The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-16

Mnxw0lrs room. In tho examination
OF tho trlnlSsloit by Prollor and markOt
&C, A. H., were fouul samples Of furni
luro llnishings, tgpes try, rugs, oto' :
bundle Of
LETTERS FROM PR'ELLLE
10 the firm of j. II. Dix on, Bradford
yorkshire, on business, was found, az
well as tho addresses Of seN eral carpet
firms In this city. A card p'Nto, road
ing, SO, a. Pfoller, 81 Abchu rch laLei
Lon oon, England" was also 10 md.
Prellor's trunks are OF much better
quality than those OF Maxwell, being
made Of fine leather, and the p, .rt,. n Al
owner was u gentleman ol means sud
OF culture. The trunks have on them
| tho labels of the Cunard Staambo Mt
company, the Continental hotel, Phila'
| delphlu, where he occupied room No,
| 1855 on March 20, and he had also been at
the Rossln house, Toronto. The follow
| ing isa
| DESCRIPTION OF MAXWELL.
given by a person who saw and con-
vorsed with him daily while he was nt
the Southern, Ha was about 3 ioet
0ls inches in height, weight 40 pounds,
well proportioned and rather good
| figure. His face was of the English
| type and cleanly shaved; eyes a light
| blue, I think; at least they were not
sandy color. He wore 1t cut very short
behind and rather bushy In front, with
out any part aud banged, iihO girl,
liz generally dressed in brown tweed
suit, of English cut, a Newmarket over
coat and u high Derby hat. In his
manner he was very eifeminSte, which
he even carried so far as TO walk with
short, mincing steps, iine woman.
DESCRIPTION OF PRELLEE.
This afternoon tho b0uy of Prpller
was exposed on slab in the exhibition
room Mt the morgue for 9 further idenii-
tication, with the following dcscrip-
ton given by Superintendent
Ryan: "Ihe deceased was about
3 feet 8 inches IN height,
weighing about i7O pounds, black hair
eyos of brown color, wore whiia knit
drawers ana uuderclothes. The de
ceased was about ~ or . years old. The
body is,vory much decOmposod, has been
dead 10 or II days. Tongue protrudcs,
large biisieTs on both legs, There is a
cross cut in the flesh on the breast.
a CHioRoFoRM CHAPTER.
Among many other things found in
Ma1well's trunk were some prescriF.
tiOu blanks, from FOrEOw's drug store.
corner Fifth and Market streets, this
city. On being questioned
Mr.. ToruOw said this afternoon
that he knew Maxwell; that the latter
him last on Easter Sunday, when he |
called about | o'clock and got four
ounces oI chloroform. About O'Clock |
he came i'm again and got two ounces |
more. He seemed to be IN Rhurry, but |
not excited. a parLly-illed bottle OF !
chlofoIorm was found III MaXwel's |
trunk to-day.
DISCUSSING.
IL had also beon learned that on the |
Muu8av following Easter Sum
day Maxwell Vent TO HEX
mans barber shop, corner of Fifth and |
Chestnut stroots, and had q full beard, |
which he wore, reduced TO mustache !
and small imperial, and that the same |
day he purchased snuff.colored, felt |
slouch hat, with a coarse crown, and |
marked inside "Herald, Hart IL Duff" |
Putting these things together, it is be-
lieved by those who have studied the
case closely that Maxwell chloroformed |
and killed Preller on Sunday, April 5, |
and it is known that he has not been |
seen in the city since Monday, April @
Some of the detectives were, at first |
inclined to believe that the body had |
been placed in the trunk by some med !
ical student, with q view of playing "
CHASTITY Joke upon the community, but ,
this theory of the case has now been
abandoned by all. Chief of Detectives !
Burke said to reporter:
TT Is n FOUL NJ RIDER
and nothing less. The man in the trunk
was killed in the room; the marks OF
his blood are there yet. Here is a |
trunk strap with blood on 1t. The idea |
chat il could be hoax is absolutely abb |
surd. No, this was murder"
"What do You think of the packard in |
the trunk, so perish all traitors to the
gre at cause T'
"rhat may, or may not be clew. 1t
ha nj al
think that the murder was a political |
assassination, while it is murder for
money. OF course, all that can be done |
10 run Ihe criminal down Will be done |
Certainly, the man must not escape, |
Everything that can be done will be |
done 10 capture him; the public may !
depend on that.
PRONOUNCED POISONED.
The coroner made an autopsy of the |
remains this afternoon, which disclosed |
the fact that the stomach contained
tieterminod. fhe stomach has been
given 10 a chemist for analysis and an
Inquest will be held to morrow. Two
photographs of Preller were found |
among his effects, but they bear little
resemblance to the body found in the
may be accounted for, however, from
the swollen and partly decomposed con-
dition of the remains. The police
assert that there is no
positive evidence that the body
Ia that of Preller, but all
the circumstances, so far as known,
lead to the belief, and Chief of Police
Harrigan is using every means known !
to the detective service to obtain clues
to MaxwelPs whereabouts, and no
pains will be spared or efforts untried
to capture him.