The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-15
Wants the heOord Corrected.

neu IN ASKING ior an investigation. N " L
| !lt' Wants the kecUrd Corrected.
New York, August 1.-The Deputy
Registrar of Vital Statistics cent a letter tc
the Secretary Of the Navy, asking for the
facts about the death Of Private Charles D
Henry: His death is recorded in the bureau
as due to starvation in the Arctic regions
If shot the Registrar desires the records
corrected. r.5Et'5 ~ ;.
HEARTRENDlNaD DisUL LOSuRHs
iOfCannibnllsm in the Arctic hegion.
Aisit"khury'~ 'Eemntns Exhumed.
RocuEs1zk, N. Y, August 1.-THE mos,
heartrending disclosures were made in
this city this morning regarding the re-.
mains of Lieut. Kislingbury Of the Arctic
expedition, who died amid the
Arctic snow last June. It is
established beyond all question that
cannibalism was resorted to by the starving
men of the Greedy expedition, and shows
the lives Of these saved were preserved
only by eating the dead bodies Of their
companions. Lieut.. Kialingbury's rela.
tives here vera filled with horrible donbts
as soon as they learned that disclosures
had been made in Nsw York regarding
csnnibalism among the members Of the
expedition, and they determined 10 learn
the truth by exhuming the remains and
having them examined by COM
petent phyaicianH. Tho services of
l.. A. Jsftey, an undertaken, we're
occurred and this morning with , the aa.
sistancs Of five, men he accomplished the
WORK OF taking up the casket from its resting
place. Ihe casket was opened in the
presence OF Frank W. kisling-
bury and John P. n Kislingbury,
brothers Of the deceased, DR.. Charles
Buckley, Dr.. F. A. Mandeville, Superin-
tendent Stillson, Assistant Superintendent
Maudeyillo and two reporters Of the Posl.
Dispatch. The work Of opening the heavy
iron receptacle was &, found com
psratively easy. All there was to
do It being to unscrew fifty
two iron hollis which held down the lid.
The nciselees easo with which the latter
was prisd from its bed showed there was
an absence of, gas in the casket, and it was
feared there . might be no body IN
the casket at all. Feeling his way
into the macs Of snowy cotton waste
which filed the coffin to the ton. MI.
Jetreys soon exclaimed, "He is There" a
strong odor of alcohol, but no yery pro.
nounced suggestions Of decay emanated
from the ccsket. q li4' Ibs,--5..1..,,..s's !,
Doctor Buckley, who had put on a pair
OF black leather gloves uncovered
the lower portion OF /. the coflin's
tenant and then it appeared as il one Of
the legs, the right one, was misaing, but
when the waBte was all removed it became
apparent that the limb was tied under the
left one. The casket was next placed upon
the llsor and tho enehrouded form taken
from it and placed upon a table. The un.
dertaker and physician now began to cut
the stitches and unwind the white eheetinQ
which formed the frat covering. The sheet
was .taken away, the tarred rope entwininp
the blanket cut and the work Of taking OF
this last covering began. 4 Tho blacksned
asshless face showing marka Of Arctic soil,
bore no semblanco to the dead man.
The skin WAS driad to the
ekull and the sightless sockets
and half opened mouth gave the dead man
q look Of mute appealing agony. The re.
mains were completely identified as those
Of Lieut.. kislingbury. The physicians
mads a thorough examination and the 10.
mairs were placed back into the casket
and again lowered to the grave. y
Returning to the city The physicians made
an affidavit in which they eay:-"The
body, in weight approximatad, in our
opinion, about fifty psunds. On examin.
alton Of the head no signs oi wounds or in.
juries we're Visible. The skin was NOT
BROKEN. The cars and nose were intact. Tia
akin aud muocles Of the interior portion Of
the face and neck were intact. From the
upper portion OF the s.ernum and. clayicle
to- The lower portion OF the q tn rib on the
left side tho akin and muscles had all besn
removed down 10 the ribs on the right
side. The skin and muscles dowR 10 the
lower border Of the last rib were gone. 81
The skin and muscles on the anterior
portion of the abdomen were intact to the
ilium or pelvic bones. The muscles and
skin Of the anterior and posterior OF tho
,hiXhs were entirely removed. Except the
the ekin :. on y the anterior portion
Of the knee joints, the muscles
and skin ot the left leg were
removed to within three inches Of the
ankle On the Joint Of the right leQ the
skin and muscles were removed to within
6vo inches Of the. ankle joint. q Both
test were intact. The toes 4 were
all present. There Yves ]: no yestige
Of jnteement or muscles >on either
arm, including the muscles Of the shoulder
blades to tho; wrist joints, except on the
right forearm, the inieIossars membrane
remaining. The flesh and Muscles OF both
arms were intsct, (. The examination
Of the postericr portion Of the
body showed that tho skin N and
muscles Of the back from the seventh Ger.
viosl vertabrae had been disSecsed OF cut
completely away down to the bones with
the exception oi pieces Of skin from two TO
three inches tquars on each side Of the up
per portion Of the sacrum. sl z F>ii
3 ~ N ~ n z n 1.as
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At.New iork-Vlrginis, 3; Brooklyn .
| At Cincin.-Louisvilles, 4; Oincinnatis, s
| I At Pi..eb'gh-Bal.imo., II; Allegheny; 3
At Chicsgo-BufTalo, 10; Chicago, II. -
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