The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-17
PACKARD's LUCK.
LOulslanlans In Washington Suspect
Weldon Is an Eliza Plnkston
In Male Attire.
Although Good Enough Morgan In that
Respect, He Proves to be a
Mobile Knight Of the Order
of Dellrium Tremens.
weldon Pleads Guiiiy and 10 Regular
ly Committed Statement OF Stein, N
German Peddler.

/
ly Committed Statement OF Stein, N
German Peddier.
NEW ORLEANS, February 10. Wei.
don plead guilty to assaulting Packard
with deadly weapon and was regu.
larry committed. During the day,
Stein, German peddler of dry goods,
made the following affidavit:
live at No. 1870 Ninth street, in this
city, and sell dry goods. Yesterday,
Thursday, February 10, between the
hours of ten and eleven o'clock In the
forenoon, went into beer saloon on
Iouloues street, near the statehouse.
There was gentleman sitting in the
saloon WHO had on white necktie.
asked this gent If he wanted to buy
auy pocket'books or pocket knives.
He said no; but II l had good pistol
he would buy it. said had none.
He told me to buy one. He then hogan
to talk politics. He asked me If was
Republican. / told that was my
business. He said, ~ am a hard.shell
Democrat He asked me If / knew
Packard. / told him no, except that
he ran for governor. He said to me,
81 will fix the damned rascal; ! have
particular business with him to.day.n
There was one-armed man drinking
with the man with the white necktie.
The man with the white necktie then
asked the one-armed man If he knew
Packard. The one-armed man said
yes. The man with the white necktie
asked The one-armed man to go along
with him, 40 he had some particular
business with Packard. / then left the
saloon, and noticed nothing in the man
with white necktie to make me thinN
he was crazy. / should know him
again II l saw him. Stein was taken
up to the room where Weldron was,
and confronted with him, He at once
said, "rhis is the man saw and talked
to in the barroom yesterday, aHd who
was then wearing white neok-tIep
Hearing this statement, the prisoner
turned his head with difficulty upon
the pillow, and looking intently at
Stein, said: "You are the man was
talking to in the barroom.n Stein re-
piled: eyes, and am here for you; you
are In bad way, but it IL your own
fault" With an impatient turn of his
head, Weldon replied: ats done now,n
and closed his eyes. DR.. Smythe says
that he IL satisfied that Weldon on
Thursday, when he attempted to assas-
sinate Packard, was under the influ-
ence OF liquor.
MOBILE, Ala, February 16.-Wm.
II. Weldon, the assailant of Packard,
was sent to Mobile last October, re-
commended by II. B. Claflin & Co., of
New York, to take service with p. H.
Pepper Il Co., wealthy dry goods
house here. He was employed by Mr..
Pepper, and remained in his employ
until about ten days since. After quit
ting his situation, he took to drinking,
and probably on that account, coupled
with little loye matter, did some
wild things. Last Sunday he informed
some of his acquaintance that he was
going to kill himself, and that he had
already secured a room at Mondis' res
taurant for that purpose. The last seen
of Weldon at Pepper Il Co.'S. was on
the 18th, at II a. M, when he called in
and received a settlement of his account
He then told the cashier goodbye,
and on being asked II he was going
to remain here, he replied "No," that
he had something else on hand, and
was about to leave the city. Those
who knew him here say that his reso-
luton, Whatever 1t was, must have
been taken over the drinking table,
and with those who happened with
hi n at the time. While here he told
his friends that his father was u
Lutheran minister in Philadelphia.
He was never known to take any part
or interests in politics on one side or
the other. One of Weldon's acquaint-
ances here is willing to testify that
Weldon has not been in condition Of
responsibility for more than week,
and that he can prove this fact by
| other resp0nsible persons