Show PACKER THE CANNIBAL a rrospoelor iiltorty Cciri lor Killing llm c1e uiil n IIO lIon cvii August itrho second trial of Alfred Packer better known M Thin Man Later was concluded nt Gunnlson Cite last 1 night l llio jury after bcino out thrco I hours returned n verdict of guilty of manslaughter man-slaughter on the five counts as charged in the indictment loday Judge Harrison sentenced the prisoner to forty jcarsin tin penitentiary or eight years for each man supposed to bo murdered Tho crime that Pucker is charged with is I ono of the most horrible on record nod it is probablo moro excitement was created over his acta of can nib ilism nt the tIme of lie discovery than iuiv other crlmo committed in America dur lint the last half centurv During tho early part of the winter of 1871 Packer in com 1t lan with Israel bwan Wilson Hell Goo Noon l Trank Mullcj and James Humphreys started from llinghain Utah I to the mining districts in bin Juan count ibo winter was severe and game wns scarce and when tho pirty resoled the placo whero Luke City now stands I lucy wero out ot 1 iqi ltl suffering with cold and out ef salt They went into camp and ono night Pnckormurdered Ins companions and for IWeen divs lived off lie llcsh of tho elead nun In tho early part of 1874 Pucker maids his way to tho Los Pmos Agency where ho stated that Dell had gone eiazy while Packer was hunting for game and on his return to camp Hell attacked him with a hatchet and ho was compelled to kill lieu in self defense Packer was nrrestcd and had n preliminary hearing and waq con llundm thuSiguacho jail from where ho cscipcd thin I onion year and was n fugitive until tho year 183I when ho was recaptured at tort lelterman Wjoming going under the lianio of John bwatz It I attempted ill the trial In provo that ho killed uiuuhy hell but this failed Ho slouth maintains his innoccnoo n to hue other four mid seems icconcilod to his fate although ho claims it is unjust |