The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21


most hcnrlrouIiug disclosure. wore
made Ia this city mi, morning regard
lug The remains ~ Lieut., kislinsbury,
uf the Arctic expedition, who died amid
the Arctic snow last June. II q, rstah-
lished beyond question that rannihUl-
ism was rcsnrtrd lu hy the starving men
at the Greedy expedition, and
shows tho lives ~ those saved were
preserved only lay eating the dead
bodies Of their CpmptulunS, Lieut.,
ki,linghury's relatives here were iillcd
with horrible doubts ~ sppn ~ they
learned that the disclosures had been
made I'm New Nur, regarding runnlhal
ism among the member. at the "Nprdi-
tiuu, AMI they determined To- learn the
truth hy rNhumlng the romans Hnd
having thcm examined hy physician,
The services uf =, \, Jeffrey, under
tukcr, were secured, aud this morning,
with the assistance ui i've men, he no.
rumpli>hrd the work ut taking up the
ca>krt from II, resting place, The cliNNo'
WIS opened in the presence at Frank
W, kisliughury and John 4,
kiSllnghury, brothers ut the deceased,
pr, charles buckley, hr. r. \, MUndc-
vile, Superintendent Slillsnu, Assist
ant Superintendent of MuudvrNillo, aud
two reporters at the Post and Express,
Tho wort, Of opening the heavy iron
receptacle WAS found cdWWIr
Utiycly easy, all there was
10 do being Ia unSurcw
nlIy-twn iron hultS,which held down the
lid. The nuiSrlcsS ease with which tho
latter piled rom the bed showed there
was absence of gas In the caSlSot, and IL
was feared there might hc no body In
the casket at all. lie felt his way IN
the mass of snowy cotton waste, which
filled the coffin to the top. MIR. Jeffrey
soon exclaimed: "lle j. there" \
strong odor Of alcohol, but
no very pronounced suggestions Of de-
cay cinanatcd from the cuskct. Dr.
Buckley who had put on u pair Oi black
leather gloves uncovered the lower por-
ton of tho collins tenant and then II
appeared rs If one OF the legs,
the right one, Was missing, but
when the waste was all removed
IL became apparent that the limb was
tied under the left one. The caSkct was
next placed upon the floor amt the en-
Shrulided form taken from II and placed
upon table. hcundcrtaker aud phys
cian now began TO cut the stitches and
unwind the white shccting which
formed the first covering. The sheet
was taken away and tarrcd rope
entwining the blanket cut, and the
work of taking oil this last covering be-
gan slowly. The blanket was removed.
,,'n,,,s az Nrc,ir soil and bnrn no rnsrrn.
hi",,c[ tn Tho dcnd man. The skin was
Lr;nJ IN tLe skull. Sirhtlcss sockets
and half-oponed mouth gave the dead
man Il look of mute, appealing
agony. The remains were completely
identified rs those of Lieut.. kiSlingbury.
Tho physicians made II thorough eN-
animation, and the remains were then
I''".uu ~ ,ho ,,ro,'n R"turnin,,
10 to"G the c rit'T the musicians made
W. nid,I;, In which tbey
~" a,. thn hodv in WEIGHT ~;
nrox imatod in 1ur opinion, about
i,t,, rn,,nds on onrxnnliuntiou of the
ma;,, ~" Sirrs Of - wounI or iniurics
u i',," , is Tha skin was not broken,
murt ,lni'',e' o,,d noSa ,', ,yoro ini,ct Thn
CIV y, ' and ,,ps"Ios IF the interior norton
~ az n,J nacI, ,yern intart. from
10 ~ Wv, ,', ,",' m"rtinn "f. fine stermum and
aih o,.;'6di ~ Tho lower nnrtion of
,ho Gfth rih an the left side the skin
, ,nI ~ muscles had Mi hecn removed
lawn tn the rib on the rirht side. The
Mn and muscles down to the lower
wrr" Two OPENINGS between the fourtn
and MD ' sIth imtercostal spaces. into
~ nnti,,a,,;t rrha sin ana n,rS-
' Wv" an thn ,nteri9r marion of Tie aldo
rnnr Ware intact TO the crest of illium or
m ','j hroc' The muscles and skin Of
he aT,r",ior and nosterior of the thiru,
,,.nrn ,,,tirn,, rn,nnvnJ excent The skin
"n MI The antSrior norton OF the knr,,
E i"iut t.l' The muscles and skin
~ t,,c left Loo we're rnmoy, d to within
,hr ,'ao ;nnbnS of thn ankle ioInt. on the
ri,,bt leo The skin and muscles were re-
n Gnv ~ r. Within five inches OF
lno ankle Joint. Both feoi
wero intact. the toes all