Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-14
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
MORE ABOUT CLEYELAND'S GIN
CINNATI LETTER.
Great Strike Ended - The Death
Penalty-Races in the East
The New York Storm.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES To THE EreosD-us1oS.l
MaXMelrs LING of Defense.

MaxwelPs Line of Defense.
PHILADELPHIA, August 13th-The Press
San Francisco special claims to receive ex-
elusive information from Maxwell concern
ing his line of defense, and says it may be
relied upon as an accurate statement from
MaNweiIs lips last Tuesday evening:
" When | told him who | was, his manner
changed at once. He said You can't |
blame me for lying to these people Here |
Is q crowd OF reporters, some of whom are |
trying to wheedle, others 10 bully my secret |
from me. Then come detectives and say !
shis thing and that has been discovered and |
they have all this circumstantial evidence |
against me. Knowing every fact III the !
case as do, | know they are lying. and are |
on an entirely wrong scent. So | simply |
puzzle them more or stutf them with new !
inventions. All ! can give You is an out |
line of the facts, and that is more than any |
| one else has got out of me. They brought !
me here tonight General Clunie, a lawyer |
of this city, who offered to get out habeas |
corpus papers for me tomorrow, and was |
eager to 90 on to st. Louis as my counsel. |
He may be square, but it would not do to |
trust a stranger with my secrets. No, l |
prefer to wait till | get to St. Louis |
| before engage counsel. Here is the gist
of the st. Louis mystery, which has puzzled
the country for four months Preller and
! Were old friends. We came to Boston
| from Liverpool on the steamer Celpha-
! lonla. We were constant companions and
| made arrangements to meet at ST. Louis at
| the Southern Hotel, there to carry out the
scheme which Preller had devised for get
| ting an insurance on his life. We met
according TO the agreement. We were in
room l44 in the hotel for about all the
| time we spent at the hotel. But mind you,
Preller was at the hotel only three days |
He remained in seclusion Tor the remain
! der OF the mystery at the Southern Hotel |
| He left st. Louis alive and well the same
! day | started west. That wasn't Preller's !
| body found in the trunk at the hotel.
| When the case comes up for trial | shall
| have proof of where the body found in the
! trunk was procured, whom it was bought |
OF, at what hour it was brought to the
| hotel, and all the details of the plot | |
| can tell You how the corpse was brought to
the hotel in trunk in broad daylight |
Everything was arranged to give color to
| the theory of sudden murder and hasty
| flight. My design was to let Preller out of
| the country before the body was discov-
cred, and once in Australia thought it
would be easy to bury my identity iii the
! East Indies until things had been forgotten
! Where Preller now is, or what arrange
| ments | have for communicating with
him, OF course is out of the question for
me to tell. You can rest assured on the
accuracy of the facts | have given YOU.
| They VIII be proven on trial "
The American Turf
| New YORK, August 13th.-It was ex-
| pected by Californians here that Haggin's
| colt Tyrant would be started in the rich
Omnibus stakes, which are to be run at
Monmouth to-day. Such was the original
intention of the owner, but it is now
learned that the horse is being held back
! for richer prize. If Tyrant started to-day
he would have had to run one mile and a |
half, besides carrying 125 pounds. Next
tuesday, however, special sweepstakes
have been arranged by owners of Miss
WoodfOrd, Pontiac and Freeland each
putting in $1,000 and the Association
adding $1,000, to decide the respective
merits of the three cracks named. Tyrant
Will be entered for this race, distance one
mile and a quarter. As he will carry only
10Y pounds, it is thought his char ces are
good for winning. The race will be a re-
narkable one, not only because of the fast
horses entered, but on account of four of
the best jockeys in the country being
brought tosether-Ike Murphy, McLaugh- |
lin, Duffy and Onley.
MONMOUTH PARK RACES.
