The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-20

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Lennox Maxwell, alias T. @. D'Anguier,
alias Hugh M. Brooks, the supposed
murderer Of G. Arthur Preller, at the
Southern hotel, in this city April 5, AZ
rived here about O'Clock this morning
from San Francisco. A crowd of from
two to three thousand men, women and
children were at the depot when the
train arrived, and there was q great
scramble among them to get a view of
the prisoner but good order was pre-
served.
Accounts by reporters who rode in
from Halstead, Kansas, on the train with
Maxwell, and who had free access 70
the officers In charge of him are to the
effect that he absolutely refused to talk
about his case and positively asserted
that he had at no time or place made any
statement in regard to il or in any way
acknowledged that he had anything to
do with Preiler's death, or knew any
thing about it. He says all stories to
the contrary are entirely untrue.
Detective Tracy thinks that further
developments will show Maxwell to be
weak man mentally, but that he has
got the one idea wedged into his mind
! that his safety depends upon his silence
| and that he will startle nobody with
| surprising or romantic defense. Tracy
thinks he killed Preller for money; that
| the very few admissions he has made
point IN that direction; that his voyage
from St. Louis to Auckland wasa money.
i spending debauch, and not well
planned escape from Justice; and that it
| was the luck that takes care of drunk
ards and fools that stood him instead
and not any good management Of his
own.
Charles Brener. the trunk-maker.
recognized Maxwell as the man to whom
he sold the trunk in which Preller'e
body was found, and q porter at the
Southern hotel recognized him as hav.
ing been guest at that house early IN
April last.
Maxwell will be turned over by the
police authorities tomorrow to the
sheriff and will be placed IN jail. VIVA;
other If any legal action will be taken
has not yet been determined.
The Maxwell ARaIr.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1S.-A letter Is pub
Iished here to-day, dated Sunny Bank
Hyde, cheshire, England. July 10. 1885
and signed Samuel N. Brooks, which
speaks of his son, Fl. N. Brooks, having
left home last January on a business
trip to Ireland, and that no word had
been received from him since. It hal
been learned, however, that he held I
curate in an adjoining parish for com
panion and that they had INDUCED il
various eXtraVagances, and that Brooks
;; name had got mixed with the st. Loui
trunk tragedy, and also got mixed ~
, with DR.. Maxwell. The letter show
great distress on the part of the write
and makes an urgent appeal for informs
ton in regard to the person concernet
/ in the murder. Part of this lette
3 was shown to Maxwell, AM
7 he recognized the signature as that o
6 his father and desired possession of tn
: letter to write his father und tell hin
= that maxwell" was innocent of thu
8 murder of Preller and that he had a pei
fectly good defense. In the course c
conversation Maxwell, or as he is no.
pretty definitely identified as Brook
: said Preller was troubled with insomnI
), and that he had prescribed chloroforn
G for him on several occasions and witt
II benefit. Preller, however, had hea
disease, he said, and he intimated he ha
b esther taken or had administered to hiI
II on this occasion an over dose with tatI
}. result This will be Brooks defenl
a when he comes to trial.
A CARD FROM MAXWELL.
Maxwell will publish a card this ate
ls noon denying in toto that he has give
to any reporter any outline or idea,
N his defense as published here this NOR
s ing, and referred to in previous di
Ia patches. He furthermore denies havln
ts acknowledged his name is Brooks, an
says that no matter what Is publis
n ed he will not talk abo'
his case or give any one any idea VIII
his defense will be. The litter prev
ously referred 10, and signed Samuel
L Brooks, is genuine, however. 1t was I
70 ceived here by John u. Vincil, hiG
AZ officer in the Masonic order. Mr.. Vino
has replied to it and is daily expecting q
u other letter from the same party. Ma,
lie well was placed In the sheriff's custoC
lie today and put in Jail.
I Ie st. Louis dispatch: An importa
l. point IN the Maxwell Preller murd
re case has just leaked out. Considerab
; speculation had been INDUCED in by Il
~ authorities concerning the mutilation
le the corpse and the manner In which
n. was dressed, The drawers which co
le cred the lower extremities were Il
s. short and did not reach within q 70
n. of the ankles. The drawers were sui
% jected to a minute examination, and {
II the inside of the waistbAnd was four
NJ the name "Hugh d. Brooks" half VIZ
ten, half printed in that peculiar haI
since SO thoroughly Unidentified as Ma
wells. The only time the name hi
N been heard of before was at the 'Fris
ID ticket Office, under which cognoml
Maxwell purchased his ticket TO 3;
10 Francisco. 1t had also been discover.
nt written on the back of Leaf
40 er match box found amol
N Maxwell's effects. The coron
IL consulted with Chief Harrigan, and
cided not to make the discovery publ
= fearing that 1t would result in the escal
+ of Maxwell, as ne might set up the d
= tense IN Auckland that the corpse mar
~ ed al. NJ. Brooks" could not be PEelle
ii Further examination of the drawe
a showed they were much too small
h Preller and had been pulled hastily {
"a the body. They were torn in sever
n places from the tension, and were of d
Iv ferent matersal from the drawers -four
~ in Preller's baggage. From this eN
IF dence the deduction is clear that Ma
in well stripped the body and then start
A to dress il in suit of his Maxwell
1r clothes. He first put the drawers @
10 but finding 1t hard work, stripped a.
20 placed the BODY IN the trunk with u
IA intention of shipping it to some poi
Al where it would be found and buried
a "Hugh II. Brooks" The rapid decor
4 position of the body alone prevented hi
a from carrying out his plan COmmuI
n cation from London, some months ag
an stated that Brooks was the real name
Maxwell. Why he should desire
dress the body in suit of his own q
derclothes, marked with hIs own nan
e. is another puzzle in this puzzling cas-
q Street Car Strikes Again.
nc MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 1S.-T
% drivers on several lines of the Memph
ID street railway struck this morning, Al
&c travel has been greatly interrupted. II
2 cause of the dissatisfaction is due to r
N ducing the pay of all the drivers vi
~ have not been in the employ of the col
or pany for a period of six months, fro
re 121< cents per hour to 10 cents. r
:. strike was general and commenced at
- O'Clock this morning. The compal
managed TO send out few cars on ca
= line, but by o'clock the strikers beg
= to intercept travel by throwing the ca
a from the track. The police were call
~ upon bnt the meagre force was unable
= give necessary protection, and 4
an stranded cars were TO be seen in