Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-25
THE MAXWELL CASE.
a STRANGE LsTTsR IN FRENCH
6oatoa Doctor uho Talked win
Ma<1eli About Getting
Corpse 20 Oisssct.

81 L0UIs. AaQ- AaxseA to-day re-
eslss.i TIE follo~iag isttsr srltten IN french
ns saloxsei a reporter ~ open Il AID have the
eoutsnss translated before booking a. Il him
self.
sss CsLsAss. Aas. ~. Mr. DsAA iAEoDoA1
Nhs dui T1u aof follow fae allFlss <ass lS1
4f ihss tine ~ iafeTs $50 a. tno osathern no
tai, lea oaznt - understand ife pasitl"n "a
shiCa goa fafs Diaasd i''sfssif p t'af s11i'.an-
aa--. H. sil. eaa-e q good deal u tfeaiIls hef'fs
goa IA zel cat ~ iE Pie o1is a. : hal ~
1ains f0f saH ~ o. IA present 10 % tell TIE uafh
a. Fsur safar8sS anil prove - hf ~ inat zoo
procured the bod aad hsf freiief 10 alive of a.
f....r a. a I've az he lime gCar subject dis-
covered in sNaT trunk. A. - fns aHpea.f a1ce
- Risilsr g seens 90 ne ~. Lo1is detsctisss
8ssht ~ i8ok lato "a iitEe more thoroughly snd
have arrested ~ ance the ~no DrocuFe 81 goo
tas pssi5 Il - pts-ibie he 1ag disAbpetf AZ tile
fIae saa letsi niH a. esiarss- i cannot hri IL
81 eyins inat frsiirr has hsen mariefsd; ! b.
usse barristte steve. Ms uiistFeas, "a boston
xuozs more Ia seeafd 20 oim than tls police 81
~. Louls a. 'sogid - an excellent iiaa . have
her aasisf lis surveillance ~ defeetises- met
of Perry BuTreli. II Meet tiainsiead. o,issez i5t
xaek IL assured me he had seen Prsiler AZ a
spanish fort ia company WIN ally y stss OF
Mag LoUIs Dat hi0sF.
tioneral Delivery"
Bs~ros. Aaz. 24-Dr. Il. r. Graham
Dewey xas Interviewed 70 day BY United
Press reporter relative 10 the statement of
Maxwell the II. L0uis trunk murderer, that
the body found ia the trunk was not Prel-
Ter =, bgl 4 corpse he bad procured IA bos-
ton and that Dr.. Dewey Nas a witness 20 the
fact that he had one shortly before leaving
FOE the West. Dewey said p" MAJ
Neli seemed Possessed with the
idea OF getting SIN, apparently
for dissection. told him l could probably
hire one AZ a medical school he left the
city and Was gone a few weeks On his re-
turn 20 surprised me, one day. by the re-
marx that hs al got a std and asked me
30 20 up and see IL. / excused myself. In
view 0f later Developments | wish | had
gone. When read II Maxwelfs statement
that the body was not Preller's, but
a corpse be had procured tO assist
in fraud upon the insurance companies, the
whole business seemed plain 10 me- | at
once made arrangements to inform the IN
.uranco companies. bat the next day | read
statement that Maxwell had confessed the
body was Preliers. aud b. had accidentally
klied him with chlOroform. In view Of
these facts / did not know what 10 think.
MARVEL started for the West two or three
days after the above mentioned incident.
Preller ieft some days before Maxwell The
IA tier always passed a. Maxwell IN
Boston and claimed 10 be an illegitimate son
Of Lord tarnham. He Wa enthusiastic on
medicine but never spoke on law, though
ne seemed tO boast of everything he knew.
1 believe Maxwell ha- something he - hold
ing back which ~il favor him, and possibly
clear him. n he u guilty he certainly has a
wonderful com nand over his nerves totally
different from hi- characteristics here, for
the least things always unnerved him.