Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1885-08-22 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

MUM. They stayed at St. Louis, and on leaviur the hotel M mwell left be Mud hie in trunk, which he !kid lin would seed for. After a long time the trunk was opened, anti in it was foetid n dead bads., which various tdees of evideoce neetne•cl n p 'int to a being OW yof Mr. Puller. Maxwell was followed on a trip across the South Atlantic, anti is now iu cuetody charged with the murder. Maxwell's account of the elf or is that the body is not Pullet's, but a corpse brought from a hoepital, and that the whole ghastly performece in a cot spiracy to deleted no insurance company. This story is aceived with incredulity in the Ulitted tares ; but I hear that in another quarter it is taken seriously. It was with Mr Cook, the fatuous t turiat agent, that Preller insured his life for the men of £4,000. It seems that it is part of Messrs. Cooled beamess, in addition to +Ohne tourist tickets. ti Matte their customers for a given trip. They hail insured, Mr. Puller twos elreatly, and when lie stated that he Was Coley a j Ramey thnt compassed the Len of the world they readily entered upon a new insurance traneaction for the comidereble eute mentioned Immediately upon information of the warder reaching this country apkolicat ion wtu made to Mesars. Co ,he by the representatives of the alleged victim delatandiug payment of the money. Messrs Cook, however, felt justified hi deferring payMerit They despetched au agent to America with instructioue to thoroughly investigate the we, and in the meantime they positively decline to pay the ineurance money. A later telegram from St. Louie dated Monday afternoon states ; —That on the arrival of Maxwell at the station • crowd of several hundred poisons were in waiting who followed the cab to the gaol shouting and threatening to administer lynch law. The cab was well guarded with police, who, however had great difficulty in keeping the mob away. As the cab passed through the city to the prison a glance inside showed that the prd seiner was distracted and careworn, and apparently took little notice of the civilians who were f diming the coach. On his arrival at the prition the gates were thrown open and thecoachentered amidst threats from an infuriated mob. The vicinity of the gaol was some hours before it had resumed its ordinary appearance. A guard of wardeia was soon after stationed round the prison to prevent any attempt at rescue. One of the officiale states that on the arrival of Maxwell at the prism], he was conveyed to the receiving room, and after a bath, he was lodged in a strong barracaded room, at the end of the gaol pending his trial. He was alai in his cell under strict superveillance of two gaolers. Since he arrest at Auckland he has acted with cool demeanour, and spoken to few people. His attendants states that from the time he was charged with the ruug der of Preller to his arrival et St. Lattis he has eaten heartily. There woe great excitement throughout the city on Sunday at the sews of his arrival. The Central News has received the following, dutd St Louis, United Stews, Tuesday eight : The man Maxwell, who is in custody here on a charge of murdering Mr. Preller, ea Englishman, with whom be was travelling in America, has made a confession, in which he state, tint he did kill Preller, but it was entirely ticeideutel, and in no way a premeditated crime, Ile alleges that Mr. Preller suffered from insomnia, and teat he had frequently atliniiiietered chloroform to him to induce sleep. On this occasion he ediniuktered an overdose of the drug, and deceased, who suffered from heart disease. never regained came:Memos The confession is regarded as an ingenious one, but it in doubtful whether it will have any weight with the jury. A correspondent of the Press Association on Wednesday afternoon states that toe in in styled Maxwell, under arrest at St. Lank for the murder of Mr. Preller, is the son of a National sehnolmaster named Brooks, near Manclester. He wee identified partly through discovery in his pose Mini of a magio lantern, which he had borrowed Iron a doctor at Hyde.