The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14
HOW MAxWELL WAS CAUGHT

HOW MAXWELL WAS CAUGHT.
The elapse of several days after the |
murder of Preller at ST. Louis before the |
discovery of the crime allowed Maxwell, |
the murderer, to escape from the United
States before arrest was possible. Being
unwise he took a steamer at San Fran
cisco bound for Honolulu and New Zea-
land. 1t was supposed that Maxwell
was bound for Auckland and a descrip-
ton was telegIsphed to that place. The
Electrical Review predicted that when
Maxwell arrived at Auckland he would
find officers awaiting his arrival. II
also gives the route of the telegram,
which is of interest as 1t shows the neces
sity OF the completion of a cable
which will complete the circuit of
the wires around the globe. According
to the Review the telegram describing
Maxwell was sent from ST. Louis to New
York city, thence to Cape Breton, and
thence by cable to Valentis, Ireland.
From Valenua il crossed Ireland, passed
under st. Georges channel by cable, was
sent back to London, and frsm the latter
place was forwarded to Lisbon, Portu-
gal. From Lisbon it was sent by cable
under the Mediterranean TO the island Of
Malta, and thence TO Alexandria by
another submarine line. Leaving Alex.
andrIa it passed overland to Suez and
hn TlaI hrt
cable TO Alden in Arabia. From Alden
1t was taken 10 Bombay, India, and
thence to Penang in the Malay PENN.
sula, from which place it was sent by
| cable to the island of Java and again
cabled to Port Darwin in North Aus
tralia. Crossing the Australian CONT
nent it was received at Sydney and sent
by cable to Wellington, New Zealand,
and from this place To its final destins-
ton, Auckland. The expense was about
1894 Genus a word. amounting In all to
several hundred dollars.
Unless acquainted with each indIvid-
ual line it is impossible to tell the exact
distance of this zig gag route. but an ca
animation of a map covering the course
of the dispatch shows that the distance
was at least % 600 miles. AS the Re
view predicted, the steamer with the
criminal on board arrived at Auckland
about the first of May. Maxwell was ar
rested and the news was known to the
greater part of the American people by
the sixth of May.
The following facts concerning the
efforts to make Maxwell's arrest secure
we take from the Globe Democrat:
This case has all along been one of in
tense interest not only TO st. Louisans
| but to this entire section of the country
The news OF MaxWell's capture was
therefore, received by every one CONVEX
| SAINT with the murder as If 1t were the
one sole piece of information for which
all were waiting and signing. 1t pleased
every body and was provocative OF many
unpleasant remarks regarding the muir
derer. Chief HarrIgan, upon receipt Of
the cablegram from the consul at Aux
land announcing the arrest, sent the fol.
lowing reply:
May 6.-United States Consul Gam.
BILE, Auckland, New Zealand: Hold
| O4oA WCll ny Ola L1CdI5Y CNIdCuCC COu-
elusive; state department cables you to.
day. will send officer for him soon is
possible.
| L. HARRIGAN, Chief of Police.
The vice president of the police board
sent q dispatch to Secretary of State
| Bayard, advising him of the telegram
received by Harrigan and notifying him
of the mailing of a letter to him by Mr.
Blair. Chief Hsrrigan telegraphed
Chief of Police Crowley, of San Fran
cisco, regarding the arrest, and III an.
swer to his question concerning the de.
pArture OF the next steamer for New Zea.
land received telegram saying that the
first vessel leaving after May 6 would
leave on June g.
Chief Harrlgan said that it was now
only question of time until he had
Maxwell in st Louis. He could not
send after him until June 9, but an OIL
Ger would start then, and the murderer
| would have no chance of escape. Under
| the extrAdition laws he could be hello fol
three months-that is, the law required
that when man was charged with such
a high crime as Maxwell was charged
with he should be held until an officer
from the place in which he committed
the crime could reach there. The chief
said he was going to have him, no mat
ter what it cost, and he believed
the expense of sending after and of bring
| ing him here would be about $4,000.
The cablegrams he had been sending
had cost 50 so a word, and already over
| 5000 had been expended in the case
Every just man and woman IN the coun.
try, though, wanted to see Maxwell pun
ished, and his capture and return would
| justify the expenditure of any amount.
His crime was a most outrageous one
Nothing like il had been known in the
criminal annals for quarter of cen.
fury. Twenty five years ago bodies
were frequently found in the river and
elsewhere IN trunks, boxes and barrels
but of late years such occurrences had
been rare.