Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-25
TIE nlKWELL TRIAL
CLEVER Wsrk 81 = Bhrewa
Defeeaive.


81. LouIs 1lay 24.-Neshlna nsH .,
ssnezfionAi uaa developed IL the tFial
81 Mnzsel loE tha mnEdeF u PRalIeK ai
I fhe fo1Enoon session.
TIA aanga4ional testimony o. The
aflalnoo1 usa alFsn b J. y. MeCll-
iouQh, q detactiye, who. under tha ii
Ksclian 81 D<teztiEo EuEiana and Din
tFfef Attornsg Clover and bis assistant
MeDonald, forged ahaak aa tha Easi.
osn House nnd presented Is as one ol the
cleg banka. He wes Arrested and pazcet
- 5ail and ssaizned . cell adi0ininn
that of MaxwsIl He toelifsa that I'm.
heda414lg aflex his fnaAEoaEalion b.
tn1roduosd hinaslf % Maxwell. and
wnHksd himselk intu his ccnnaenep, ana
abou1 tsu days a1terwafds be became
nuaEHtd n onnYaEsaliou With Naxanl.
ahnal aha latkaFas casa. DARING thia
conversation dsfenf4nt told wines
thaa she only p9inf IN HE nsse about
4hioa be fels uuasEtain and uuaas9 uas
teat coBoefning ths moneg. He said
thas Il be ooald only prove that ha lad
plenty % mooeT when PraIIeK came %
st. Louis be w0uld haVo no enxiatg
about Z spoodE aonuittal. Witness Of.
feFed 90 AZ this eli Fieha, bua told DE-
ie1danl be masl know Ell about The
oaso o. Ne oouid 90 Rothinq. Maxwell
Rhen mads Q fuIE confession Of all the
particulars of The ease. beginning with
telling how oa HhfpboaFd ha noticed
that PFelleF had Ii his possession
large am0uue of money aud hoW thsy
separa1ed 10 B9slons Pr0ilaF going %
Philadelphia and Maxwell oooaina %
{. Louis. TIE dofendanf Cd this cen
fesaion eaid that on The Friday nlahf
affrg Pseller ioiaed him IA shsa city Be
told him lMaxwsll) thAk Il woald be im-
/ possible for him 20 pay defendants Bay
10 Auckland. whitheF they bad ARRANGED
70 30 koaetheE. Ihis. said defsndant 30
the witness. anReFed him gFsaliy and he
detsEmined then 30 Hhx himn Tor bis
neanness On the following night Be
and RfelleE weFe sitting II tue latfeEas
room when the latter complainsd u -
we're pains % his side. MAXWELL said,
o. can dx that all right, ! have
treated saoh Gases before" Hathen In
ieoled hyp1dermioAllg inio bis friends
arm salaeient quantity Of mosphins
20 render him unounssi0aA After be
had basn 10 that 81 ats for soms time be
bound oi0th eomplelely sainEatsa With
ohloFofoEm about MIA victims head. and
the, be osnlelsad 10 uitaoss, ENDED
the businsss.A
When be found that he vas dead, hs
took Of bis clothes, took hls money and
out OF bis uudershiEt aud shiFs and
look Of bis drawers. He threw the
things oat. He put him ID a trnnk
and left ths things u the room. Thia
waa about 4 oE 8 o'eiook Ia the after
aoon- he said be then stayed aEound
until Monday morning, when be wont
out and b0naht several things, the
tru nka among them. He then packed
his own tgunk and put TIE things
be had taken fkem PEellof'G body
/ ID the other trunk. He then boaghs q
ticket for San Francisco. for which be
paid elI6.
MoCull0ueh continued, saying that
/ Maxwell said be had about &100 before
be started for 8su Francisco. He spout
/ &36 here and SO on lhe journey and
| loaned 8 conldenes mar ir ean Fran
cisco $50 On q watch. Ia q house of IN
Eeputa, 30 which be went, Rirl went
/ 0ut Of the room and be did not like The
/ locks Of Il. he met her with revolver
/ when shs returned and said It's q good
/ thing yon are net q man.s &hs nakad
| why. and be said that be had Just killed
man and did not propose 10 be AZ
rested. he went 70 hosel 10 the morn
Inc. He said be wrote lstter and left
! Il as The hotel.
