Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-16
MYSTERIES OF CAPE SABINE.
of'eisi Statements Which the Facts Do nos
Rear Out.
New York rIms.1

nibslism resorted 10 In the CreeIv camp at
Cape Sabine has been proved bevoud doubt.
and Lieutenant Greedy has oilcIctlIy re-
ported the shooting Of Private Henry, the
officers OF the three vessels comnrising the
relief expedition still decline Ia make any
statement OF the condition OF affairs AZ the
camp OF the survivors, first revealed to the
world by the New York Times. Com
mander Schley Is busily at WORK on bis re-
port, which will be q yoluminous document.
When this has been forwarded TO the de-
rariment aud made public the officers will
be at liberty TO tell all they know. The
sailors geheraiiy talk freely OF the ghasuy
scene revealed at the desolate camp. but
only three or Tour can speak from actual
knowledge OF tie condition OF the dead.
Sensational stories are told in plenty. But
the facts rs known are of such a terrible
character that even the sailors longest
yarns are probably little beyond the truth.
In interviews with Lieutenant Greely
published yesterday be was reported as
saying that Private Henry was shot for
stealing; that he was never seen agnn By
his comrades, and IL was understood that
his body wa, inferred nj the foot OF the
northwest ice-tloe, and presumably carried
away by the waves. The bones found near
the camp. and which the officers OF the
Bear patched up with The cid OF pieces OF
wood into package resembling human
tody, were at first reported a. those OF Sur
goon Peyy. The crews Of the vessels,
and several officers as well. did not
know that Hcnry's remains were brought
Lack nnJii they saw published Com
mander Schley's report to Secretary
Chandler. All thought that The body
OF Tie man executed was lost, and that OF
the surgeon saved. This point has given
rise 10 some comment. Some OF the sailors
say HAT the bones OF more than one body
were found about the camp, and were put
in the box with the bones OF Henry. 1t is
also minated that when the officers OF the
expedition agreed on IN attempt 70 keep
from the public the revolving facts all the
bones found about the camp were put
together as those OF one man, and It was then
decided 10 report the remains Is those OF
Henry. lle was known TO be an almost
lriCnGlcsS sailor. DR.. Payy occupied :
higher rank.
That five bodies were washed away alter
having been buried III an icc.iloe is a point
in Commander Schley's report thai j. gen.
orally dScredited. summcr-tcnt. where
the survivors were found, was on a small
mesa nearly hundred yards from The sea
and behind a ridge Of rocks, so that the
lent was not visible from the shore. The
winter camp. where the ice-iloe was stu
aiCd. and where the five bodies were re-
ported as buried, was over the ridge Of
rocks and a hundred yards from the tent,
~ nearly a right angle 10 The drcct ap-
prOaCh from the sea. and on small
hay. The burii.-place, where ten bodies
were reTored found, was in the rear
Of the Summcr-lent. and dis,an: only thirty
or forty yards. -Four OF the five ren
whose Lodics were reported 4, washed
away died In June. u follows Corporal
Sailor. June Sd; Surgeon PaYy, June Glh;
Sergeant Gardner, June 18th; Privata
Bender, June 10th. These deaths occurred
at 4 time when the survivors were miSeri-
bly, wCak-tle last only four days before
rescue came. Yet. II the Tepor; forwarded
10 Secretary Chandler is 10 be believed. the
survivors, instead OF carrying their dead
comrades to the little buriIl-placc close De-
hind The tent, took them, despite the weak
condition they were in. 10 the ice-iioc
q hundred wards away. The bodies OF three
Other. who died in June-Lieuienant ks
lingBuTy, PTivat" Henry. and Private
SchI eidcI-Were recovered. The bodies
Of ki,.ingbury and Schneider were not
buried. It was admitted. Lieutenant his-
linCiuTy died on June lst, before any OF
the four who died later in the same
month. Yet hiS body was buried close by.
while the others. II the repor. is believed,
were taken i hundred yards away. The
truth j. plain. The bodies were not washed
away. The lesn had been eaten. and there
was not left OF the bones ii any body
enough 10 put together and deliver to
friends without having the wretched truth
cone out.
when It. Johns was reached every ccr-
respondent. whether on board the ships or
local newspaper-men. reported SIX bodies
Is in the hold Of one vessel aud seven in
the tank on the other. Henry's name was
not given. Some OF his bones arc doubt
less in the iron Tiyeted casket bearing his
name. ~ are probably bones OF Others OF
the wrc.chtd men. unless they were other
WISE disposed OF. tut IN Henry casket
the contents are principally pieces OF wood.
DR.. john T. Maggie. deputy registrar OF
records in the seventh sanitary division,
examined yesterday the eleven applications
for transit permits granted for the removal
" the bodies Of eleven members OF the
GrCcly expedition which were brought to
this port and sent to various places. That
for the removal OF Charles b. Henry, who
suffered = military execution, was obvious
~ false, and was is follows:
The permit must be obtained in every
c.se previous 10 the passage o! The body IN
TO the city Of New York.
Application FOR transit or d'sinier-
mcnt permit from Bureau OF Vital Stati'-
ties. Health Department Of the city OF New
York, Sol Mott street.
" Permission is desired TO pass through
the city the remains OF Charles Il. Henry.
aged - years; occupation. soldier; place OF
death. Arctic regions; date OF death, Jane
G. 1854; cause OF death, starvation. &c.;
piicc OF birth, Hanover, Germany; now al
Governors Island, New York; arrived by
what route. United Stsies vessel; for inter-
ment at Cypress Hills cemetery; by what
route, march from South Ferry; how GER
tilted. name OF medical attendant. &c., y.
Meme OF applicant, Colonel {. Souther-
land. United States Army; address Of ap-
prcant, Governors Island. New York.
" New YORK, August 3. 1854"
All The certificates sci forth that the cluse
OF death was starvation" &c, even In the
ease Of Sergeant Ellison. who died at God
haven on July 9Th, after amputatlon. In
no ease but that Of Edward Israel. who
died Nav eth. did any "medicil attend
ant" &c.. certify to the application. d.
Payy i made to certify TO the cause OF Is
rae'S death. YESTERDAY afternoon DR.. Ma
gle wrote TO Secretary Lincoln. calling his
attention 10 statements in the newspapers
in REGARD to the deaths Of the explorers,
and particularly in regard 10 the death OF
Private Henry. lie requested that the
lea On Department be furnished with IN
formation, other than that already gwen,
as to the cause OF death. 20 that lis records
might be amended.
The remains Of Private X. Il. Schneider
were sent to Cypress Hills cemetery pend-
Ing removal to Chemnitz, Germany, by Mr..
otto Won Hem, an importer, OF No. 81
Mercer street. who sailed for Europe on
the Hammonia yesterday. Tuesday Schnei-
dcr's body was shipped a. freight on the
Ems by Oelrich & Co., and 1t will be land
ed at Bremerhsven.
lBy Associated Prest.l
What OhlceI. OF the Relief >nip Bear Say.
NEW YORK, August 15.-Third-Onleer
Kelly, Of the relief steamer Bear, to-day
was asked il he had read the reports about
the eating Of the flesh Oi Lieutenant his
lingbuiy and Private Henry.
Yes, read the reports, aud they are
true
"Did YOU hear the survivors tell OF their
eating the hesh Of their dead comrades:
when they came on board they were
| ell bui dclirious, and they then told every
| thing"
"What dad they say!
They admitted that they had to eat the
dead bodies i'm order TO DreserYe their own