Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-10
HUMAN FLESH.
Oevoured with Much Relish by
a Party Of Braziians.
ONE OF THE WRETCHES TALKS.
Friends Who Had Feasted with Him Killed, and
Their Flesh Deyoured.
The Mode of Preparation was to Roast OF
Bron, Using Freely of Salt and Pep
per-Eemorse Unknown to the VII
Iain-Sleeps Peacefully.

New YORK, July "a little three-columr
newspaper arrived in town to-day which
! bore the most sensational news which il
| probably ever printed. The newspaper was
| printed on June /, and was
| from the state of Chihuahua
Santa Rosalia, South America. ]. is a
| little out-of-way place from which news
comes at rare intervals. On the third
page of the paper was an article called
| ''Cannibals in Brazil" This was the story
| told, literal translation following: Al
| Salinas, in the state of Minas, Brazil u man
| named Clemente Vieira has been ar
rested charged with eating human flesh
| The editor of the local paper, Cida de Leo
| poldina, visited Vieira in Jail and had the
following interview with him:
is it true that you nourish yourself upon
human fesh?r
Eyes, sir,' answered the prisoner ''For
some time / and my friends, BaSilio Leandro
and others, have eaten human flesh. We
live on it.''
What mot e has impelled you to such
| barbarous acts before God and MANI"
Because we liked it,
Chow did you secure the first victim?"
With the utmost franknesS Vieira re-
piled:
Upon going one day to Leandros house
he invited me to eat piece of his dead
child; l had nothing to eat; was hungry,
ing day, while returning to my house, 1
found u woman asleep by the roadside.
The thought came to me to kill
her. ! did so, using stone for
my weapon. l took the body to my home.
One day later on killed Simplicio, and in
vited Francisco and several to help me to
eat him. When Simplicio'S flesh was con-
sumed, having no other resource, it &C.
CURED to me to kill his two sons
for 4 further supply of food. With two
blows the deed was done. The flesh of the
two children lasted US fortnight. After
this time had elapsed, being thrown
again into the old predlcament of
killed Francisco and devoured him.
Finally I discovered that Basiho had
stolen 4 shirt from ME. 1 killed
him while he was off his guard
engaged in preparing some roots for his
supper. l ate very little of him, for was
caught two days after had killed him.
Vieira was captured in the very act Of
making meal off portion of Basilio's re-
mains, which he was devouring with evil
dent relish, and the soldiers found part of
Basilio's body packed away in q barrel pre-
pared with salt and pepper.
''Then has human flesh an agreeable
tastes"
NO. he replied sit is too sweet. The
part l found most toothsome to the tongue
was the Dfaln. NO DOUBT my stomach was
turned each time partook of human flesh
''How did you prepare the flesh for eat
ing?"
1--WE ate it roasted or boiled, seasoned
with salt and great deal of pepper'
''And did not the remains Of your victims
inspire you with fear?"
Somewhat yet the sight of them did
not affect us, but the fear of detection"
''And do you sleep calmly mower
tsYeS ever so tranUuillV5
'Do you never feel remorse at having
been guilty of such deeds?''
Il can't remember that ever did" he
replied.
The man, the newspaper states, will have
a trial.