~Did hs sAy anything about the let
terf''
'sse said be had lots Of fun oui Of III;
that it Was the gfeatest spider Lea chase
be ever saw. and that he had wFitten ie
beoanss In looking f0F eu EnaIfshmap
they would not pick up 3 frenokman
Mccullough tesaiaed 70 tho further
eject that Maxwell told him be boaRht
. steeFaRe passage 81 SAn kraneisoo for
500 and had . pleasans trip and had
elt0 left when be reached Auckland.
fhe clothing taken from PrelleF'a body
uaa 10 q trunk Ia the oteeraae and be
eould not Ret at it or be @oald have
made aUay with ik. He esked Maxwell
what be waited and Maxwell explained
that be wanted witneas t. prove THAI
he had ! large sun oe money before be
left b Isten. Maxwell aaid that the
witness could say. 100, thst be had met
blm tn & olah room a N8anQ,s Hotel
aOd had called al bis foom. They
could state that thay were with him,
AID Shat on the day be Ieft Boston thsy
dFonpod into hnrphy's te taks q drink
and MaxWsli treated; that be bad
large roll of bills, and one Of them
saaReseed that be vas careless II
carrying his bills 90 loosely
IN hia pooket; they could
swens thai they saw $500 or $500 IN bills.
he did nos care much what. Ihe1 theu
agreed on the manner 0f making ap The
story and Of posting witness's alleged
friends how o testify. ft waa 6rzl anQ-
aessed that two Of the friends be intro
deed 10 Maxaeil's attornay and then
Be bFonRht into iail 10 zee him, but thia
Was dreppod. Maxwell said be might
gel hond and get oat u waa agreed
that they Should arrange for nesting
by fxinR certain means Of idsnatfytna
each oihsR en- q card. and Maxwell
urols ~Erank DinafeldeF vita -2sn
undsr eaoh end of the mama. The Wit
ness explained that 'saas ae&nt I've
witnesses. The card vas torn into tWo
pioeas. Maxwell taking ons and pafainG
Z ID hts drawer 10 hia cell and witness
taking the ether. Witness had q card,
on one side of Whioh Was ''Hon. John
2. Martin. attorna3 e. law, 81. Leaia
No, and ca ths othaF, ass Waahiug
ten utreslr and "YounQ's Hoteln Ths
cards weFs ahewn By he wiinegR Il
said aomsthine abaus the money that
my ffiends uere 10 swear %. and Max
wsll sad there would be no kFonble
a6out THAI e these Was Q bhgksapeF at
tne soushern Hotel who waaid sWaAgI
thai he had SEQ with him. he said be
wanted this sworn "a, as it waa aiss-
ina link. A few days AFTER I Col into
ths fAil & man waa shst-Df. Ooatos,
bsiisva. Tha priaoneF said that 10 be
had uan 70 kill be woaid nol do it
that Wey-ehleFotorm vas 20 mach
eAsiaF.n
MeCulioueh then testified that be
was released from fail on bonds and
vent % NaW Vera and Indianapelia IN
deF Mr.. Rarinna'a tnaeraatians. Ae-
euFdina tn agreement be wrote 30 MAI
vel under cover of an snvelops ad-
dreussd % yohn J. Mzrtin.
Adjourned.
sznEwD nETxCrrvH WuAK.
sr. Lcus. Nay 9A-Jahn q AsCal-
lnarh, tie witness whs oFsated q ssnsa-
ten il ths Maxwell trial today, waE ar
rseasd Al the h1aAAsfea Bank, o1 fsb
FuAFy eth, wkiia trying % pass ehsek
gas &llS0.la, uhich uas dEawn IL favor
a. John ?. MoFria aBd had the nsme
eg Dx. Santa. TrengzFsr q tha dozld