Richland beacon., 1885-04-25

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/ Of hoax unstable and the belief that
the corpse Is either Maxwell or Prel-
/ Ter. No one remslnhCts which one
left Tie hotel last.
Chief Detective Burl;a, after max
ing an eXaninatlon Of tie rooms at
the southern, sad. Il think the
dead man is &. A. Preller. who al
rived at the hotel on the 81 inst and
! WAS KIIIIn lY MAXWELL,
who registered on the 3lst Of March
The murder took place III Maxwell's
room, No. 14i. and the truck in
which the body WAS packed, was the
one which Maxwell brought with
him last Tuesday He brought the
second truuk found in hi. rocm at
a store on Broadway hear Walnut
street. Into this he transfeled the
articles it contained, proEaLlv in a
great hurry. He also placed the
tray of his old trunk IN this, IL give
him moro room
TO PACE THE BOOK ~,
with the intention, probably, to re-
move this trunk, which could ass
out w.thou: suspicion. There vas
danger of discovery of course at any
minute, aud he probably changed his
plans anl deua,hped to avoid discOv-
cry and went away without taking
his effects. have 10 idea what
prompted the deed | found black
stiff hat with a large break in it, a.
if struck a blow, bat 1T the same
time the body gives
| EVIDENCE OF DEATH BIZ poISONISi.
1t is certain that the men We're
intimate, aud preller spent great
deal of time in Maxwell 5 room.
/ In an examination OF the trunks
left and marked CA. L" were found
samples of furniture furnishings la
( pes,ry, rugs, etc. Also letters from
/ Preller to the firm J. H. Dixon, Brad
/ ford Yorkshire, on business mat
ters; there were also found as well
the address Of several carpet firms
here. A cardplate reading G. a.
Prellel, 81 Abchurch Lane, London,
England, WAS also found.
Prellers trunks are of a much better
quality than Maxwells being made Of
fine leather, and the personal effects
in them indicate that their owner
was a gentleman Of means and cult
urc The trunks have on them labels
of the Cunarl Steamship Company
and the Continental hotel, Philadel-
phia, where he occupied room No.
1856 Oh March 26, and he had also
been at the EosseI House. The
following
I5A DESCRIPTION
Of Maxwell, given by IA person who
saw and conyersed with him daily
while he was at the southern hotel;
He was about FIVE feet g. inches in
height, weighed something Ike 40
pounds, we'll proportioned and rather
good figure His face was of the
English type aud c,eGnlv si.aven. eyes
light blue think. At least they
were not dark III color. His hair
was light sandy color; anu wore it
cut very short behind and rather
bushy III front, without any part,
ayD B,yCtD LIKE AGIRLr.
He geLerally d! assed in Il brown
tweed suit Of clothes, Of English cut,
Newmarket overcoat and a high
Derby hat. In his manners he was
very effeminate, which he even car
ried Sc far as to walk with short,
mincins steps like Il woman.
This afternoon the body f Pre!ler
was exposed on slab i'll the exhibi-
ton room at the morgue for further
ide ntification, with the following
description by Superintendent Ryan:
The deceased was about five feet
nine inches in height, weighing
about one hundred arI seventy
pounds, black hair. eyes Of brown
color: wore white kuit drawers. No
other clothing came with the body
The deceased was about twenty-five
or twentv-three years old. The
body is very much decomposed and
has been dead ten or twelve days.
The tongue is protruding and there
are largo blisters or both legs.
There is cross cut in the flesh on
the breast. The following telegram
was found among the papers Of Prsl-
Ter is the best clue to the relations of
Prsller and Maxwell:
! "Bos,on, Mass sMarch -.
To G. A Preller. Belvdere Ho,el Corner
/ For-yih ami 18th Street
"Yes, could go direct to Aucland
from here: Will write to Philadel,
phia.