St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-20
THE MAXWELL TRIAL.
Testim Ony BEING Taken in the. Mo-
t0riOus Trunk Mystery Case.

IeStamOny be1nS Aaken IN the Mo-
torious Trunk Mystery Case.
ST.. LOUIS, May 19.-H. W. Brooks. alias
Maxwell, ON trial for the murder of c.
Arthur Preller, was brought into the
criminal court this morning at 10 o'clock,
and waited patiently for Judge Van Wag-
goner to dispose of unimportant cases on
the docket and call his own. The prisoner
maintains his quiet demeanor and processes
great relief at having been allowed by his
attorneys to make true statement of the
manner in which Preller came to his death,
and feels confident that public opinion has
already acquitted him of intentional crime.
All of the witnesses for the state were present
in body, and are kept under vigilant sur
veillance by the sheriff. l.. f. Hunt,
present clerk of the Southern hotel, was
the first witness, and his examination and
crOss-eXamination consumed the greater
part of the morning. He testified that he
was cashier of the hotel at the time of
the murder. He identified the prisoner as
the man who, in April, 1885, registered as
''W. III. LennoX Maxwell, NJ. D."; identified
photograph as that of G. Arthur Preller,
who arrived at the house ON April 8. His
testimony was repetition of the facts so
well known of the
N.
Maxwelrs apparent lack of money, the dis
appearance of Preller; the departure
of Brooks for San Francisco, and the
discovery of the body in the trunk,
During the cross-eXamination the witness
admitted that he had no means of knowing
that the man who registered as C. Arthur
Preller, did not register that name as an
alias; had gone to the morgue after Prel-
ler'S body had been placed there, but could
not identify it; could not even state posi-
lively that the remains were those of
human being.
Two of the hotel reporters identified the
baggage of Preller and Maxwell, including
the trunk in which the body was found
and the position of the body. e. f. War
ren of Worcester. Mass. testified that he
was acquainted with Preller and Maxwell,
having met them ON board the steamer
Cephalonia and witnessed their introduction
to each other; prisoner seemed anxious to
become intimate with deceased; prisoner
claimed to be both physician and lawyer,
and had written witness that he
and Preller were about to engage
in the cattle business in Texas,
Reneck Brown, who had charge of the bill
lard room at the Southern hotel at the
time of the murder, testified that Preller
dIu MdAWCu pldsCu pun tOSOtuCl dliuOSG
every afternoon, Preller, being ineXperi-
enced, paid for most of the games and
drinks, and in doing so exhibited money in
large amounts. Whenever Maxwell paid
for anything it was generally with small
change. Maggie Cuddy, chamber maid.
recognized the prisoner as the occupant of
room No. 144 during part Of the month
of April 1885, Prisoner was a late riser and
it was II o'clock before she could ever get
into his room to perform her duties, but on
the Monday morning after the death of
Preller the prisoner had risen very early,
for she saw him in of the corridors at about
a. m. He appeared nervous and ex-
cited.
Katie Clark, chambermaid in the South
ern hotel. positively identified the body
FOUND IN MAXwELL's TRUNK
as that of Preller. She saw Preler last on
Saturday morning. She made his bed ON
Sunday. 1t appeared to have been occu-
pied. Witness was shown part OF her
testimony given before the coroner and she
denied that she had then stated that she
had seen Preller on Monday and reiter-
ated that she had particularly noticed what
kind of man Preller was. Henry Arlington
head waiter at the Southern hotel, testified
to having seen the prisoner and the dead
man at various times, and to having talked
with them. Maxwell, said he, had been
house surgeon at the hospital at Manches-
ter, England. Witness recognized Preller's
photograph. He saw Preller on Easter
Sunday morning seated at the piano, Max
well sitting near him; did not see Preller