Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-22
1HE ST, LOUIS MURDER TRIAL.
Testimony Showing Maxwell to Have
Been in Possession Of a Large
Bank Roll After the Murder.
uov and Where He Obtained the ChlOr.
oform Which Caused the Death
of His Victim.
Smallpox Makes ifs Appearance in
Montreal-Fear of a Spread
of the Disease.

ST. LOUIS, May 2O.-As the Maxwell cas-
rroceeds, interest IN the prisoner and hi
rohable fate increases. Several promi
mont clereymen were present at the court
tbis morning, as were also a large number
~ Ladies'. and these, together with many
other spectators packed the % to the
doors
The first witness to-day was a barber,
roued Arma. Maxwell came to his shop
between 6 and 7 O'Clock in the evening oil
Anr;, G 1855. His hair and heard were
,,arv long and he asked to have the former
trimmed and the latter shaved of. The
barber did this, and Maxwell hen asked
him if he could recognize his then, if he
had known him when his hair and beard
we're loug. Tie witness told him such a
thing would be impossible, and Maxwell
seemed pleased at this answer. The pris-
oner talked like a parrot all the time he
was in the shop; told all sorts of stories
about himself; said he was going icto the
country for a day OR two, but would re-
turn.
Samuel Hughes, ticket agent for the San
Francisco Railroad, identified the risoner
as the man to whom he had sold the ticket
which bore his W signatue and that OF
II. NJ. BROOKS.
The prisoner had made no inquiry as to
the price OF the ticket, and when he paid
for it, drew forth a large roll ofbil's of large
denominations. The defense waived a
cross-eXaminatlOn.
H.. arx~ 1-.1-.. ~~aA IL
prisoner on the third OIL fourth day OF April.
The prisoner wanted to borrow $25 on a
watch chain. Witness refused to loan him
so much. The prisoner tried to sell a bill OF
other trivial articles, saying he must have
money. After Easter Sunday. the prisoner
ca led again and purchased a flute for 50
and q set of diamonds, paying for them
q 500 bill, which he selected from a roll of
several oil the same denomination. Wit
ness noticed nothing unusual in the pris-
uner's talk.
MAxwELL's NEW TRUNK.
Frederick BIGGER, trunkmaker, testified
that the prisoner bought from him a can
vas trunk and packing case on Monday,
April S. In paying for them he exhibited d
large roll of bills, mostly OF large denom-
nations. Later in the day he returned and
bought two large trunk straps. The straps
taken from around the trunk in which
Prpller's body was found, were identified as
those sold to the prisoner. Witness was
shown the trunk boards found in the pack
ing case, and asked if they were parts OF
the tray. He said they were not, but were
pieces Of the top of another trunk. The
packing case lad no tray. The zinc trunk
IL which Preller's body was found was
brought before witness, who was asked to
tell, as an expert whether a tray had
ever belonged in it.
Mr.. Fauntleroy. counsel for the defense,
objected to expert testimony on the point,
but his objection was overruled and wit
ness answered sit was" Exception was
taken to the ruling. The point was an i'm
portant one. rs the tray md partition
we're found in the packing case.
William Frain, d Southern hotel porter,
recognized the trunks bought from BIGGER
as those he had carried to the prisoners
room on the same day they were bought.
When he entered the rooms /
THE ZINC TRUNK I
was in the middle of the floor and clothes {
were scattered about and heaped in piles. |
lie lifted one end of the zinc trunk to see If =
it was packed and thought it weighed ITO s
or $50 pounds. A heavy weightiora trunk
nithat size. Witness, at prisoners order, {
carried down the canvas covered trunk, S
leaving the others. Maxwell said be would i
be back in a day or two. S
Louis F. Duff, q hnt dealer, testified he t
had sold Maxwell a hat on Easter Monday. r
Maxwell wanted one to make him look
like a Yankee and was very nervous.
THE ~CnLoRoFoRM. c
ia. W.. Ferno. druggist, testified that II
Maxwell came into his store several times. n
About l p. IN. on Easter Sunday he came a
into the store and purchased four ounces n
of chloroform and some carbolic acid, and II
after Il little chat, he went away. About s
p. IN. he returned and asked for another
four ounces OF chloroiorm. Witness had
only about that quantity left, and gave n
hm only two ounces Defendant objected r.
to this, saying he wanted four ounces, or d
all the witness had, but he took two n
ounces, and after tearing the wet labelfrom n
the bottle, with the remark that he be- a
lga doctor, labels were unnecessary, he n
lett store in great haste. lie had pre- Il
rOusy stated he was in a great hurry, and Il
had insisted hat he should be waited on Vi
quickly. On cross-examination the wit h
ness said that when the defendant came to ~
the store the second time he said he had Il
accidentally knocked over the first bottle Il
and spilled the contents, and wanted r.,
another supply as quickly as possible. He c,
ana not appear to be excited-only in a n
hurry. Adjourned until tomorrow. s.
News From the Celestial Empire. .
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2O.-The steamer
san Pablo arrived with Hong kongdates m
10 April "a and Yokohama dates to May b,
D. News was received at Tientsin On April r
that one OF the Imperial palaces about c.
lorty miles from Peking, on the Imperial h.
route to Eastern Tonibo, had been de- IL
stroyed by fire. The palace was built in A
$500 at a cost OF over So. 900, 900. in
During April over $4,000 cases Of small in
pox occurred at Jasean. more than 5000 IL
OI which resulted iataIly II.