The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-08-19
THE SECRET OUT.
Henry Was Shot by Order of
Greedy For Stealing
Food.
The Cannabalism Denied-The
Body Will be Elk
humed.

Boston, August ia special from
Portsmouth, n. H.. says: Early this
morning Col. Kent obtained an interview
with Lieut.. Greedy, who admits Henry had
a military execution the 9th of June.
As early as March it was suspected that
Henry was stealing the limited food which
was being sppOrtiOned out TO the sur
yivors, and this fact being finally and posi-
lively ascertained, Lieut.. Greedy had there
after hard work to protect the mans life.
1t became Necessary In order TO keep up
discipline to inform Henry he would be
shot If the prac ice was con-
tinued, and that a similar fate would be
melted out to any other member of the par
~ detec ed In a like crime. Ii Henry had
been permitted to continue his stealing I'M
molested the balance of the party would
have surely starved 20 death and Henry
alone survived.
After and in spite of these warnings
HENRY WAS AGAIN DETECTED STEALING
provisions, among the food taken being
two pounds OF bacon, the eating of so much
Of which made him sick. Search was then
instituted, when il was found that Henry
had among the other articles stolen and Sc
GREETED, pair of sealskin boots which had
belonged to hunter of the party. Lieut..
Greely was therefore forced, in order to
maintain military discipline and protect
the lives OF his other comrades, to issue
written order that Henry be shot, which
order was carried into effect June Sth. AS
to the
ALLEGED CANNIBALISM,
Lieut.. Greely says if there was anything of
the kind it must have been an Individual
act, and not general Nothing of the kind
came under Greely's personal observation.
Sergeant Brainard, who is in the hospital
at the navy yard, confirms Greely's state
mems. More than week ago Lieutenant
Greedy forwarded to the secretary of war
a detailed report of Henry's execution, and
upon proper representations to Secretary
Chandler, court of inquiry will undoubt-
ly be ordered.
HENRY'S BODY TO BE EXHUMD.
New York, August 13--The rumor that
Charles B. Henry, of the Greedy expedi-
ton, was killed and portion of his body
eaten has caused much excitement In the
neighborhood of Cypress Hall cemetery.
Application was made to Coroner Robin
son, by persons not related to Henry, to
have the body exhumed and an inquest
held The laws of the state in cases where
person dies outside of the state but is
buried in il, permit the coroner of the
county to determine whether there is
cause to hold an inquest. The coroner
will take counsel or The matter to-day.
SOME FOUNDATION.
New York, August l3.-As yesterday the
officers and men OF the Alert, Thetis and
Bear refuse to say anything for publica-
ton about the new tale of suffering of the
Greedy party, it is evident however, the
conversation OF reports of cannibalism at
Cape Sabine have some foundation. OF
the TACT gentleman connected with the
relief expedition who did not wish his
name to be used said the opionion among
the officers was, If cannibalism was resort
ed to it was when it was either that or
death. "Any one can easily understand,
said this gentleman, THAT men who have
been living for months on few shrimps
day, are not exactly in their right minds.
When Greedy was found the party were
more or less out of their heads. They had
suffered from hunger and exposure, COL
lapse was very near. II is easy to see that
for months the dominant and only idea In
the minds of these men was how to get
food. They probably dreamed and thought
of nothing else. They cannot be blamed
for eating whatever they could find. The
boat was open to visitors to-day. The cast
iron tank in which the bodies of six of
the victims had been preserved was on
deck. 1t is four aud one-half feet long by
twenty inches wide, and their bodies, il is
admitted, were merely skin and bones.
Commander Schley pronounced the re-
markable interview" with him published
yesterday "a lie."