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Show - PIONEER CATTLEl\I CATTLEl I CATTLEMAN CATTLElIN CATrLEM4N \ \N N < \ DIESPreston DIES DIESPreston Preston G Nutterldely Nutter , \ widely \\ldely ldely udey ] known knowneastern knowneastern knowneastern eastern and southern Utah cattle cattle- cattleman cattleman cattleman - - man died at his home hotne hone in Salt Lake LakeCity LakeCity LakeCity City Sunday Sunda } He was W8S ws over 80 years yearscf yearscf yearscf cf age and was one of the leading 'eadIng eadIng leadingcattlomen 'eadIngcattlmen ' leadingcattl cattlomen cattlmen men of cf the \ west \ est , , owning owmng vast vast- vastherds vastherds . - herds in m the Arizona Anzona strro stnro strito and inthe Inthe in inthe the Nine Mile lle l\ l \ Milecountry ' le lecountry country cf d f Carbon- Carbon Carboncounty Carboncounty Carbon-county Carbon county - - county countyWhen When a youn'5 youn5 young youn ? ' man Nuttci Nuttel Nuttt Te re Tesided resided resided sided for s g time tlme in \ western s estern 'Colo Colo C010- C010 'Colorado ' C010rado Cob- Cob Cobrado - rado He was famed in Colorado- Colorado Coloradohist Coloradohlstcry Colorado-history Colorado history - - - hlstcry hist ry as the captor of AlIredPackei Alfred AlIred Alfred-Packei Alfred Packei " ' - Packel Packei . , whose alleged al1eged cannibalismin canmbahsmin cannibaiismin canmbahsm cannibaiism in the wintel wmtel wintei cf d 1872 sent him to tothe tothe tothe the Colorado pemt penitentiary < > ntlary foi fOl murdr mur- mur murdor mur-d mur d - - dor dr r Nutter who ' was W'3S W3S a tfnend mend friend or of orearlY ofearlY ofearly earlY day miners Indians and tram train tramrobbers trainrobbers tramrobbers robbers " , was % as one of a party o of ( 22men 22 22men 22men men who "ho ho aho " left Binghim Bingh1.m Bingh1m Bthghm . ca.ny'on ca.nyon canyon ca.ny'onutah can . cany'onUtah canyonUtah ' ' on onUtah utah in November , , 1872 for a gold goldrush goldrush goldrush rush in m the San 83n Sn Juan district distl1Ct of ofColorado ofColorado ofColorado Colorado Heavy snows sno\\s sno s snos ' \ in 111 the colo- colo cob- cob colorado Colo Colorado cobiado - - rado i-ado i ado - mountains mountams forced all but five fiveof fiveyf fiveof back bach . The Thefive Thefive Thefive of yf the pr prospectors prcspectors pectors to turn five , led by Pac1 Packci Packei el continued contmucd on on-Some on Some . - . Some months mt'nths mtnths ' later , , Pack Packr Pach.c'l Pach.cl Pachcl Packci . < -r r - ' came caine cameout caineout cameout out of the mountains alone Nutterthen Nutter Nutter.then Nutterthen , . then boa located ted in Hinsdale Hmsdale county , , be- be became became be became - came suspicious and with wlth a pos5p posse pos5plccated posseIccated possplocated lccated Iccated the bsdies bdies : of the four men menin menIn menin in the weeded wcoded wooded country countI1 countrv ' several mlIes miles mlIesdistant milesdistant milesdistant distant from \ where \ ; here the others had hadturned hadturned had.turned hadturned . turned back They hid h1.d h1d . b been en slainand slain slainand slamand and eaten caten P'cker Pcker p"cker ' " went on trial far for farhis forhis forhis his life at Lake Clt City } . . Cob Colo , , and was wassentenced wassentenced wassentenced sentenced to be hanged He secured se- se secured se secured - - cured a retrial and change of venue venueto venueto venueto to Gunnison and his hlS sentence W3S- W3S was W3Sreduced wasreduced wasrreduced - reduced to tb eight elght years on eachrount each eachC01.Ult eachcount C01.Ult C01Ult rount . He \ was as pardoned plrdcned : in 1901 1901and , and ai-id ai id - died several years later . Preston G Nutter was widely widelyknown widelyknowii widelyknown known knowii throughout eastern Utah . J |