St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 14, 1885

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| Want Advertisement pOst-DISPATCH . et Louis and its suburbs. see ed +, ; The the vertising in its Rates for double the circulation of any newspaper in St. Louis. PATCH offers a t Columns at ‘at Half POST-D — — NO. 253. Pine St. Carpet 5 — 0 CRAWFORD & CO LY or d be convinced, — — e — * PrLIES AND TRAN, TION, INTE RIOR, Office of — larch . 1885. Pag ow An Beef” (bids fk must lopes), Bacon, Flour, Cuiogh. we the case may be), and . 2 O — 2 2 m 0 = 2 2 — 2 = © ©. 2. < ~ 4 — © 9 7 bes 1 ill be received until Ir. x of nishing for the Indian service 40,000.00) pounds Beef on pounds Baking F U pounds Coffee, Oy eo pounds pounds Lard, * 7,40 pounds poems Salt, 31 „Er and 14,00) pound a W Cotton Goods ae dw: Standard Calico, 1 Juck, free from 2 %,. ds; Gingham 210, ar * 8 4. * * paras bed Sherting, On ya s: Calico shirting, 6,000 ards . Groceries. Notiona, ard. so) Books, Ka, anda long list has Harness, Viowa, Rakes, |} Wagons required for the to cago, Kansas City and Sour as may be required, adapted Joast, with California brakes, bh of the articies, and See ENG aes 7 30 Pairs Ladies’ Kid Button Boots, worked 13 8e go at 81 75. Price was 82 50; sizes 2 1-2 ¥ GOVERNMENT nd ante saa LOT NO. 8. r goods and articles, together ne to bp Observed by bidders, ma of contract 9 perme, other nec tion to the ev Ben} rene Office at Wooster street New | ork; tne Baint Li ostmas'ers N 1-2; widths A, B, LOT NO. 4. ples. These will Sizes 1, 1 1-2, 3, éf — * | — rg n, Cald price was $1 25, sizes 13 to 2. e LOT NO. 5. terling. Topeka, w Are ad pet = fem = Misses’ Genuine Pebble Goat Button Boots, worked button-holes only $1 35 a pair. Price was 62. Sizes 12 to 2. LOT NO. 6. CHECKS, d by certified cheoxs , or the Firet National Beak st five percent of the amount ATKINS, Comm 7 Mice of the National ©. 518 Olive street, St. / — of the stock holders »mpanv for the election af nem as may come before it, | the company No, 513 Olive day, Uy List day of April, pair. Price was $1 50. Sizes 8 1-2 to 10 1-2. LOT NO. 7. Price was 81.50. Sizes 8 to 11. LOT NO. 8. Youths’ Calf Button Boots, only $1 50a pair. Sizes 11 to 2. LOT NO. 9. Boys’ Calf Button Boots $1 75, 82 and 82 50. Sizes 2 1-2 to 5 1-2. 8 THE SHOE DEPARTMENT OF nend. CRAWFORD & C0. = AVARNEY CARRIAGE COMPANY, 3 5 2009 to 2017 MORGAN STREET, m. K. N. BISH Wit 0 Nun only 81 a pair. Stockho! No. 818 Locust et. St. Louis of the mpany will be held at their „ for the election of direct : ‘open from 9a m. to 6p. m Ib B GOULD, President. — —— ee every * — rs’ Relief. Coupled with it during a long obstetrical „ [have never known it ind safe delivery. H. J. Howes, M. D. ounties of Middle Georgia fe for many years, writes Mothers’ Friend you sent hit. In every instance. effects have been all that great blessing.” y wife used your Mothers’ ement, and her testimony LOOX AT OUR PRICES: it with one-half the suf- t Rockaway, $800 to $1 000 * ot pee * Sarah Bernhardt’ ee n 8 to "700 straight bot, 6223 to $275 b y , bed = Surre — — — { ud who was — to * 400 to 500 Phattent. 5 0 17 8 ate o and * door Barouches, 400 to 500 storm Wa - 1 to 250 a — great pring Barouches, 250 to 350 Buggies, a : — - 150 to 800 tile suffering Sarah Bernhardt’s cut-under, - - $275 to 8350 Easy Time. pret vehicle our own make and guaranteed BGP over bya ° anufac ne nthe Purchasing. IF di work then ib es asc 24 22 e Dein. d wor en iu exch ble prices for same and added to the price of new work. en r a EER } nof Mississippi be confined shoy ga long obstetric to fall to produce which we can most wonderful oor three mor he Health and E ich gives ali par MELD Kraut Box 2%, Atl —— ee te ee —Añ AL + gine ö : best Shears, and 1 each and every pair t of th : — heme an warrant ' roely end Ma 2 durability, — finish, superior temper ty of Blades they have no 1 either purpose will give entire satisfaction. this te x Tea, Bay OF MAT i * lers. I also have a select line of FINE GOUDS at Retail. isco, allt J. JORDAN. 