The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-26
MAXWELL At AUCKLAND.

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6fst full report Of the voyage and arres,
Of T. c. D'Ausies, alias Waiter II. Len.
nox MAXWELL, The murderer Of c. Arthur
freller, at St Louis. was brought By the
steamship City Of Sydney. which arrived
from the Australian colonies early yes
terday morning. Maxwell sailed In the
City Of Sydney Tor New Zealand, and vas
arrested on board OF her before she ar.
rived at Auckland. The officers OF the
ship give the following accoun, OF Max
wells couiuct while on board and OF bis
Among the s;eersse passengers on the
City OF sydney, when she LETT The san
Francisco dock on the 18th Of April for
Australia, WAS . man slightly built, With
fair hair, closely cot, aud 4 lish, mus.
tache a imperial. lie wss apparently
about ,hlrty-tve year, old. Amid the
hustle and confusion Of sc,,in. under
way be attracted . good deal OF ailea-
ton.
NERVOUSNESS
As the ship steamed through The chan
mel ne paced nervoasly up aud down
the forward deck. s,oppin: now and
then at the rail 10 glance AZ the reirrs,-
Ing city. He appeared excited TIL the
pilo, put OF In his boat and the las,
LINK with America was broken. In hts
anxious pacing Ia aud fro, be constant
/ IV YntlaA aud sVnntal rs,arsx NHtSn
the ship had cleared the heads on either
side Of the Golden Gate and set face
TO the ocean. the sieerage passenger VINO
had alrexdve excited comment went below.
He had shipped under the name o: T. &.
D'Ausier, n IL was coon stated that
he WAS Q Colonel In the French army. In
the steerace with him were . half dozen
youn. Englishrnen, who soon struck up
Q speakiu. acquaintance with their TEL
low-passenger, who struggled with the
English language In an awkward French
fashion. Before ni:htfail he was seated
with three others At q table playing whilst,
rolling cigarettes, drinking tout and
talking broken English.
MAINTAINING His DISGUISE.
He hid behind the French disguise per-
fectly. lie at no time forgot his mask,
u utCt w ouC WhO was WuituS " S1tty
on q conversation In French. lie main
tanned his disguise among hts CON-
panions, and excited their admiration by
bis quickness to resent a .'glsh" At al In
different play OF a card or . reflection
upon his knowledge Of the game. The
gossip Of the ship q said that the
French Colonel repealed the slightest 10
situations against him with genuine mill.
tary spirit. Before reaching Honolulu
the singular passenger had overcome all
outward signs Of anxiety, a joined
lightly In all the sports OF the ship. lie
maintained his early acquired reputation
for eccentricity by appearing one morn
ing In q full suit OF knickcrbockers with
Q cartridge belt about his waist and .
revolver In his hand, which he began to
clean, remarking that IL had got rusty In
his box. Ii was observed by one on the
ship that II was singular for q Colonel in
the French army TO be travelling In the
strerase, and that IL was still more
singular that . MAJ SO young should have
reached SO high . rank in an army where
promotions are SLOW, but not = suspicion
crossed any mind on shipboard that r.
{. D'Ausier, the French Colonel In the
steerase, was anything else than he pre-
tended, or that he was being daily borne
forward 70 q disgracciui end.
TIE rURsEH's STORY. |
Purscr Comfort, OF the City Of Sydney,
who came mos, In contact with Max well.
told the following story Of the actions Of
the murderer. He said: when D'Au-
.ier came aboard I noticed him because
Of his dress, and his viilainous French
accent. He was In the stccragc, and
brought one large trunk, two hand bags
and one hat box. OF course In the = Ger.
age Dom Is At a premium, and passen.
gers are allowed Ia visit baggage only
once n week or 50. For q few days D'Au.
gier left with me $3.50 In sov-rcigns.
and they were put In ihre>afc. IL he had
any more money he didn't show IL, As he
was quite economical In his habits, only
buyin; n bottle or two Of ginger ale every
day. He talked q good deal with two
young Enclishmcn. who were feilow-paS-
In the steera.e, aud he seemed
very gcntemanly In his appearance and
manners. About the tim. We entered tho
tropics he pct on . knickcibockcr suit
with knee brecrhes and stockings, such
as bicyclers aEt.A In this country. Moth
i,g occurred after this 10 call my as;en-
ton to the man except as he drew his
the dav before we landed. He
= CUiOuSktoStvt anu HC "8uC
no complaints about the food or accom-
A few hours before We got
into Auckland I was much surprised to
zee the pilot and two police officers
the weasel. They came to my TO m {
md said III, y had Q warrant for the Or.
rest Of one D'Ausicr for . fouI murder Z
In ~. Louis. Their descrip- {
lion Of the man Tailed with the Storage !
passenger in knickerbocscrs. I old the J
officers 10 stand In the ANAL passagewsy !
BY the door Of my room, 80 that the &C.
used mar could not see them. sent
he stewards clerk TO call D'Auyier. lie 4,
anne along in . minute with . jaunty air +,
HE hands In his pockets. The two /.
officers bad warned me he Was Q :
desperate character and they evidently !.
he would opcn DIRE on them with !,
six shooter. % I diin't think they were i.
'orry to stand outside the door. Well, :
when I saw the fellow with his hands In =
liz pockets, I thought he might be going !.
o shoot, tut he only smiled g~ood-nstas- =
sdly an said, In his horrible French En- :
"was re de msitef?" said =
Your name IL D'Auzier, isn's ii!" He =
aid: ayes; da, ees my nsme." Thea ;.
aid over his bead To the officers; "This :
, your man." Then turning ID D'Augses 2
said: s.You are wanted for marder:" ae o
b. same time the officers cisppcd hand !"
uns on him. "
On Nay sth he WAS brought Into the =
oiice court. and the charges against bin :,
rad. The Crown solicitor appeared for :,
he prosecution, and Nessrs- Napier and "
'urfou for the defeuse. The 10 ter
laimed that the court hsd DO jarssdic-
and sfter ONT argument The ease
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