Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-21
THE REPoRrsD oANNIBALIsM.
Lieutenant Greeley saw None of II
why Henry Was shot.


AT Portsmouth, N. H., yesterday morn
lug week Col. Kent obtained an interview
with Lieutenant Greedy, who admits that
Henry had military execution on the
9Th day OF June. AS early as March It
was suspected that Henry was stealing
the limited food, which was apportioned
ont to the survivors for their suatenanoe;
and this fact being finally and positively
ascsrtAined, Lieutenant Greedy had there
after hard work to protect the mans life.
It became necessary In order TO keep up
discipline to inform Henry that he
would be shot II the practice CON-
tinued, and that q similar fate
would be msted ont 10 any other
member Of the party who should be de-
teoted In like crime. IL Henry had
been permitted to continue his stealings
unmolested, the balance Of the party
would have surely starved to death and
Henry alone survived. After and in
spite Of these warnings Henry was again
detected stealing the provisions, among
the food taken being two pounds of
bacon, the eating OF so much Of which
would have made him siok. A search
was then inBtituted, when II Was found
sheh hobAJ hhug aiuVhh cbhut RatioAopy
stolen and seoreted pair Of sealskin
boots which had belonged to the hunter
Of the party. Lieutenant Greedy
was therefore forced, In order
to maintain military discipline aud
to protect the lives Of his
other comrades, to Issue written order
that Henry be shot, which order was car
ried into effect on June 9th. As to the
alleged oannibslism, Lieutenant Greedy
says that II there was anything Of the
kind II must have been an individual act
and not general. Nothing Of the kind,
however, came under Lieut.. Greeley's
personal observation.
Sergeant Brsinard, who is in the hos
pital at the Portsmouth navy yard, con-
firms Lieutenant Greely's statements.
More than week ago Lieutenant Greedy
forwarded to the Secretary of War q
detailed report OF the Henry execution.
Upon proper representations to Secre-
tary Chandler, a court of inquiry will
undoubtedly be ordered.
Some persons In Hunters Point, Long
Island, claiming relationship to Private
Charles B. Henry, Of the Greedy expedi.
tion, who was buried In Cypress Hill
cemetery, applied to the coroner for an
order TO have the body exhumed. The
coroner told them he could do nothing In
the matter. and referred them to the
coroner OF Newton.
Frank Gross, the brother Of Sergeant
Cross, the first Of the Greedy party to sue
oumb to starvation, Hays he will have his
brothers. oRsket, which is in vault at
Washington, opened and the remains ex-
amined, with view of aaoertaining If
oannibalism has been practjosd upon
him. The widow of Sergeant Cross is
opposed TO such action.
The surgeons in charge OF Lieutenant
Greedy and party at Portsmouth, N. H.,
say the survivors will be sufficiently
aeelimated by Saturday next to proceed
TO their respective homes.
Orders have been issued from the navy
department for the vessels Of the freely
relief expedition TO land their surplus
stores at the navy yard, New York, and
to remain In commission at that port
until further orders. No action has been
taken with regard to the final disposition
Of any Of the three vessels comprising the
fleet.
The New York Times Of to-day CON-
tinues its revelations, and says Of Henry,
whose flesh was naturally less repulsive
that of men who had died from starvation
or disease
"The remains OF Private Charles B.
Henry, who was shot at the Greedy camp
on Smiths Sound on June 6th, at the time
the survivors were reduced to the direst
extremity for food, were found by the
resouing party from an eighth to quarter
OF mile beyond the tent Of the starving
men. There was scarcely anything left but
pile OF glistening bones, stripped Of
nearly every trace Of flesh except some OF
the lower part Of the trunk. The head
was missing, aud could not be found, so
that it was at first supposed that the
remains were those Of DR.. Pavy. The
bones were placed In bag for removal to
the Bear with the remains of six others
Of the ill-fated expedition. On board
they were deposited in q little
box about two feet long, which
was placed aft and covered with the stars
and stripes. A day or two after the
| squadron began the homeward trip the
box was removed from the deck, and the
| officers, determined to remove all sus.
| picion OF the terrible scenes Of oannibRlism
enacted at the camp on Cape Sabine, pre-,
pared the bones for burial. Sticks Of
wood were procured, and to these, fitted
to the proper length, the bones were
tied, until all were as nearly
in place as it was possible to
| get them. The head was missing,
and block Of wood was made to do duty
| in its lace. Then this frame work in the
i shape Of man was tied to q plank, and
| wound with cotton cloth as the
other bodies had been. II was
then surreptitiously placed in one Of the
| alcohol. filled tanks with some of the
others. 1t was this skilfnlly made pack.
age, resembling human body, that was
| lifted into q ooffn at St. Johns, and
marked "Private Charles B. Henry" II
was this bundle Of wood that was brought
to New York, claimed by friends O.
Private Henry, and buried at Cypress
Hills cemetery. So well had the work beer
done that ia doubtful If those handling
the mummy like remains at 81. Johns
had any suspicion that there was one o.
the bundles which was largely made ~
of wood.
ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 13.-General Lock
wood, father Of Lieutenant Lockwood
has received ASSURANCE that his SOM
body was not mutilated as represented
The general is very much grieved owe
the matter, but does not talk Of 1t cut
side Of his immediate family. There 4
no thought Of exhuming the body by tn
family. Telegrams received to-day pu
to rest any doubts that might have here
tofors existed. They were from officer
OF the Thetis. DR.. Green wrote that h
prepared and identified the body TO
burial, and it was wholly intact. Lieut.
sebree's telegram read as follows:
"Artioles in the New York Sun OF thi
morning in regard to Lockwood's bod.
not true. saw the body myself. N
mark Of any kind"
WASHINGTON, Aug. ID The followin
is Lieut.. Greely's official report of tn
execution of Private Henry at Camp Clay
near Cape Sabine:
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. II, 1884
To Adjutant- General United STATES ArmJ
(tLrough Chief Signal Officer United State
1rmy)-sIR: / have the honor to repoi
that on January 9Th, 1884, at Camp Clay
near Cape Sabine, Grinnell Land, 1t bs
came necessary for me to order the mil
tary execution Of Private Chas. B. Henry
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