The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-17
NEW ORLEANS.
THE PACKARD ASSASSIN.
A MANIAC FROM LIQUOR

A MANIAC FROM LIoUoF
All That is Known About Him.
NEw 0RLEAEs, February lG.-This al
ternoon Recorder Stats, accompanied b,
several reporters and police officers
proceeded TO the room in the old 81. Louii
Hotel or State House, where the wounded
man Weldon was, and formally arraignet
him on the charge Of assaulting with |
deadly weapon 5. B. Packard, Governor
ot the State Of Louisiana, with intent tc
commit murder. To the formal question
"Are you guilty or not guilty Of hi,
charge" he replied firmly, Guilty
An order Of commitment was then made
out directing Chief Of Police Lam tc
retain him in custody till further orders
DR.. Smythe, attending physician, wa,
present during the examination and stated
that he could not ut present give an opin
ion as to the probable result Of Weldon.
injuries.
During the day, Phillip Stern, u one
legged German peddler oidry goods, made
the following affidavit: / live at 39i
Ninth street, Of this city and selI dry
goods. Yesterday, February Is, 1877
between the hours OF 10 and | | o'clock in
the morning, went into a beer saloon on
Toulouse street near the State House
there was gentlemen sitting in tho
saloon who had on n white necIie.
asked him il he wantedt to buy any Russia
leather pocket books or any pocket
knives. He said no, but il | had any
good pistols he would buy, said no,
have no pistols. He asked me il
l was Republican? ! said II
was my business. 1 said we'll, | am
a hard she'll Democrat, lie asked
me il / knew Packard. | said no,
except that he run for Governor. He
said to me, 81 will fix the damned ras.
cal; l have particular business with him
to-day" There was one.armed man who
was drinking with the man with the
white necktie. The man with the white
necktie asked him il he knew Packard.
The one-armed man said yes. He then
asked him il he wanted to 60 along with
him, as he had business with Packard.
l told the one-armed man, and also the
owner OF tho bar, ~ think that must be
u very mean man; don't know what to
say OF him." meaning the man with the
white neCktie. Then | lett. | noticed
nothing in the manner Of the man with
the white neCktie to make me think he
was crazy. would know him ii /
saw him again. Stern was taken TO We'll
don and he at once said: That is the
man saw and talked to in the bar.room
yesterday and who was then wearing Il
white neck tie. Hearing this the prison.
er turned his head with difficulty on the
pillow and looked at Stern and said, you
are the man ] was talking to in the bar
room yesterday. Mr.. Stern said yea, and
! am sorry for you; you are in bad way;
but it is your own fault. With an impa.
tient turn Of the head Weldon said, ii is
done now and closed his eyes.
The Republican State authorities con.
tidently assert that at n proper time they
will be able to prove Weldon's connection
with a band OF assassins.
The Times has the following: At /
o'clock Times reporter was admitted to
the room Of Weldon. lie seems comfort
able; he occupies an improvised cot, and
has every attention paid him. He says
that while coming over here on the cars
he conceived the idea of killing Packard,
thinking it would be popular act. He
asked one Drury about the letters which
were taken from him; he remembered
them; among the letters there were n num-
Der from lady in Mobile, evidently n
sweetheart; he is not very clear minded
yet, and does not talk coherently; he acts
much like man who has been under the
influence of strong drugs he said 10 a po-
liceman who wasin the room this morn.
ing, that he was sorry for what he had
done, and that he had been drinking
poisoned liquor before he came to the
State House.
Mr.. George Drury was with him quite
time to-day, trying to get some state
ment from him. Mr.. Drury gays he does
not appear 10 remember well, and his
mind is clouded. He remembered the
man Huttel who accompanied him to
the State House, and remarked that it
seemed curious that he should allow him
to use his (Huttell's) name when asking
admission to Packard's office. He did
give Huttelrs name, although the reports
have it that he gave the name OF Hutton.
Mr.. Drury asked him about the third
mana the door, and he answered: "Hhy,
he pushed me in the door, did he not "
Mr.. Drury says that he got some points
from him which he wishes to investigate,
and il they prove to be as stated by Wei
don he will be induced TO believe that
Weldon's attempted assassination was
under the influence Of liquor or drug Of
some kind.
wELDoN's WOUND.
With reference to the wound Of Vel.
don's, Dr.. Smythe says the ball entered
two inches above the elbow and came out
about three inches below. The wound is
a flesh wound and while il is serious, it
is not considered ny any means danger
ons. Dr.. Smythe says that he is satisfied
that Weldon, on Thursday, when he tried
TO murder Packard, was under the influ-
ence Of absinthe and bad whisky.
MOBILE, February 1G.-William II.
Weldon, who attempted to kill Governor
Packard, was sent TO Mobile last Octo.
Der, recommended by a member Of the
house Of Cladin & Co, 10 take service
with Pepper & Co. here. He was en-
gagged by that firm until ten days ago.
After quitting them he took to drink,
and probably on that account, coupled
with little love affair, he did some
wild things. Last Sunday he informed
an acquaintance that he was going to kill
himself. All who know him here say
his resolution mast have been taken over
the drinking table. He was never known
to take any part or interest in politics.
An acquaintance says he has not been
in u condition OF responsibility for over
three months.
REALLY A PHILADELPHIAS.
PnuADELpHIA, February lG.-An in.
quiry here developes the fact that W. II.
Weldon, the young man who made the at.
tempt on Governor Packard's life in New