The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-17
THH SHOOTING or PACKARD.
weldon, on being Arrnigned, Unhesitatiaa,y
DerInres NimseIf NnlItY.


Declares Himself uuiity.
New ORLEANS, Feb 10-Ths afternoon
Recorder Stalls. accompanied by several report
crs and police officers. went to room In
the old st. Louis Iiot,l or State House. whore
the wounded Weldon les. and formally ar
ralgncd him on tho charge Of assaulting, with
doadly weapon. stephen b. Packard. Governor
Of the state of Louisiana. with intcnt to murder
To the formal question. Are you guilty or not
guilty Of this charge?' the prisoner replied, In
a firm voice. Guilty" An order Of commit
ment was then made out. directing Chief of
Poicr Loan to retain him In custody until
further orders. Dr. Smythc. tho attending
physician. was present durngthc examination.
and said that ho could not at present give AN
opinion rs to the probable result Of Wcldons in
jurics.
Philip Stern. n ono-lcgged German pe-lllor.
made the following affidavit:
live 9, ~ Nioi. stree, y nj. ci,y. ,ul ,cndrs
hour. c % and il ooiss d nc fcrcncon wcn, i".o
nGcr aloon on lealon's street near Ne stat Iiogsc
white naekus asked this gentleman It he wanici 10
s s{ any S Su s n ~'Gsf Gu G s Or & g sstG G
wculd bay I .sd No, hsd go, no pistols cioi me
f,guhisan t,ld him that wa. my bg-inc-. He said
knew Packard. told hm no, except that he run ior
ID ra-c, have p'raoular Sa,inem.. ~ Mis Slis
HIN HIN ,odisy ii r9sIrc,, wa. a. one armed man
Te en mih iGc wHe neosne nkeI S e MENU one AIM,
man he know Packard ihe one armed man said.
arn,d man II hc would 60 along with hun ~ hc had pat
sn H and ni s. the T oWn s bS bar @ dina s S,
be aver, mean men ldonc know what te -ay q him"
noticed nothing in te n,aqnor o. t'c man with the white
neckuc iomak, me think he was crazy. would know
HIN again Il saw hm
Stern was taken up to the room where Weldon
Is aud confronted with him. He at once said;
THAT IL the man saw and talked 10 in the bar
room yeStcrdny. and who was then wearing a
white nccktie.'
Hearing this statement tho prisoner turned
hls head with diilisHl uron thg pillow. and.
man was talking T. ia the harroom yesterday"
Storm replied Yes. and am sorry for you
You are in "A bad way. but its your own fault"
With an ,impatcnt turn OF his heal Weldon
replied: " II Is done now. and closed his eyes
The Ere"",g Times has the following;
AZ one o'cloek = iio,es rnporter was admitted
forably fixed, He occupies an imprpvsel cot
and apparently has every attention paid 10 him.
He says that while coming over here on the cnrs
he conceived the idea of killing Packard think;
Ing thnt II would b' popular at He asked
Mr.. Drury about lotters which We're taken from
his person. Hc remembered Bbnut them
Among the letters there were a number from n
lady in Mobile. evidently sweetheart. H. IL not
very clear In his mnd yet. and does not tnlk
cuhercntly or cOnncet0diy. lie acts much like
a man who has bocn under the influence OF
strong drugs. H. -aid to policeman who was
sorry for whn, he had done and Hint he had
h..n drinIino noj,"n.d lin,ior of some Kind
befnrc he "anie IT, the Stntn i1ns, ''"N
With reference To the wound nf Weldon DR.
Smyihs saws tint The hoil entered nhoui tWn
inches HboN" the elbow and came out about
three inches below II il n flesh wound unI
whtl,. il ia -eriou, il j. not considered by any
means dane"rnue. hr. SnYthc saw that he l.
of ali-inthe and bad whi-lcy when he attcnlpt.
cd tn a-sassinatc Mr. Packard ON THURSDAY. !"
Judge Whitnknr nf tho Supcrior Criminal
Court to-day delivered the following charge to
the Grand Jury:
III. no,oriou. that, Yesterday prominent citizen was
shot with intent OF murder n ue 81 Ioui, Hotel and
al,o ,ha, ihe effort Of the po.c sYheriuc' to invest.
snte lNc mAurr nsNt n.en fusuaNi iho~ lnattfs IN
H. H. "%,"&, % Nan ,'n',s ~ H. y" n i T.. W. m 'udS
one ani ofcers Of the law he pcrnicd 10 insure that
proiccnon In your inNo,ugiton Of tn. matter tie