The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21

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Henry Shot for Stealing Provisions.
BOSTON, August ia special dis
patch from Portsmouth, N. H., says:
Early this morning Col. Kent obtained
an interview with Lieut.. Greedy, who
admits that Private Henry had been
executed on the 9th of June. AS early
as March it was suspected that Henry
was stealing the limited food which
was apportioncd out to the survivors
ior their sustenancc, and this fact
being finally and positively ascertained
Lieut.. Grccly had thereafter hard
work to protect the mans life. 1t be-
came necessary, in order to keep up
the dlsclpllnc to inform Henry that he
would be shot if the practice contin.
ucd, and that similar fate would be
mctcd out to any other member OF the
party who should be detected i'm like
crime. If Henry had been permitted
to continue his stcalings unmolcsted
tho balance of the party would have
surely been starved to death and Henry
alone survived. After and i'm spite of
these warnings Henry was again de-
tectcd stealing provisions, among the
food taken being two pounds Of bacon,
the eating of so much of which made
hlm sick. a search was then institute
eel when 1T was found that Henry had,
among other, things stolen and sccrcted
pair of scalskin boots, which had be.
longcd to the hunter of the party. Lieut..
Grccly was therefore forced in order
TO maintain military discipline, and TO
protect the lives Of his other comrades
TO Issue written order that Henry be
shot, which order was carried into
effect on June 9th.
AS to the alleged camibalism, Lieut..
Grccly says that if there was ANYTHING
of the kind it must have been all indi-
Vldual act and not general. Nothing
or the Kind, however, came under
Lieut.. Grccly's personal observation.
Sergeant Brainard, who is i'm tho
hospital at the navy yard, confirms
Lieut. Grccly's statements. More than
a week ago Lieut. Greedy forwarded
to the Secretary of War q detailed re-
port oflIcnry's execution.
upon proper representations to Sec
rotary Lincoln a court Of inquiry will
undoubtedly be ordered.
More of tho Alleged Cannibalfsm.
The statement that the Greelv party
fed on the flesh of their dead comrades
has elected widespread comment. at
first it was generally disbelieved, but
is now thought to he quito true. In
the case of Henry, it seems he was
not shot to be eaten, but after he was
executed for theft as already stated.
the flesh was cut from his dead hody.
1t is also clear that the flesh of Lieu
tenant Kilsingbury was eaten ,by some
of the party. or the bodies of the
dead, five have not been found, and it.
is suspected by many that these were
likewise raten-whether the men were
killed for the purpose, being, of course
unknown. Lieutenant Greely ex-
presses entire ignorance of anything
like cannibalism, and Says it must have
happened, if at all, wacn he was i'll, or
so much dazcd by the perils surround
ing him, that he was ignorant of what
took place. The entire matter will
undergo official investigation, and in
this way the whole truth will be
brought to light.