Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-21
RESULT OF ExANrNAr1oN.


The body IN weight approximated, in our
opinion, about fifty pounds. On examine
tlon OF the head, no signs of wounds or m
Jur1es were visible. From the upper pOT-
ton of the sternum and clavicle TO the low
er portion Of the fifth 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 to the lower border of the last rib
were gone. There were two openings into
the Jhoracic cavity. The muscles and skin
OF the thighs were entirely removed, ex-
cept the skin on the interior portions of the
knee joints The muscles and skin of the
LETT leg were removed to within three inches
OF the ankle Joint. On the right leg the
SKIN and muscles were removed to within
I'VE inches OF the ankle joint. Both
leSI were intact and toes all present.
There was no Vestige of integument or
muscles on either arm, including the mus
cles OF the shoulder blades to wrist Joints,
though the hesh and muscles of both hands
were intact. The skin and muscles OF the
BACK had been dissected or cut completely
away down to the bones, with the excep-
ton OF pieces of skin from two or three
inches square on each side Of the upper
portion OF the scrOtum. The pelvic bones
were completely denuded. All the ex-
tremiUies were attached to the body
by hgaments only, no fractures Ofthe bones
oelng discovered. Found all the organs OF
the thoraX and abdomen present. There
was evidence of recent inflammation of the
stomach and bowels. The large intestines
were dlstended with hardened Jumps of
fecal matter, in which there was hair moss,
or woody hber. In our opinion the flesh re-
moved was cut away with some sharp in
strument. That remaining on the feet,
hands and face showed no signs of decOm-
position.
BROTHER INTERVIEWED.
In an interview, w. h. Kisingbury, the
Oldest brother of the deceased outlined the
condition of things, which would lead to
the belief that the 'Greelv expedition was
divided into two parties, and one persisted
because the other had gained possession,
by force, of the food supply. In this
osTaclZed party were Lieutenant ks
hngbury and DR.. PaVy. The condition
of Lieut. Kislingbury' body shows that he
had died of starvation, and at time when
the others had some food supply. There
was absolutely nothing in his stomach and
IN the intestines was lump of indigestible
material. There were no indications of a
rupture, and the story that he injured him
self Is discredited. W. H. Kislingbury
holds the opinion that Doctor Pavy saw
in advance a desperate struggle for
subsistence and ended his life, or fell a
victim to the desperation of the immediate
adherents of Greedy. In other words
1t was case in which those not in favor
with the Commander were compelled to
die that the others might live. There is
suspicion that one of the doomed party was
Private Henry, who was shot while trying
to get his share of the food Henry's death
is not sufficiently explained. Kislingbury
takes this gloomy view, that thee was a
struggle among the starving and desperate
men and that the strongest by virtue of au-
UnOr1ty and IN possession of the little food
on hand survived. Lieut. KisIingburv, it
seems, was under Greely's displeasure from
the beginning.