The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-16
Poor Kislingbury.

Poor Kislingbury.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, August 1.-THE
autopsy Of the body Of Lieutenant Kis-
lingbury developed no evidence Of wounds
or violence. The conclusion was reached
that the openings between the ribs were
caused by the knives Of those who stripped
the body OF its flesh to still the terrible
cravings OF long aggravated hunger.
Lieutenant Kislingbury had died Of star.
walton and disease, and his comrades had
eaten his body like those of the Others
who had died before and after him.
Frank W. Kislingbury, the Lieutenant's
brother, when asked what he thought OF
the result, said he was quite satisfied,
although it was terrible shock. He
had
DESIRED AN INVESTIGATION
from the beginning, and had expressed it
as his opinion that the easket should be
opened in order TO prove that the re-
mains were really in it. He was not dis
appointed in what he had now witnessed,
for it might have been expected from the
i0junctlons laid on the relatives.
SHOCKING CONCLUSIONS.
j. ?. Kislingbury said last evening; ~
am perfectly satisfied with the result. 1t
puts the matter at rest and removes the
uncertainty"
"You are satisfied that portions of your
brothers. body had been eaten by his
comradesy"
"The remains showed that the flesh had
been cut by some one who understood
the use of knife. 1t was not hacked at
all. For instance, we could see how 1t
had been cut in around the wrist and re-
moved in systematic manner. All the
solid portions Of the body had been taken
off in this manner. | am satisfied that
he died natural death long before any
human flesh had been eaten"
"Mr. Kislingbury, don't you know
that leads to terrible inference-that
| idea OF his dying of starvation long be-
fore they were reduced to the extremity
Of eating human fesh?"
| 81 don't want to say anything about
| that. DR.. Buckley will take measures
to ascertain whether he had subsisted on
human flesh before he died. / am salts
fed that Greedy was
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and there will be an investigation In the
courts as to the facts. | was told that
the remains were all right, but much de-
composed. They wanted to cover up
their guilt. They knew that a portion
of the remains had been eaten, and, well,
they deceived US. But We have found
out the true condition of the body, and it
is probable that every one of the bodies
will be disinterred."
"You think there was something
wrong between Greedy aud your
brother?"
81 don't want to talk about that now.
Wait until | have examined his effects at
Washington"
THE CAMP DIVIDED.
w. II. Kislingbury, the other brother
of the deceased officer, outlined the con-
dition of things, which would lead to the
belief that the Greedy expedition was d.
vided into two parties or factions, and
one persisted because the other gained
possession by force of the food supply.
In this estranged party were Lieutenant
Kislingbury and DR.. Pavy. The condi-
ton Of Lieutenant Kislingbury's body
shows that he died of starvation at time
when the others had some food supply.
There was absolutely nothing in the
stomach, and in the intestines was lump
of indigestib.e material. There were no
indications Of rupture, and the story that
he injured himself is discredited.
w. II. Kislingbury opposed exhuming
the remains Of his brother up to Wednes-
day night, in the belief that his brother
could not have been preyed upon by the
survivors, because of report that he
had helped kill polar bear three days
before he died. The party was rescued
three weeks after his brothers. death, and
Mr.. Kislingbury held that the bear would
have furnished the necessary food for the
few survivors for that length OF time, If
fairly distributed and husbanded. But
there are no indications that Lieutenant
Kislingbury ate of any bear, and the fact
that the heshy parts Of the Lieutenant's
body were cut off in careful, scientific
manner, shows
THE BEAR STORY
to be a myth, invented by some one to
conceal the cannibaiism. Instead Of
eating bear the survivors subsisted upon
the bodies of their dead companions.
In the opinion OF Mr.. Kislingbury Doctor
Pavy saw in advance the outcome of
the desperate struggle for substance,
and ended his life, or fell a victim to
the desperation Of the immediate adher-
ents of Greedy. In other words, it was
case in which those not In favor with
the commander were
COMPELLED TO DIE.
that the others might live. There Is .
suspicion that one of the doomed party,
Private Henry was shot while trying to
get a part Of the food Henry's death Is
not sufficiently explained. Mr.. Kisliug.
bury takes this gloomy view, that there
was struggle among the starving and
desperate mon, and the strongest, by vir-
tue Of authority and possession Of the
little food on hand, survived. Lieutenant
Kislingbury, 1t seems, was under the ban
Of Greely's displeasure from the begin
ming.
interviewing Prohibited.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., August 10. Sur.
geon Head, U. s. A., arrived to-day to
take charge Of the Greedy survivors.