MONMOUTH PARK, August 13th.-There
was rather small attendance to-day, but
SOOu IeiIiIlS. Int event OF the QdY
was the Omnibus stakes for 3-vear-olds. |
Great interest centered on the chestnut
lilly Wanda, but she was out of condition.
and Richmond won the heavy purse The
seven furlongs race Elmendorf won, Cara
mel second, Miss Goodrich third. Time,
| 100. The three-quarters of a mile race
| for 2-year-Olds Edgefeld won, Dry Mon
opole second, Shamrock third. Time, I:2l4. |
The Omnibus stakes, mile and a half for
.s-X-por-ClTc Pi9,,,,,,,l
| ond. TecumSeh third. Time, 250l. The |
| mile and quarter race Barnum won, ToIu
| second, Abba third. Time, 2:1Sl. The
mile race for 3-year-olds and upward Pc
| tersburg won, Windsail second. Error
third. Time, 1:51. The steepe chase, over
the short course, Puritan won Pawnee
| second, Wellington third. Time, 3:21.
SARATOGA RACES POSTPONED.
SARATOGA, August 13th.-The races have
been postponed until tomorrow
WILKES DEFEATS PIALLAs.
PHILADELPHIA, August 13th.-In the trot- |
ting race to-day between Phallas and Harry
Wilkes, the first heat was won by Wilkes |
in 2:16. The second heat was won bv
Wilkes in 2:20. Phallas won the third heat
Ill 2:2l@. Wilkes won the fourth heat and
| race in 2:1S3.
DETAILS OF THE PHALLAs-wILKEs RACE.
PHILADELPHIA, August 18th. - About
5000 people visited Belmont Park to-day.
to witness the match trotting race between
}. |. Cases brown stallion Phallas and w.
c. Francis bay gelding Harry Wilkes for
special purse OF $4,000, of which 81 900
went to second horse, best three in five. |
Phallas was driven by Bithers, while Frank
Van Ness held the reins over Wilkes. The |
track was in perfect order, and betting
brisk, Phallas ruling 4 big favorite
before the start by 500 to $2S, and the |
| same odds on the stallion were forthcom-
ing in any amount even after the first heat
had fallen to Wilkes. The race was event |
| ually won by Wilkes, who took the first, |
second and fourth heats, the details of
which are as follows First heat-After
| three false scores. in winch Wilkes broke
just before reaching the wire, fair start
was effected, Wilkes securing half length
the lead before the quarter was reached. ,
| and holding it all the way round to the
head of the stretch, where Phallas left his
| feet. and the gelding won by two open
| lengths in 2:16. Second heat-The word |
go was given at the second trial, and
| Wilkes broke badly before he was a dozen
yards past the wire, Phallas having six
lengths the best of it at the quarter,
aud almost as much at the half |
| AS the pair approached the three-quarter
| post Wilkes went up with surprising ease.
| Fhallas coming back as If anchored. and on
| the turn into the stretch the gelding went
| by him like a streak, holding his lead to
| the wire, where he was two lengths TO the
good in 2:20. Third heat-Wikes having
won the preceding heat with such apparent
ease the betting was completely changed, |
and after few pools had been sold 500 to
$50 in his favor, the odds increased as high |
as Sl15 to $50. They were sent away at the |
second trial, Wilkes breaking so badly in
J the first 100 yards that he lost all chance,
and was distance behind at the half mile. |
AT the three-quarters Phallas made mo-
mentary break, and Wilkes shut up a frac
ton OF the gap; but although he trotted
very strong and steady IN the Stretch. Phal- |
las got the verdict by dozen lengths. amid
| loud cheering. Time, 2:214. Fourth heat
Pools now averaged $45 to $40 in favor of
| Wilkes, and the layers of odds were re- |
warded by seeing their choice win handilv
| by ten lengths, after being apparently
beaten at the half mile. Phallas broke |
badly just before reaching the three-quar-
tiers, and Wilkes going up passed him on !
the turn into the stretch. Bithers, seeing |
that Phallas was beaten, pulled him I'D in |
the last 100 yards. Time, 2IS9