Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-15
THE ARCTIC HORRORS.

Lieutenant Kislfngbury's Body Dis-
 interred-Ghast1y Evidences of Cam nIbaIIsm Found by the Doctors
 Who Examined the Remains.
 ROCHESTER, N. Y, Aug. 1.-The disin-
 torment ofH HLieutenant Frederick F. Kisling-
 bury's body from it's grave in Mount Hope
 cemetery was made here to-day with the con
 sent and in the presence of Frank w. and
 John P. Kislingbury, brothers of the deceased.
 The disclosures resulting from a subsequent
 autopsy are of the most revolting character.
 LieutenantK Kislingbury's relatives had become filled with horrible doubts on reading the sen
 sationa1 stories recently published regarding
 cannibalism among the starving members of
 the Greedy expedition and they determined to learn the truth by exhuming the remains
 and having them examined by competent physicians. Doctors Charles Buckley and F. A. Vaudeville this afternoon made public
 their sworn statement as to the post-mortem l examination which was witnessed by eight persons The massive iron casket was removed
 as unearthed to the cemetery chapel where l the fifty-two iron bolts which secured the cover were unscrewed. An unusual circum- stance was the absence of foul gas within the coffin, proving that no decompo- sition had set in. The ma ss of | snowy cotton-waste was then removed, | uncovering the lower portion of the dead mans body. The right leg was missing from | it's socket and was found to be fastened under the left one. When the enshrouded 1 form had been lifted from it's receptacle two | large spots of blood were seen where the | body had rested, but they were pronounced | 8 common occurrence at burials The body I was packed in cotton batting and wrapped l in cotton cloth tied with strings. Within this covering was another consisting of q l single woolen blanket. No wounds were l visible on the head, although the eyes were | sunken and wasted. The hair was thick and from five to six inches long, the face being | covered with a reddish beard and moustaehe. l The skin and muscles of the face and neck
 were intact, but from the upper portion of the sternum and clavicle to the fifth rib, the skin 1 and muscles had all been removed on both | sides. The skin and flesh were entirely moved from both thighs and legs excepting l the skin upon the knee and ankle I joints The feet were intact and was no vestige of integument ! or flesh upon either arm, the interosseus membrane of the right forearm alone re maining. The flesh and muscles on both | hands were found well preserved, The ex- animation of the posterior portion of the body showed that the skln ana muscles or ! the back had been cut completely away, l down to the bones with the exception of a few pieces of skin. The pelvic bones were I entirely denuded and all the extremities were 1 attached to the body by fragments only. All l the organs of the abdomenal and thoracic I cavities were present and there were no signs of recent inflammation in the stomach or bowels. Hardened Jumps of focal matter l distended the large intestines, composed of 1 hair, moss and woody fibre. It is the opinion of Drs. Ross and Vaudeville that the flesh | had been cut away with sharp instrument | and that remaining on the feet, hands and | face showed no signs of decay The re- mains were fully identified as those of Lieu l tenant Kislingbury.
 ENewburyport Does Honor to Greedy. NEwBURYPoRT, Mass, Aug. 4.-Thou-
 sands of strangers thronged this city to-day to help her citizens do honor to Lieutenant | Greedy. Decorations abounded on every