The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-28
A VERY WEAK DEFENSE.
MAXWELL'S STORY CONTINUED
BEFORE THE JURY.
Additional Evidence Developed
Against the PrlsOBer-Preller's
Body Again Examined.


case were allowed to enter the Grim.
inal Court room this morning, and a
large number OF those who did gain
admittance were ordered TO leave by
the lodge, Who ieated that the floor
would fall in under such heavy
weight.
4 Mr.. FauntleIOy, of the defense, con-
I finued the direct examination Of the
witntss. He asked the defer dant why
4 IL was that his father and mother tad
not come from their home a, Sunny
I Bank, Hyde. Chez hire, England, when
their son stood charged with such a
heinous crime.
Ths prosecution objected - this
question and they were sustained.
In continuance OF his story OF the
4 crime the with ss said IN sub tsnCe !:
. "Returning from Auckland | arrived
in ST. L1us in charge OF tbs State Is
ofiic .rs some time in August-I don't
remember the exact day-and was i'm.
msdittsly placed in all, where have
4 remsined ever sipcs. Soon after my
4 Incarceration / met this man who tee
tiled under the name Of Mccullough,
but j never made any arIangtm spts
with him az 10 the manntr ia which
my aeitn e should be conducted"
''But how about his testimony" in
! Corrupted Mr.. Faunileloy, "in which
he stated that you COMES sed TO having
/ murdered Mr.. Pre- Ter because he
4 would not furnish you with money
4 for your trip TO Auckland ?"
"llis whole statement" replied the
witness, twas an Infamous lie from
beginning 10 end. ! never faw the
letter signed Mann which he says he
wrote 10 me until il was produced in
court. | never tried to secure Ialte
witnesses nor to manuiaCturs bogus
defense. My alto neys rec aived let
Ter from tome one signed Sra'ton, in
which the writer stated that he was
willing TO swear that corpse had
been brought TO the hotel on the day
before Mr.. Pieller's dea,h, and that It
was the one found In my trunk told
my attorneys tina, all such sjhemeg
were nonsense"
Mr.. FaunllsToy showed the letter TO
the witness and asked him il he could
tell by whom II was written.
The prosecution obje1ted, and Mr.
FAuntleroy said that be de ired to
show the jury that an attempt had
been made n entrap the defendant,
and that Mccullough probably wrote
II.
The objection vas sustained.
Continuing his statement, the de
fcndant Iaid: "Mr. PIelltr was a.
fected with q disePss OF a private ma.
ture some time before The attempted |
operation, and / have no doubt that
tue structure which the op 9rsticn was
intended 10 remove resulted from IT,"
The witness was then withdrawn,
With the understsn ling that he would
be allowed 10 testify again should II
be found that sny important po,n's
hal ben omitted.
THE PROSECUTION
then took the witness and proceeded
with the Cross-examina,ion and in ra-
ply h quest ouB stat d that Ia into
duced himself as W. II. Lsnnox
Max we'll ~ Mr.. Preller on board the
soon tftr leaving Liver
pool, but that was not his name. al
assumed TIA. name Plmott immedi-
ately after leaviog Hyde. / never
told any one why eft, not even my
father and mo her, for ] wanted TO
come 10 America and | kaew they
would oppose my so ny. began
studying physiology, anatomy, chem
istry aud medicine when | WAS about
twelve years OF age and attended lee.
tfsroa AZ QUO e. Nba hnantta a ia len
don aud became proficient in thoie
branchts OF sciences, Hls) studied
privately"
"Whtn did you first inform your
parents Of your whereabouts after
leaving Hyde
The defense oil jec,ed obi, ction
overruled; exception taken.
la reply TO QUESTIONS about thu
magic lantern he s il II was not his
own, II belonged TO n Mr.. Sidebot ON,
OF Hyde. He valued il at about i45.
The Witness Unite d that he told
Mr.. Warren, a passenger on the Cepha-
lonia, that his father and mo her were
dead, and that he had expected 10 in
harit large property, but when the
provisions Of his iatber's will hsd been
carried out he found that he had very
little, He confessed that this was ell
falss. lie AGO admitted that the state
ment9 in Il letter written by him TO
Mr. PfelleT, that the witness had found
in the GO@tte that the College OF
Christ Church had bestowed upon
him the degrees Of "A. NJ. and b. a."
because he had held the degrees OF
"a. b. and M" for seven years, wee
wholly untrue-were lies.
The medical books were again |
brought out, and the prisoner was ex.
nmined as 10 why he wrote after his |
name the titles IN. d b. NJ. and NJ.
ID. Q. g." on the fly leaves.
Witness denied that his purpose was
10 deceive, and being pressed az TO the
reason, replitd that IL was for his own
personal qualification TO g. me extent |
Being questioned as 10 the time when
he wrcts the marginal notes in the !
Fads Mecum about the best method of |
administering chloToioTm, the witness
Acknowledged that he testified in his |
direcs examination that II was within
some twelve months before he came
20 this unity.
"But," said the orunsel, "this note
Is signed W. II. L. NJ, and you did
not assume that name until Just before
you left England. How could this
note, then, have been written in any
excsp. this country"
II was written in this country re-
pied the witness.
Mr.. Clover Of the prosecution
brought out prominently at this point
the fact that the witness hsd looked
at the marginal notes during the testi-
mony yet tsrdsy, and had repest 'dly
said that he had written them in Fog
land and that one at lea1t mnst have
been written in this country, as was
shown by its signature.
In reply to que, items rs to state.
mt nts in a letter written on the Mon
day after the mu der bv toe defend.
ant to Mr.. Wsrr n OF Boston, s'aline
thai be AID Prtller were 10 ng u
Texss, the witness replied that he was
at the Tins under the influence Of in
ioxieating liquor snd therefore did not
rem moer wOy he bad written such
aud eueh th,srVs aud acted in ihi, rr