Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-15
A CHASTITY FIND.
Continued from First Page.

in 1878, and a passport for 1883 for
Spain and Mexico vised by the Span
ish minister and signed by
EARL GRANVILLE,
the British foreign minister. Seven
trunks, four valises and hat-box
were left at the hotel, containing
clothing, etc, valued at hundreds OF
dollars. This is believed TO make the
theory of hoax untenable. The be-
lief Is that the corpse is either that of
Maxwell or Preller. No one remem-
bers which one Of the two men left
the hotel last.
WHAT THE DETECTIVES THINK.
Chief of Detectives Burke, after
making an examination of the rooms
at the Southern hotel, said
" think the dead man is Preller,
who arrived at the hotel on the 3rd
inst, and that he was killed by Max
well, who registered there on the 3lst
of March. The murder took place In
Maxwelps room, No. IA, and the
trunk in which the body was stored
was the one which Maxwell brought
with him from the East. On last
Tuesday he bought the second trunk
found In his room at store on
| Broadway near Walnut street. Into
this he transferred the books, cloth
Ing, papers, instruments, photo
graphic views, etc, which il con-
tanned, probably, in great hurry,
as they were in confusion. He also
placed the tray OF the old trunk in
this to give him more room in which
TO PACK THE BODY.
His intention then wes probably to
remove this trunk, which could pass
out of the hotel with the least suspic-
ion. There was danger of discovery,
of course, at any moment, and on tins
account he probably changed his
plans and decamped. To avoid
discovery he went away without TAX
ing any OF his effects. ! have no idea
what prompted the murder. found
q black stiff hat with large break in
it, as if it had been struck blow, but
at the same time the body gives evil
dence OF death from poisoning. 1t is
certain that
THE MEN WE'RE INTIMATE,
and that Preller spent great deal of
his time in Maxwell's room. In the
examination of the trunks left by Prel-
Ter ana marked G. A. p, were found
samples Of furniture finishings, tapes.
try, rugs, etc. A bundle of letters from
Preller to the firm OF J. II. Dixon,
Bradford, Yorkshire, on business mat
tiers, was found,as we'll as the addresses
OF several carpet firms in this city. A
card-plate reading &c. A. Preller, 81
Able Church Lane, London, Eng"
was also found,s
A REFINED ENGLISHMAN.
Prefers trunks are of much better
quality than those Of Maxwell, being
made OF fine leather, and the personal
effects in them indicate that their
owner was a gentlemRn of means and
of culture. The trunks have on them
the labels OF the Cunard steamship
company and the Continental hotel
of Philadelphia, where he occupied
room 1S6 on March 90, and he had also
been at the Rossin house, Toronto.
THE SUPPOSED MURDERER.
The following is q description of
Maxwell given by a person who SAW
and conversed with him daily while
he was at the Southern:
HE was about five feet nine inches
and half in height, weighed some
lao pounds, was well-proportione
and OF rather good figure. His face
was of the English type and clearly
shaved. His eyes were a light blue,
| think, AZ least, they We're not dark
in color. His hair was of light sandy
color. he wore 1t cut very short be-
hind and rather bushy in front, with
out any part and banged like girls He
generally dressed In brown tweed suit
of English cut. Newmarket over
coat and high Derby hat. In his man.
ner he was very efteminate, which he
| even carried so far as to walk with
short. mincing steps like a woman"
DESCRIPTION OF THE DEAD MAN.
This afternoon the body of Preller
was exposed on o slab in the exhibit.
ton room at the morgue for q further
Identification, with the following de-
scription given by Superintendent
Ryan:
1.-THE deceased was about five feet
nine inches in height, weighing
about one hundred and seventy
pounds. He had black hair, eyes of
brown color and wore white
knit drawers and understanding.
The deceased was about twenty-five or
twenty-three years old. The body is
very much decomposed, and has been
dead ten or twelve days. The tongue
protrudes; there are large blisters on
both legs, and there Is cross cut into
the flesh on the breast"
ONE WHO Knows MAXWELL.
Among the many other things in
Maxwells trunk were found some pre-
prescription blanks from Forman's
drug store at the corner of Fifth and
Market streets, this city. On being
questioned, Mr.. Forman said this az
ternoon that he knew Maxwell, thar
the latter had been in his store often,
that he saw shim last on Easter
sunday when he called, about /
o'clock, and got four ounces of chic.
roform. About o'clock he came in
again and got two ounces more. He
seemed to be in hurry, but not ex.
cited. A partly filed bottle of chloro
form was found in Maxwell's trunk
to-day.
aIANwELL's DISGUISE
IL has also been learned that on the
Monday following Easter SUNDAY
Maxwell went to Hickman's barber
shop, at the corner of Fifth and Chest
nut streets. and had full beard
which he wore, reduced to
mustache and small imperial