Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Alfred Packer" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Alfred Packer, A.G. Packer, Al Packer, Packer, Schwartz, cannibal, murder, arrest, Judge Gerry.

It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1874 and 1907.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"A Party of Miners On the Plains Kill and Eat Each Other"
National Republican (Washington, DC), May 26, 1874, Page 5, Image 5, col. 1.
"A White Cannibal"
The Elk County Advocate (Ridgeway, PA), October 1, 1874, Image 4, col. 3.
"Callous Cannibal"
Las Vegas Daily Gazette (Las Vegas, NM), March 18, 1883, Image 1, col. 2-3.
"An American Cannibal"
National Republican (Washington, DC), April 13, 1883, Image 1, col. 3.
"Packer Packed"
Las Vegas Daily Gazette (Las Vegas, NM), April 14, 1883, Image 1, col. 2.
"The Colorado Ghoul"
Idaho Semi-Weekly World (Idaho City, ID), May 1, 1883, Image 2, col. 3.
"A Cannibal's Trial"
Herald and Tribune (Jennsborough, TN), November 19, 1885, Image 1, col. 3.
"Eating the Bodies of Men"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), August 7, 1886, Image 1, col. 4.
"The Colorado Cannibal"
The True Northerner (Paw Paw, MI), August 19, 1886, Image 3, col. 4.
"Packer, The Man-Eater!"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), December 16, 1892, Image 1, col. 4.
"Packer Asks Pardon"
Kansas City Journal (Kansas City, MO), September 12, 1897, Page 11, Image 11, col. 5.
"Alfred Packer, the "Man Eater"
The Neihart Herald (Neihart, MT), August 12, 1899, Image 2, col. 7.
"An Odd Case Revisited"
The Yale Expositor (Yale, St. Clair County, MI), March 23, 1900, Image 5, col. 3.
"Alfred Packer is Paroled"
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), January 9, 1901, Image 1, col. 4.
"Scout Who Ate Human Flesh Dies"
Daily Arizona Silver Belt (Globe, Gila County, AZ), April 27, 1907, Image 1, col. 3.
"Colorado's 'Man Eater' Dies on Lonely Ranch Before Pardon Comes"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), April 27, 1907, Last Edition, Page 6, Image 6, col. 6-7.

Alfred Packer: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America