Telegram-herald., 1886-05-25
CONFESSION
A Detective Creates = SeLsa-
ton on the Witness Stand
ali3aL 8lS Ml9ls0 FIXED fIN'
fh Dm--r Arrested and piaced lato
CsH Mex 10 Brooks. Who Made
d Confess on in the rcp- ot
Getung help.

~r l..l-. Nav -l-Ihe sensational tes-
unany - ,hr day in fhe trial OF Maxwell
sos given tv j Il Mccullough. detective.
$500. -ul,r direction % Detective fuIous
District Attorney Glover and Ai. assistant.
Mcdonald tar.ei check on an eastern
l..l-e ali presented .t at tltr bank lie
s.l, arrested alu placed n iaii and as-l sued
a CELL al Joining tlat u Maxwell. lie lesfi-
urd Shat Immediately ai.er hl, incarceration
hr Introduced himself l1 Maxwell and
worked luu.eI into Obi, confidence, aud
about ten ta{s 4it-rNatd be became eu-
-a-ti iu conversation all Maxwell about
f.l .atfers cas- DURING this conversation
tle defendant told iLr witness That
tle ou points iu his case about
which he ielt uncertain and uneasy
NA- ihat concerning the money lie said
tlat i le could only prove that be- bad
plenty ul money when Freiler came tu 81.
Lul.- h- NouId have no anxiety about
speedy ac4ulttal. lne witness offered tp
aA tlat all right bul told the defendant
CHAT be- Aiust Snow all about the case Or he
could d0 nothing Maxwell then made
iree al4 tull confession oi all particulars oi
tle case beginning with his first aCQualnt-
auce with Preler how on shipbuard ne
uouted that Preiirr had in his possession
large amount of money, how they separated
iu Boston Pre.ler go ng 90 Philadelphia
and Maxwell coming 10 ri Louis. The lie
ieudant. iu this Confession. sand that on the
FRIDAY night after Preller joined hlm in
this ciJv. he told him MAXWELL that IL
would be impossible for him 20 pay the
defendants way 10 Auckland, WHITTIER they
had arranged 10 go together. This, said the
defendant 20 the witness, angered him
greatly. and he determined then 20 INK
him for uls meanuess. On the following
night hc and Preller were situng IN the
former room. when the latter cOmp.alned
oi "a severe pain in lis side Maxwell SAID.
ron, / can ia that all right l have treated
such cases before lie hen.iniected hApo-
dcrmicaliy into his friend 5 arm a sufficient
amount 0i morphine 90 render him uncon-
srious. After he bad been in that condition
Tor some time, he bound cloth completely
saturated with chlor0torm about hls vic
inns head. ant this he confessed To the
witness, ended the business. lie then
secured Preiler's money. about eight hun
ared dollars In all, besides the most OF hls
valuable personal effects and planned hls
escape. the details Of which are 50 we'll
known. After the conclusion of McCul-
.ou-h's testimony the court adjourned until
. o clock. when the cross examination was
proceeded with
After the noon recess. and in the further
examination ot the witness, he produced
two letters which he had received from the
ATTORNEYS for the defense after he hal
gotten 0It of isi. and while he was in New
81 0rk. Tie contents OF the letters, however,
were not put In evidence. Upon the cross
examination. Mr. FauniierJy, for the de-
frn-e made "a desperate attempt 90 confuse
the witness. Failing in this he brought
out bis whole family, tine story of which,
Hrr..r.fffIFk
Then he tried to offset the
effect of tine testimony Of the witness by
reference to the delecive method whicn
had been employed, bul the witness went
through the ordeal in such straight
forward manner that The effort % break
down bis testimony failed completely.
After Mr Faunfler0y tried, hi. associate. Mr.
Martin. tried bis hand on the witness, but
iu vain. aud the session closed with the
covering Maxwell for once in bis lie
awakened t0 such interest 40 the trial that
he forgot his usual afternoon amusement of
cuIcsiug the various styles OF female
beauty represented IN the audience.