Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-17
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ing dispatch sent out from here today
explains itself:
LrxcoLy. Neb., Aug. I6.
CorsoHsr RobiHs0s, Lssg Island City,
". Dear Sir: see by the pablo
prints that you have addressed me re-
RardinR the exhaminq and examination
OF nay brothers remains. Ii 10 nv de-
are that the full facts be known. You
VIII piets have the body exhuRed and
examined as soon as possible.
tSIgnsdl DoRA Buck.
Miss Buck Was almost heartbroken 1T
the report that her brother was shot
Tor stealing raiions, and has refused 10
see reporters. Tue possibility that such
reports are untrue since the klslingb1ry
Developments has revived her spirits
ana she l. now very anxious that the
matter be sifted to the bottom. beliey-
ing that IL will vIndieate her brothers
reputation.
ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH GRIZZLY.
BOsToS, Aug. 16.-In an interview at
Portsmouth today. Lieut.. Greedy said. AS
TO reports of divisions il the expedition:
In regard to the story that there
were two factions, With Lieut.. kislinR-
bury IN charge of the opposition, ~iil
say that Is ID totally false, having no
foundation whatever. The trouble be-
tween kislingoury aad my.elf occurred
IA 1881, the first year of the expedition.
de desired TO he relieved from duty,
and l not wishing to retain a man
against his will, although | had power
50 TO do. CAV, him his liberty. Ii Is my
mr. q h.a d.aaSaA trn
tue United States. He went southwark,
but the Proteus was sunk, aud ne re-
turned to his duty. l treated him as
though nothing had happened, and
when Look wood died l gave kisling-
bury the second place III the expedl-
tIon."
What do you say about the condi-
lion Of kislingbury's bodyl' asked the
reporter.
Il say that il is news, and horrible
news, TO me. All these later disclosures
and terrio charges come upon m
with awful suddeuness. | can truth
folly say that / have suffered more men
tai anguish IN the last few days than
dad IN all my sojoarn north, when the
chances were a hundred to one against
me. l can but repeat that u thers was
any cannibalIsm, aad there nov seems
to be NO doubt of It. the man. eating
was done In secret and entirely without
my knowledge, and contrary 10 my dis
cipllne. 1 can make no stronger denial. |
/ have demanded an lnvestIg alton and
IL will come In time, but can say moth
Ipg more than l have already stated.
All my papers, and klslingou va diary, |
Lockwood's diary, and IN fact every |
scrap of Information relating IL the ex |
petition are IN charge OF the war de- |
partment at Washington. Inc crew ut |
the Ihstis can testify that the body oi |
the last dead, Schneider, was not |
mutil4ted IN any way, and IN |
facs thai We kept Ellison alive
IN the hopeless state We were |
IN ought to convince anybody that We
we're not innibais. Since my return /
from Newouryport every one of my
men has called upon ns. Ihey came
IN body and ASSURED me em2naticaliy
that they knew nothing about the bod
led of their fallen COMRADES, and each
solemnly swore that no Was innocent
Pernaps those VINO died last fed upon
the bodies of those VINO died before,
Out all this Is supposltion. Can Oul
answer for myself and for my orders
to tbs party. For days and weeks
lay on my back, unable to move IN my
enfeebled condition. Ii one or more oi
any men fed upon haman flesh, 1t was
beyond my eoutrol, and certainly DO
yond my knoSledge. 1 have Deen crit
iclzsd for not telegraphing the fact OF
the shooting of Henry rs soon as ar
rived At st. Johns, but you must re-
member that l was In wreIched con-
dition of body and mind. l Was IN u
quandary as to whether l should be
tried for murder, as Henry was shot
on my own responsibility, and not by
order of a regular court IN artiaI."