Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

aud got two ounces more. He seemed to be
! in q hurry and excited. Apsrtly filled bottle
| OF chloroiorm was found In Maxwell's trunk
to-day,
1t has also been learned that on Monday
| following Easter Sunday Maxwell went to
Hiskman's barber shop, corner of Fifth and
| Chestnut streets, and had full beard which
he wore reduced to a moustache and imperial,
and on the same day he purchased a snuff
colored felt hat, SLOUGH, with q crease crown,
marked on the inside "Herald Harlsnd Duff. F."
Putting these things together, 1t is believed
by those who have studied The case most
closely that Maxwell chloroformed and killed
Preller on Sunday, April s., and
1t is known he has not been seen In the city
since Monday. Some detectives were at first
inclined to believe the body had been placed
view of playing a CHASTITY joke upon the com.
munity, but this theory is now aban-
doned by all. Chief of detectives Burke
said to q reporter: st is q foul muir
der and nothing less. The man in the trunk
was killed in the room, the marks Of his
blood are there yet. Here is the trunk strap
with blood on it. The idea it could be a hoax
is absolutely absurd. What do you think of
the placard in the trunk: 80 perish all
traitors to the great cause" That may or
may not be n clew, 1t nay be q deliberate
attempt to make us believe the murder was a
political assassination while it is murder for
money. Of course all that can be done to
run the criminal down will be done, surely
the man must not escape. Everything that
can be done will be done to capture him. The
public may depend on that. Maxwell's Lon
don address appears to have been No. Ia
Paper builing temple, London. In
his trunk was found an envelope addressed
in his handwriting to Rev. d. G. A. Lewis,
B. A.; curate of St, Paul's, Morley, Leeds,
Berkshire, England. He came over in the
stea 1er Cephalonia from England. Preller
ambassador, London, rs, and passport S5 for
Spain and Mexico, viz, by the Spanish min
lister and signed Granville. Seven trunks,
four valises and a hat box were left be.
hind at the hotel. The contents, cloth
ing, etc., are valued at hundreds of dollars.
This is believed to make the theory of a hoax
untenable, and the belief Is that the corpse Is
either that of Maxwell or Preller. No one
remembers which of them left the hotel last.
Chief Detective Burke, after making an ex-
animation of the rooms at the Southern hotel,
says he thinks the dead man is Caprello. who
arrived at the hotel on the Sd. and that he
was killed by Maxwell, who registered on the
3lst of March. The murder took place
in Maxwells room No. la. and the trunk in
which the body was found was one Maxwell
with him from the east. On last
Tuesday night a second trunk was found In |
his room, at q store near Walnut on Broad
way. Into this he transferred books, cloth.
ing, papers, instruments, Photographic views,
ETC., which it contained, probably in a great
hurry, as they were found in confusion. |
He also placed the tray of the old trunk in
this to give him more room to pack the body |
in. His intention then was probably to re-
move his trunk which could pass out of the
hotel without the least suspicion. There was
of discovery, of course, at any minute
on this account he probably changed
his plans and decamped. To avoid discovery,
he went away without taking any of his effects
with him.. / have no idea what prompted the
I found a black stiff hat with a
large break in it as if it had been struck a
violent blow, but at the same the body gives
evidence of death from poisoning.