The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-24
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said that the daughter is now the wife
Of a soldier stationed at Fort Douglas
A spy at Goldfield.
Three years ago Maxwell went to Cold
field at the time Of the labor troubles
where ne acted as spy against the MIN
ers' union by gaining admission 10 theit
meetings as q member and making regu-
lar reports to the mine operators. He
was implicated in the murder Of Joseph
smith a restaurant keeper in GOldueld,
and appeared as an important witness
in the prosecution. Shortly after that ne
returned to Utah and located at Helper,
Carbon county. where he worked osten-
sibIy as a gambler, making occasional
mysterious trips to the hills that were
followed by shipments of horses from
the range.
He succeeded in terrorizing practically
all of the inhabitants of Helper and Price,
with the exception Of Sheriff Thomas
Keller and his faVOrite pastime Tor
few months was shooting up the town
of Helper. In July, 1901, he attacked l..
C. Reidel. n railroad fireman. in a sa
Icon at Helper and before the revolver
duel was over both Maxwell and Reldel
had been shot through the chest Both
men were seriously wounded and it was
thought that Maxwell would lose the use
of his arm, but his recovery was COM
plete
There was farcical preliminary hear
Ing at which Maxwell was discharged
bonds, and Maxwell was given To- under
stand that De was not longer wanted in
Carbon county Then he driftsd to Cali
fornia. where, at San Francisco I'm April.
1893. be entered his second matrimonial
venture. marrying Mrs Bessie Hume,
widow of one Of the wealthy mining men
of the coast.
Robs His Wife.
In San Francisco Maxwell became as
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Boecke. q fugitive from justice in New
York. Burke won the affections of Mrs
Dodge the divorced wife of the assessor
Of the city and county of San Francisco,
and they were engaged to be married.
Through Mrs Dodge. Maxwell procured
am introduction to Mrs. Hume and after
an acquaintance of only a few days they
We're married. Maxwell at that time took
oath that his name was G.. ". Seaman
They started east for their honeymoon,
Stopuing at Reno. New. where they were
Joined by L. r. Burke. and then more
than $4,000 worth of jeWelry, heirlooms
Of Mrs. Bessie Hume Seaman MAXWELL,
disaDDeared Nearly all of the jewels
were recovered later in pawnshops, where
they were left at the time Maxwell went
back to catch the rUbber Nh ana Mrs
Maxwell or Seaman then continued their
interrupted honeymoon trip. coming to
Salt Lake. where Maxwell. under the
name of ". H. Seaman, engaged a suite
OF rooms at the Wilson hotel
Maxwell culivened his visit to Salt
Lake bv disDlayin an array Of diamonds
which he carried fastened 10 the lining
OF his waistcOat and on one occasion ne
drew a revolver IN the barroom of the
local hotel and threatened to shoot every
one fan the place. While In Salt Lake
Mrs. Naxwetrs Jewels again disappeared
after they had been placed in safety
deposit box with O local trust company.
on March o. 1908 Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell
left the Wilson hotel without paying their
bills. and trunks were held for security
until more than two months later when
Maxwell returned from the coast and set
tied with the hotel
The second disappearance Of her jew
els aroused the suspicious of Mrs. Max
well ard she sought the advice of an at
tornev in San Francisco. During this
time Maxwell deserted Eer and went To
Nevada. where he was arrested for rob
hing a stage at Searchlight when $4,000
was taken from the Wells-Farg0 strong
box. He was arraigned at Goidfield for
this robbery. but the state, assisted by
the Welis-Farg0 detective force, was I'M
able to procure a conviction.
Perjury and 5igamy.
The attorneys engaged Dy Mrs. Maxwell
sought to prove that no had committed
perjury IN swearing thai his name was
Seaman, and bigamy, !nasmuch as there
was no record Of his divorce from Ada
shaw Maxwell. An agent for the prose-
cution visited Utah and searched the
county records at Provo and Ncrnal, but
no record Of his marriage or OF his di-
vorce from Ada shaw Maxwell could be
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