Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-03
A SENSATION.
The Prosecution In the Maxwell
Murder Case at ST. Louis.
Play an Important Card In the Introduc
ton of Evidence Gained BY Detective
Who Was Confined In Jail On
Bogus Charge of Forgery.

Who Was Confined In Jail On
Bogus Charge of Forgery.
ST. LOUIS, May 25.-The first witness
In the Maxwell trial Yesterday was
Amadee Augustus Mellier, who was a
druggist under the Southern Hotel in
March and April of last year, but who
now resides in Kansas City.
Witness identified the defendant, and
said he saw him on Easter Sunday, 1885,
about 80 or two o'clock D. m. in com.
pany with a gentleman he thought was
Preller; defendant wanted something ia
quiet his nerves; he seemed nervous and
RESTLESS; he and Preller were talking
about buying some supplies they
would need on their Journey
defendant did most of the talking; they
made some purchases, and Preller paid
for them, handing out ten dollar bill
the goods amounted to seven or eight
dollars; their purchases were sent to
room $50. Witness described Preller and
recognized photograph of him; saw the
two go to the cigar stand and get box
of cigars, for which Preller paid; that
was the last time witness saw Preller.
August E. Bengel, part proprietor oil
the shooting gallery at the corner OF
Fifth and Chestnut streets, recognize d
defendent; saw him on Easter Sunday
1855, between ten and eleven O'Clock
when he entered shooting gallery and
wanted to shoot; he didn't seem to know
much about shooting, and didn't shoot
very well; defendant said he swas a
surgeon in the Turkish army and was
accustomed to shooting on horseback,
and carried a revolver; showed a Colts
revolver which he had; he didn't
say where, but witness judged from what
he said that he stopped at the Southern
Hotel; he talked about the girls there
he asked if there were any fast women in
town; said he was Turkish Pasha with
two tails; said he could buy woman in
Turkey for four or five dollars; he struck
witness as being under the influence of
liquor; saw defendant again on Monday,
coming out OF Lightner's shoe store, about
two or three O'Clock in the afternoon:
he came again into the gallery and showed
pair of opera-glasses, for which he said
he had given fifty dollars.
Morgue Superintendent Ryan was re-
called and was asked whether the BODY
when brought to him had mustache,
He said no, it had no mustache, and said
it seemed as if the mustache had .,een
cut off with pair of scissors; as if there
was ten-days' growth of hair on the
face. Several persons from the Southern
Hotel examined the body, some of whom
recognized it and others did not.
MIR. c. A. Bishop, one of the ATTORNEYS
for the prosecution, was next put ON the
stand and identified a number of articles
found in the trunks and valises aban-
doned by defendant in the hotel; de-
scrlbed the contents of the yellow trunk
left in room 144 as filed with a heter-
ogenous mass of things resembling the
contents of boys pocket; had examined
the trunks marked &C. A. p" and de-
scribed their contents, clothing, un-
derclothing, music, samples, etc, as
alre:dy mentioned on Saturday. Refer
enc" was made to the correspondence
found in the trunks. "There were q
great many letters" said the witness,
''many addressed to relatives of Mr.. Prel-
. r, and others appeared to be copies of
letters addressed by Preller to his en-
ployer, Mr.. Dixon. There were a num-
Der OF bill-heads marked "A. H. Dixon.'"
John +. Mccullough, Il detective, fol-
lowed Mr.. Bishop on the stand. lie said
he had been Il detective for five years,
and has lived i'll the United States, be-
longing to Pinkerton's force in New York
for three years and A. L. Drummond's
United States Secret Service in New
York. He was doing United States work
for Drummond, who is his uncle. He
was last employed by Wanamaker &
Brown, proprietors of large dry goods
house in Philadelphia. He was EN-.
ployed as a detective in the store, having
charge of eighteen men.
'When did you leave Mr.. Wana-
maker?" asked Mr.. Macdonald.
81 left February 16, 1885,"
<'What did you do them"
s'I accepted a position on Furlong's
fn-cc ON the Missouri Pacific ON February
49,"
Ibid you ever see the defendant?"
eyes"
<tWhere?'
|'In the City Jail"
ssTell what you did here"
81 met Mr.. Furlong and was put on this
case in the city jail"
"How long?"
.sSince February 81 in the Jail, forty
and seven days."
allow did you go to jail2"
Son a charge of forgery under the name
of Frank Dingfelder."
ssUnder whose orders did you go to
jail?'
ssMr Furlong's and Mr.. McDonald's."
'sWhen did you meet the defendant
frSt?"
February IS, between and O'Clock
p. m"
"IIow often did you see him2"
ssAbout twice a day."
ssHow long each time?'
"About an hour each, besides having a
chance to be out every day"
"How did you get acquainted with
him2"
son the afternoon l mentioned he in
troduced himself as Maxwell, in on a
charge of murder in the first degree, and
asked about my case"
"When next?"
"Next morning"
"Did YOU have any conversation with
him?" The interest in the courtroom
grew intense at this point.
eyes"
"Any thing in PARTICULAR"
ono"
'sWhen next?':
"sunday morning, but nothing much
was said"
Now, will ask you to tell when you
hal any important conversations with the
prisoner. And to tell them up to the time
OF your release"
''About ten days after 1 went into
Jail"
About ten days after went into jail he
taxed to me about these people here ana
said they were not fly, and had tried to
break him down; said that the Chief OF
Police had taken him into his ONCE and
had given him whisky, and when he
thought he was drunk showed him a
e t,En FLOR hn W.