Show MAN EATER PACKER DIES IN COLORADO I 1 death of noted army scout who ate flesh of dead companion to keep from starving I 1 denver deaver colo april 26 the body cf of alfred packer known as Rs the man eater whose death occurred last wednesday in a cabin in bear creek canyon was brought to littleton today for interment packer who was an army scout I 1 started to guide a party of five men from salt lake city to new mexico in 1873 they became lost in the mountains where the enow was s six ix feet fact deep and packer alone survived the bodies of tho the other five men were later found one body was dismembered packer disappeared but was captured in 1883 ho he was wag convicted of murdering his five companions companion and was sentenced to forty years imprisonment he always declared his innocence of murder he claimed that in his absence from camp one ono of his companions killed the other four men aien and on ion his return attempted to kill him with a hatchet whereupon he shot the man packer admitted that in order to keep from perishing he ate some of the flesh of one of the dead men ho he was released lea sedon on parole in 1901 packer waa was 64 04 years old |