Talk: Alferd Packer
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is there any reference to Packer's pardon? http://www.custerguide.com/quillen/eqcols/19897268.htm says it was declined by the governor. I can't find a reference to it going through. PW
http://www.archives.state.co.us/packer.html Colorado State Archives says packer arrived alone at the Los Pinos Indian Agency near Gunnison on April 6, 1874, not March 6. The extra month makes a difference in the snow-bound conditions so I'd guess the Archives more reliable.
What's up with the exhumation project? It's been 14 long years ago! --Menchi 01:33, Aug 6, 2003 (UTC)
Maybe I'll try to research it tomorrow -- anyone else who wishes to, fine.User_talk:Dino
Used with permission, posted by orthogonal 23:18, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- Thank you for contacting us on this matter. Apparently, the use of Alfred
- and Alferd occurs depending on signature and time. In many indexes, he is
- simply listed as A. Packer or Al Packer. All of the official criminal
- documents (at least those filled out by the court) list him as Alfred.
- Interestingly enough, it doesn't seem to matter which he is called
- historically. Perhaps, in that era lacking birth certificates, he went by
- both.
- [from a later message: one of my coworkers here mentions that both names were
- in use but many historians prefer 'Alferd.']
- Sincerely,
- Lance Christensen
- Department of Personnel & Administration
- Division of Information Technologies
- Colorado State Archives
- 1313 Sherman St., Rm.1B20
- Denver, CO 80203
- 'phone number elided'
- -----Original Message-----
- From: 'orthogonal's real name elided'
- Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 11:08 AM
- To: archives@state.co.us
- Subject: Alfred Packer or Alferd Packer?
- In your web page at
- http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/pen/packer/index.htm, you give the
- subject's name as "ALFRED Packer", but other sources seem to use "ALFERD
- Packer".
What side of the Civil War did he serve on? Presumably, on the Union side. But this should be explained. Kent Wang 03:09, 1 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Apparently Union, in an Iowa regiment. Edited a little. — dino
Denver Post story
I removed "See the Denver Post reference below for more evidence that Packer's story of self-defense may have been true" because the DP article does not, in fact, contain any such evidence.
The closest it comes is stating (without referencing, elaboration, or quotes) that "The expert forensic evidence, now available only 106 years after the first trial, indicates that one of Alferd Packer's versions of the tale is true." That's a *claim* of evidence, but in itself it's not actual evidence. --Calair 00:26, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
