Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-08-23
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WAsHrSGToS, Aug. l4.-Geue-al W.
 B. Hazen was interviewed to-day iu
 reference to the reports Of members oi
 the Greedy party being killed and eaten
 by their companions, with the fOliOwin z result:
 "Is the report that Captain Schley callrd upon you and Secretary Chandler ID the Yes els cabin and informed you
 thut the report that the survIvurs had eaten their associates was false:'
 That story is untrue"
 "There Is no truth, then, m the re-
 mainder of the published stories tha,
 bodies were eaten?"
 'I will not say that they are not. I
 have but casually glanced at the pub lIshed story other than those portions which I deny"
 "DId you hear any rumors while at Portsmouth that dead men had been eaien?'
 "fhere were rumors of that kind ! aiioat W official position would not | pesrnit me s0 i've ,ha facts in the case''
 "1 here are facts, theBF
 "l cannot AnWser that. had long interview wIth Lieutenant Greedy, but The subject eating bodIes was not re ferred to. l can imagine case when cannibali~m would be iu tifable and It would b. the case where men are stary- ing"
 Do you excuse cannibalisu m the Greedy clse."
 Under circumstances it would be e1cusaile"
 ''Has Secretary Chandler received any report relative to thIs subJectg
 Not that know ot. have received none"
 "Is the report that private Henry Was shot and afterward eaten, fa.se:
 "Ihere were .umJrs at Portsmouth that he had been killed and the sur vlvOrs had eaten LIS body. but I drclu, tO give any facts m bis ease that l might know"
 Will the shooting be a subject of investigation by the War DepaFtmentT
 Not necessarily; men are shot ever, day ID muuEIes and no investigation made. Uuder some circumstances It might b, proper
 Will there be any investigation Of he reported eating of the b0di,s:'
 An investigation could bot be mIic. either by the War or Navy Department. That K a matter Congress will have tO look into Tn n Hii of the fact wIli te presented and until then nothing will b, gisen out"
 Nr. Haz- says that Lieutenant Gree ly's report on tue entire expeiItI,u will probably be fOrWarded Co him within 60 month. It Was generally conceded tbai there ~ere records m Washington tLat -ub-tantIated the story, and both amy and navy officers among tuCm-clye, dIt not view II ss on impO-sIuIhty | y any means
 Sad a navy officer in the corridor of the Navy Department: Though ther. Is no reason Au,w of for believing thv story, the fact that there are Do recp.d to suustantiate It dOes not improve It at all Look at lt as true. ls there any thInl: impossible about It? You and ] stauuiug n-fe, with alt the comforts about us, view such things with dread and horror. But you must remember that thuse men were reduced C. such a condition tbat their moral faculties were bluuted. They should be considered ID fact were irresponsible agents. Sell preservation wa- theIr only thought. and they could not be expected Co moraliz. on H.
 PORTSMOUTH, Y. H., Aug. Ii-Sec- rrtary Chandler returned here to-day. aud tonight and AssOciated Press agent visited Llm on the IaliapOosa Co inquire concerning the truth Of an article m day's New York Times. The Secretary appeared Co ie considerably agi,ated. lie said. "Yuu may say that l have saCu the New York Times, and that the Navy Department has received Losuch reports of the shooting of Henry and of canui- ballsm, Gs the Times giyes. or cuur-e, you naturally next ask me Is the stOT! true say that 1 decline tO say. l re- fuse to say any thing further about the matter.
 NEW YoEK, Aug. 1.-The Times prInts this mOTniEg tLe following lu doubie-leaded type, written from dOcu- ments now m pusse-Slun of the Navy Department at N ashiugtUn. which add Co the record of the miserable human suffering al eady published m couuec tiOn with the tiIdIug of the Greedy re- lief expedition, the most shocking stories uf Iuht mauity and canuIbalIsm, the facts of winch have been Vus-e-- 1 sion uf Secretary Chandler for nearis 1 three week.. But SD closely have they l been guarded and so strictly have naval l officers and sailors maintained the l silence imposed upon them, that not 1 even an iukling of ine true and h1rIihi- l of affairs Las yet reached thv | puhlIc ear. For the sake of humanity l and the American people, the army | are striving tO keep the mat | ter hu-hed, but III an eiiirieut iuvestiga- l tion winch Is almost sure Co come, l the facts will undoubtedly com, | out. The article then proceeds 1 tu state that Commander Schley di-cuy- l cred that many of the seventeen men l saId to have p ,rI~Led from sthrvatI,n l Lad been eaten by their furnishing com | rad,s, that the Ouly men who e-caped ! the knife were three or four who dIed | of scurvy. The ampuiated limbs of the men who afterwards perished were eng l eriy devOuTed as food. Cbas. E. Henry, | late of the Fifth cavalry, who vulun teered for the expedition, when nearly l dead from hunger, saw an opportunity | to steal more than his share Of rttIUn-. l He was caught m the attempt aud shot | by hls comrades. When his body Ua- found the skin had been stripped and | the flesh picked from the bones. Even !
  manler Scaley on being interviewed l and asked whether he knew Henry had [ been shot, said: II am uo. prepared tu l answer that question. And, further | more, [ positively decline to be inter !. viewed. When au official inquiry k made l into the details of the trip -ha.l -al !. wha, l have tp say. 1T anything, and not ! before Without another word the . commander hurried below.
 LONDON, Aug 1.-The heat ye-.erday . in London sent the mercury Up Go Si i F Fahrenheit. IL was the most intense ! heat experienced here Tn twenty yeaI-. ! Work was partially suspended. Several . deaths occurred from suustroke.
 OGDEN, Aug. l4-Mrs. c. B. Buckley. !. of New York, en route on the Central Pacific train from Los Angeles. died ot . just before reaching Og- . den, and was buried here. She recently ! went iO California m search of health !. and was on her way back to New York. . hoping to reach her husband and friends . alive.
 CRCLEvrLLE. O., Aug. H- Three ]. children on farm near South Perry, !. Ohio. n~med Robert Wood, Lotus D. 1