The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-03
7. F. Packers Weary Mission in
Aid Of His Uncls in Prison.
TRAGEDY or the EOS secALLEO
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WitBSA aaA Aas five CS0Daatsss
u C~Bssa1s TAsSsy Seass A&s-
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ssvvsuG . Tsssy-Seas TesD Ser
Uosaas-Deekeag 11as Release.

r. r. Packer. q Iumbssman Of New
Westminster. IL Ia the city en- route %
t.oioxsno on . mission In which he has
bean ENGAGED for twenty years In this
instances he has every hope thai his of-
forts viii b. crowned with success. The
srraad that takes him 10 the Rocky moun
lain state 10 10 try for th< fourth tine
10 secure tbs reieAa@ from psieeu - Can
ron CITY Of his uncle. Henry Packer. nov
on sbe twenty -njpeh year ~ . sosty-yeax
usntsaes for murder.
In days gone ~ the Packer case was
well known fsom otse co4es Of the United
States 70 The other. And also Il foreign
lands. No murder or aarSao 81 murders
ever mare thoroughly sstSpsd up people
than ia fhe esteh<ased "msn-eaisns
csse. RACK in the Green mounAafns Of Col
osn6e. n shs late -. For . yeAr pA1s
tina nephew has hesn in1matrousiy rayeu-
tatin9 : pestttou 10 present e Gsv. Thorn.
~, Of Colorado. citing that Henry facker.
now ~ Old man with hair white - enoW.
= fast beccSuinQ m imbeciie. ana psAytnk
10 h IL old home 10 de. TIE pst'sion =
sajd te eoataan over 80 names. tneisA-ng
many presutnAnt persons from all paSss
Of The lated STATS and Canada
s s : We e =: ss. r. q ssa
bach IN - wbsn voung Aeasy psrker.
then : boy m -ner tn Caiifornis, With ave
companions left ske Coa3 ana oegAn
Sains In Utah where ranor had Il gold
had bssn found In ptsnty. II was long.
aedieus Trip and the pAtn sas unknown %
So: :Dns q i Ai e.s. S. . p.s ss s aa
last IN the mountains Of Utah, nsiles frora
any habitatton and with pFcvistons growing
shorf-. Fpf two months the az searchsrs
tatns during which time the iast pack horse
q the party had bsen divided among them
y..r ~ .s.a sa su.1g oo e .s as ss
with small hops Of ever rcacatnf civ:iixa-
ton the party sinsrxed from the Green
mountains in Western Colorado and pitched
known A. psssk valley, 4 IRE Was built
and stx wan fseeg eaihered around II In
silence Few words were spoken during
=, evening Not !. meras, q feed had lad
bark Of green tres and fer herhs. ons
by enc the hungry men rolled themselves
UP In their blankets and lay dawn 10 steep
Packer Hia thoughts would not permit
him TO 50 70 thai land Of forKstfuincnk
Eauseshinx must be donA. All we're stsrv-
tns slowly 10 death and better one rtseh
Win this thought IN his mind and with
IRE. All All .ss siiil. n k.ii on. mean, !
sss and paa.sss so. sm - sns. n Ave
souis we're SEMI to the great beyond
30 great ~as Packers hunger that on
thai nsgat he cut a large piece Of flesh
from one Ut the bx.dtss, fxei Il over the
nsc and ste midnight meal The fol-
lociDg day was devoted TO drying pieces
At the meat, and toward evening with a
haverxack well n,isd with cured hum an
lfeah- Packer. with bat . Hlaner al regret
left hts dead companions a. they were
about the dysng IRE. and renewed his
search for civilization a week later he
Nax rewarded by reaching Leaavtite.
Months rolled by. when some prospect
ore. passing through Death valley. came
across the xruesoFue sight Of the badly
dsvompo<ed tedies and from articles
found about shs place the identity of the
party was established and a search for the
nsissknx Packer began. Late In
the faA OF tsEs he was found
NJ Qofn in Lsasvilie mine He
vaq ARRESTED and placed on trial The
trufh Ne MISUNDERSTANDING tustisf-
catten IN hunger The jury found him
guilty and In one az the rnast sensational
addresses ever delivered frum a bench in
the United States. all OF which 10 a mat
ter Of record In the supreme court OF
Colorado. Parker was sentenced TO serve
eight pears for each of his Ave victims
A. each term Of sentence has rolled
have him pArdcned. but without success
more days On eArfh before him. his neph-
ew nkain hssssns TO renew an Appsiea tlon
for his freedom.
This L. the nrss time the case has ever
come before Gov. Thomas