612 Washington Ay., Op. Lindell Hotel. BEWARE OF THIEVING 0M p OUN'D IMITATIONS. IF you WANT 2 HONEY COUSSENS’ PX G-HONEY OF TAR N CoucH OR COLD Ask your druggist bottle bearing this TRADE MARK. Sadana | ar * 19 8 These will 150 Pairs Ladies’ Extra Fine Kid Button Boots, manufacturers’ sam- rcent less han it cost to make them. Misses’ Pebble Grain Button Boots, warranted solid, only 90c a pair; Child’s Kid and Goat Button Boots, with heels, worked button-holes, acturers of STRICTLY FIRST. — CARRIAGES of all styles and de- scriptions. toon = sie Jall and ex- RIVER SHEARS. They will cut carpet est complete line of Cutlery in America, and am headquarters for Popular Department in a Popular Store! Special Bargain Lots as Follows, on Sale To-Morrow: LOT NO. 1. 75 Pairs Ladies’ Genuine Kid Button Boots; worked button-holes. D. C. & Co. will close these out at 81 35. Price was $2; sizes 2 1-2 Obild’s Kid Spring Button Boots, worked button-holes, 90 Gente al getting. of all kinds from $3 to $38. you want the best value. DRY GOODS COMPANY. N l ‘ Wad WY, 4 bey | IS NOW USING NOW IN USE, rd Stree St. LI 12 | MIXED p CONTINUE TO GIVE THE DEST VALUE lit This MONEY In Every Class and Description of Goods. Another case each of those 60-inch German Table Dam- asks at 50 and 60 cents. These goods wash and wear splendidly, and are therefore PARTICULARLY RE- COMMENDED OVER ANY DAMASES that can be bought for near the same money. below their value. We offer at SPECIAL PRICE of $1 Per Yara, 1,200 yds, ODD LENGTHS SILKS In COLORED GROS-GRAINS, OTTOMANS, VELOURS, RHADAMES and MOIRES, many of which have been selling as high as $2 00 and $2 25, all placed in one lat at $1 00 per yard, We Continue, Throughout This Week, Our UNIFORM LOW PRICE-LIST! On all STANDARD BLEACHED COTTONS, not merely of ONE BRAND, but in our list is embraced EVERY POPU- LAR WELL-KNOWN MAKE, with the MANUFACTUR- ERS’ ORIGINAL BRANDS and TICKETS on each piece, so customers may know with positiveness what they are We are selling them BARR'S BABY CARRIAGES: Are represented by this cut, which is of a Full Upholstered Reed Carriage, at $8. Barr’s have, also, full assortments Be sure to examine them if THE NEW NORTH Sr. LOUIS RINK The - Henley - Latest - Improved Skate, Henley Skates HENLEY CLUBSKATE. $5.00. ‘HENLEY RINK. SKATE, $2.50 COMET Rink Skate. $1.50, Side-walk Skates, Gic, „ Ants. Henley Skates Se ty ae RT PAINT CO.’ : AINTS. | i os LATEST EDITION HORRIBLE. the Southern This Morning. Body Discovered in a Trunk. His Former Boon Companion Missing for Several Days. The Dead Man Identified as O. Arthur Preller of England. The Supposed Murderer Registered as Walter H. Lennox-Maxwell, M. D., London, Eugland— How the Horrible Facts Were First Brought to Light Descriptions of the Two Men Who Figured in the Tragedy Property Valued at Nearly $1,000 Left Behind in the Flight—A Mystery Which Bafiles Police and Detectives. At about 10:30 o'clock this merning a sensational discovery, which brought to light what bears all the evidences of being a case of cold-bicoded murder and remarkably bold and ingenious concealment, was made at the Southern Hote! by a trunk dealer, who had been engaged to open the trunk of an En- glisamas which had been taken trom the room he occupied and placed m one of the store-rooms. Tus Eng.jsuman jn question, according to the signa- ture which be placed on the hotel register on the morning of March 31, was named Walter H. Len- nox-Maxwell, M. D.. andthe room wnica he occu- pied and from which the trunk had been taken was No. 144. It had been thus removed because, while be had paid for bis first @eek's board, ue had dis- appeared subsequently without paying. While oae of the porters was handling the trunk he was struck by the extraordivarily offensive odor which eman- ated from it and notified Mr. Eugene L. Hunt, the clerk on duty, of the suspicious circumstance, Mr. Hunt gave orders that the trunk sh ould be opened, but none of the porters felt equal to the job and the services of Mr. Charles Bieger, the trunk dealer at No. 16 B. Broad - way. were callod into requisition. Mr. Begger dia as desired, and when he raised the lid of the trunk the knees of an almost nude dead man followed so quickly that he had to dodge w.th his head to evade an