The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-09-19
A White Cannibal
A Horrible Deed in the
Wilds of the Rocky
a Mountains, ~
A Miner Kills and Eats Five
of His Companions,
I A sICKENING DIET 6
A sICKENING DIE r.
Discovery of the Mut.lated COrpses
and the Deserted Camp Of
f.f the Survivors. sr.
THE FiENp STILL AT LARGE.

THE FiEND STILL AT LARGE.
OMAHA, sept d, ia74.-rhe partic
Of tha horrible murder briefly telegrapbed
on tha LIST instant have been cecuiVed, and
for disDolicsl fetoc,iy this deed, think,
exceeds anything Known ia the annals oi
uuagfn crime. III, murderer, Packer, is
. AMI at large, LayiI Z s.caped from HE cap
| tors but sheriff Wall, OF Ssguache, LAS
I offered 500 reSat for Packers appre-
Lcnsion, and IL is believed he will soon be
taken. lie was last secn ncAr Del NOrtc.
The names of the murdered men are
Israel : van, Samuel Bell, George Noon,
James Humphrey and GEORGE Franz.
They were ali from SAT- Lzkc, Ctah and
the bodies have been Identified by Mr.
Burke. who knew I'LL the actors in the
tragedy.
LOST - 1HE wiNrER wTLps.
Packer started ou. with these men lac,
sprug from Cteh for the San Juan m!nes,
aud M. Byrke knoss that they were sill
90 company. several other parties started
o1t sbogt tie sans limo and eucJuntered
ieep SHOWS and suffered grss, Lsrds ~.
IL it probable Packer 4 party got Ice. In
The mountains, and wandered hbsut until
nearly frlzgn aud statycd. Two men,
ffennny aud Marlor@, sax them and
thoy were eLdafipg many privA.ions.
Freneby ana MGr.former made iteir wy
into the Ice PlEOs agency, whieh tt,ss
only reached after great eLeilioLs, hnitt,
foJtsore and almost fami'he3 c0nditi'r
They reported tho con t!i.Oa Of Packers
party, spi believed They would make
tBsir way IN bu. none Of Imam ever came
except Packer, the murderer Of his IN.
fortunate eonpAIiVns.
FISbISG oY THE DEAD BODIES
About two weeks ago Captain Graham,
I While out prospecting with - party Oh the
south branch OF GunnisOh's river, came
. upon the deaf bodies They were all
! .yingunte Ser . large pine tree, the brsn 3 es
- Witch swep, the ground. Is stood n
= secluded spot, and the men bad evl-
7 Gently tskcr shelter ihere from the cold
aud s:5rr TIE t4sd mon Wsro i've il
number and .sy near together.
\ HORRIBLE PiCIUsE.
Four Of the bodies had the Ggsh ca,
Il. n ne brea..s thighs ard salvessi the
iegs TIE remains OF two N the bodies
. we're Ia state az perfect Preservation,
cIcep. where tAs hesh had been cut Of
. A ! the bodies tooSed bullet hoiSE. One
had the skull crushed 10, and another ssd
me hrsf severed from tie cody, AID II
. could not be found. One Of the men Ny'
little apart from tie rest, a buiie, ole
in his bfeast ana biz skull crushed in by
some y mt instrument IKE kNtcheI. I.
., believed tL. war tee ls-I man nj LED
aud tla. there was struggle between Ii,
I viC,m and murderer, Packer Gnishinl
him with an axe or Ratchet. l:rAe
swan was al old mai whose h,ir va
1Ii.e white, and near his body lsy
p1ckc.. book open and by II note torn
90 Two The GJIs vas much veAihgr
y~stau and aimOs. iiisgible but enough
could be read g. show that IL was for s5oJ
and drawn in favor Of Israel Swan. Nc
signature or date could DO made out, boil
bong efaced uy water, wind and xeA,hc-
swans body had been but little mu .ilalei
only = little Of the ls,h beine cut .rou
their thighs. NOArus VI any kind cou L
be found, but two old Jlgu ks,, and threr
lin cups lag near TIE bodies. Capt. Ora
I ham tnoIsht the bodies had lain und ei
the tree sb5ut four months, a camp
whore sIngle man had apparently
stopped a couple OF Weeks, was fOunC
some distance ~, by the side Of li.tl
ThE'Hf ~ 1hE CHINE
It is believed PecSer was actuated b.
ths doub,o motive II self-preservstion am
robbery in committing the murder VI hi
compaGipas lie may have medilA,el
asking some to ki!i the others uud Ca
lAani Du., fearing he could not brinl
them to MS purpose, kept his counsel AnC
Killed AL tho others. Ia hIGh case OnC
Z would Tuturzt.y far l.lr1g ado ytgtir =,
"o-'I 90! 20, 1I'"s me-, Vein
T..r,,,s,h,ii,y And .nn, dngn ,na 81 80,
mi. thai Tho o,ys,, mi,b, have f,,I :,
ant - 4. Iiksly mai ,bs nlL.-s f..,in,
tb.ir t,,rn y,,,lt .oIae non, wo'1d b.y-
kIIusI pa,ksr We road of I1,. tsir
a avn in such ,tne,yerci,s "a dst,r uIr,
VINO should JIG, Bat seyer bsIisyss tHa.,
tale. and hers il. c,,s,n p,onf ,hs, 81,
old law of ,elf.prs,nyvstjop ,,ards a.,
and there i. no romsnce .Tcen, i, haaL.
for one, dyiny ths, chez NJ SriDL ~,
bloot or eat M, Issh sud va
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