Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-09-10
DIR. PAvY's DEATH.
A Horrible Story or the Greedy
ExpcEitica.

Expedition.
The New York World gives tn
following terrible story, told by al
officer of the Greedy Relief Expe-
dition, Of the death of Dr.. Pavy
and the disposition of his remains
poor Pavy! I cannot rid myself
of his image" began the younl
sailor, drawing his chair still closer
Gle is getting to be nightmare
with me, and if he comes to me in
such y manner, how must it be
with those mad wretches who fell
upon him and devoured him? You
may think the shooting of Henry
was sad enough, but infinitely
more pathetic was the death Of
this poor fellow. To lie there on
his couch and see the hungry eyes
Of his stronger comrads gloating
| over his wasted form and praying
for his death was enough to drive a
| we'll man mad. And so it drove
J this poor sick doctor to his death.
He died by his own hands that the
starving devils about him might
have one more meal.
''The very day that Henry was
condemned to die Surgeon Pavy
took his own life. The despairing
little company had split up into
two factions, both clamoring for
the death Of some one that the
others might live. With all his
strength Of character Lieutenant
Greedy was forced to yield to the
demands of these mad wretches,
and with heavy heart issued the
order that took Henry from his
living comrades and placed his
flesh at the mercy of the men who
but a few minutes before had
called him brother. This faction
took the body If the dead man and
kept guard over it in the grave
yard on the hill. They had meat
for several days and they meant to
guard with jealous watchfulness
their graveyard dining room. The
other faction down by the sea were
without even handful of shrimps.
They knew the graveyard on the
hill contained a corpse, and with
loud murmers of discomfort de-
clared that some of their party
must snffer for the rest. DR.. Pavy
was the weakest of them all. About
his dying couch they clustered and
sat for hours unmoved. watching
each breath and hoping that his
death might not long be delayed. |
The mute appeal of those wild,
hungry eyes, pleading for an early |
death, was to much for him, and |
With a last despairing effort he !
rushed down to the sea and was
picked up dead. Almost before |
The heart had ceased to beat, be-
fore the corpse was cold, these mad
nen-for they were mad-rushed
lpon the body and with their sail
,rs' sheath knives dug into the
warm flesh. They stripped long
'hreds Of flesh and skin from of
he bones while yet the muscles
Iuivered with the life that had
ust gone out. These CHASTITY,
tripping morsels they carried to
he little fire, and hardly waiting
ill the chunks of meat turned
'rown, tore them with their teeth"
and with a weary sigh the officer
lived down into his cabin.
The records show that the body
+ Surgeon Pavy was washed
way He died On June 9Th.
'hree days before Seaman Coop
ad died. On June 18th Sergeant
iardiner was missed, and four days
tier Private Bender is recorded
$ dead. AL! these bodies were re-
orted as washed away" by the s
"a" The fact that these men t
led within convenient market t
avs of each other and the reported
nding of headless trunk other I
ian that of Henry explained too q
early the awful meaning hidden !
! the mysterious explanation,
1 n