| Show remarkable story of cannibalism cruthi Cr thi S T in 18 charles L smith left car bhago having received the appoints mentor american consul to It with hu residence in a city on alie Amoor river in siberia he left in tho summer accompanied by hie wife whom ho left with relatives in chicago arriving in san francisco he learned th atthe last of the trading boats had loft for iho season being anxious to roach hia destination as he intended engaging in the fur business lio took passage on a ship bound for hong kong china where lio hoped to engage passage and reach his destination quicker than by waiting for the of the trad arriving at uong kong he became acquainted with n member of a yew york firm who him a chance to engage in business he would not engage then but pushed on as fast as possible to bis destination where ho arrived in the spring of 1870 ue remained months and not being suited with the business or abo country he returned to hong kong and accepted the before made to him five men including Smith went on a trading expedition into the in gerior of the southern part of china where they successful amassing largo fortunes they returned to the chait on their homeward journey end engaged a chinese junk to take them back to hong kong when far out from the mainland the crew of the junk mu niad robbed their passengers and placed them on adeser tisland with neither food nor drinks it wag not long before starvation stared them in the face for several daye they had subsisted on a few berries they found on the island theae were gone and no ship had come to the rescue when at last they could stand hunger and thirst no longer they cast lots to see who should di tho lot fell on smith who before being put to death requested hi corn should not let hia know of the manner of his deth if they were fortunate enough to return to america ho was then put to death and eaten by his companions hort time thereafter the men rescued by a passing ship and came to america to vow york where they reported smith dead none at the time but tho members of the firm knowing the manner of hia death too care ago a gentleman wio in corrca pon lonca with smith duriac hi lifetime called on the new york firm and acin the pirt at filst they refused but afterwards after warde do to tell him providing ho would keep it from mrs smith the promise has been kept MM smith died in chiago about two weeks ago ignorant of tho manner of her bus bind death tho story comes to direct and from lucli good are forced to believe it u |
