St. Paul daily globe., 1885-04-15

may be mutually profted by this friendship
during his stay In your city l am yours,
RICHARD W. OWENS,
To Rev. Dr. James H. Brooks, 212 North Fifth
street, St. Louis: Mrs. Grierson, SO New
Montgomery street, San Francisco; Mr.. A.
Gals San Francisco; Ed. Moyse, Evangelist
care ". L. Leesl, New Zealand; John Magill
care of A Campbell, Napier, New Zealand.
P. s. This friendship was awakened by my
bringing him to tea meeting for young men at
which dear II. g. Grunners spoke from ''Where-
withal shall young man cleanse his way
r. O.W.
Dora Olson, S42 Valencia street, San Fran
cisco, is well known to Mr.. Moyse.
DRUG STORE PRESCRIPTIONS.
Among many other things in Maxwel's
trunks were found some prescription blanks
from Ferron's drug store. corner of Fourth
and Market streets in this city. On being
questioned Mr.. Ferron said this afternoon
that he knew Maxwell, the latter had been
in his store often; that he saw him last on
Easter Sunday, when he called about
O'Clock and got four ounces of chloroform.
About o'clock he came in and got two
ounces more. He seemed to be in hurry
but not excited. A partly filled bottle of
chloroform was found in MaxwelPs trunk
to-day. 1t has also been learned that the
Monday following Easter Sunday, Maxwell
went to Hickman's barber shop, corner OF
Fifth and Chestnut streets, and had ful
beard, which he wore, reduced to mustache
and small imperial and that on the same
day he purchased a snuff colored
FELT SLOUGH HAT
with a crease crown and marked on the in
side Herald, Harland Doff.n Putting these
things together it is believed by those who
have studied the case most closely that Max
well choloformed and killed Preller on Sun
day April ), and it is known that he has not
been seen in the city since Monday April q.
Some of the detectives were at first inclined
to believe that the body had been placed in
trunk by some medical students with view
of playing
CHASTITY JOKE
upon the community, but this theory of the
case has now heen abandoned by all. Chief
of Detectives Burke said to reporter, ''it is
a foul murder and nothing less. The man
in the trunk was killed in the room. Marks
of blood are there yet. Here is trunk strap
WITH BLOOD on IT.
The idea that it could be hoax is absolutely
absurd.''
'What do you think of the placard in the
trunk SO perish all traitors to the great
causeH''
That may or may not be clew. 1t may
be deliberate attempt to make US believe
that the murder was political assassination,
while it is murder for money"
''Of course all that can be done to run the
CRIMINAL DOWN
will be done?''
surely. The man must not escape.
Everything that can be done will be done to
capture him. The public may depend on
that. ="
DETECTIVE BURKE's EXAMINATION.
Chief of detectives, Burke, after making
an examination of the rooms at the Southern
hotel, said, II think that the dead man is
c. A. Preller, who arrived at the hotel on
the Sd inst, and that he was killed by Max
well, who registered there on the 31st March.
The murder took place in Maxwell's room,
No. IA, and the trunk in which the body
was stored was one which Maxwell
BROUGHT WITH HIM
from the East. On last Tuesday he bought
tle second trunk found in his room at
SJOIe Ou DIOduNdl, ucdI wa bLIceG.
Into this he transferred the books,
clothing, papers, instruments, Photographic
views, etc, which it contained, probably in a
great hurry as they were found in confusion.
He also placed the tray of his old trunk in
this to give him more room to
PACK THE BODY IN.
His intention then was probably to remove
this trunk, which could pass out of the hotel
l. a. IL
of discovery, of course, at any minute, and
on this account he probably changed his
plans and decamped. To avoid discovery he
went away without taking his effects with
him. / have no idea what prompted the
murder found black stiff hat with
large break in it as If it had been
STRUCK A VIOLENT BLOW,
but at the same time the body gives evidence
of
DEATH FROM POISON,
1t is certain that the men were intimate
and Preller spent good deal of his time in
Maxwelps room. In examination Of the
trunk left by Preller and marked G. 4. p.
were found samples Of furniture, tapestry,
rugs, etc. A bundle of letters from Preller
to the firm of J. II. Dixon, Bradford, York
shire, on business matters IS also found as
well as addresses of several carpet companies
in this city. a card plate reading C. A.
Preller, 81 Abchurch Lane, London, Eng,
was also found.
POISON IN THE STOMACH.
The coroner made an autopsy of the re-
mains this afternoon, which disclosed the
fact that the stomach contained poison, but
which particular kind was not discovered.
The stomach has been given to a chemist
for analysis. An inquest will be held to-
morrow.
MAXWELL DESCRIBED IN BOSTON.
BosToN, April 14.-It is learned that
Walter II. Lennox Maxwell, who figures in
the st. Louis trunk tragedy, arrived in this
city by the steamer Cephalonia in the early
part Of January. He boarded with a Mrs.
Cook at 1858 Washington street
and soon became acquainted with
the attendants in neighboring drug store
to whom he represented he was about to
open a doctors office on Shawmet avenue.
On the strength of this statement a number
of prescription blanks we're given him,
but they were neve, filed out
or returned. In conversation with
the clerks he casually mentioned
his acquaintance with Prelhr, with whom his
name is associated with in the st. Louis dis
patch Maxwell's manne's showed him to
be intensely English. Maxwell left Boston
suddenly about the last of March and moth
ing has since been known of his where
abouts.
4 Big Blaze in Montreal.
MONTREAL, April l4.-This afternoon a
fire broke out in the large laundry of J. II.