The semi-weekly miner., 1885-06-17
THE pRELLER MURDER.
1onnox Maxwell Arrested and
Held at Auckland.
rrrI.TALE CLOTHES
A British Magistrate Says he Will
Hold Him Until the Ofh-
GERS Arrive.

CAV FRANCISCO. June 15.-The steamer
aCstv Of Sidney, /" from Australia, arrived
this morning with Sydney dates 20 May
21st. and Auckland, New Zealand, TO May
26th. The Auckland papers contain iuii ac-
connts of the arrest on May 5th OF Walter
H. Lennox Maxwell, alias Theodore Cecii
D. 'Anguier, charged with having murdered
Charles A. Preller in St. Louis, on April oth.
The arrest was made by United States
Counsul Gamble, who received a telegram
from the Chief of Police of st. Louis, with
instructions to that effect. Two days later
Consul Gamble received a telegram from
the United States Secretary OF State
authorizing him to make the arrest. Two
detectives boarded the steamer at I1rltirl.
The purser, in reply to their questions,
stated that there was man among tne
steerage passengers
ANSWERING MAXwELL's DESCRIPTION.
| The man was summoned on deck. Inc
| first question asked him was whether ne
| wa~ a ph ysician. He promptly denied this,
saying he was citizen OF France and an
officer in the French army. The detectives
| informed him they had a warrant for his
arrest and would have to take him into
custody. Maxwell appeared disconcerted'
| but recovered his composure while the OIL
| ficers were Handwriting him, coolly remark
| ing that the whole matter was mistake,
which would be quickly explained away.
| On May 5th he was brought into the Ponce
| Court and the charge against him read
THE CROWN SOLICITOR
| appeared for the prosecution, and Messrs
| Napier & Burton for the defense. The lat
| ter claimed that the court had no jurisdic-
| ton, and after some argument the case was
remanded to the 7th, after which it was
| again remanded to the / 11th. On that day
| the case was again brought up. Consul
| Gamble was the first witness called. He
| testified on behalf OF the prosecution as to
| the various articles found in Maxwell's s
| trunk, which, among other things, contained
| two embroidered handkerchiefs marked
&c. A. P,'' and shirt with two large spots
of bloodson the tail. In reply to ques-
| ton as to how the articles not bearing the
| initials of his name had come into his pos
session, Maxwell said they had been
GIVEN TO HIM IN SAN FRANCISCO.
by a man named Robinson. Detective
Toohy, one Of the two who arrested him on
the steamer, testified to finding the follow
ing articles III Maxwell's grip-sack: Thirty
four cuffs and two handkerchiefs all marked
&C. A. p" a memorandum book marked
"DAngieur;" q pocket medical dictionary,
in which was written "W. H. LennOx Max
well, NJ. D., F. A. R. C. ST." and a dressing
case marked "W. III. Lennox Maxwell"
! He said he bought them from the same
man (Robinson) in San Francisco, Counsel
for defense at this point in the proceedings
again contended that the Court had no
jurisdiction in the matter and asked for the
dismissal OF the case, which was then re-
manded to May 10Th, and on that day to
the 23rtl, and again on that day to the
3Oth. Judge Smith, who is hearing the
! case, says he would remand it eight days
at a time until the officers from st. Louis
arrived