The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-06-18
W. w. DAVIS,
j. ID. MITCHELL,
w. NJ. Finn,
Il. o. ENGsTRUM
ISAAC BLACK.n
Maxweirs Arrest Detailed.

SAN Francisco, June 15.-The steam.
or City of Sydney, from Australia, ar
rived this morning with Sydney ad-
vices under date of May 81, Auckland,
New Zealand, May 20. The Auckland
papers contain an account of the arrest
on May 5ot Walter Ii. Lennsx Maxwell,
alias Theodore Cecil Dsugmer, charged
with having murdered Charles A. Prel-
Ter, in st. Louis, on April 5. The arrest
was made by the United States Consul
Gamble, who received telegram from
the chief of police of st. Louis with in
structions to that effect. Two days later
Consul Gamble received a telegram from
the United States secretary OF state
authorizing him to make the arrest.
Two detectives boarded the steamer AT
Tiritiri. The purser, in reply to their
questions, stated there was a man
among the steerage passengers and
bearing Maxwell's description. He
was summoned on deck. The first
question asked him was whether he
was doctor. He promptly denied
this, saying he was native OF France
and an officer of the French army. The
detectives informed him they had a
warrant for his arrest and would have
to take him into custody. Maxwell
appeared to be disconcerted, but re-
covered his composure While
the officers were handwriting
him, cody remarking that the
whole matter waa mistake,
which would he quickly explained
away. On May he was taken into The
police court and the charges against him
read. The crown solicitor appeared for
the prosecution, and Messrs. Napier "
Burton for the defense. The latter
claimed tho court had no jurisdiction,
and after some argument the case was
remanded TO the 7th, after which it was
again remanded to the 11th, and on that
day the case was brought up. Consul
Gamble was the first witness called. he
tesJiied on benait OF the prosecution as
TO the various articles found in Max
wells trunk, which, among other
things, contained two embroidered
haudkerchieis marked sc. !. p" and a
shirt with two large spiots nt bloc on IL.
In reply To a question as ~ how the ar
ticles nol having the initials oI his
name had came into his possession
Maxwell said they had been given him
inson. Detective Twohey, one of the
two that arrested him on the steamer,
testified to finding the following articles
in Maxwell's grip sack: IA cuffs ana
two handkerchiefs,al all marked "C. Az"
memoran ium book marked Dauguier,
pocket medical dictionary, in whlch
"W. H. ennox.Maxwell, M, D., F.. A.
r. @. 81" and dressing case marked
"W. H. Lennox Maxwell" All of these
articles Maxwell said he bought from
the same man, Robinson, in San Fran
cisco. The counsel for the defense,
at this point of the proceedings, again
contended that the court had no juris-
diction in the matter, and asked for q
dismissal. The case was then remanded
to May 16; on that day to the 23d, and
again on that day to the 30tn. Judge
Smith, who is hearing the case, stated
that he would remand eight days at a
time until the officers from st. Louis ar
rived.
ST. LoUIs,Jun 15,-Secretary of State
Bayard has forwarded to Mayor Fran
els, of this city,some correspondence from
the British minister, in which j. H.
Dixon, of Bradford, Yorkshire, Eng
land, lays claim to the money tound
upon Maxwell, now in arrest at Auck.
lack, New Zealand, for the murder OF
Charles Arthur Preller, at the Southern
Ho al IN this citv early In April. Prel-
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