PACKER'S FRIGHTFUL CRIME.
jSlow Ho Killed Itisl'lvo Companions
nnd Subsisted upon Tliolr flesh
A Xotcd Trial,
Owing to a loclinicality, duo to tho
Stupidity of tho legislature, Albert
(Packer, tho most noted criminal in Col
prado, who has been under sontenco o
nlc.itli for three or four years, is to cs
.capo tho callows, writes a Gunnison
Scorrcspondcnt of The New York Sun
an 18C0 Packer and his five compan
.ions, all of them prospectors nnd ad
venturers, left Utah for San Juan conn
ty, Colorado. Tho country was thou
ildcrncss, and as tho men woro tin
amiltar with their surroundings thoy
ost their way. After weary wander
gs, covering several weeks, their food
gavo out, nnd tho entire party was re
duced almost to tho vorgo of starva
iion. For several days thoy subsisted
on barks and roots, but as they grow
weaker ranidlv. nnd no cranio annear-
i n a. i
Gng, thoy finally camo to tho conclusion
(that death was inevitable, and it was
agreed that thoy would meet it as bravo
men should. This decision appears to
iiavo been arrived at in good faith by
jail except Packer. Going into camp
tor tho night with n faint hopo that tho
morrow might bring relief, all were
aoon aslocp savo ono.
I Packer alone, animated by a devilish
impulso, retained consciousness, and
when ho had reason to bclievo that his
exhausted companions wcro wrapt
in
uounu slumber no seized Jus
weapon
and cropt stealthily about his
camp.
shooting
each man in tho head.
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fhcavy was their sloop that thoso last
anurdorcd had no warning of tlioir fate,
and tho fivo murders wcro accomplish
ed as easily as ono might have been
Onco satisfied of tho thoroughness of
wis work, Packer's hunger got the bet
tor of him, and without waiting for
aylight ho niado a horriblo meal off
no of his victims, nnd fell asloep.
"I droainod," ho onco snid, "that re
let had come, and that wo wcro al-
cady sitting at u well-loaded table.
o moal that I over nlo was moro real
f yt nntilltnlllnitrf nil JlmMSl
nnd my own satisfaction was hoightonod
fey scolng tho enjoyment with which
fhoy devoured tlioir food. I thought
tho town which wo had reached had
rccoivod us as heroes, and wo woro
proud of what wo had accomplished,
Jmt overy few minutes a loadou feeling
jwould como to my heart as if soino
.Ihing that I had dono was yet to de
stroy all my hnppinoss. I awoko wkh
a groan nnd glnnccd quickly nhout mo.
p.'ho sky over tho mountains 713
Btroakcd with light, showing that tho
morning was near, but in tho valloy it
was almost dark. 1 sprang to my foot
as nimbly as my stiilened and weak
ened limbs would pormit, and then tho
jWholo truth Unshed on me. J gave one
glance at Iho bodies lying around mo
jrind shrieked in terror. My wollish
hunger of tho night before had boon
nppoascd, and nu awful revulsion seized
upon mo. I faiiciod that 1 could seo
tlioir faces nnd thoir wounds, almost
that 1 could hear them talk, and with
out turning again 1 ran as fast as my
logs could carry mo away from them.
1 neither know nor cared in what direc
tion. All tho morning I pressed on,
never stopping nnd never looking be
Jiind, until at length my strength
(would enduro no moro and I sank to
tho ground. Tho day was half gono
and 1 already bogan to fear tho night.
I foil then as if I could not sleep again;
that 1 could not even closo my oyos in
daylight. I stretched myself on tho
ground nnd looked up at tho clouds and
tho sky nnd thought of everything that
I could to keep my mind oil tho ono
horrible scone Hint I had left. In this
way I saw tho sun disappear behind
tho range and tho twilight como on,
and in n sort of stupor which I romoni
jbor 1 nt ono time had consciousness
cnoughto hopo was death, I passed
into a profound sleep, from which 1
did not awukon until Into tho noxt
morning."
J When Packer camo to himself after
(this long slunibor ho was ravenously
hungry again. Tho thought of Ids
ompaauions' bodies camo to his mind
now as a temptation rather than as n
jjrhn reproach, and it was with a dooid
cd oflbrt that ho dismissed tho idea
temporarily and sought long and pain
fully for gamo. Not finding any, and
growing moro nnd moro ravenous as
night camo on, ho endeavored to satisfy
his cravings by chewing such Bhrubs
and leaves as woro within his reach.
Tho darknoss now did not affright him.
Ho saw no visions, nnd his imagination
conjured up nothing to disturb him.
In tho blnoknoss of tho night ho laid
vrido awako and with mind superuatur
nlly active speculating on the position
hi which each of his victims had been
loft, and turning over and over in his
l)rain how ho would preparo his noxt
unnatural meal. Ho could hnrdly wait
for daybreak to begin his journey, nnd
jvhen ho sot out on his horriblo errand,
weak ns ho was, it was with a buoy
ancy which surprised himself.
