Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-16
HUMAN FLESH.
Devoured with Much Relish by
a Party of Brazilians.
ONE OF THE WRETCHES TALKS.
.siands Who Had Feasted with Him Killed, and
Their Flesh 0evoured.
rhe Mode of Preparation was to Roast or
Brsl, Using Freely of Salt and Pep
gsr-Remorse Unknown to the VII
lair-Sleeps Peacefully.

New YORK July "a little three-column
newspaper arrived in town to-day which
bore the most sensational news which 1t
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 stor.J
told, literal translation following: At
Salinas, in the state OF Minas, Brazil, a man
named Clemente Vieira has been ar
rested charged with eating human flesh
The editor OF the local paper, Cida de Leo
poldina, visited Vieirl In jail and had the
following interview with him.
lis 1t true that you nOurish yourself upon
human fesh?"
Eyes, sir, answered the prisoner. "F'or
ONE time l and my friends, Basilio Leandro
and others, have eaten human flesh. We
we on it
what motive has impelled you to such
uarbarous acts before God and manf'
Because we liked it."
How did you secure the first victim?'
With The utmost frankness Vieira re-
Piled:
Upon going one day to Leandro's house
ne invited me to eat piece of his dead
child; I had nothing to eat; L was hungry,
and accepted the invitation The follow
ing day, while returning TO my house, l
found a woman asleep by the roadside.
The thought came to me to kill
her. l did so, using stone for
nv weapon. l took the body to my home.
Ore day later on killed Sinplicio. and in
WED Francesca and several to he Up me TO
eat him. When Simplicios flesh was CON
-umed, having no other resource, It oc-
cured 20 me to kill his two sons
FOR further supply of food. With two
blows the deed was done. The flesh of the
TWO children lasted US fortnight. After
his time had elapsed, being thrown
again into the old predlcament of
having nothing to eat, Basilio and myself
killed Francisco and devoured him.
Finally l discovered that Basiho had
stolen a shirt frem me. [ killed
him while he was off his guard
supper l ate very little of him, for l was
caught two days after had killed him.
VieirG was captured in the very act of
making meal of portion of Basilio's re-
mains, which he was devouring with evil
dent relish, and the soldiers found part of
Basil!o'S body packed away in barrel pre-
pared with salt and pepper.
Then has human 8esh an agreeable
tsstei'
No. he replied SIT is too sweet. The
par found most toothsome to the tongue
was the brain. No doubt my stomach was
turned eaCh time partook of human fiesh.'
How did you prepare the flesh for eat
ing,
We ate il roasted or boiled, seasoned
with salt and great deal of pepper"
And did not the remains of your victims
uspire You with fear?n
Somewhat; yet the sight of them did
LOT affect us, but the fear Of detection
And do you sleep calmly now"
Yes, ever so TRANQUILITY"
Do you never feel remorse at having
1aen guilty of such deeds?''
i can't remember that ever did" he
replied
The man, the newspaper states, will have
trial