The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-15

Prospect street.
CannibaliSn sure EnoufS.
ROCHESTER,, n. V, Aug. H.-The
most heartrending disclosures were
made in this city this morning regard
ing the remains of Lieut.. Kislingbury,
Of the Arctic expedition, who died amid
The Arctic snow last June. IL Is estab-
lished beyond question that carnibal-
ism was resorted to by the starvingmen
Of the Greedy expedition, and
shows the lives of those saved were
preserved only by eating the dead
bodies of their companions. Lieut..
hlSlinghury's relatives here were iilled
with horrible doubts as soon as they
learned that the disclosures had been
made in New York regarding cannibal-
Ism among the members of the oxpedi-
ton, and they determined to learn the
truth by eNhuming the remains aud
having them examined by physci iass
The services of :. A. Jeffrey, UNDER
taker, were secured. and this morning,
win the assistance of five men, he ac-
complished the work OF taking up The
casket from its resting place. rhe casket
was opened in the presence of Frank
w. Kislingbury and John II.
DR.. Charles Buckley, Dr. ". A. Mande-
vile, Superintendent; Stillson, Assist
ant Superintendent of Mandervlle, and
two reporters of the Post and Express.
The work Of opening the heavy iron
receptacle was found oompar~
atively easy, all there was
to do being to unscrew
fifty-two iron holts,which held down the
| d. The noiseless ease with which the
latter piled rom the bed showed there
was absence of gas in the casket, and il
was feared there might be no body i'm
the casket at all. He felt his way i'm
the mass of snowy cotton waste, which
filled the eoffin to the top. Mr.. Jeffrey
soon exclaimed: ale is lherep A
strong OdOr Of alcohol but
no very pronounced suggestions of de-
cay emanated from the casket. DIR.
Buckley who had put on q pair OF black
leather gloves uncovered the lower por-
ton of the coilin's tenant and then it
appeared as If one of the legs,
the right one, was missing, bnJ
when the waste was all removed
II became apparent that the limb was
tied under the left one. The casket was
next placed upon the floor and the en-
shrouded form taken from il and placed
upon table. The undertaken and phys
ician now began to cut the stitches and
unwind the white shecting which
formed the first covering. The sheet
was taken away and n tarred rope
entwinirg the hlnnket cut. ard the
work Of Waking off this last covering be-
gan slowly. ne bidui.aV WAS rDuuNed.
The blackened, ileshless face showed
marks of Arctic soil, and bore no resem-
hlnnce TO the dead man. The skin was
dried TO the skull. Sightloss sockets
and half-Openeu noutl, gave the dead
man a look of mute, appealing
agony. The remains were completely
identified as those of Lieut. Kislingbury.
, The physicians made Il thorough OK
animation, and the remains were then
placed back into the caskot and again
lowered into the grave. Returning
to the eitg, the physicians made
an affidavit in which they
say the body in weight APP
proXimated, in our opinion, about
iiity pounds. On an examination of tho
head no signs of wound or injuries
were visible. Tho skin was not broken,
and the ears and nose were intact. Tho
skin and muscles of the interior portion
of the face and neck were intact; from
tho upper portion of the sternum and
cleviclo to she lower portion OF
the fifth rib on the left side the skin
and muscles had all been removed
down TO the rih on the right side. The
skin and muscles down to the lower
border of the last rib We're gone. There
were two openings between the fourth
and fifth intercostal spaces, into
the thoraiic cavity. The skin and mus
cles on tho anterior portion Of the abdo-
men were intact to the crest of illium or
pelvis bone. The muscles and skin of
the anterior and posteriOr of the thighs
were entirely removed, except the skin
ON the anterior portion Of the knee
Joints. The muscles and skin
of the left leg were removed TO within
three inches of the ankle JOINT. ON tho
right leg the skin and muscles were re-
moved TO within five inches of
the ankle joint. Both feet
were intact, the toes all
present, but there was no vestige
of integumcnt or muscles on
either arm, including the muscles
of the shoulder blade, TO the wrist
the interosseOus membrane remaining.
The flesh and muscles of both hands
were intact. The examination of the
posterior part of the body showed
that the skin and muscles
of the back from the seventh .cervical
vertebral had been dissectod or cut com
pletely away, down to the bone, with
the exception of pieces OF skin
from two To- three inches square on each
sido of the upper portion Of the sacalm.
The polNis bones were completely de-
nuded. All the extroElhies
were attached TO the !, body
by u ligamcnt only. No
fractures Of the body were discovered.
We found all the organs of the thornx
and abdomen present. There was evi-
denoe OF recent Inflammation of
the stomach and bowels Tho
large intestines were distendod,with n
hardened lump OF real matter, in which
there was hair, moss or woody
fibre, In our opinion that ansh was
renewed or cut away with some sharT
/. instrument,t that the remaining the feet
: hands and face-showcd no, signs o
decomposition.