Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-15
The Words SO Perish All Traitors TO the
G.eat Cause Written Above the
Dead Mans Head.
A Story Of Two Intimate Bnglish Dudes,
One Of Whom is the Murdered Man
and the Other the Murderer
A Passport Signed by Earl Granville
Shows the Bnglisbmer Were
Of the Upper Ranks.
a MYSTERIOUS MURDER.


Sr. LouIs, April .li.-Qulte "a sen-
sation was caused nc the Southern
hotel between II and IL O'Clock to-day
by the discovery OF u horribly mu-
tilated body of . man packed in u
trunk. which was taken cut OF roona
No. 3S5. The stencil from tho Trunk
caused the discovery. The hotel reg
lister reveals the fact that on March 30
a gentleman registered as Walter II.
Lencx Maxwell. NJ d., from Lou.
don, and was assigned to the room.
On opening the trunk there was found
the head OF q man, severed from the
body, and written on n paper inside
the trunk were the words;
80 perish all traitors TO tie great
cause.n
The trunk aud contents were taken
20 the morgue.
TWO EN0LIsHMEN ABROAD,
Mr.. Max well IL described az s. very
girlish-looking blonde young man,
wearing n dark wo0lly coat, cut OF
English stuff Ifis face was Glenn
shaven, and he wore his hair In the
banged fashion, not parting 10. He
was seen frequently with dark pen-
tleman about five feet ten inches high.
The latter wore dark muetsche and
had dark hair. This gentleman regis.
tered ms q. Arthur Preller, Lon
don, Eng, and was assigned
TO room 1874. -Four dave
after Maxwell had registered, a teie-
gram Yves received from Preller aelS.
Ing whether Maxwell was a guest ut
ths house. He was answered In The
affirmative, and he soon came on aud
WAS assigned Ia the room above given.
Both men occupied the room, 10. lS4.
In common considerable part oil the
time, each Of them calling for tha kew
at times and the clerk giving II out to
each Unfortunately, as they seemed
10 be
GOOD FRIENDS AND Old ACQUAlNr.
ANCEs,
The men were much remarked about
the hotel for their dudish, dandyfll
acts. Maxwell left the hotel u week
ago Sunday night, but he Ind paid his
full weeks board promptly and II was
supposed that he would return any
day. No suspicion WAS attached 20
his absence until the horrible smell
called attention 10 the room, and led
10 the opening OF the trunk. When
the trunk containing the body was
opened In the corridor to-day, il wss
found to contain the body Of
middle-aged man, face and breast
up, and 80 doubled about
the hips and knees that it allied the
receptacle. On The side OF tho Trunk
over the head OF the corpse was printed
IN large letters the words.
80. PERISH ALL TRAITORS 10 rHE
GREAT C'AusEn
The trunk and It's CHASTITY contents
were hurried TO the four courts. The
face aud parts Of the body uncovered,
the only garment being q pair OF
drawers TeEehing to the knees, were
entirely black and showed advanced
decomposition. The head and neck
were doubled up at one end Of the
trunk and the arms were forced down
by the side and under the body. The
legs were bent ut the knees and the
thighs being nearly perpendicular
~ AZ
GREAT FORCE HAD DERK USED
In putting the body into the trunk.
The face was smooth. The hair WAS
yet black, and as far ma one could nudge
tho dead man could not have been
more than thirty years old The
body was that OF common
sized man In height and bulld.
The only Evidence OF violence IA the
body lay Ia the trunk waeA cut or
stab Ia tbs breast. The trunk was
medinm-sized, common zinc trunk,
bound with wooden stiips The most
mysterious ana sensational feature Of
the trunk was the inscription pasted
inside near the head.
cfRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
A second trunk was long standing
near the ffeight elevator. The whole
corridor OF the hotel WAS filled
with horrible stencil, which
failed u disappear when the corpsr
was taken away. II soon becsuIe
evident that the second trunk,
which was very heavy, was emitting n
fetid smell also Attempts were made
10 open II, but II wss found 10 he se-
cureiy locked II WAS aiso cIrted 10
the m0rglie, when ~ was opened anG
found 10 contain numerous articles.
IL also contained Maxweli's London
address at IA Paper Building, Tempe,
London. and an envelope Addressed
Ia hia own handwriting 10 Rev. p
q. A. Lewis. Is a curator 81 the ~
Paups, Morley Leepf, lofs
shire. Eng. He csine over on the