removed to
the Bear after dark the following night.
The work of stripping the remains and
wrapping them up aud placing them in
tanks was intrusted TO three officers on each
vessel, and no others were permitted 20 OK
anime the bodies.
At ST. Johns the transfer to metal
Baskets was accomplished with similar pre-
caution.
1t is said at New York that the dis
charged ice-pilot of the relief expedition
was the first to make public the stories of
cannibalism.
lie was Truthful.
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