The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-17

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LandGraf looked and moved ike a log.
with q half smile and a half sheer on his
face. There was no time lost in reaching
the scaffold which the condemned ascend
ed without assistance.
While HIS arms were being pinioned
Maxwell bit his lower lip and gulped sew
eral times.
There was an awful look of despair on
Naxwell's face as the cap hid it from view
and his knees showed weakness. The
nooses We're adjusted quickly. and at So
the drop fell.
LandCraf was pronounced dead in eleven
and ore-haif minutes. MaSwell's struggle
continued for fourteen minutes. when he.
too, was pronounced dead by the attending
physicians.
Landgraf was cut down at a:l2I-. Max
well at Gals. The bodies We're removed tc
the morSue Office and photographed. after
which the post norton was begun. II
was stated that the neck Of each man wa>
broken.
MAXwELL'S RIM
The crime for which Brooks. alias Maxwell
was hanged was the KILN, O.. Charles Arthur
Prell1r az the Southern Hotel. -. Louis. April
e. ls-5. Hugh Mo:tram Brooks. that is his true
name. was born in the little village OF Hyde.
near Manchester, England. his father icing
Samue! Norton Brooks. a s~choolmaster, OF good
family. Young Brooks, shaped Under the
parental discipline and quiet lie ~ Hvde. and
after twenty-three years under the d!>tasttt full
restraint, with only occasional c..up>es Of The
wider freedom he longed sor. slipped away
from home 20 t-y life il America. HIS father
objected 10 h. ver-urinC into the great new
world, and so he got his trunks away by ste 9TH
and left The parental roof - night. He made
his way 70 L.rerpool. where h. frs: met his
victim Preiler, and where ne first changed
his name 20 Maxwell - Walter Horace
Leunox Maxwell was the CANDY appeIIa-
ton he fixed on. Charles Arthur Prei-
Ter was q travelling man .or London upholster-
ep>-a man OF means. refined tastes and luxu-
rious habits. Re and Maxwell sailed together
from L;ve-pool on the steamer CephaIonia and
on the trip became fas; friends. Arriving in
this country they separated. hut continued 10
correspond. Toward the END o. Nirch. ISN.
the Hyde schuolmas,er's son arrived at the
Southern Hotel in ST. Louis. registered under
his assumed name and was assigned TO room
iii. Preiler arrived shortly afterwards and The
two meE. though they occupied separate Rooms,
were continually together az meals. PLAYING
pool n tie billiard room and lounginC about
the corridors. They agreed 10 go to Australia
together, discussed the details OF che trip and
mapped out plans Of Life together when they
should reach there.
On Sunday. April 6. they were seen together
in room ~ By a bell boy who was called .her.
by d ring. ". h Ross. a travelling salesman.
Woo occupied the next ruorl. hea-i water rln-
ming II No. Ia that afternoon and several times
heard croans. Twice that day Brooks bouyh.
chloroforu OF a druggist naCcsd Fe-non. The
SECOND time he was excited and impatient AID
said that be lad spilled that first purchased.
Tho a,syTr- C-nplS ,p~.- -, = =,r.,.
room excited and distraTrhL without his friend.
He ordered a bountiful dinner. ou. ate very lit
tie. To the head waiter ne talked wildly. told
Of being in Turkey: SAID he killed a man there
once with his revolver aud asked II one could
get OF after killing 4 man. for 900. Why"
was the reply, this is Z civilized country. They
hang D.urderers here
Next dav Brooks bought a trunk. a han!ha-
and two straps. He Went 10 Har: & DuTs and
asked for "A hat thai would make him look like
4 Yankee. saving his name was T.wfk and he
WAS n officer IN the Turkish ARM. H cot a
rnoaSe-co.ored slouch ha.. He Went 10 a barber
shop and hac his beard shaved o.. and his ap-
P~earance otherwise altered. Here L. said his
name was Maxwell and that he had taken par,
IN the Russo-Tur1:sh war.
The Saturday previous Brooks had tried TO !
raise money OF hi watch and two Woodbury.
stereop.icor lanterns. On this Monday morn
ing he had plenty CT money and after being
shaved he bought gold trimmed spectaclesf or
s.. i pair OF field glasses fcr i2J, a set o. mani
cure Instruments for 81. . diamond ring FOR 81
and a flute for 3. He also purchased an IN
limited nrst class ticket TO San Francisco for
10 |
The flight 10 san Francisco. thence 10 New
Zealand. the discovery OF Prefers body in a
trunk The pursuit. capture. return and infict.
,rsnr OF the prisoner are already We. o Il
facts.
A long trial 20 lowed. the details e.. wr..N
arr familiar TO the reader. T. e deaf q rel.
Ter was fully established. The p-i~y..rr teSr...
that his death was the result o. accident IA al
chlort { nm for disease. hut all tie
evidence was against this theory.
The jury found him guilty OF murder il the !
frs: degree, and sentence OF death vas passed
upon him.
A motion for . new trial was denied and a
appeal TO the State Supreme Court :
was made. The United States Supreme Court
then petitiOneG- also without effect. The
prisoners lawyers then began 70 work on Gov
ernor Morehouss and made strenuous efforts 20
enlist popular sympathy on behalf OF their
client. The Dingfelder episode was played for
81 7, was worth. but the impression remained
in The public mind that however scaly q piece OF
work the prosecution had been guilty o.. the
was too strong otherw ise that Brooks
had been guilty OF = das;ardly crine IN the
murder and robbery OF q fellow coUntrynaan VIC
had be:riendeG him in 4 strange Lind.
L~ASDGRAFs CRIME
Henry Landgraf suffered the death penalty
FOR = crime committed or the hight of March j,
l>S5- The victim was his sweetheart. Annie
a beautiful girl OF less Than eighteen
;sars o. aSs. Jealousy promSted the deed, !