Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-17
PREILER'S COUSIN TALks
OF the Murdered ManZThe Order he
Belongs to.

OF the Murdered Man-The Order he
Belongs to.
NEW YoRK, April l6.-The St. Louis
tragedy continues to be the absorbing SEN
sation. Intimate friends of Preller state
h,S religious convictions were very singular
His relatives did not fully understand them,
uld refrained from talking with him about
the subject. He belonged TO curious, un-
dencminational community Of distinctive
views, very small as yet in America but
with quite a foothold in England. The be.
Ii, vers refer to one another in such devoted
terms as kindred spirit" dear brother"
and similar expressions. The few believers
in this city have no regular place of wor-
hip. They meet in public halls and pri'
yate houses, devoting much of their labor to
young men. Preller's connection with the
people made him acquainted with Richard
y. Owens. Mr. Owens saw Preller fire.
Uuently during his last visit here, but he
never spoke 10 him of Maxwell Mr.. Owens
supposed his friend was going to Australia
alone. He said to-day that the printed cir.
cumstances almost forced him to the belief
that the body found in the trunk was all
that was mortal of his late friend Preller.
Frank Scbles singer, one OF the firm ct II.
Sallanbaek q Co., is a cousin of Mr.. Prel-
lers and has been very intimate with him.
Nr. Schlessipger took charge OF Prellers
triers while he was leaving ard forwarded
them to him by request. Before he bade
his cousin goodbye Preller spoke OF Max
we'll and said he had arranged to meet him
in St. Louis. On April 4 Preller telegraph
ed Mr.. Schessinger from st. Louis; Kind.
ly direct all post restante. San Francisco
This is the last that has been heard from
him. Letters that he had promised to write,
business arrangements which he had prom
ised to make, which his friends believed he
surely would have carried out were he alive,
have remained unattended to. ut is the
fact that we have not heard from him for SC
long that suggests to me that the body
found in the trunk must be that Of my
cousin" said Mr.. Schlessinger when re-
porter asked him about the matter.
Have you cabled to his relatives in Eag-
land?
No; and shall not do so until it is SET
tied beyond all doubt that the body was his.
There seems to be some doubt about it yet.
The news will be terrible blow to his pa
rents and relatives. It would be cruel to
unnecessarily alarm them. The young men
we're to have sailed for Australia in the
steamer leaving San Francisco April II. !
have telegraphed whether either OF them did
So If Maxwell committed the murder, ]
telieve be is sfoat on the Pacific Ocean be
lore this time"
Questioned about the $50 perish all trait
CTS" paper found in the trunk Mr.. Schles-
singer said: "Oh, that is all nonsense. If
Maxwell murdered Preller he did it for his
money
Mr.. Schlessinger conferred with the police
in this city to see if they could assist him.
So soon as he is assured that the body is
that OF his cousin, he will make arrange
ments for burial and notify the family in
England.
To Arrest Maxwell.
ST. LOUIS, April l6.-Chief of Police Har
rigan telegraphed very full and exact de-
scription Of Maxwell to the American con-
sui at Auckland with the request that
he have him arrested Immediately on his
arrival.
Walter Arlington, head waiter in the
Southern hotel dining room has positively
identified the body at morgue as that OF
Prelier.
An application will be made to the
Judge of the Criminal Court as
soon as the inquest is concluded
for special grand jury to indict
Maxwell, so that there may be official and
legal basis for any future action in the case
in the matter of arrest, extradition, etc.
Maxwelrs Identity Settled.
The following dispatch Just received by
/ Chief OF Police Hsrrigsn settled positively
the question of identity of Maxwell. The
description tallying exactly with that OBJ
/ tanned here, and also that he is on the
steamer City of Sidney. Maxwell assumed
the names Of Brooks and Dsnguisr for pur.
poses Of eoneealment.
SAY FRAScfsco, GALA, April Is.
L. Harigan. Chief of Police;
The only ticket taken up from St. Louis
on the 9th inst. is signed BY Hugh ~
Brooks and witnessed by s. a. Hughes
sold by the St. Louis and San Francisco
railroad ticket Office, April 9Th, came on
that train. His name does not appear on
the lists or tickets, therefore he must have
come on Mr.. Brooks ticket. The
Endorsement on the ticket and nams Of
7. C. Dapguir, . signed on the hsts
| register are In the same handwriting The
description is: Height FIVE feet six inches;
age not over thirty; hair light short at the
back now, without parting in front Weight
4 Tf0 -,,s.anka a1,ur. III