Huntsville gazette., 1885-08-22
THE FUGITIVE'S RETURN.
The Alleged Murdefer Of q. Arthur
PrelleF Again In st. Louis.
The Prisoner q Man Who Knows How tn
Keep His Mouth Shut When He Tries
A Big Crowd Present to Wit
ness His Arrival.

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A Big Crowd Present to wit
ness His Arrival.
| ST. Louis, Mo-, August 16.-Maxwell
awoke early this morning in his berth in
! the sleeper and the clacking Of his chains
as he tossed to and fro in his bed could
be distinctly heard all over the car. Both
of his guardians were asleep, but he was
very securely tied, and escape was mat
ter of impossibiIity. Several St. Louis
newspaper men had boarded the train
during the night at Newburg, Mo-, get
ting on about midnight, aud these reused
the officers and at last got them to get
their prisoner up. 1t was some time be-
fore this job could be accomplished.
Maxwell's shackles were taken off by
one, and he shook himself something as
dog does after coming out of the water,
and said: "Well, thank God, I've had the
last of those things on me-" He made as
elaborate atolet as the circumstances of
the case would permit, and finally an
nounced himself ready to receive COM
pany. He said that he had slept badly
during the night, that he had dreamed
great deal and thought that he ought to
take dose of medicine. He was then
tackled by the newspaper men with the
usual result. While the interviews were
going on Maxwell said to correspond
ent: III like to be interviewed, it is
almost as much fun as playing a game of
whist. Do you think they will get any
thing out of me?"
"Perhaps."
"Well, Pll just bet you a bottle of fizz
that they won't get anything at all.
You'll see. / am willing to talk about
anything but the case, but the case will
not talk about. Is it bet?'
s'All right"
He then sank into a deaf and dumb
state and paid no attention to the ques-
tions that were put to him, and occa-
sionally one would strike his ear which
he did not like, and he would then move
about very uneasily. He finally turned
and said: "Did you gentlemen ever read
Monsignor Capel's statement that the
interviewers were social mosquitoes?
He told the truth"
The pumping process was kept up for
hours, but the results were absolutely
nil. After he was left alone he beckoned
a reporter to him and said: ''All these
questions make me sick. suppose the
| papers will give me the devil for the way
l have treated these gentlemen, but what
can l do? Must l, in order to secure the
favor of the press, confess that | have
committed this crime that 1 am charged
with? These gentlemen are all angry
with me, and yet what can dor"
hot "a md hot
you please"
MADE OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 16.-As Max
we'll was nearing the end of his long
Journey he talked freely with the detect
ives on all subjects except the crime with
which he stands charged. On this sub
iect, following the advice of his counsel
in Auckland, he continued dumb. The
following is the nearest approach to the
subject that he made. To the reporter
of a local paper, who had been sent out
to meet the train and interview him, he
said:
"The papers have told the truth about
me with one exception, and 1 am sur
prised that they have done SO WELL"
sfWhat was the exception"
ssWhy, that remarkable story in the
Globe Democrat, which stated that had
outlined my defense to detective who
was with me alone for half an hour in my
cell. That is
LIE MADE OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH.
In the first place nobody was alone with
me at all except the two st. Louis
detectives. l have had no ex-detective
or present detective with me in my
cell or elsewhere for half an hour or
for FIVE minutes. Then, again, have
not discussed my defense with
any man now in America. Nobody
knows what it is and nobody will
know until 1 am ready to tell it,
am acting under the advice of counsel
now, and that subject will not take
up with any one. No, the reporter who
wrote that story and fettered it on me
was simply romancing. 1t was printed
as a theory in the Republican, l am told,
long ago, that Preller might be living.
As theory it is all right enough to do
that, but it is not right to say that I
have confded to some anonymous detec-
tive my whole case "
Gust discussing the matter as
theory is it possible that Preller is
alive?"
Chow do know7"
"You have travelled in Russia, Mr..
MAXWELL"
"Oh, yes. I was there some time"
"Did you ever join any secret society
there?"
'No, SIR"
ssYou are not Nihilist?"
ssIndeed / am not. Why do you ask?'
ssThat is one of the theories again,
that the murder was political assassi-
nation"
"Oh! that placard l suppose. Yes,
that is as good theory as any others.
What other theories are there?"
swell, it was urged as possible at one
time that Preller may have been sick,
and that you gave him chloroform, but
gave him too much; that when he died
you were frightened and decamped."
s'Tbat is very nice theory, too. Any
other?'
eyes, there is the belief that you
simply and vulgarly killed him for
money"
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