Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-02

dropped by the man who carried Il, aud
never recovered.
"Still we were strong hearted. and
plunged blindly forward several days
longer through tho snow.
"Iiolplcssly bcwildered. we finally do
cided that our only hope was to 90 into
permanent oncampment till tho storm
was over.
"After wo had been In camp ton days
wo had 20 content ourselves with but
one meal. and that small one, each
twcnty.fOur hours. A few days moro
and even that gave out.
Then We had nothing with which to
satisfy our hunger but tho moss which
we dug down through the snow and
tore from the rocks, aud tho bark from
the branches OF dead trees.
"Soon. 80 awful was u all, o great dis
trust grew up among us. Each man
feared that he would BE- lain aud eaten
by his ncighbor. After that mono Of US
dared sleep.
For two nights and days We stood
and sat around that roaring fire with
Enclosed, Rlaring eyes.
"Thcn tho end came. One after ar
other our oycrstraincd minds succumbcd.
We yelled and laughed and danced
about like the maniacs wo were. ours
ing the gold which had lurcd US into
our trouble, the mountains which shut
us Of from our fellow beings, tho snow,
the fire, God and each other.
THAT night, from sheer exhaustion.
we fell like slrickcn bccycs IN tho snow
around the Sre, and while tho others
slept, arose aud took an ax and slow
thcm-all Of thcm-my six poos com.
rndos.
"And then. having killed thcn, cut
great chunks OF flesh from their dead,
helpless bodice. which cooked and ate.
GLOW long this fearful feast was kept
up do not know, but 1t must have boon
for considerable timo. for II was many
weeks after the storm had ended before
some settlers found me, In valley to
the westward. prone upon the ground
and breathing heavily.
II was picked up and nursed through
a terrible fever, which followed, oyory
moment Of which | mado hidcous with
mutterod disclosures Of my doubts and
fears and orgies around that awful
camp firc.
1.-TWO months later, ~ soon rs was
well enough. came back east 10 my
young wife, but without any knowledge
Of my crimes. had no recollection
whatever OF the period / described TO
you. Thoso 20 whom rccited ita par.
uculars NJ tho t.ino Of my illness To-
gardcd everything disclosed a. moro
mad rayings the Authorizations Of fever
and weakness. And so It was not tin
my return TO California, year later.
that | was told of my sickbcd con.
fossions.
"No sooner did hear them, though.
than u all came back 10 mo with the
most fearful clcarness-iho hooking
snow, the maddoning hunger, tho dis.
trust my comrades and bore each
other. tho murders, tho cannibalism-
everything.
well, Mr.. Greenwood, after | was
told OF my fever rawlings. I went TO Don.
ner lake and searched till found that
valley Of death beyond 1t. still hid
hope that | might have boon only dcliri.
Gus after all. But at the tito Of that
wrotchod camp FIRE was evidence beyond
doubling, tho bones OF my numbered
comrades, our arms. tools. all the famil.
lar aud damning array. Il was moro
than conclusive. surrendered myself to
tho authorities, who thought mo labor.
ing under delunion. They Instituted
u private investigation. hut were con.
frontod with 10 many clements OF doubt
that they soon dismissed mo with tho
opinion that 1t was case In which tho
Almighty alone Ind Jurisdiction.
$50 | left my mcrciful judges and
camo home.
"Dut q terrifying fear had seized mo
in that Califsuian courtroom which
my subsequent Gtudica satisfied mo was
only too well grounded Mr.. Green.
wood, | have consulted every obtmnablo
authority on the subject Of hcrcdity. and
substituting other names and places
have laid tho matter before the most
eminent specialists. Tho result In each
and every instance Is tho same. Not
ono ray Of hope offers it,plf from any
source. My daughter cannot marry.
because sooner or later either she or her
children will inherit from mo an apo.
tito for human feshr'
For brief interval. perhaps u minute,
Kenneth Greenwood sat staring ut Tul.
bingham IN mortified silence. Tho sig.
niiicanco Of what he had heard was 10
overwhelming that he could not graspit
all ut once. Presently his lungs filed
with u gasp, and then, sitting into "a
moan tho iApulso to shrek out his do.
SPAR, he ran out of ,ho house and rushed
swiftly AWAY in the darkness, unnamed
hopeless. wrecked, fleeing from the un.
movable and unseen. - Pittsburg
Leader.