The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-13
Ugly Stories About the GreeIy
PARTY. Is

Greelv Marty, crszed by starvation
and having fed on the dead BODIES
OF their comrades, and that written
documents in possession o, tne naf ~
department sub5!autiate the terriole
narrative, or ated a great sensatiou
here and Admiral Nichols, scsing
Secretary OF the navy, was shortly
besiegad by newspaper men
anxious to ascertain something Of
fetal concerning the publication.
The Admiral says there IS abso-
luteIy nothing in the navy depart
ment concerning the story and ne
doubted it's truth. 1t is possible
hoa ever, q. report of this nature
may have gone direct to Secretary
Chandler in New Hampshire. as
numerous documents ara forwarded
MIN without eXamiDation. Some
persons express the opinion quietly
that there, something in the story
and say 1t is beginning to be known
that the Greedy party was not az
harm onious as has been generally
supposed and that there is story
relating to the expedition which it
was INTENDED to conc al, but must
come out in she same way the his
tory of the Jesnnette's unfortunate
cruise became known TO the public.
The Times story was shown to
| General HaZen, who at first was
very non>cOmmittaI, bat finally,
with decided emphasis, be said
"There are certain facts connected
with the matter L am not ut liberty
to mention. 1t Is very probable,
though | do not say so officially,
| they will be made the subjsct Of a
cong ressionsl investigation next
winter. The story contains some
inaccuracies, not bly, tina, Of de-
vouring the stipulated limbs of
those who suffered the loss OF legs
and arms, in order to preserve their
| lives.' General Ham was asked
what truth there was in the states
ment that young Henry had been
shot and his body eaten. " That is
a subject he replied, "upon which
must decline 20 re interviewed. F"
s'ls the report tEat Captain Schley
callse you and Sc rotary Chandler
into the yessel's.csbin and informed
| you The survivors had eaten ,heiT
associates false ?" was asked.
"That story is untrue"
"Ihere ia 10 truth, then, in The
remainder of the published stories
that bodies we. eaten?'
5F'L Will not say they are no true,
have hu! casually glanced at the
published story, other tban at these
portions which I deny"
"Did you hear any rumors while
at Portsmouth that dead men had
been eaten ?"
"There vera ruInGrs of that kind
afoat. My official POSITION would
not permit ms TO give the facts 10
the CASE"
"Thers are facts, then?"
81 can't answer that. | had o
long interview with Lieufsnsnt
Greedy, but the subject ofesting be-
dies was not referred to. / can
imsgine case when CannibaIisnl
would be jaetifiable, aud it would
! be a case where men are starving"
"Do you excuse Cannibalism in
The Greedy case?
Under the circumstances II
would be excussble."
"Has secretary Chandler received
any report relative to this subj p
| HNos that | know of; I have re-
celved none"
| "Ie the report that Piva;e Henry
was shot and sfterWarJ eaten,
falseY'
"There were rumors as Ports.
mouth that he had been killed, and
the survivors had eaten his body
But decline to give any facts in
his case that might know"
| "Will the shooting be subject Of
investigation by the War Depart
mentp"
Not necessarily. Men ale snot
every day in mutinies and no inves-
tigation made; under some circum-
stances il might be proper"
"Will there be any investigation
of the reported eating of bodies?'
"An investigation could not be
made either by the War or Navy
Depar ment. That Is matter Con-
gress will look into; then all facts
will be presented, and until then
nothing will be given OUT
| Gen. HsZen says Lieut.. Greedy 3
| report on the entire expedition will
probably BIS forwarded to him with
in a month; while 1t was generally
| conceded there @ere no records Ia
Wasins ton to tubstantiate the story
both army en1 navy otli els among
/ themselves did not view it as an i'm.
possibility by any means. Said an
navy officer in the corridor of the
| Navy Department, although there
is no reason that / know OF for he.
lieving the story, the fact that there
are no reccrjs to substantiaie it does
not disprove IT."
"Is there anything impr babe
| about it,
HYou snd standing here with al
com forts about Us view such things
with dread end horror; but you aust
| remember those men, who we're re-
duced TO such a condition that their
moral faculties were blunttd, they
should not be considered; in fscl
they were irTespons'b bic agents, and
| self preservation WIS their uniy
Though. ard they could not lie sx-
pected 10 morallzs UPON it,"