Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-24
MAXWELL IN sNGLAND.
People who Knew Him as Hugh Brool
NO Doubt of His Identity.

People who Knew Him as Hugh Brooks
NO Doubt of His Identity.
by telegraph
New YORK, August 29d.-The Hc5ulGs
london cable special of the 22d says Your
correspondent day paid visit 10 Man
chester and found great excitement in the
city and suburbs on the publication in its
papers of the account of the identification
of Maxwell with Brooks Of Hyde, a beauti-
f5ii suburb, of -A&aehesteE-I visited II I'd ds.z
which is a struggling Cheshire town lust
across the L ancashire border. having a
population of about 10000. HYDE lies in
a picturesque valley in the Midst Of YER
dure-cad hills, its people mainly devoted
to prosaic cotton spinning, weaving and
making hats | found the population all
agog with the news O! the day before, that
the son OF their well known townsruan, Mr..
Brooks, was identical with Maxwell the
man accused Of the horrible st. Louis muir
der. When / announced my errand, be-
came an object of interest. Yes we all
know Master Brooks, said the station
master. "It is thirty or more wears since
the nice old gentleman accepted the post of
scho0lmaster at St. Georges National
Schools here, and many is the pupil he has
had who now lives hereabouts and in big
Manchester and is doing we'll
Yes I remember Hugh Brooks. He is
the eldest son. There is younger brother
and unmarried sister. Only TO think that
Hugh should have the nerve TO pack the
dead body of his friend in a trunk and to
steal his money, ] hardly believed it when
| read the story in the Manchester ErGnt-
iRer this morning. The father looked after
Hugh's schooling when he was a boy, and
then sent him to the Manchester Grammar
School. He received the finest education.
No expense was spared to promote his well
fare After leaving school Hugh was arti-
cled to Browne Il AshwOrth, solicitors, at
Stockport-on-the-M -Mersey, not far from here
When he became q solicitor himself, year
and a half ago. Hugh opened an office here
with younger brother as clerk, but he did
not seem to take to the routine of the law
! then visited the police Office. Do you
know BroOks2" was asked of the Chief of
Police?n
"Know him? Yes. But | always
thought him useless. He pracieed here on
two or three occasions"
" Did you know his cwate friend?p
Yes. Valentine Evans is his name. He
was at st. Thomas Church. He came fro
a theological college i'll the south of Wal
He used to so tricycling to Manek
with the hunt. / think they dram
visited questionable places.
8 Was Evans fluent preacher?n
es-of other mems sermons HID
disappeared after Hugh left without sayingN
good-by. / am church warden at ST
Thomas and was good friend to him. He
made things so warm with his habits that
he could not stay. He had no influence
here whatever. Hugh's gay habits got
him over head and ears in debt. His poor
father spent Gl00 in paying his debts
Hugh was fond of dabbling in photogra-
| ply, medicine and magic lanterns. and
gave entertainments
! next saw DR.. Sidbotham, who said 81
did not know Hugh intimately, but knew
his father well. Last winter Hugh came
to borrow a pair of stereopticon lanterns
valued at so, and said his lantern was
damaged and he was going to a Sunday
school entertainment. | next heard that
Hugh had gone away. | interviewed
| many neighbors and tradesmen who have
known Hugh since he was a child. All
say he was carefully brought up, took part
IN Sunday-school work and they never no.
tlced anything wrong about him in HYDE.
but he went to Manchester verv often. He
was often seen ut church. He was en-
gagged to Mary Whattaker, a very pretty
Sunday-sehOol teacher, the daughter of a
cotton-spinner living in Hyde lane
An interview was then sought with Elder
Brooks, who owns block of small houses
in Chapel street, in one of which he lived,
Oub ile WAS dpctut iTOl1 IlYQ2. HQ2nS
young sister opened the door, followed by
Mrs. Brooks, who was neatly dressed in
black silk. She was courteous but firm in
her refusal to give information. She said
however, ." Remember, do not believe the
man Maxwell IS our SON. She cut off fur
ther discussion by closing the door, and She
could not be persuaded to return. She
looked very much broken. Returning
! down the street ! learned from several peo-
pie that copy Of the Washington Police
NelcS with portrait Of Maxwell has been
everywhere shown and always recognized
as that Of Hugh, and they are certain he
and Maxwell are one and the same man.
They also asserted that kilograms have
been passing between Brooks family and
the st. Louis police.
The officials OF the Denton Railway were
next seen One official said he knew Hugh
well, and remembered his leaving there bv
train one afternoon in January last. He
had a tricycle. and several boxes. Hugh
told him Welsh client had given him
charge of his case TO be tried in Dublin, and
he was going to Liverpool. lie had not
seen him since.
A solicitor, who refused to allow his
name TO be used, said Hugh was born ad-
Venturer ana 100 restless fas STEADY work.
lie also said if Morrison had identified the
lseudo Maxwell as Hugh Brooks, there
gould be no doubt of his identity The So
licitor added that doubtless more witnesses
yill go from here to identity him. He
hought Brooks would confess his identity.
The correspondent again called on Mr.
Preiler at the warehouse in Wood street,
Cheapside, this morning, handing him
copy of the Daily Neics containing a dis
patch from St. Louis, which stated that
Maxwell or Brooks stated tnat he had
chloroformed his travelling eofnpanion. 1t
IS said your unfortunate son and Brooks
were acquainted ? said the reporter.
" That is a mistake was the reply. u
am sure they met first on the steamer or IN
America. Taylor, who identified my sons
remains in St. Louis, and who returns for
the trial, is Of the same opinion. Taylor
was here this forenoon, but hSs left town.
have been certain that Maxwell was
Brooks for months past, bat kept quiet,
first in the interest. of justice ard second
because there were threats Of defamation
suits from Brooks relations. You see, the
disappearance OF Brooks ard the Gescrip-
ton of Maxwell, largely copied in English
papers, led 10 the probable identification
which started the inquiry Preller wears
an anxious and troubled look more pro-
nounced than when the correspondent vis-
tied him first, many weeks ago
HosHoPATHIc PIEs. The Boston Tsarcl.
Ter tells this story a year or mere ago an
auctioneer in this city had for sale lot of
homeopathic medicines All these medi-
zines were dumped into one pile and dis
posed of Ia one iot, tiIsro being various
kinds of medicines in the mass. A board
ing house keeper bought the lot. and some
days after the purchase the auctioneer
asked her What did YOU DO with that
homeopathic medicine, Mrs 2n She
replied: e l thought ! could use IT, and it
was cheap, and sol crushed it under the
roller and then flied my susar-bowls with
fit The boarders seemed to like it, espe-
cially when powdered over pies
Los Angeles has shipped East the past
season l,iD5 carloads Of oranges.