After tliis ho lost his terror,' and tho
repugnance with which ho regarded
his crime passed nway. Ho lingered
tear tho scone of tho murders for day,
pntll finally, admonished that his rovel
could not last much longer, ho began to
tnako excursions in various direotions
In tho hopo of finding succor. On somo
et thoso trips ho was absent sevoral
days, nnd at last, after having subsisted
on the bod'es of his companions for
julx weeks, be camo upon a camp and
was directed to Lake City, where hit
crimo was soon made known and where
ho was proniplly arrested for murder.
Tho jails In thoso dins were primitive
affairs, and not long after his incarccra.
tion Packer dug his way out, and was
not fco n or heard of until thirteen
years had passed.
In 1882 something impelled him tc
venture back to tho scene of his crime,
and ho was again arrested nnd put on
trial for his life. His conviction fol
lowed, and in tho spring of 1883 he
was sentenced to death. Friends of
tho man, bclioving that his crimes
wcro committed when ho was insane
from hunger and being advisod by
good lawyers that tho conviction was
illegal, carried tlto case to tho supremo
court, where a supersedeas was granted
and on a change of venuo tho case was
brought here. In behalf of Packer
tho brief submitted to tho supremo
court held that tho law under which ho
had been condemned to death was not
in oxistenco nt tho limo of his crime.
Tho murder law then in forco had beon
repealed and a new ono substituted.
Tho court decided in accordanco with
this view, that tho man could not bo
tried under a law wliicn nad beon re
pealed, and certainly not under ono
which iiad not boon passed until ten or
twelve years after the alleged offense.
When this ruling was recoived hero
Packer's attorneys moved for his dis
missal, hut tho presiding judge denied
tho motion, holding that tho laws boar-
ing on manslaughter had not beon
changed, nnd directing that an infor
mation alleging that crime bo filed
against him. For that offense, if con
victed, ho can bo sent to tho peniten
tiary for ton years, but ho never will bo
hanged.
Packer lias been in jail hero for near
ly three years, and lias attracted much
attention from tourists. Ho has let Iris
hair and whiskers grow until thoy aro
of wonderful length, and from them ho
las made many littlo nrticlos, which ho
hns sold to curiosity-hunters. Ho is
liglily olated over his prospects of es
caping- with his lifo.
"Tho Relation of Insanity to Sin."
It would hnvo beon moro accurate to
specify crimo instead of speaking
vaguely of sin. The Saturday Review,
in an article on this topic, restates and
professes to find approximate satisfac
tion m tho familiar legal questions
about insanity: "Did ho know that
what ho was doing was wrong? If ho
lid, could ho help doing it?" Wo arc
unfortunatoly compelled by tho facts of
tho case to join issue, and contend that
a man may know ho is doing wrong
and do it without obligation or impulso
of any sort, and yet lie insane. There
is unquestionably such a thing as
moral insanity" that is, insanity of
tho conscience of nlorality; and this
particular form of mental disease for
such it is can not unhappily bo very
oadilyor cortainly distinguished from
that depravity of the moral sense which
characterizes alike low developments
and what Herbert Spencer has desig
nated, and lhighling.s-. Jackson has
demonstrated in pathology, as "disso
lution." 'I hero will bo no substantial
progress in the study of mental disease
until this branch of science is rescued
from tho toils of the lawyers. The
judges, by their formulation of imper
fect views of facts in niedloino and
therefore beyond the province of non
medical observers, however able and
nouto have done grievous violence to
truth and principle, and thoy have
placed a groat stumbling-block in tho
way of tho doctors, ror tho present
wo must stand on the defensive, and
may in nil truthfulness bo described as
lost in amazement at tho wondrous and
nexplieablo folly of thoso who, whilo
ttempting to recognize a disease and
discriminate botween it and health,
should sot themselves against tlie study
f tho only methods by which diagnosis,
u a medical sonso, can bo safely or suc
cessfully performed. The Lancet.
Whon Sho Spoke.
Sho was a sweet-faced, bluo-oyed
young girl with great waves of golden
hair brushed carelessly back from a
noble-looking, snow white brow. Her
ruby Hps w re full and swoet. Inno
cence itself was in her groat blue eyes.
Fair and swt Jt was sho in all the purity
and guilolossness of her fresh young
womanhood.
Two young mon have long been
watching her with eager interest. Her
glorious beauty has enthralled them.
"What n superb girl!" said one.
Never was lily fairer! How I would
love to hear her speak. No 'sweot
bells jangled' could bo like words sho
must utter witli Hps like thoso and a
face like that."
She spoke. A friend eamo down tho
aisle, and snid carelessly:
"A cold day, Miss 1) ."
Tho full red lips parted slowly, the
beautiful head turned with superb
grace, a smile uf seraphic sweetness
illuminated the noble features, soft and
sweet ami low was her artless answer:
"Well, I should smirk to twitter!
Cold ain't no muiio for L Detroit
Free J'ress.
