Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-15
EASTERN NEWS.
Accident az . Fire.

Aecsaeaf at q Fire.
NEE foRk. April l4-As a IRE early
Iois morning IN H1iser's Piano Fsetorv.
nnu Der Of rnsmbers Of the srs a.
psrtment vere 81 zotk IN tie baiIdiuc
Snen the secoEd floor gave vay and ali
% u TeFe precipitafed 70 the cetIsr
he men were S.mnsl Reed. Bryce
1flef, Foreman Colby. Lieutenant
( y sourke and hrenen Thomas DQfy.
Edward MCGOWAN. HzSh Mcbride ana
Bowman The unfoFtunate= were
picked eui as quickly as possible, bat
ali had sustained bruises and coutu-
slcns Of more or less serIousnezs. Calls
for amb1lsnces we're sithoas avail. and
tue men mad 10 be carrisd 70 Roosevelt
Hospital on a truck. Mcbride is ex-
peeted to die With daylight this morn
ing.
Fire nj Chicago.
CHICAGO, April IA five-story build
ing, - to 80 Wabash avenue. harmed
this morning. The building was occz-
pied by i've firms. a. follows: Smith
y Patterson. photographer supslies
Mclean a Retserer. hardware ; Dean.
Foster q DoTney, druggists sundries
Schut a Co., toys. aud L9venthal, Kauf
mann & Co, tobaccoaists. The loss
viii amount to a total of fully $4,000:
insnranes nearly equal.
The Prince Of wales In Ireland,
DUHLIN, April 1.-THE Prince and
Princess OF Wales on their way to Cork
today received an enthusiastic reception
at Lismore IN the EQUITIES of Cork and
Waterford. Three hundred vsters pre-
sented an address of welcome at Dun
Whan
royal party passed all the vessels in the
bay lowered their flags. At Kelma
Thomas, when the royal party went by, a
black flag Was hoissed over the Temper-
ance Hall bat the Loyalists made a
good demonstration. The Prince and
Princess then went to Curra0hmore in
Cork. Most of the streets we're spanned
by triumphal arches and a majority of
the houses were adorned with flags in
honor of the advent of the royal visit
ors.
A Victim 10 the :" Great Caase.Y
81. LOUIS. April IA sensation was
caused at the Southern Hotel this
morning by finding in a room a trunk
containing the headless body of a man,
with a note in the trunk saying. 80
perish all traitors 70 the great cause"
The room was assigned on March Both
10 Walter Lennox Maxwell, of London,
England.
Maxwell is described as very pirIish
looking, blonde yoang man wearing a
dark, woolly, cut~away suit of English
staff. His face was clean shaved and he
wore his hair banged, not parting it at
all. He was fire. quentIv seen in com
pany with dark looking gentleman
about 3 feet 10 inches tall. The latter
wore dark moust che and had dark
hair. This gentleman registered as C.
Arthur Preller. London, England, and
was assigned to room lS4. Four days
after Maxwell had registered, telegr am
was received from Preller, asking
whether Maxwell was a guest of the
house. IL was answered in the affirma-
tive and he soon came on and WAS as
signed to the room given him. Both men
occupied lS4 in common a considerable
part of the time. Rsoh called for the
key. aud the clerk gave il to each
indis Intimately, as they seemed good
friends and intimate acquaintance.
The men were remarked much about
and around the hotel, for their dudish
appearance and dandified airs. Max
well left the hotel week ago Sunday
night, but had paid full weeks board
promptly. and it was supposed that he
would return any day.
No suspicion attached 90 his absence
until horrible smell called attention to
the room. and led to the opening of the
trunk. When the trunk containing the
body was opened, it was found TO con-
tain the body of a middle aged man.
The facs and breast were up. and the
4. a - A. l. n
knees that it filled the receptacle. On
the side of the trunk, over the head
of the corpse, was printed in
large letters the words, $50 perish
all traitors 60 the great cause" The
trunk and its CHASTITY contents were i'm
mediately hurried to the Four Courts.
The body az it appeared in the trunk
presented horrible aspect. The face
and parts of the body were uncovered,
the only garment being pair of draw
ers reaching just to the knees, which
we're entirely black and showed ad-
vanced decomposition. Preller's trunks
are of much better quality than Max
wells, being made of fine leather. The
personal effects in them indicate that
the owner was a gentleman Of means
and culture. The TRUNKS have ON them
labels OF the Cunard Steamship Com.
pany and the Continental Hotel, Phila
dslphia, where he occupied room 1856 on
March 18th. He had also been at the
Rossin House, Toronto.
Following Ia the description of Max
we'll, given by person who saw and
coHversed with him daily while he was
at She Southern Hotel: " He was about
feet 81 inches in hight weighed
about 40; well proportioned aAd
rather good figure. His face was OF the
English type and oleauly shaves eyes,
light blue, think, OF at least they we're
not dark Ia color, His hair is OF light
sandy celor. He wore il cut very short
behind aud rather bushy IN front, with
out any part and banged like girls.
He generally dressed in brown tweed
suit, of English cut, Newmarket over
coat and q high Derby hat. In his
manners he was very effeminate be
even carried this so far as to walk with
short, mineing step, like q woman"
This afternoon the body of PreIler
wls exposed ON slab in the morgue for
further Identification, with the follow
ing description given by Superintendent
Ryan Deceased was about : feet 3
inches in hight, weighing about $50
pounds; black hair; eyes Of dark color.
He wore white knit drawers, and was
about y or q years old. The body is
very much decomposed. He has been
dead ten OF twelve days. The tongue
protrudes, and there are large blisters
on both legs, and cross cut into the
flesh on the breast"
The following telegrans. found among
the papers OF PrelleF, is the best cine to
the relations of Preller and Maxwell:
BosToS, Mass, March -, 1885.
e. 4. Prefer. BelgideFe Hotel, corner
FoHrth aresae and Eighteenth street :
Yes, could 20 direct to Auckland from
haae. Will write Philadelphia tomor-
row, W. II. LENSux MAXWELL.
From a letter from the steamship
company il IL inferred that PrelleF
sailed from England for this coaptry
on the Cephalonia on January 81, 1853,
on a commercial tour of this country
and Australia. The telegraH given
above would indicate that Maxwell
agreed 10 accompany him to Australia.
Among the letters found in PreIler's
trunk was the following
No. .. Clinton place, New York city,
March q, 1ss5s-I have great pleasure
IN introducing TO yoa. by this note our
dear brother. Mr.. O. A. PEeller, of Lon
dan. England. known 20 az by several