unpleasant contact with the corpse. It was not this circumstance which caused Mr. Begger to shut the trunk again as soon as pos- sible, but rather the sickening odor which flilea the room the moment the lid was raised A scene of intense excitemect followed. Several of the clerks, porters and chambermaids had gathered from curiosity to see the tuink opened and TH E HORRIBLE SIGHT which greeted their view caused a very quick adjournment. The police were at once notified of the occurrence, and in. a few minutes the Chestnut street station hoodlum wagon arrived and carried the trunk and its contents, together with another trunk and his valises, also removed from room 144, to the Four few minutes later Chief of Detectives Burke and Detective William Desmond arrived at tne Southern and began an investigation. Reporters of the Post-DispaTca were already on the scene, busily en- | gaged ia eliciting facts froin such of the hotel em- p-oyes as were likely to be able to throw light upon the mystery. The first thing done was to ascertain sometbing of the personnel of the occupant of room 44, from which the trunk and its hideous contents had been taken. Mr. Hunt turned up the register at the date, March 381. and showed the entry in the angular, nervous hand affected by Englishmen of education, „Walter H. Lennox-Maxwell, M. D., London, En- gland.“ He said that the gentleman was of rather under the medium size—say 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 8 “T have no idea what bis business was further than what was is indicated in his signature. He was, I think, pretty fond of his drink, and the last day he was here, Which, if remember right was Thursday, be had a couple of bottles of champagne sent to his room.” “Do you think that that is his body in the trunk?’ “I cannot form any idea on the subject.” “Don't you know when he left the house?" do not, He came here on the 3d, and at the end of his first week paid his bill. He disappeared i from view some time later, exactly when I cannot say." “Did he have any acquaintances?” „Only one that I know of. On the morning of April 8 be received a telegram from C. Arthur — G Ghastly Discovery Made at AW ealthy Young Englishman's Courts. A | ee The Trunk, When Opened, Showing Position of Body, Sketched by Post. Dispatch Artist. 0 ers R all aa (0 Lhe Great Aas E_ — copied it by means of a piece of tracing paper. — — — banged. Several young men told the police this morning that Maxwell had accosted them on the street and had endeavored to force their ac- quaintance. Te men both disappeared about the same time; it must have been about four or five days ago.” At this moment the reporter's attention was called to the fact that D-tectives Burke «and Des- mond were about to pay a visit to the room former- ly occupied by Mr. Preller. He accompanied them and one of the hotel porters was detailed to assist them. As the rocm was entered the porter made the remark: This is the smallest room that I ever knew apn Englishman to take who was as wealthy as Mr. Preller must have been.” “How do you know he was wealthy?” “Five heavy trunks, two valises anda hat box,” the porter replied, waving his hand around at the room's contents. He hefted the trunks one by one, and then remarked, “That man traveled with 450 pounds of extra baggace, the extra charge on which must have amounted to considerably more than his tickets.“ The reporter examined the outside of the five trunks, which were of the solid leather, English variety, and found them marked with the labels of the Cunard Steamship Company, the “Continental Hotel, Philadelphia,“ showing that he occupied room 186 there on March 26 and the Rossin House, Toronto. Uponthe mantel weretwo newspapers, dated April 8 and 4 respectively. The ABSENT Max's RUBBER COAT hung upon a peg next to the door. His hat-box was opened and the hat stood where it had last been left inthe bureau. His sponge baz and a couple of pairs of gloves lay on one of thetrunks. Mr. Des- mond e k upa blotter which had been used, and, holding it against the bureau mirror, read the words: P. O. drawer 1331. Mr. Burke ope ed one of the trunks, which was found to be full of music books and bound music, The bound books were of leather, and each bore the name C. Arthur Preller,” printed in gilt lett@rs, contents of this trunk being valued at several hundred dollars, and showing conclusively that the owner must have been a man of wealth as well as culture. While the detectives were making their investigation a chambermaid drew near, and made the remark: “That bed has not been occupied since last Thurs day.