St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
ors" paper found in the trunk, Mr.. Schles


'1Oh, that is all nonsense. If Maxwell
murdered Preller he did it for hir money
Yesterday Mr.. Schlessinger conferred
with the police inf this city to see if they
could assist him. So soon as he is assured
| that the body is that of his cousin he will
make arrangements for burial and notify
| the family in England. The British con-
sui general said yesterday that he knew
nothing of Maxwell He was represented
| in some reports as baronet, but his name
was not found among the list OF British
barOnetS and his name and former address,
as mentioned in some reports, were not
| found IN the London postOffice directory.
Nothing was known about Preller at the
Russian consulate.
MAXWELL DEAD BROKE IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, April 16.-It is now remem-
bered that the young man Maxwell, who is
suspected of the murder of Preller in St.
Louis, was in Chicago about two months
ago. He called at one of the newspaper
offices and, confessing himself ''dead broke, y
proposed to write for the papers to earn
sufficient money to defray his hotel bills.
He is believed to have remained here but a
few days.
SAILS UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME.
ST. LOUIS. No.. April 16.-The follow
ing dispatch just received by Chief of Po-
lice Harrington has settled positively the
question of identity of Maxwell, the de-
scription tallying exactly with that OBJ
tanned here and also that he is on the
steamer City of Sidney. Maxwell assumed
the names of Brooks and Danger, for the
purpose of concealment.
MAXWELL. MINUTELY DESCRIBED.
,1x,
ticket taken up from st. Louis on the 9th
instant, signed by Hugh NJ. Brooks and
witnessed by S. A. Hughes was sold by the
st. Louis 81 San Francisco railroad ticket
Office April 6, and came on that train. His
name does not appear on the lists OF tickets,
therefore he must have come on Mr.. Brooks
ticket. The Endorsement on the ticket and
the name of T. C. Danger signed
on the hotel register are in the
same hand writing His description is:
Height about five feet six inches, age not
over 80, hair light, short at back without
parting in front, weight 14S pounds, mus
tache medium szie, small, short imperial,
complexion fair and ruddy, beard strong
after shaving skin has whitish appear
ance, eyebrows light and thin, eyes blue
and large, regular features, nose rather
free at nostrils, neatly-built, erect and
plants his feet firmly and square on the
ground when walking.
DESCRIPTION OF BAGGAGE.
Baggage a large flat-top, gray canvas
covered trunk. a gray canvas large-sized
grip sack and round fiat box. He had a
large field glass. barrels eight inches long,
covered with black leather case and strap
for Singing. He makes cigarets from
morning to night, which he rolls himself,
and drinks whisky considerably. have
forwarded full description by the captain
of the steamer sailing for Honolulu to-day,
with request for his arrest. Will cable New
Zealand. II. CROWLEY.
PRELLER's IDENTITY ESTABLISHED.
NEW YORK, April 16.-InspectOr Bymes
said to-day that the man who had been de-
tailed to look up the New York end Of the
ST. Louis murder had ascertained beyond a
doubt that Maxwell had never been in New
York with Preller. Mr.. Schlessinger, a
relative of Preller, who lives in this city,
called upon the inspector and informed him
that the identity of the victim had been es-
tablished, and that there was no further
doubt that Preller had been murdered for
his money. Inspector Byrnes has tele-
graphed all his information to the police of
ST. Louis and San Francisco.
PRELLER POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.
Sr. LOUIS, April 16.-Chief Of Police
Harrigan has telegraphed very full and
exact description of Maxwell to the Ameri-
can consol at Auckland, with the request
that he have him arrested Immediately on
his arrival there. Walter Arlington, head
waiter in the Southern hotel dining room,
has positively identified the body at the
morgue as that of Preller.