Would Bo a Mean Triolt
"Dinny, did you bo r'adiu' in tho
noospapors that Jay Gould's income is
tin cints ivory tolmo tho clock ticks?"
"Troth, an' 01 did. Wouldn't It bo a
mnuo thrlck now if somo blaggynrd
was to snake in an' slhop Ms clock fur
Min?" Merchant Traveler.
Tho Rival Grocers.
Not long ago a young Boston grocer
went out into a northern Massachusetts
city to establish a grocery on a largo
and liberal scale. Ho rented a big
store, filled It up witli electric lights,
put an immense glittering coffee mill in
the front window, filled up his store
with now goods, stacked up in ingen
iously constructed pyramids and tho
like, and invited patronago with double
column advertisements in the dally pa
pers. The trado started In briskly
enough, but ho soon discovered that his
patrons wcro somewhat interested in
tho prices that ho sold his goods at, as
well as tho imposing surroundings of
his business. There was a rival estab
lishment very much liko his own, with
electric lights, big coffee mill, glittering
pyramids of baking powder, boxes, etc.,
farther down the street, and purchasers
wcro continually comparing his prices
with the rates in this rival store.
One day a male customer, with an
open, confiding fucc, camo in and re
marked:
"What do you sell the bc3t naxall
flour for?"
"Fivo dollars and a half a barrel."
"But the other store down tho street
sells it for 85."
"Best Haxall, is it?"
"Oli, yes."
"Well," said the new grocer, "thoy
don't sell this kind of Hour for 85.
Did you notice how many X's thero
wcro on tho barrels down at tho other
store?"
"Thero were three, sir."
"Well, I sell you this flour for 85,'
and it has four X's on tho band! Do
you see? They can't begin to do that
for you!"
Tho opon-faced man went out and
traveled right over to tho other store.
"That man in tho new store," said
lie, "offers to sell mo tho best
Haxall flour, with four X's on tho
barrel, for 85, and your Hour hasn't
but thrco X's."
Tho grocor scratched his head.
"Did you notico tho sizo of tho X's
on his barrels?" ho finally asked.
"Yes," said tho customer. "They
wcro about thrco incites long."
"Ah, that makes the difference;
don't you sec? Tho X's on my
barrols aro six inches long. Just look
at them!"
Tho customer was convinced, und or
dered a barrol delivered at onco.
Tho grocor from Boston is beginning
to got an idea of the sort of competi
tion ho has to tight, and thinks that
when ho gets the population woll learn
ed ho will manage to make a living.
Jioston Record.
John Brown's Fame.
A Dotroiter who recently paid a visit
to Harper's Ferry accosted a citizen
with:
"I supposo you know all about old
John Rrown?"
"John Brown old John Brown?
Did ho live here?"
"Why, I mean John Brown, who
tried to freo the slaves."
"Wanted to free the slaves, eh? Did
ho have any middle name?"
"I am speaking of John Brown, who
got up the insurrection."
"Yes, I suppose you are. Got up an
insurrection, did lie? Ho shouldn t
hnvo dono it. When did ho lcavo
bore?"
"Is it possible you have novcr hoard
of John Brown?"
"Seems to mo I have heard his nanio
mentioned here. What did tho insur
rection amount to, and who insurreet
od?" "Ho captured tho ongino-liouso down
there. Havon'tyou over road tho sign
on tho building?"
"Lots of times, but I didn't supposo
it amounted to anything. John Brown?
John Brown? How old a man was
ho?"
"Never mind," ropliod tho Dotroiter,
111 probably Hud someone horo who
can tell me what I want to know."
"Lot's go out togother, then. You'vo
got my curiosity oxoited, and I'd really
like to know who ho was anil what roa
sons ho had for leaving the place. Say
wo go and ask tho bridge-tender. He's
a groat hand to remember picnics and
insurrections." Detroit Free Press.
Bobby's Artiolo on Cats.
A cat is a curius animil. It has
foro feat and also fore legs. Its head
is at ono end of its body nnd its tale at
tho other. When it walks its liodgos
boforo and its tale follows along behind.
Its frunt feat walks boforo and its hino
feet walks along behind. If a kan is tide
to a oat's tnlo it will not track when it
walks. It Is not good fora cat to ti a
bunoh of firecrackers to its tale oathor.
It is npt to walk tco fast and got hoated.
A cat's tale is a good haudel to pike
tho .eat up by, but it is Itard on tho cat.
Cats can clltno treas. Dogs kant.
That is luoky for cats. When a dog
gits after them thay kan clime a, tro
whor thay kan sass back, without gitin
hort, You kant hit a cat. Wunct I thru
a buto nt ono and i hit a nold ruster.
Tho olo ruster hoVllde, but the cat
didn't.
"Was Sua Fitzperey at the social
lost night?" asked the high school
girl's mother. "Yes," replied Mildred,
and sho took tho initiative on leav
ing." That's just liko that girl; she'll
tako everything she can got hor
hands on.
Tho Delaware lVuliuula peach crop U e
limited at 3,000,000 baskets.
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