St. Landry democrat., 1884-08-23
DR.. Paws Death.
A HORRIBLE STORY or THE GREELY
EXPEDITION.

The New York World gives the fol-
lowing terrible story, told by an officer
of the Greedy Relief Expedition, of the
death of DR.. Pavy and the disposition
OF his remains
"Poor DIR. Pavy / can not rid myself
of his image" began the young sailor,
she is getting to be nightmare with
me, and if he comes to me in such A
manner how must it be with those mad
wretches who fell upon him and de-
voured him You may think the shoot
ing of Henry was sad enough, but in
| finitely more pathetic was the death Of
this poor fellow. To lie there on his
couch and see the hungry eyes of his
| stronger comrades gloating over his
wasted form and praying for his death
was enough to drive we'll 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.
"The very day that Henry was con-
| demned to die Surgeon Pavy took his
own life. The despairing little compa-
ny had split up into two factions, both
lclamoring for the death of some one
that the others might live. With all
his strength of character, Lieutenant
Greeley was forced to the demands of
these mad wretches, and with heavy
heart issued the order tllat took Henry
from his living comrades and placed
his 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 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 corpse, and with
loud murmurs of discomfort declared
that some one of their party must suffer
for the rest, DIR. PaVy was the weakest
or them all. About his dying couch
they clustered and sat for hours un-
moved, watching each breath and hop
ing that his death might not be long
delayed. The mute appeal of
those wild, hungry eyes, pleading for
an early death was too much for him,
and with last deapaiTing effort he
rushed down to the sea and was picked
up dead. Almost before the heart had
ceased to beat, before the corpse was
tCOAuS JAOSC Hlda ulSI--lUI5 GHGy HEIS
mad-rushed upon the body and with
their sailors sheath knives dug into the
warm flesh. They stripped long shreds
OF flesh and skin from off the bones
while yet the muscles quivered with the
life that had just gone out. These
ghastly 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 a
weary sigh the officer diVed down into
his CABIN.
TIE records show that the body of
Surgeon Pavy was washed away He
died on June 6. Three days before
Seaman Coop. had died, on June 10,
Sergeant Gardiner was missed and four
days later Private Bender is recorded
as dead. All these bodies were report
ed washed away by the sea-. The fact
that these men died within convenient
market days of each other and the re-
ported finding of a headless trunk other
than that of Henry, explain too clearly
the awful meaning hidden in the mys-
terious explanation, washed away"