| Show THE luu m alfred packed packers mth death re calls awful crime AN OLD OF YEARS AGO IS STILL remembered the principal in the most celebrated criminal cc casc in the history of colorado died last week at deer creek canon fihs filis a paupers grave DENVER colo april 71 7 al 1 fred packer known as the colo rado cannibal paroled f from born tho th penitentiary years igo through tho efforts of tt a conyer newspaper died M wednesday morning it otibe the hogu of widow in deer creek canon ho he was mas buried tit at little ton at tho expense of jefferson jeterson count 0 i county tharp anre few people la in utah ami and colorado who o 0 bavta not heard more or lee less ot of alfred lacker packer twenty bears ears ago when the tale othle of tits killing oi and eating eberil of hie his companion companions was still fresh in the of tha th a public the story of alfred parker we wag told to ch children ildren a ua 1 na recounted among the tho old pioneers plon erra and scouts P a most horrI horrible blo title time hoe has aftem d judgments kind nd the tile events of that and la in lutor later bears ears thu the name c cf alfred wo wait out not held in owe awo and dread us as it was wim years ago th story la Is a iona one he with a party of twenty one men in started from bougham Blugh am utah for san jua county colorado Packer acted as guide gulde glen this position becaas be he claimed that ho he knew the country when they reached a point near c where montrose Mont roee colo now the party ipa Apa rated packer arid it party of ct fl almon mon started south lyard las P noi agency aney had bad seven daya rations thi wait thought auf out biclon tho the not riot heard j from again until the following epting and then pecker vac er appeared in tho settlements settle mentA alone lie ile eald said bla hi companions comp anione had either elther died or had hail traveled leaving satin 1411 alone this etory story wae was not beli evol aud pucker was placed under unde arrest he 01 said he aoud take a searching party to their last bampi camp in fit nadalo county he alij but no 11 waie found chrit IM lato tho tile ren roain inina lad of the five men were found lying sida by side at a point in county lacicer la in the meant line pealed nine anice 3 eath lter ker he hafi arrested at fort fettery an wyo he was brought to lake city colo tried nd condemned to death tor for murder ia was vas sentenced to be hanged ia in may 1883 jadv gorry gerry presiding judge 8 him him to death tho tile judge la Js reported repotted to have eald said alfred Alft pl packer stand up DO dt you that in 1873 the population ot II hinsdale counti cou slated ir eight and you you man eating not only killed hilled avor halt of the population in n ono one county cou rity at this 14 law abiding state but you also ate their ballee bo 1 I therefore sentence you to be hung by the ti J ww until yol yoli are quite deed and itlay lh the lord have tiercy on your sinful soul packer did oot not hang however bo evor aj ai a 0 sta of wai was secured and a rehearing of the case followed hf ile not tr tred d again until was then armi in gunnison counte judg of or colo coto rado springs thomaso brown of v grand junction then of Gaun leon wae attorney and J wrner mills of lake lako city now of deu ea M vor wa wat the prosecuting attorn attorney oy n Cont 00 60 raffa 0 r Js THE TH T H COLORADO ab prom from rs rago I 1 the result ot the trial was that bo he was convicted ot of r and sentenced to forty yare in tho the penitentiary tent iary lary brown aruada the greatest blech of hill hi itte life in his of pack packer dr packer alt all along la in the trial an and d before and afterward ott he lie nover cover did eat cat any portion of in u on e of the men inen although almost arleu anad by bunker hunger he lie suld that ho he killed the last one or of the party only ft a man by the name of long aa the latter camo came to hina him with a haac hatchet ct to in hia h Is band hand to kilt kill film 0 W doc doe shores well known hero lo 10 carbon county woe was sheriff of gunnison anty Color colorado adv when packer was triad the second time both doth blin himsel self odd and mrs shores knew packer well mrs shores has puckers great bat hat and anny uther mementos of the ann aoi and choso days of early pioneer life in colorado at her homo la in grand junction Junt tion among numerous nume roua other curios and rell relice the etory ot of packer and his man eating tale has been published perhaps a thousand times and lo 10 every language |
