New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
MAXWELL BACK IN ST. LOUIS
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ST. LOUIS, Aug 16.-The San Francisco
train with the Maxwell party board rolled into tho
Union Depot at so o'clock this morning sixthousand
people held in check by twenty policemen formed them
selves into reception committee and from bridges'
trucks and other convenient attitudes awaited tho ap
pearance of the noted prisoner hafdozen reporters
who had caught the train along the road at Mlssonf
points were first to got o Then from the OF the
sleeper Peoria Detective Tracy was seen to emerge
followed closely by an undcrsized man with SILKY
blonde beard two inches long and pair OF Dig piue
eyes that looked from beneath soft dark nat his
clothing was ill-fttng and tsavel-ssained ana as ne
reached thes platform his pale face grew a,shade paler
The pbrsse was heard on all sides There no Is" As
Maxwell stepped from the the rmultitude sgavo u
combined shout that could be heard mile away rush
was made toward the prisoner but he was quickly sur
rounded by Gordon Of, police, who forced ana beat
passage to the headquarters patrol wagon standing
under the Twelfth st. bridge The prisoner was hardly
seated in the wagon when Tracy shouted, Let her CO.
The driver applied the lash to the horses and the animals
plunged forward under the brldgeiwhle small .army.of
buecoats clung to the rear steps.
The crowd gave % tremendous cheer the wagon
started the Courts The horses were urged rap
Idly forward. the crowd sfoowng fast as 1t could,
cheering sand yelling the while. The mad chase was
kept up until Police Headquarters was reached Lodgers
In the neighborhood awakened by the shouts and
cries of the thousands in the streets and dressing as
suickly as possible joined the excited throng Twelfth
st was impassabe Ably secOnding the efforts cf the
Young old men, women, mothers, Win uaoes ~
their arms aud even small children The wagon stopped
in front OF the Carkave. entrance and IN minute was
surrounded by the tGroDg. Take MIN out anu Hang
him." shouted tall man In white hat us tracy anu
Badger lifted their charge from the wagon The officers
formed line and pressed the crowd back AS he pts
oner finally disappeared behind the front doors another
tremendous shout given. Meanwhile the thousands
who had left by the patrol but who neNertheess
perssted in securing Oneimote LOOK. found the twelfth
ST. enhance to the building open and poured Ia Ike
flock OF sheer. In q minute the rotunda vas damned
ana again officers formed In line ana drove he inp
out into the Maxwell was taken into tue detcc
tlves' and given chair lie was quite pale ana
when seated heaVcd sigh OF relet we'll TINS II tue
toughest yeti said Detective Tracy.
What do they mean by all this fusst asked MaNWeu
"Oh, they only want to make you feel az hOine
replied Chief HarrCar.
TO ono who was unusually impudcnt he said: No. sir
don't want you II you haa my case, Ia plead guilty
or justification. eXtenuating circumstance
Maxwell was Given "a good breakfast ana thcn p'lto-
oilce all The morning There a continual src~r OF
prominent citizens politicians etc and onc one was
Introduced to Maxwell be bowed s.iy as If he missed
the and said;
lie spese uySn all subjects cxceptfbe one or the
tragedr.-A IL o'clock two employees of the SOutlcfn
otel we're sent for and confronted he prisoner They
positively identified him tie sman who came TO inc
Har7gan that occupied Room No "a at tho southern
last Apr and played billiards with Preler tho saturday
before Easter Sunday Charles BIGGER The trunk naker
Identified the prisoner the mar who purchased the
Identified OF the trunks brought back from Auckland
as one he sold him. There constant stream pf vls-
Ors all day and Maxwell talked pleasantly 10 oil lie
contributed two-column article to Jhe h,pnbhodh On
ail Society ladies sending In requests for his
picture