Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-19
After Insurance Money.

People who read, may remember
that last April accounts were pub
lished of how two Englishmen, nam
ed respectively, c. Arthur Preller
and w. H. L. Maxwell, stopped at
the Southern Hotel, in st. Louis,
and how the trunks of Preller were
left there, after both men had left.
A few days after the strangers had
gone, smell came from the trunk, the
trunk was broken open, and horrible
to relate, there was the body of what
was believed to be Preller Inquiry
was made for Maxwell 1t was soon
learned from a certain railroad tick
ct office, that man answering his
description, had bought ticket for
California Dispatches were sent to
the Golden State" but they were
too late to catch Maxwell, lie had ta-
ken ship for Australia. A despatch
was sent to New York, and from
New York to Europe, aud from Eu-
rope to Auckland, to arrest Maxwell,
when he should arrive there. 1t was
done. He was returned to the Uni
Jed States, by way of ship to Cal
ifornia and is now in jail, in
St Louis, to answer for the
supposed murder. Maxwell has
all along, according to account, been
serene and self possessed, not acting
like a murderer. On last Thursday
he stated to newspaper reporter,
that his friend Preller had not been
murdered, but that it was Job to
get
INSURANCE MONEY.
He continued, ''Preiler and 1 were
old friends. We came to Boston
from Liverpool together on the stea-
mer Cephalonia. We were constant
companions, and made arrangements
to meet at st. Louis at the Southern
Hotel, and there to carry out scheme
which Preller had devised for getting
insurance on his life. We met ac
cording to agreement. We were IL
room IA. in the hotel, for about al
the time we spent there, but, mind
you, Preller was at the hotel only
three days. He remained in seclus
ion for the remainder Of the mystery
at the Southern Hotel, and he left
ST. Louis alive and well on the same
day that started West.
That wasn't Prellers body founC
in the trunk at the hotel. When tho
case comes up for trial 1 shall have
proof of where the body found in the
trunk was procured, who it wa;
bought OF, at what hour it was
brought to the hotel and all the de
tails of the plot. 1 can tell you now
that the corpse was brought to the
hotel in a trunk in broad daylight
and was carried up to Room III
HELPING An OLD FRIEND.
Everything was arranged to give
color to the theory OF a sudden muir.
der and hasty fight. Nothing was
omitted which l thought would add
to this misconception. My design
WAS to get clear out of the country
before the body was discovered, and
once in Australia, l thought it would
be easy to bury my identity in the
East Indies until things had been
forgotten. 1 will show you how en-
tirely l trusted Preller and how com
pletely L was his assistant in this
scheme when L tell you 1 don't know
to-day how large an insurance he
carried on his life. 1 knew it was q
big sum, and gave my help in the en-
terprise solely because he was an old
friend and associate. Where he is,
or what arrangements 1 have fo1
communicating with him, of course
it is out of the question for me to
tell, but you can rest assured of the
accuracy of these facts l have given
you and they will all be proven Oh
trial"
1t is believed by Preller's friends
that Maxwell's insurance narrative is
a fabrication and that he will fail to
produce the body OF Preller rs he
has promised to do.