Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-13
Don't let thom do It. Don't Don't ~
Tho Horrible Suspicion.


satisfied that tho poor fellow was speaking
tho truth, and that sOmo ot tho men who
porished had boon stripped Of their flesh
TO keep their surviving comrades alive.
Mr.. Schloy proposed to make thorough
work OF It.. When the horrible reality
was brought out before an investigating
committee he did not propose to have VI
rest solely ON his oral testimony. Ho
instructed two or three gentleman among
whom was DIR. Amos, the surgeon of ;he
Bear, to mako q careful examination and
put their conclusions in writing.
Lieutenant Greedy was decidedly adverse to
! having tho bodies OF tho buried dead dts
turbCd lie thought K WISE as they had
| been buried 80 long, to let them remain
Ia their Arctic graves. Commander Schley
| did not agTCo with him. The bodies
were dug from their graves in tho little
hill just back of tho permanent camp ca
| t3blishCd in October, lNS& Most of the
| blankets contained nothing but heaps OF
| white bones, many Ot them picked clean
| Tho remains could I've identified only By
tho marks on tho blankets. By inquiries
| Commander SChley discovered that many
OF the seventeen men who ayo sad 20 have
| uorShed from starvation had been eaten
| by their famisning comrades. IL wa tho
one last report. Provided supplies had
| NV al ANNN NatAal HlAAA a Nt'N bhhShN AhN
cra2ed men IN the face, but there was
| hope IL life would hold out for even a few
weeks. 1t is reported that tho only mon
who escaped the knife were three or four
who died of scurvy, The amputatod
limbs Of men who aitcrward psTished
were eagerly devourCd as food.
| Tns Death OF Henry.
| Charles Il. Herry's death was particu-
| larly tragic. He was young German,
without any relatives in this country and
joined company L, Fifth cavalry, in Gin
cirnati His friends tried to dissuado
him from going with the expedition, but
his spirit of adventure was aroused by
tales Of Arctic exploits and he determined
to 90, Driven to despair by his frightfui
hunger Henry saw an opportunity to steal
o little moro than his share of TatIons, and
he made the attempt Tie WAS found
out and shot for his crime, In the
published official report the death OF this
man was set down as having occurred
on June G. When the body was
found his hands aud face, though
shrunEon, were intact and rCcOg
nizablo but nearly everywhere else the
skin had been stripped from him and the
flesh picked from the bones. Even his
heart and lungs were eaten by his COM
rades One rib was shattered by bullet
ball, and 10 another small Fragments OF
lead were attached \ bullet hole was
found in the skin. The body was in this
condition when IL was inferred in Cypress
Hills Cemetery last saturday. The letter
TO his friend, Mr.. Robert ). Oberfclder OF
Sydnsy, Nebraska, is daily looking for,
| will probably never como TO Light.
4 dispatch FROM Lincoln. Neb says {:
The story that Charles B. Henry, a
member Of the Grrelv expedition, was
shot for stealing ll'jrus, and that his
body was eaten by his comrades, has
caused considerable excitement here
iionry's real name was Back. His sister
auh friends in this city viii push Al in.
ycst!ga.i1u.'
SECRETARY Cusuuler KofusCs t. GsIK.
Secretary Chandler returned to Ports
mouth, y H., or Tuesday. Au ass .ciatel
. prrss agent visited him o. tho Tallap0Osl
u 90 inquire concerning the truth o; th
Il Article IN Tuesdays New York Times Tn
y secretary aPpeaycd to be cousidsrGbl
agitated. He said " lou may say tha
e have zen the New York Times, and tina
the navy department has received 40 sue
II reports OF the shooting OF Henry an
Q cauuiballsm aS the Times gives.
u course, you naturally next ask me, is thi
true ! say that | dgCl ne to say. | n
fuso to say anything further about th
= matter
5 Little DuuBI OF tho UauUiDai.m
S From thu sew York TImes, Aug. -.
t It is moro than probable that when a
e the details OF tho story are known d.
:, Octave Payy, the surgeon Of the expsdI
9 tiou, will be found 20 have shared thes sam
l or q very similar fate to that Of yOuu
y Charles Henry. TIC tcalhs Of both me-
Y are entered uuaar the same dlte on III
ships journal. Nhhiu. is said abou
n Horny baiug shot. There is d blank let
Il beueath the words " Undov the ful!0wu
L Order" and the names Of the two mon At
C written az the bottom Of tho page. Tb
Q order, which Was written on seplrat
!. piece Of paper, had no, been copied int
y the book. DR.. PaVy's b.ly was ono {
g the four swept away 10 sea. Il is said tha
S most of tho men who wont with the eIpt
dItion were under ARES earlier in tn
If winter for the same oflense which COS
a poor Henry his life Tn
y secrets of those awful days arc locked j
e the hearts OF the little handful of SUI
y vivors. What must be told will com
1i from the officers Of the Thetis aud Beal
10 who discovered the survivors and cared iC
lie tho remains Of the dead. The cJndilio
7 of these remains pointed unmistakably t
u the fact that lie had been sustained in th
le few left by the flesh Of the dead,