The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27

found In the packing case and asked If they were
parts of the tray. He said mo, but we're pieces
| The zinc trunk, in which Preller's body was
| found, was brought before witness, who was asked
TO tell as an expert whether the tray had ever be-
| longed in IL.
Mr. Fauntleroy, counsel for defense, objected to
expert testimony on this point, but his objection
was overruled and witness replied in the afirma
| tive. Exception was taken 10 the ruling The
point was an important one, az the tray and parti
| ton we've found in the packing case.
| VIM. Trains, Southern Hotel porter, recognized
| the trunks as bought from BIGGER those he had
| carried 10 the prisoners room On the same day,
when he entered the room, the zinc trunk was In
the middle Of the floor and the clothes scattered
about and heaped in Diles lie lifted the end OF the
trunk to see If il was packed thought 1t weighed
! 10 or IS pOunds-a heavy weight for trunk OF
that size. The occupant of the room (prisOner) or
deIed him TO take down the canyass-coveTed trunk.
| Witness asked him If he was going TO take the
other trunks. The defendant answered no, he was
| going to be back in day or two Witness carried
| Il down to the Office, where Maxwell ordered him
| to place 1t on an omnibus which was going to the
| Vandalia depot. Maxwell got into the bus and was
driven away. 1t was the last time witness saw
| defendant.
Fred Castle, who had charge Of the cigar stand
at the Southern hotel, during the stay Of Brooks
and Preler, recognized the defendant and
| Prelers photograph. On Easter Sunday both
we're on hand. Preller bought box of cigars,
and ordered them sent to Maxwells room. Wit
ness noticed that PTeler had plenty of money.
Brooks bought some cigars of him, and said his
friend had gone into the country
Lewis Duffy, dealer in hats recognized defend
ant as the purchaser of particular kind OF hat,
which he said he wanted, for 1t would make aim
look like yankee. Defendant was very nervous
at the time.
Charles Belger, proprietor of the trunk store,
described how he had been called to the Southern
hotel the day the body was found. lie had opened
the trunk containing the body, and what the appear
ance and condition of the latter was, and how 1t
lay In the trunk.
Isaac Fernew, owner of the drug store, at the
corner of Fifth and Market streets, one block from
the Southern hotel, recognized the defendent as
DR.. Maxwell. Saw him in his store several times
prior to and also on Easter Sunday. He said he
was a doctor and thought of locating in st. Louis
and asked witness where he would advise him to
settle. lie said he expected friend from Canada
in day or two, before Sunday lie called and
said his friend had arrived. Witness gave him
some prescription blanks and treated him like a
doctor. About p. IN Easter Sunday he came into
the store and purchased four ounces of chlorofCrm
and some CarbOc acid, and after little chat went
away. Here witness described the qualities of
carbolic acid as a preseryer and disinfectant.
Witness saw the defendant again about p. m,
when he returned to the store and asked Tor an
other four ounce bottle of chorofOrm. Witness
had only about that quantity left and gave him
only two ounces. Defendant objected, saying he
wanted four ounces, or all the witness had, but he
took the two ounces, and after tearing wet label
from the bottle, with the remark that he being a
doctor labels were not necessary, left the stand in
great haste. He had previously stated he was in
great hurry, and had insisted he should be waited
on quickly. Witness then examined and named the
contents of several bottles found among Maxwell's
effects Among them were morphine in two or
three forms, laudanum, ergot, hydrate of chloral,
bromide of Dotassa, hyosciamus, atropia, Spanish
fly, phosphorus and some other simple drugs.
On cross examination witness stated when de
PENDANT came to the store the second time he said
he had accidentally knocked his first bottle of
ChlOrOfOrm spilled the contents and wanted an
ot hpr "a ua nOaaihlp "a
appear to be eXcited-only in great hurry.
Adjourned till tomorrow.
ST. LOUIS, May 2l.--The first witness in the Max
well case to-day was j. A. Frazier, of Toronto,
Canada, for many years photographer, but now
portrait painter and sculptor. Mr.. Frazier was
placed on the stand and testified that he had met
Preler year ago last February. He described
Preller as he knew him then, and exhibited a por-
trait of him which had been painted by witness
II had been pronounced an excellent likeness.
lie WAS shown by Mr.. Mcdonald, of the prosecu
ton, during the latters visit to Toronto, post
mOrtem photograph of Prellel's body, and had
made the portrait from it. Witness described his
visit tn st. Louis after the murder had visited the
cemetery and had seen the casket in which Z. body
had been placed eXhumed, and had recognized the
body without doubt az that of c. Arthur Preller.
He recognized the corpse by the face and pecu
liar scar over the left eyebrow.
Characterization failed TO confuse the witness,
and ~ he stepped down from the stand II was evil
dent that the jurors and spectators alike enter
tanned no doubts as to the identity of the body
found in the trunk
ST. LeUIs, May 2l.-Detective Tracey, who traced
Maxwell to San Francisco, and brought him back
To this city from Auckland, New Zealand
produced in court several articles of clothing
marked &c. A. p and a shirt covered with blood
and badly torn and cut, supposed to be that which
Maxwell removed Fl ON Preller's body Immediately
after the murder, Also gold watch and revolver,
which Maxwell told him he had purchased from a
man in San Francisco named Robinson. The wit,
ness described the incidents of the return passage,
and repeated conversations which he had with the
prisoner. During one of the latter he asked Max
well how much money he had just previous to his
departure from st. Louis for San Francisco, and
he replied: "Abut $leOo,' but had spent a great
deal of 1t on the trip and in San Francisco When
asked what had become of the remainder, he re-
ferred him to his lawyers. In regard to MaXwells
acquaintance with Preller the former told witness
that he had met him lPreller) in Liverpool, and
had seen him last in Boston The remainder of
the testimony of witness developed nothing new.
ST. LOUIS, May 22.-The prosecution in the
Maxwell case are nearing the end of their LETS of
Witnesses the evidence of whom they think will
convict the defendant of murder in the first degree
and II Is probable that they will close their side of
the case tO-day j. f. Ryan, superintendent of the
morgue to which Prellers dead body was taken,
the fret witness. lie described the trunk, and
the exact position of the body in it when he saw it.
The body was very badly swollen, and almost black
from decomposition. The only clothing on it was
q pair of drawers, marked NV. II. Brooks
There were superficial cuts skin deep on the body
anu DIeusl, anu On lne lnSlue OF tle trunk nu q
piece of paper was pinned bearing the words,
$50 perish all traitors to the great cause
Witness had the liver and lungs removed from
the body and taken to u chemist, who examined
them. He had also had the body embalmed which
reduced the swelling and discolOring.
Cross examination developed the fact that the
witness, when the body had first been brought to
the mOrgue, nad IL marked "white man, to dis
tnguish 1t from the surrounding corpses of ne
groes.
Several other witnesses were examined this
morning, but gave no new testimony.
In the afternoon DIR. Luedeking testified, that he
had chemically examined the lungs and viscera,
which were brought to him from the morgue, and
which were said to be those of Preler. lie had
found in them the presence of chloroform. Wit
ness described the the process of the test for chic
reform, and stated he had experimental on various
animals by killing them with the drug, and upon
examining their lungs, he found their condition
to be almost precisely similar to those submitted to
him by the superintendent sf the morgue
Mr.. WiXehahu, an expert, testified that the
letters from the prisoner to reller and Mr.. Warren
of Worcester, Mass and the words upon the slip
OF paper found on the lid of the trunk reading:
$50 perish all traitors to the great cause" were
written by the same hand.
WASHINGTON NOTES.