The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-25

10 tnft drew on pair Vi ohe~Nos 80
FIRST that fell into my hands, and put the
body into my trunk from which had re
moved everything. put IT in the trunk
an hour after Preller's death.
LIKE IRoNs-DoN'T RECoLLEcT.
What was done beside this / have no
recollection of. Liquor and CONSERVATION
had possession of me. ] know On-y that
NV feelings were those of intense horror.
remained in my room that night, the same
room in which the remains we've, and II
would be lie for me to say that L slept
for I did not. was glad when morning
came. and what / did after leaving my
room YOU knew, for it has all been printed.
"Was a catherer found among your
medical instruments
81 don't know. / carried some OF my In
struments away in yalise and threw them
int the Pacific"
ABOUT THE BODY.
"Had you any plans about disposing
of the body?"
"None whatever. / meant TO leave 1t
there, expecting that it would be discov-
cred sooner than il was, and thinking that
a post norton would reveal the true state
of the facts, that Preller had met his death
while undergoing such an operation as l
have designated"
SLOW about Preller's money!"
az know nothing about Prellers money.
| had plenty of money of my own, or
could not have made the long trip which L
did"
Mr.. Jennings closed by stating that this
is only a SYNOPSIS of the full written state
ment in the hands of Brooks counsel,
which gives all the details of the Sunday
occurrence i'm room IA at the Southern
hotel, but the attorneys refused to give
the written statement, and by their advice
Brooks declined to say any more:
According to his own story, the cutting
off of Preller's mustache, the inscription
about TRAITORS" found in the trunk, and
all the other queer incidents connected
with the tragedy are to be attributed to
his lianor and fear crazei condition after
the fatality.
THE CASE CALLED.
Maxwell's case was called to-d,y large,
crowd being present. One man OF the
panel from which the jury is to be selected
was absent, and officers was sent In search
of him. He was found and the jury Sc
lected.
Il
ST. Louis, May l9.-H. NJ. Brooks, alias
Maxwell, on trial for the murder OF Z.
Arthur PIeller, was brought into the
criminal court this morning at lO O'Clock,
and waited patiently for Judge Van Wag-
goner to dispose of unimportan case on
the docket, and call his own. The prisoner
maintain quiet demeanor and processes
great relief at having been allowed by ms
attorneys to make true statement OF the
manner i'm which Preller came to his death
He feels confident that public opinions has
already acquitted him of Intentional crime
All of the witnesses for the state are pres
ent in body and kept under strict survell'
lance by the sheriff.
THE CLERK TEsTIFIEs
Mr.. Hunt, the present clerk of the
Southern hotel, was the first witness, ano
his examination and cross-examinatloT
consumed the greater part of the morning
He testified that he was cashier OF thu
hotel at the time Of the murder, and iden
tilted the prisoner as the man who Ii
April. 1885 registered as w. H. Dennox
Maxwell, Md. He identified photograph
as that of c. Arthur Preller, who arrived
AT the house April 80. His testimony wa
a repetition of the facts so well known, tn
history of the Englishman, Maxwells ap
parent lack of money, the disappearance
of Preller, the departure OF Brooks 10
San Francisco and the discovery OF tn
body in the trunk During the cross-ex
animation the witness admitted that b
had no means of knowing that the ma
who registered as c. Arthur Preller on
not register that name as an alias; he ha
gone to the morgue after Preller's bod
had been placed there, but could not ider
tify the body; could not state positivel
that the remains we're those OF buma
being.
ALSO THE PORTER.
VIM. Lyon, porter at the Southern hote
; identified the trunks, hat-bof, etc, foun
! In Preller's and Maxwelfs rooms as tho:
belonging to the two men. He said /
had seen them together often. Brooks al
peared TO eviDce great desire to becon
closely intimate with Preller; the two me
! seemed always on the best terms.
/, John Malone, another porter, testihe
, that the zinc trunk in which the body W;
found, was among Maxwell's baggage whe
the latter arrived at the hotel; he assiste
in carving the trunk to the Office witnes
ed its opening; he described the position
which the body was when the trunk W;
opened The finding of the paper pinne
to the lid Of the trunk, reading: So d
all traitors to the great cause.
AN ATTORNEY, TOO,
: f. Warren, of Worcester, Mass, testife
that he was acqHsinted with the prisone
J c. A. Preller he had met on board ship; h
had witnessed the introduction to each OIL
er; they seemed to become very intimat
/ but the prisoner was moi
| demonstrative in his efforts
strengthen the friendship; Maxwell gay
. il to be understood that he was aphysicial
= having graduated with honor from an En-,
| lish medical college; he also professed
: be an attorney, and stated that he ha
: been regularly admitted TO the bar. IL
prisoner had written to witness after the
| had both arrived in the United State
stating that he and Prellerr were about
engage in the cattle business in Texa