The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-21

trunk in this to give him mo room to
pack Tie body in. His iUte1tion then
was probably to IeaOve this trunk, VII oh
could pass out of the hotel with ihe lie 81
Suspicion. There wss danger o. discovery,
Of cours az any mIuie, snl on Tn S &C
count he probably changed his pl ms snd
oe' ampd. To avoid discov ~ he w.ni
away without taking any IF his efec 5
with him / h We no idea what prompted
The muri'r. fou, black ST Il hat with
large be * in il, "a il it had BEEN
HEAVY BLOW,
but at the same time the btdy gives evi
depce Of death from poi on. liz Is Ger ain
that the men were intimate AMI that Preller
spe a gres deal OF his time in MaXwelrs
Room. 10 the exau instion Of the trunks
|, # by Pieller ard marke c. A. p, were
found samples OF furniture inishing,t p S.
try, rugs &c. A bundle of le''eIs from
Prefer to the firm OF j. II. Dixon, Brad
ford, YOrbshira, On business matters, was
alse found IS well as the address, of sew
eral carpet firms 10 this city. A card plate
reading c. A. Prellsr, 81 Abschurch lane,
London, England, was also iOund."
Preller's trunks an person. ede t. indi
cate thut .ir owner was a N leman OF
t.ltdilS anu his
body of Preller was expo ,ed on a SLAB ia
ihe exhibition room In the mo'gue for fIT-
Their lden idca,ion. Deceasei WAS about
% or % We rs OH The body is re-
much decomposed; has be dead ten or
twelve days tongue PrUtruding; large bis
ters on both legs; here is a cross cut into
the Il sd on lhe breast. The following tee-
gram, found sm1ng pspsrs Of Pr lle:, is
The bes' lie 10 the relations of Preller and
Maxwell.
Boston, Mass March 10.
c. A. Preller, Belvidere hotel, Fourth avenue and
Eighteenth street.
Yes; could 60 direct TO Auckland fir m
her wall write Philadelphia tomorrow.
w. A. LENNON MAXWELL.
Sis p. m.-FIom a letter from the
steamship COMPANY. il is inferred tina,
Preller sailed f.om England for his couu-
try on the EphloRia January Il, 1885, on a
CONNIE rcial our of TN country. Among
the letters fouLd in Preller's trunk was the
following:
No 9, CLINTON PLACE, !
n. Y. CITY, Msrch u, 1855
81 have great pleasure in
introducing TO you by this
note our dear br..ther, Mr.. c. A. Prell-r, OF
London, Engl md, KIN WI to US by sever.
visits he hes paid TO New York. Hopirg
you may be mutually cited by thIs
friend hip during bis say ia your ci Y, /
am yours, RICHARD w. OWENS.
"lo Rev. DR. James II. Brooks. PIP north
Fifty-eigbth STREET, It. Lou S; Mrs Grier-
sor, So New Montgomery street, San Fran
cisco; Mr.. A. Tai, 5 n Fran isco; Ed.
MOyse evangelist care of w. L. Lees,
New Zealand; John Magill, care If A.
CampotH, Napier, New Ze iland; Dora
Olson, S42 Vsl-rc Sr'e', IAN Franci co."
Ii is now learn d that on Easier Su d.y
Make II purchased four ouuces Of chIoro-
form about che e'c.Ock i'm the afIerno n at
drug store on Fiji h street, and b iut five
o'clock he got two ounces more. He seemed
to be In hurry but not pat culsrly TX
cited. A parity tiled boIIle was found in his
trunk to-day. Ga the same dsy he went
a barber shop and had his full beard re-
due d TO the mustsche aud imperil. He
also purchased snuff 90 or soft hat. 1t
is believed by the detectives that he killed
Preller on Sunday, April 9Th. AMI it is
known hist be disapp AIRED on the next
day. Inspector Burke says, The evidence
is conclusive of foul murder. TIE plscsrd
may or may not be clew. 1t may be en- al
tempt to make US be ieve the murder w:s a
polit cal ssSasS. n Il N, while it Is a MUIR
der for money"
The coro. .er made an autopsy Of ihe re-
mairs this afternoon, which disclosed the
fact that the stomach coot ,ine1 poison,
but what particular kind has rot yet been
determined.
LATER.
New York, APP il 16.-The st. Louis
tragedy continues to he the ALSO; hing sen
sation. The intimate friends of Pre!ler |
state that his religious convictions were |
very sirgul~r. His relations did not fully |
understand them and refrained from talk |
ing with him on the subject. He belonged |
to curious denomination, community |
of distinctive ideas, very small as We; 10 |
America, but with quite a foothold In Eng |
land. Believers refer 10 one another 10 |
such terms as kindred spirit" ''desr
bTo,he'," md Ike expIess.vns. The few /
believers in this country have no regular
place of worship, and me. t III public balls
and private houses, devoting much OF their
latOr To young men.
Preller's connection with this people
IN t6e him acquainted with Richard Owens.
Nh Owens saw Preller frequelt dHr-
ing his last visit here, but never
spoke 10 him of Maxwell. Mr.. Owens
suppos d that hi friend was going ID Aus
Ialia alone. He s; id Yesterday that the
published circumstances almost forced him
TO the sorrowfui be lief that he body
found IN he trunk was I'll that was mortal
Of his ate fl lend Prell T. Fran Schell
ing, of the firm OF H. Sallinbeck & Co., is
cot sin OF Preller and has en- very inti-
mate WI h HIM. Schellipg took charge
Of Prel ers letters while be was travelling
and fcrsaldsd them TO him On request
Before he babe his cousin goodbye PIeller
spoke OF Maxwell and ssid that he had ar
ranged TO meet him in st. Louis, April 4.
PreIIer talegraphed Sche ling from ST.
Louis TO kindly direct ell mail MISTER 10
San Francisco. This is the last. that has
leen heard of him.
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