Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-19
,o,,I n, away y 90 yalisc and threw

| Instruments away ~ the valisc and threw
them into the pscifcr
Had you any plans about dlsposinc o,
None whatever, lmeant 70 lesv. II
there, expecting that il would ho ais.
covered sooner than II was, and thinking
that pos'morscm would reveal the trne
state 81 facts, that Prefer had met his
death Mhlle undergoing such operation as
l had designated y
How about Preller's uionoyYr
II know nothing about preller's money.
had plenty Of money II my own or 1
Soul9ht nave made the long "trip which l
Mr. Jennings closes by star.
ing that this Is only synop-
sis OF the FUN written statement
In the hands Of Brooks counsel, which
give all the details OF sundays occur.
reuces In room AZ at the Southern hotel,
but the attorneys refused 10 give thn
written statement, and 10y their advice
brooks declined TO say any more. Ac-
cording TO his own story the cuttlpu on
Of Preller's mustache, the inscrlntIon
about the "traltorn found In a trunk. ana
all the queer incidents connected with the
tragedy are TO be attributed 70 his ljouor
aud fear-crazed condition after the fatal.
lty.
JURY SECURED.
ST Louis, Mo, May lS.--The antiol.
patton that the Maxwell trial would be
begun in earnest to-day attracted a large
crowd of spectators TO the criminal court
rooms this morning. Tho work OF the
morning was 10 have been the selection
OF jury from the panel OF forty-seyen
who were selected last week from these
summoned as TO their ability 20 impair
tally try the case. All but one OF the
panel OF forty-seyen were present when
the court opened, but the absence OF this
one delayed proceedings, The court is
sued writ demanding his presence. lt
was placed In the hands OF deputy, who
immediately went In search of the de.
lnquent. Az $50 O'Clock the deputy re-
turned with his man. The prosecution
and defense made challenges, the former
demanding the withdrawal OF twenty
from the total number Of forty-seyen, the
latter tltteon-thns leaving twelve, who
compose jury that VIII try the case.
The court then adjourned until 2i80 y.
m, when c. ID. Bishop for the state will
open the case.
AT the afternoon session OF the court,
Mr.. Bishop opened tho prosecution with
long statement of the case, aud what
the state expected to prove. He re.
hearsed aud recIted at length the circum-
stances and facts attending tho arrival
here Of Brooks and Preller, their so.
iourn at tho Southern hotel, Brooks
conduct while here, his sud
den departure, the absence OF Prcller,
the finding OF the body IN one Of Brooks
trunks, It's partial Identification as that OF
Prellcr, the journey OF Brooks 10 Frisco,
thence 10 Auckland, his arrest there and
return 10 this city by the officers, and in
fact gave a full history Of the events as
tney took place, claiming at the
olnso that nrQuks plteu rrsirc,
and that be did II wlllfnlly, maliciously
and premeditatedly. The deputy sheriff
then called the names VI the witnesses
for the state, numbering about ilfty, and
asked that the Witnesses for the defense
should also be called, whercupon Mr..
Fauntleroy OF the counsel for the defense
answered; owe have none.n The first
witness was then called, Merit Il. Noble,
who was,at the time OF the murders clerk
at the Southern hotel, but who now re-
sides In Texarkana. He testified to the
defendant having arrived at the hotel on
the morning OF March 81, and registered
as "W H. Lennox Maxwell, MIDI Max.
well was assigned room IA, on the second
floor g. Arthur Preller arrived at
TIE hotel April 0, and was given
room 1856. The witness recog-
nized photograph handed him as
that OF Preller, lie remembered the body
being found in the trunk taken from room
IA. He saw II twice, and while viewing
II the second time he came to the belief
that II was that Of preller, After a very
brief REORGANIZATION which elected
nothing the court adjourned until to-