August 14

August 14, 1884: The body of Lt. Kislingbury, second in command of the Greely Arctic Expedition, is exhumed from Mount Hope Cemetery to investigate allegations of cannibalism. Kislingbury had been laid in state at Rochester City Hall four days earlier. Inspection of the body revealed that flesh had been stripped from the bone, confirming the rumors.

Sources and Further Reading

• New York Times, August 15, 1884, "The Second in Command Lieut. Kislingbury's Mutilated Body Disinterred")
• History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York (1908); Peck, William F.; page 109
• Wikipedia: Lady and Franklin Bay Expedition
• Wikipedia: Adolphus Greely