Richland beacon., 1885-04-25

ST. LOUIT, April IA sensation
was caused at the southern hotel.
between ii and II clock to-day, by
the discovery Of the horribly mutila:ed
body of man packed in trunk,
which WAS taken out Of the room.
The stencil from the trunk caused It's
discovery. The register reveals the
facts that on March 30th n man reg
istered as W. II. Lennox Maxwell,
III. d., London, and was assigned
the room. On opening the trunk
there was found a
HEAD SEVERED FROM TIE BODY,
and written on q paper inside the
trunk were the words; 80 perish
AL traitors to the great cause.
The trunk and contents were
taken to the morgue. Mr.. Maxwell
Is described rs very girlish looking
blonde young man, wearing dark
wool cutawey suit of English staff.
face close shaven. and he wore his
hair in bang fashion, not parting it.
He was seen in company frequently
with a dark looking gentleman five
feet eleven iuches high, dark nous
tache, and dark hair He registered
as G. A. Prelier, London, and was
assigned room four days after Max
well registered.
A telegram from, prellor, asking
whether Maxwell was a guest at the
house was answered ailirmatively and
ne soon came and was assigned 6
room, Both men occupied room 14l
il common, a considerable part OF
the time each calling for tho key at
times, and the clerk giving ii to each
Unfortunately, as they seemed to be
good friends and old acquaintances
The men were much remarked for
their dudish airs. Maxwell left the
hotel u week ago on Sunday night
but paid for a full weeks board and
it was supposed that he would re-
turn any day. No gucpicions were
attached to his absence until the
HORRIBLE SMELL
called attention to the room and led
to the opening Of the trunk. When
the trunk was opened in the hotel
Corridor to-day, it was found it con-
tanned
TUE BODY OF
middle aged man, face and breast up
and 80 doubled about the hips and
knees that it fill9d the receptacle.
On the side of the trunk, over the
corpse was printed in large letters
the words $50 perish all traitors to
a great cause" The trunk ana con-
tents were Immediately hurried to the
Four courts. The body as it appear
ell presented horrible aspect. The
face and parts of the body were un-
covered, the only garment being a
pair OF draws reaching to the knees,
which were entirely black and showed
AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION.
The head and neck were doubled
up at end G. the trunk and arms
forced down by the side and under
the BODY. The legs were bent at the
knees, the thighs being nearly per-
pendicular, rs if great force had been
used in putting it into the trunk.
The face was smoothe, the hair jet
black, and as far as Icould Judge, the
man was about 80 years of age. Yhe
body was that of a common sized
man, height and bald. The on,y
evidence of violence presented as the
body lay i'll the trunk was cut or
stab in the breast. The trunk was a
medium sized, common zinc trunk,
bound with wooden strips.
The most mysterious and sensa-
tional feature Of the trunk was the
inscription posted on the side near
the head A second trunk was left
standing near the freight elevator.
The whole corridor of the hotel was
filled with a horrible stencil, which
failed to disappear when the corpse
was taken away. it soon became
evident that the second trunk, which
was very heavy one, emitted fetld
smell and attempts were made 10
open it, but it was found securely
locked. 1t was also carted off to the
morgue. where it was opened and
found to contain humorous articles.
1t also contained Naxwell's London
address, as II paper Building Tenn
pie, London, aud an envelope adj
dressed in his hand writing to Rev.
Lewis, B, A., curater, Of st. Pauls
Marley Leeds Yokshire, England.
He came on the steamer Cephalonia
Preller has a Russian passport vized
BY the embassor in London, in 1873,
and a passport for 1888, for Spain
and Mexico. vised bv Spanish minis