Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-16
maxwell, THE MURDERER.
Full Particulars of H-is Arrest Among tn
Anfipodes.

MAXWELL, THE MURDERER.
Full Particulars of H-is Arrest Among the
Antipodes.
The following. account of the arrest of
is from the New Zealand Times,
to hand by City of Sydney, which arrived
at San Francisco yesterday morning:
On April 21st Consul Gamble received
cable message from the Chief of the Police
at st. Louis, Missouri, requesting him TO
take measures to secure the arrest Of w al
tr H. Lennox Maxwell, alias Theodore
Cecil D'Auguier, variously described as a
physician, and as an officer in the French
and Turkish armies, on the charge of muir
dering Charles A. Preller, of ST. Louis, and
believed passenger by City of Sydney. The
Chief of Police also furnished complete
and accurate description of Maxwell and
his personal property. Two days later
Consul Gamble received communication
| from the American Secretary of State,
| authorizing him to have him arrested. He
communicated with Secretary Thomson,
and also with the Colonial Secretary, Mr..
| Buckley. Superintendent Thomson applied
| for an eXtradition warrant, under the I'M
| perial Act of 1870 and the Colonial Act of
| 1874, in order that the accused might be
brought before Judge Seth Smith, the re-
Gently appointed Commissioner under the
last-named Act. The warrant was signed
by the Governor, and reached Superintend-
ent Thomson on the Goth of April, who inn
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| Detective Twohey and Sergeant Clarke,
| of the Water Police, i'll plain clothes, were
| dispatched in a boat on Saturday to Tiri-
| tiri, SO as to be able to board the mail
steamer along with the pilot. They took
with them a letter to Captain Dearborne
from Consul Gamble, explaining their OBJ
| ject, giving the necessary information con-
corning the accused, with his description
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COLONIAL NOTES.
All that is known here of the circum-
stances of the crime for which Maxwell has
been arrested, is that contained in the cable
message received by Consul Gamble and
these simply state that Preller had been
horribly murdered by the accused and
that he was supposed to be on board of the
mail steamer. Both men belonged to St.
Louis, and both are stated to be British sub
JectS. Apparently the murder was not dis
covered until after the steamer sailed as
the first cable message was not received
here until the 2lst OF April. The steamer
sailed on the 18th, but although the muir
Lido todd how Il