Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-11
The President I'm ALBANY.
HE HAS A CONFERENCES WITH oov HI1h A,
THEN A

THEN STARTS FOR THE WOODS
"A Telegram from Albany to the New Yorf
Times last evening says: "A conference of three
quarters OF an hour between President Cleve
land and Gov. Hill to-day in the governor.
private room In the capitol has set the tongue.
Oh All tne gossips wagging tonight. What was
salo curing the 40 minutes talk there of course
Only tne Two men know, but Gov. Hills friends
say That he was very much pleased with the
Ione OF t me interview Whilst admitting thai
| change Of views and in the consideration of per
sonar matters, they assert that the coming
PoliSlcai campaign in this state was briefly but
land assured Gov. Hill that the national admin
istration did not intend to take part in the
ngnt IN New York state, but would maintain
either In favor Of or in opposition to any candi
gate. us policy was well defined, and ii the
t 1eahociaIlc convention Endorsed the course OF
the FEDERAL administration and nominated q
CcKeI on mat platform the President would be
satsneo whether or not Mr. Cleveland said
Ills, ~ rs certain that those nearest to Gov. Hill
ATe 4uite e!ated over the event OF the day, and
think tnat his chances of a nomination were
never brighter.
- At l1;sS Mr.. Cleveland and Dr. Ward started
IN special car over the Rensselaer, and sara
toga railway for Plattsburg, where they will
or today and begin their journey into
the woods to the Prospect house, on the Upper
saranac lake, drive OF nearly SO miles"
Brought Back from New Zealand.
MAXWELL, THE ALLEGED MURDERER OF PREF
LER, LANDED AT SAN FRANCISCO-A FRENCH
NAN WHO CANNOT TALK FRENCH.
The steamship Zealandia, having on board
detectives George w. Badger and James Tracy
OF 81. Louis, Mo-, who had in custody Walter
Horace Lennox, alias Maxwell alias Theodore
cecil Daugnier, extraGited as the murderer, in
st. Louis, of C. Arthur PrelIer, arrived in San
Francisco yesterday. Half a score of newspaper
men boarded the ship while on her way to
quarantine, and found Maxwell in a state-room
where he had been confined during the entire
passage from New Zealand, under surveillance
was searched, and then, with the detectives he
was taken ashore. On the passage from New
Zealand he was manacled at night, and the two
detectives stood siX-hour watches over him day
ana night The prisoner displayed slight ner
vousness on leaving the ship. When he was
nrst accosted In his state-room on the Zealandia
by the reporters he said that he was a French
man and native of Paris, aged thirty-four and
that his name was Daughter He admitted
beyond this he would not say anything
II have been advised by my attorney in New
Zealand to say nothing whatever about the
case," was his invariable response to all cues
tiOns asked him by either reporters or officials
II was OF course surprised at New Zealand to
be arrested" he said. II had gone there partly
three weeks and then to visit Melbourne and
sydney. can say, concerning the detectives
that they have treated me throughout with the
greatest courtesy. My health, am happy I'd
say, was never better than it is now.
AS to what his line of defence would be he
would say nothing. When he was told that the
insurance companies had preached q theory
that Preler was not dead he made no reply
Two carriages were in waiting at the steamer
landing, and the detectives, with Maxwell
were driven to the city prison. where the pris-
oner will remain until his departure for the
easf<o-day. In the prison he still insisted that
his name was Daughter, and that he was a
Frenchman. EX-POlice Surgeon Clarke asked
the prisoner If he spoke French. He replied
that he spoke pdtOiy of Norman French. Dr.
Clarke said he was familiar with that Dutois.
whereupon Maxwell suddenly checked himself
and refused to continue the conversation
Capt. Lees, chief of the city detectives who
worked up the great part of the evidence
against Maxwell when the latter passed
through this city last April, says the prisoner
Is Scotchman with an assumed accent.
In court in New Zealand Maxwell appeared so
Detective Badger says, perfectly calm. He
made no defense to the testimony furnished by
the detectives from st. Louis. To them he has
always said that ne should follow the advice of
his attorney, and refused to talk about the
offense with which he is charged.
Maxwells face is fringed with Il brown beard
side Whiskers and mustache. He was dressed
in a black diagonal frOck coat and light colored
broad brimmed felt hat His face seems almost
womanly in the dellcacy of its color. Much of
this Is due to the fact that during the trip he
has been kept out of the sun in his stateroom
The entrance to the city prison in San Fran
cisco was surrounded all day by a crowd anxi-
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