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

Ore6ly parry, clELou W esNA -.
and having fed on the dead Dou.es
OF their comrades, and that written
documents in possession OF the navy
department subssantiate the terrible
narrative, CT ated a great sensation
here and Admiral Nichols, cang
Secretary OF the navy, was shortly
besieged by newspaper men
anxious to ascertain something Of
fetal concerning the publication.
The Admiral says there is abso-
iuteIy nothing in the navy depart
ment concerning the story end ne
doubted it's truth. 1t is possible
ho8 ever, q. report of this nature
may have gone direct to Secretary
Chandler in New Hampshire. as
numerous documents are forwarded
MIN without EXAMINATION. Some
persons express the opinion quietly
that there'7 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 a story
relating TO The expedition which it
w az intended to conc al, bat must
come out in the Sane way the his
tory OF the Jesnnette's unforluna e
cruise became known 10 the public.
The Times story was shown to
General Hazen, who at first was
very non>cOmmittsI, bat fiually,
with decided emphasis, be said
"There are certain facts connected
with the matter l am not at liberty
to mention. 1t is very prnba BILE,
though L do not say 30 officially,
they will be made the subjsct Of a
J congressional investigation next
| winter. The story contains some
Inaccuracies, not bly, tina, Of de-
vouring the stipulated limbs OF
those who suffered the loss or 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. y
'sls the report tEat Captain Schley
callsE You and Sc rotary Chandler
INFO the yessel's.csbin and informed
you The survivors had eaten their
associates false ?n was asked.
"Thatst is untrue"
"Ihere ia 40 truth, then, in the
remainder of the published stories
that bodies we, e eaten?'
F'I Will not say they are no. true,
[ have but 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 were ru1ners of that Kind
afoat. My official position would
not permit me to give the facts in
the CASE"
"Thers are facts, then?"
"I can't answer that. I had O
long interview with Lieufsnsnt
Greedy, but the subject ofestins bo-
dies was not referred TO. l can
imsgine case when CannibaIisnl
would be jaetifiable, aud it would
be case where men are starving"
ado you excuse Cannibalism in
| The Greedy case?
Under the circumstances ii
would bs excussble."
"Has secretary Chandler received
sny report relative to this subj ?''
"Not that l know of; l have re-
celved none"
"tc the report that Piva,e Henry
was shot and sfterWari eaten,
falseY'
"There were rumors as Ports
mouth that he had been killed, and
the survivors had eaten his body
But l decline to give any facts in
his case that | might know"
"Will the shooting be subject CT
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 he
made either by the War or Navy
OCpdE AlcuNs nav 10 = ludbtGl OO0-
gress will look into; then all facts
will be presented, and until then
nothing will be given out"
Gen. HsZen says Lient. Greely's
report On the entire expedition will
probably bs forwarded to him with
in a month; while 1t was generally
coneeded there were no records Ia
Wasinston to substantiate the story,
both army and navy otli els among
themselves d'd 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 l know OF for be.
Iieving the story, the fact that there
ale no reccris to substaniiate it does
not disprove It,"
SIS there anything lmpr babe
about it ,,
"You snd standing here with al
com forts about Us view such things
with dTesd end horrcr; but you Gust
remember those men, who we're re-
duced 10 such a condition that their
moral faculties were hlunhd, they
should not be considered; in fsct
they were irresponsible agents, and
self preservation WIS their Cnly
! though, ard they could rot lie sx-
pected 10 moralizs upon it.