The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01

reason for writing such statement, ex-
cept that he had been drinking. He was
shown 4 mar inal note In q book on
chloroforming people, made by himself
I and signed wv. II. I. NJ" Yesterday he
testified 10 writing il a year before he left
England, and when asked how he could
have signed those initials II he only
adopted the name o. Maxwell on leaving
England, he replied that he must have
written the note after ne came TO this
country. He gave drink as an excu-e for
! a number Of his actions, and his memory
was quite defective, but he preserved his
calmneSs remarkably well IN the face OF
the hard nuts that the circuit attorney
gave him 10 crack.
In reply 20 Mr.. Clover's questions Brooks
admitted that he had told Mr.. Warren,
q passeger on the CephalOnia, that his
| father and mother were dead, and that he
had expected TO inherit large pr perry,
but when the provisions OF his fathers will
had been carried out he found that he had
very little left. He confessed that this was
all false. He also admitted that the state
ment In a letter written by him TO Mr..
Preller, that he witness had found in the
Gazette that the college of Christ church
Lad bestowed upon him the degrees OF A.
NJ. and B. NJ, because he had held the de-
arees of A. B. and NJ. D. for seven years,
were wholly untrue-were lies.
The medical bouks were again brought
ont and the prisoner was Examined as to
why he wrote after his name the letters of
NJ. D., B NJ. and NJ. ID. c. s. on the fly
leaves. Witness denied that the purpose
was to deceive, and being pressed as 10 the
IL O.. -
sonal qualification.
Replying TO a question as TO why, when
in San Francisco, he had written An al
legged cipher letter TO the French minister
of war, he replied that 1t was only written
Is joke.
"Then you had joky "Trip 10 San Fran
cisco when y knew MIR. Preller was
lying dead in Ct. Louis?"
"Oh, no." replied witness, That was
caused by the champagne which i drank"
"Did you buy This champagne which
made you so humorous, with Mr.. Preller's
money"
81 Cont know"
"Where did you obtain ihis?" showing
the witness forged diploma of the Royal
College Of Surgeons, of London.
at was written by me-
"Shy did you write it?
"Simply as an exercise in penmanship to
keep myself in practice
| The witness explained the nature OF a
structure and the methods OF treating Il,
saving at the same time that he had oper-
ated Tor structure while in England. My
catheters now are al the bottom OF the Pa
cifc ocean," said witness. IL threw them
overheard on NV way to Auckland because
ws disguised with the whole affair"
Witness maintained his direct testimony
given Yesterday in regard 10 the story OF
the murder up 10 the time when
he made the second purchase Of
chloroform, but was unable 10 give
q satisfactory reason for tearing on the
label on tn, bottle in the drug store. The
remainder of the cross-examinst:on was
almost repetition OF the latter part OF
witness direct testimony, no further dam
aging admissions or contradictions teing
made.
| Towards the close of the examination
Mr.. Clover, of the prosecution, asked :
"You say you have DESTROYED or lost the
letter in which Mr.. Preller stated that ne
would pay your expenses 10 Auckland
al don't think | stated that, replied
witness. ale said he would lend me some
some money as ] was short"
"You don't know whether YOU tore the
label off the chloreform bottle or not?
mo, don't know"
"And your catheters are at the bottom
of the Pacific ocean"
"They are"
"Csn YOU state, Mr.. Brooks, why il i:
that YOU have lost all the evidence that
would prove your innocence and have only
the evidence that proves your guilt?
Il am not aware that / have"
| This conclu led the cross-eNamination.
THE BODY ExHUNED.
The Post Dispatch, in an extra edition
this morning, states that after the pub
LEGATION of Maxwell's confession las
Wedn. sday week, the body OF c. 4. Prellel
was exhumed, and the parts which Max
we'll swore In his testimony To have beer
diseased, were dissected for the purpose o
ascertaining whether or not Preller hac
suffered from structure or Ither private dis
! eases. The result OF the investigation va,
that no structure or other disordered con
dition of the parts were found. Three ply
sicians will be put on the stand to testif,
to this as rebuttal of Maxwells testimony
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/ Fishers Fast.
| ia. Fisher, who is now doing the agree