Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-08-27
THE ST. LOUIS HOTEL MUIR
DER

Testimony Said to be Mt Hand t.
Prove that Prell@r is alive,
ST. Louis, Aug. 26.-Today's de
velopments in connection with tn
Southern Hotel mystery have LEI
many to reassert that Preller is no
dead, and that the body found il
the trunk was that of some man a.
vet unknown. Maxwell has re
ceived several letters from cranks
and others. One letter, signed
Louis Daubiany, is from Orleans
The writer calls the prisoner
D'Augier, refers to an interview
had with him at the Southern Ho.
tel. and then proceeds as follows
Your stubbornness will cause you
good deal of trouble before you
can get out of it. The only thing
that remains for you to do at present
is to tell the truth to your attorney
and to prove by Mr.. - that you
procured the body and that Mr..
Preller is alive, or at least that he
was alive at the time your subject
was discovered in your trunk. Have
arrested at once the man who pro-
cured you the body, for it is posi-
BILE that he may disappear at the
time you need him as a witness. [
cannot help believing that Mr..
Preller has not been murdered, and
l believe that Harriet Ster, his mis-
tress of Boston, knows more in re-
gard to him than the police of St.
Louis. It would be an excellent
idea to have her under the surveil-
lance of detectives. l met Sir
Percy Burrell of West Greanstead,
Sussex, England, last week. He
assured me that he had seen Mr..
Preller at Spanish port in COM
pany with a lady on the 31st of
May. Sir Burrell is now at St.
Malo. You can send dispatch to
the British Consul, asking him to
get his testimony.
Maxwell tried to hide this letter,
but the authorities got it away
from him. The letter and other
testimony 20 to prove that the body
found in the Trunk is not that of
Preller, and that the prisoners
name is not Brooks. In converse
ton today, the prisoner denied
that his name is Brooks, and said
those who regarded him as Max
we'll were right. He positively de-
MED that his family name was
Brooks.
There is testimony that Preller is
alive. A well known St Louis
drummer says that a few days after
the body was found in the South
ern Hotel young man answering
the description Of Preller appeared
at Elston, Mo, organized singing
class, remained a month, and then
left without collecting his tuition
fees. Before he left he gave plug
hat to colored man. The hat bore |
the enitials &C. A. p" inside the |
,weat-cloth. Preller was some
hing of musician and vocalist.
It is believed by many that the
reason Maxwell had exhibited such
GOODNESS is that he knows that at
he right time he can prove that |
Preller is alive, and that he cannot
De tried for killing another man.
Between the United States and
British Governments there is an
Treaty containing
clause to the effect that persons ex-
:radited can only be tried for the
,ffense named in the warrant.
This clause is to prevent either
from extraditing Of
enders for criminal off ences and
hen trying them for political
.rimes. If Preller is produced at
he trial Maxwell can claim his
Then in order to be
ried for another offence, the St.
louis authorities must make a
rip to New Zealand, file new evil
Ience and get leave to begin the