The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-17
THE TRUNK TRAGEDIAN.
HE HAS ARRIVED AT ST. LOUIS.
mis- Identity AS w II. LeRnux- MaxyslI.
With Aliases, FuiIy Establi,h,s
Ham ON tho Crlme, bat He
Writes about His Trip.
hisdseds of ths Day.
blaxweips Arrival at 81. Louis


ST. LOUIS, Aug. l6.-Walter II. Len
nox-Maxwell, alias II. c. D'Aguire
alias Hugh M, Brooks, the supposed
murderer of G. Arthur Preller, at the
Southern hotel in this city on The 5th
OF April, arrived here about Z O'clock
this morning from San FranoIsco in
charge of Detective Tracy and az.
tlcsr Badger of the St. Louis police
force. A crowd from 1000 to 8, 600 mon.
women and children were at the depoI
whom the train arrived and there was
great scramble among them to got n
view at tho prisoner, but good order was
preserved. Maxwell and his custo.
dlans were met by Chief of Police Har.
rlngton, with detachment of police
ana were placed In q prtrol wagon and
driven to tho -Four Courts, where, after
y brief stop In the detectives' room al
the police headquarters, he was put i'm
the "holdoyor" und is being held there
until the service OF an ALIAS warrant.
which was sworn out last Friday bv
proper authority. Accounts by reporf
ora VINO vera NJ Halstead, Kansas, on
the TRAM with Maxwell and had access
70 nun ana TO the officers In charge OF
MN, are to the effect that
no absolutely refused 70 talk
ABOUT ms case, and positively
asserted that he has at no time or nj uce
made any stdtemant in regard 20 IL or
IN any way ACkEo wleaged that he had
anything to do with Prellor's death. or
know anything about it. He snvs all
stories to tho contrary are entirely un-
true.
Detective Tracy also says that Max.
well has made no statement. Maxwell
wrote out, while on tho train, for rs-
porter OF tho 81. Louis Republican, an
account OF his trip from 81. Louis 10
Aucklhndi his arrest there and tho re.
turn trip, but it is cOmmonplnoo
story or minor events, and contains no
Information of interest. Detectlve
tracy thinks that further develop.
ments Will show Maxwell to be r weak
man mentally, but that ha has got the
one IDEA wadged into hla mind that HIS
shelY Gopands upon his silence and
thSt no VII starll1 nobody with a sur
pTlsing OF romantic defense, Tracy
lhlnks no Killed Pf9ller for money;
Lhat the very admissions he has made
p)lnt III thAt direction; that his VOYAGE
no q st. Louis 10 Auckland was a
mOney-Spsnding debauch, and not a
well planned escape from Justice, and
that u was tho luck that falls 10 fools
aud drunkards that stood him instsed,
and not any good management OF his
own.
Maxwell was in Chief II arrington,s
once an hour or no this afternoon
and y large number OF callers were
introduced 10 him, but nothing
regarding hls case or what line OF do
tense be would pursue, was obtained
rom hlu. Charles BIGGER, thd
trunk-maker, recognized Maxwell
as the man to whom he hold the
runk. in which Prellor's body
wss found, aud porter at
the Southern hotel, recognized him
ss having beon guest OF that
houBe early iu April last. Max.
well will be turned ovor by the
polica authorities tomorrow To tho
shoriH and will DO placed in ina
county jail. What other legal
action has not yet been determined,