The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-28
DIR. PAWS DEATH.
A Horrible Story of the Greedy ESpe-
ditiOn.

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ditiOn.
The New York World gives the follow
ing terrible story, told Ivy an officer of
the Greedy Relief Expedition, of the
death of DR.. Pavy and the disposition OF
his remains:
"Poor DIR. Pavy! / cannot rid myself
of his image" began the young sailor,
bringing his chair still closer. lie is
getting to be nightmare with me, and
ii he comes to me in such a 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 pa
fellow, To lie there on his
couch and see the hungry
eyes of his stronger comrades gloatinS
over his wasted form and praying FOR
his death was enough to drive well
man mad. And so it drove this poor
sick doctor to his death. He died by
his own hand that the starving devils
about him might have one more meal.
"rhe very day that Henry was CON
demned to die Surgeon Pavy took his
own life. The despairing little com
pany 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, Lieut..
Greedy was forced to yield to
the demands of these mad wretches,
and with heavy heart issued
the order that took Henry from his liv-
ing comrades and placed mis- flesh at the
mercy of the men who but few minutes
before had called him brother. This
faction took the body of the dead man
and kept guard over it in the graveyard
on the hill. They had meat for several
davs and they meant to guard with
jealous watchfulness their graveyard
dining-room. The other faction down
bv the sea were without even handful
OF shrimps. They knew the graveyard
OIL the hill contained a corpse, and with
loud nlurmurs of discomfort declared
that some one Of their party must suffer
Tor 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 be long delayed The mute
appeal of those wild, hungry eyes, plead
ing for an early death was too 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, before the corpse was
cold, those mad mentor they were
mad-rushed upon the body, and with
Llle1E SuliDTS' SIGalI MINUS, uus5 INV
the warm flesh. They stripped long
shreds of flesh and skin from off the
bones while vet the muscles ouivercd
with the life that had just gone out
These CHASTITY, dripping morsels they
carried to the little fire, and hardly
waiting till the chunks of meat turned
brown, tore them with their teeth,"-
and with weary sigh the officer dived
down into his cabin.
do, CHI n
Surgeon Pavy was "washed away" He
died on June 9Th. Three days before
Seaman Coop had died, on June, 18th,
Sergt. Gardiner was missed, and four
days later Private Bender is recorded as
dead. All these bodies were reported
"washed away by the sea-" The fact
that these men died within convenient
market days of each other and the re-
ported finding of headless trunk other
than that of Henry explain too clearly
the awful meaning hidden IN the mys-
terious explanation, "washed away"