The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-04-30
Did Maxwell Sail?

Some wise men advance the theory
that the murderer has cunningly gwen
the police the slip; that he undoubtedly
bought ticket tor Auckland, has his
baggage, dummies TO represent it, sent
TO the steamer, and even went formally
aboard himself; that in the confusion
and hustle incident upon the departure
OF the steamer, he quietly slipped ashore
and got out oil the city by another route,
which would take him TO another part oil
the world. II would be u very easy mat
ter for him 10 do this, and while the
police are focusing upon Honolulu and
| Auckland, he would be focusing them
by getting into u secure hiding place
10000 miles away" The wise men
aver that the fugitive evidently
used his fire at the Palace to good
advantage, and the ashes left behind
| evidence that considerable quantity of
papers had been destroyed. He might
have been destroying everything OF
| Iell-tale nature In his TRUNKS and about
| his clothing, and with all this out OF the
way, he might have gone aboard the
| Australian steamer IN pr0prid persona,
and, shielded by the confusion and the
momenIary privacy VI certain portions
| Of the vessel fifteen minutes thereafter
1 nave " dlhSd AOHh lhC koAS pAauA Win
features sufficiently altered TO deceive
nybodY who might not be es-
peciAlly and closely watching MIN
and his movements. An intent 10
| play such trick as tins upon any one
/ who might be upon his track, ar who in
the near future might attempt to ;rail
hIIn, would account for his seeming lack
| oil money and consequent purchase Ol a
/ cheap passage ticket II he did not in
| tend to go on the steamer 1t would be
useless TO throw away money for a cabin
| passage when storage ticket would
| answer the same purpose.
On Saturday afternoon last Custom
| House officer j. Klopenstein, stationed
| at Pacific street wharf, was accosted by
| q young man who inquired of hin where
the Australian steamship compsnY's Of
| flee was and II he could AT 50 late an hour
| buy q ticket for the steamer sailing on
the following day, Sunday. The wharf
| niger Joined IN the conversation, when
the young man stated that he had arrived
the previous day and was a stranger IN
the city. On the whardnger remarking
that he was making u short stay, he re-
| Piled that he haG just received some very
bad news. While further consulting a
shipping lIst, the young man turned his
back, and when he again faced the OFF,
cials, 1t was noticed he was crying silent
ly, the tears rolling down lis checks.
The young man left the office tor q
few minutes and walked 70
the steamer Wilmington, lying al
the wharf, and closely examined
her. He then returned to the wharfingel
office and was again given full directions
as 10 the location OF the steamships Of
fee, and also the dock she would sal
from. All this occurred about O'Clock
| IN th,a af;arnOOn The fOllnEi m o. dRscrtn
ton Is given OF the man by both the Gus
tom house officer and wharinger, the
circumstance of his crying drawing
their attention to him: Height Gbou
five feet seven inches, weight about IA
pounds, age some % years, though as b,
was clearly shaver he would probably
look younger than he really was. h
was exceedingly good looking, pale face
rather longish, but not thin, blue eyes
dark blonde barr. He was dresse,
in suit of English tweed
the trousers being lltti
creased, as if Just taken out OF q trunk
soft black hat completed his attire. H
had no jewelLy, or at least none was no
ticed, neither had he an oVercoat or can,
His shoes were of the long pointed Enl
hsh make. His accent was stronyl
English, rather drawing and effeminat
His stay on the wharf was probabl
some fifteen minutes, and he appeared
be in q hurry and restless. The official
lie did not concern themselves furthl
a about the matter till the description
w. W. Lennox Maxwell, the man wan
ed for the St. LOUIS murder, was pu
"a lished in the papers, when the startlir
at resemblance of their Saturday visitor
ty Maxwell makes them positive that it vi
to he who was on the wharf and question:
ed them about the Australian steamer.