Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-08-21
SHOCKING STATEMENTS.

The Greedy Party Accused of Cannibalism m,
The Statement Indignantly. Denied. One
of the Party Shot for Stealing Food.
Early in the week report was freely Cir
culated at New York City and Washington
that cannibalism was INDUCED in by men,
bers of the Greedy party. A report said that
the body of Chas. B. Henry, that had been
eaten, and being buried in Cypress Hill
cemetery, it will be eXhumed, and an ex-
animation made.
Lieut.. Greedy denies the allegation that
| canibalism was INDUCED in by the men,
bers of his party during their stay at Cape
Sabine. He states, however, that Henry
was shot by his order because of his being
caught purloing food As early as March
it was suspected that henry was stealing
| the limited food which had been appol-
| toned to the survivors, and this fact being
finally and positively ascertained Lieut..
Greedy said thereafter it was hard work to
protect the mans life. 1t became necessary,
in order to keep up discipline, to inform
Henry that he would be shot if the prac-
tice was continued, and that similar fate
would be meted out to any other member
Of the party detected in like crime. If
Henry had been permitted to continue his
stealing unmolested, the balance of the
party would have surely starved to death
spite of these warnings, Henry was again
detected stealing provisions, among the
food taken being two pounds of bacon, the
eating of so much which made him sick.
Search was then instituted, when it was
found that Henry had among other things
stolen and secreted pair of sealskin boots,
which belonged to Hunter, one of the
party. Lieutenant Greedy was therefore
forced, in order to maintain military dis
cipline and to protect the lives of his other
comades, to issue written order that
Henry should be shot, which order was car
ried into effect on June Sth.
LATER DISCOVERIES.
The most fearful discoveries were made
on exhuming the body of Lieut.. Kisling-
bury, at Rochester, New York, when an ex-
animation was made, resulting in the ex-
aiming physicians making the following
affidavit:
RESULT OF EXAMINATION.
The body in weight approximated, in our
opinion, about fifty pounds. On examina-
ton of the head, no signs of wounds or in
juries were visible. From the upper por-
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 thOratic cavity. The muscles and skin
of the thighs were entirely removed, ex-
cept the skin on the interior por-
tons of the knee joints. The mus
cles and skin of the left leg was
removed to within three inches of the
ankle joint. On the right leg the skin and
nusr1oa Uoro rom0ya5 IN Uitkin five ipcbos
of the ankle joint. Both feet were in
tact 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 flesh 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 to three |
inches square on each side of the upper por-
ton of the scrotum. The pelvic bones |
were completely denuded. All the ex-
tremities were attached to the body |
by ligaments only, no fractures ofthe bones
being discovered. Found all the organs of
the thorax and abdomen present. There
was evidence of recent inflammation OF the
stomach and bowels. The large iAtestines
were distended with hardened Jumps of fe-
cal matter, in which there was hair, moss
Dr. woody fiber. In our opinion the flesh re-
moved was cut away with some sharp in
That remaining on the feet, hands
aud face showed no signs of decomposition.
BROTHER INTERvIRwED.
Imam interview w. II. Kislingbury, the
oldest brother of the deceased, outlined the
condition of things, which would lead to
'he belief that the Greedy expedition was