Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-15


by the finding in room of trunk con-
tanning the headless body of a man, with a
note within the trunk saying: So perish
ali traitors TO the great cause. The room
was assigned March 30th TO Walter H.
Lennox Maxwell, London, England.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
ST.. Louis, April 14th.-Maxwell is de-
scribed as d very girlish-looking, blonde !
young man, wearing dark woolly cuta-
way suit of English stuff, face clean shaver,
and wore his hair banged, not parting it at
all He was frequently seen in company
with q dark-looking gentleman, about five
feet ten inches tall. The latter wore dark
| mustache, and had dark hair. This
Preller, London, England. and was as
signed room 1S4. -Four days after |
Maxwell had registered, a telegram was re-
ceived from PreIler, asking whether Max
well was guest of the house. 1t was an
swered in the affirmative and he soon |
came on, and was assigned to room. |
! Both men occupied room 1S4 in common a |
considerable part of the time Each called |
for the key, and the clerk gave it to each in |
discriminatory, as they seemed good friends |
( and intimate acquaintance. The men were |
remarked much about, around the hotel |
| for their dudish appearance and danditied
| airs. Maxwell left the hotel week ago
Sunday night but had paid a full weeks |
board promptly, and it was supposed would |
return any day. No suspicion attached to
| his absence until a horrible smell called at
ton TO his room, and led to the opening of
the trunk. When the trunk winch con,
talned tne pody was opened, II was louhd
to contain the remains OF mlddle-aSed
man, face and breast up, and the body SO
| doubled about the hips and knees that it
| Fl led the recpptacle On the side of the |
trunk, over the head OF the corpse,
was printed III large letters, the
words, 30 PERISH all traitors TO the great
| cause, Inc trunk ana us 5hastly contents
were Immediately hurried to the -Four
courts. Inc remains, as they appeared IN
! the trunk, presented a horrble aspect The
lace ana parts OF the oodv were uncovered |
the ol!ly garment pelhg par OF drawers
reaching Just TO the Knees, which were en- |
tlrely BLACK, ana showed advanced decom- |
position. ffeliers trunks are OF much |
better quahty IMAM MaXWellS, beng made |
Oh me ieaher. Inc personal effects IN
lheln lliulcite tllat tlle owner was gentle |
man OF means ana culture. The trunks
nave on tleiii laoeiS 9l tIie Cuharu steam
SNIP company ana Lhe Oohtinental Hotel |
Phlladeiphla, where ne occupied room lo6 |
on March Zoth' -, he had also been at the
itosSlh House, toronto Following is a
description ol MaAWeI' gwen by person |
WI 81" CIV Nv, S,,+t VIZ I'm utIiE
WAS ahont < faat o. inches IN 1,io,iit
| was dpout . ieet % liicheS III night, |
| Welgheu ABOUT lfO POUNDS, with n |
! well-proport1oned and rather good fig |
ure. His face was of the ENGLISH
type, and clearly shaven; eyes light blue,
| think, or at least they were not dark in
color; hair of light sandy color. He
wore it cut very short behind, and rather
I iron hon
hanged like girls. lie was generally
dressed in brown tweed suit of English
cut, Newmarket overcoat and high Derby
hat. In his manners he was very etfimin-
| ate. lie even carried this so Tar as to walk
| with short mincing step, like a woman.
| This afternoon the body of Preller was ey-
| Dosed m, q Slab i'm tho Norgna for fiIrtha.
l'Eoo, ol- '''o - 'II NJ Suo' loi i'iiti!el
luehuicat9h' WIN the I0iioWlng deScrlp-
ton, gwen by superintendent Ryan: " De
weighing about $50 pounds black hair
! ewes of dark color; wore white knit drawers.
| ~ o+bar cIothing como wifi tho ho5,, ~ 10
liz ~ L., 20 -, p VIZ tne 10y ile
WIS doOul - vi - years VI aye, DOuy very
much decomposed; has been dead ten or
twelve days tongue protrudlng; large
| Dls'efs on poIh legs cross cut INTO the
ileSh on the breast ne IolloWlnS tele-
! gram Iouho among Ihe papers OF ffeller,
Is me peSI cue u the IeldtIols ol iFeller
ana MaA"eH'
Boston, (Mass), March 18th, 1888.
C. A PreHer, Belridcre Hoe, corner ot Fourth
atttae G'sa ftgIafes STsetS Gs; Gould go d.
EeGt 10 Achaao rIoi mere VIII "rle fhl"
w. P'''' w II IFxxov N,vwrrr
17ro,, 1o+.o.s fro,,, +bo s+,o,,,s1,;,, 900,
IN forroJ hot proIIor III fn,
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e,.c tr,,nlr Ir,os Ibn foIioy.iplr
~ I,;.t., NJ.
30 linton r1dee new ao II, Gity, March -
Won bv this note onr dear brolber Mr. q
Prellcr, of London, Eng, known TO us by several
visits he has paid to New York; Hoping you
NAY nf tui y, pIot ;, Py TINS irlendshp
MS ''i RrG, T,la " 6,vr>s
70 pa, NJ roos II r,aa1-- 1 80
street - In,iiS. Mrs GricrSon "a %aT Nm Nv,
gomery street San francisco; Mr.. A. Gals. San
| Francisco; Ed Moyse (Evangelstl, care W. /.
Lees! New Zea Van. J9hn AaglIl care of A
MasliI' NAPIER Ne" ze"l'ho'
| Among many other things in MaXwelrs |
trunks were found some prescription
blanks from Fernon's drug store, corner of
Fifth and Market streets, this city On be
| ing questioned, fernon said this afternoon
that he knew Maxwell that the latter had
been III his store Often that he saw him
last on Easter Sunday, when he called |
about 1 o'clock and got four ounces Of chic
| rotorln, About O'Clock he came in and
| got two ounces more. He seemed to be in |
a hurry, but not excited. A partly-filled |
| bottle OF chloroform was found i'll Max
wells trunk to-day. 1t has also been
| learned that on the Monday following
Easter Sunday Maxwell went to Hickman's |
| barber shop, corner OF Fifth and Chestnut
streets, and had the beard which he wore
reduced to mustache and imperial, and on
the same day he purchased snutf-colored |
SLOUGH hat, with crease crown, marked on
the INSIDE Harolo Hariahd Dun: Put
1il 'iiTsI eiil to II ~ oelleNeo ol
I%@I, tbo+ NTo,on tnt cs'se iiiosy
III liz a. any
Ii u, luz h o.n anu 1t
Nj 2Tod l1 ilU LII EN- e'I seen III te
t tact, sl.''e u'N' ~ az o'i noile oe-
i'al NJ az I hnd,, il I1 10
IT,, 49, :; LA. T, - pouS h,o geeIl |
PiaGGeu IN .i the run. tFunA by some medical
S aild Nv VIII Jews ol paying ghaslly
I'M olr 'ie uoli,ar'!il,.s put 'lilS tneory
iias nov zen aoalo,oi1eu 10y al: