St. Landry democrat., 1884-08-30
IT'S TOO TRUE.

An Examination of the Remains of lieu.
tenant Kislingbury Establishes the Fac
of the Terrible Straits TO Which the Greel5
Party were Reduced-The Living Owe
Their Lives to the Dead.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, August Is.
The disinterment of Lieutenant ks ing
bury's body, of Arctic fame, from It's
grave In Mount Hope Cemetery was
made here yesterday with the consent
and in the presence of w. and John T.
Klslingbury, brothers of the deceased.
The disclosures resulting from suose"
autopsy are of the most revolving char
acter. Lieutenant Kislingbury's "a
tons had become filled with horrlnie
doubts on reading the sensational stories
recently published regarding canntbal-
ism among the starving members OF the
Greedy expedition, and they dete mined
to learn the truth by exhuming the re-
mains and having them examined by COM
petent physicians. Doctors Charles
Buckley and +. A. Vaudeville yesterday
afternoon made public their sworn state"
ment as to the post mortem examination,
which was witnessed by eight persons.
The massive iron caSket was first re-
moved as unearthed to the cemetery
chapel, where the fifty-tWo iron bolts
which secured the cover We're IN
screwed. An unusual circumstance was
the absence of foul gas In the COIN !,
proving that no decomposition had SET
IN. The mass of snowy cotton waste
was then removed from the lower por-
ton of the dead mans body. The right
limb was missing from its socket, and
was found to be fastened under the
left one. When the enshrouded
form had been lifted from its
receptac e, two large spots Of blood were
seen where the body had rested, but they
were pronounced q common occurrence
at buriaIs. The body was packed in cot
ton batting and wrapped in cotton cloth
tied with strings. Within this covering
was another, consisting of single WOOL
en- blanket. No wounds were visible Oh
the head, although the eyes were sunken
and wasted. The hair was thick and
from five to six inches long, the face be.
ing covered with heavy reddish beard
and muStache. The skin aud musc,es OF
the face aud neck were intact,
but from the upper portion OF the
Sternuln and clavicle to the nth rib the
skin and muscles had be, removed on
both sides. The skin and flesh were en-
trey removed from both Thighs ana legS
excepting the skin upon the knee and
ankle points. Both feet were intact, and
no bones had been broken. There was
no vestige of integument or flesh upon
e Their arm, the interosseus membrane OF
the right forearm aIoue remaining Flesh
and muscles on both hands were fouHd
we'll preserved. The examination of the
posterior portion of the body
showed that the skin and muscles of
the lack had been cut completely
away down to the bones with the excep-
ton of few pieces of skin. The pelvic
bones were entirely denuded, and al the
extremities were attached to the body
by igaments only. All the organs of the
abdominal and thoracic cavity We're pres
emit, and there were no signs OF recent
Inflammation in the stomach or bowels.
Hardened Jumps of fecal matter dis
ten ed the large intestines, composed of
hair moss and woody fibre.
1t is the opinion of Doctors Buckley
and Vaudeville that the flesh had
been cut away with sharp instru-
meat, and that remaining of the feet,
hands and face showed no signs of de
cay The remains were fully identifie
rs those of Lieutenant Kislingbury.