“ The detectives, after a searching, superficial examina ion of the trunks and other things in the room, decided not to open the rest of the trunks untilthey had been sent to the Four Courts, and the contents of the rooms were removed for that purpose. | ‘THE TRUNK-MAKER'S STORY. From one of the employes of the hotel a Post- Disrarog reporter heard that Char es Bieger, the trunk-dealer who had opened the trunk containing the dead body, had, a few days ago, sold to a per- son believed to be Mr. Maxwell the very trunk in which the body was discovered. A call was at once mate at Mr. Bieger's store. where he told the following story, which was corroborated by his clerk: „At about 6:45 o'clock, Monday before last, a gentieman, evidently an Englishman, called here and purchased A couple of trunks, He said that he wanted something not too dear, but at the same time strong. I showed bim a $16 trunk, but he said that was too dear. He finally purchased a paper-cov- ered packing trunk at $5 50. Then he bought a canvas-covered trunk at 811 and a pair of straps, Later in the day be called again ane purchased a canvas-covered $5 satchel.“ “What sort of a looking man was he?” „He was a short man and spoke like an English- man. He said that he had iots of clothes and would not take along the trays of either of the trunks. Since I come to ro- member it he did not buy the two straps when he came in the morning but came back in three quarters of an hour and got them.” “The trunk the body was found in was not one purchased from you?" “No.” “Was it an English trunk?” “No; it was an American-made trunk? It had not been on the road more three weeks,” Could a human body have been placed in one of the trunks purchased with the tray in posi- tion?” “No, it could not “Did the man you found in the trunk look like the one you sold the trunks to that Monday morn- ing?” “I oan'tsay. I did have a good look at it, but the body was so decomposed that it would be impos- sible to tell. It seemed to be a man with black hair. There was no tray inthe trunk which I opened this ” “Did the man who bought the trunks seem to have much money?” “Lots of it. He hada big bundle of bills, and I taken to. the Morgue, another trunk, Fac-Simile of the Inscription in Trunk, from Tracing Made by Post Dispatch Artist. The above cuts give the exact appearance of the trunk when opened and its contents. and the fac- simile of the sensational inscription upon the inside of the trunk. In the cut of the trunk the position of the inscription is shown to the left of the corpse's head. The inscription is a perfect fac-simile of the original, having been obtained by the Post-Dispatom artist, who, in spite of the overpowering stench, edge of the examined, but no trace of any sealing material could be discovered, although it was ex- pected that some would be found. The trunk has an arched top, traversed by two black strips cor- responding to those on the sides. A more repulsive sight was never presented at the Morgue than that shown when the was staggered by the concentrated that issued from the trunk. This pervaded the Morgue building and offices so that for some min- utes it was impossible to stand near it. The doors were thrown open and deodorizers lavishly spread about the room by Superintendent Ryan and his assistants. The body was allowed to remain in the trunk, as illustrated by the cut, until viewed by Deputy Coroner Hennessy. It lay crammed in with the toes of the feet crushed against the bottom asd side, with the shoulder blades resting against the opposite end. To fit the corpse to its narrow bounds the limbs were spread and pressed to the back and front sides of the box. The only garment of the corpse was a pair of drawers, which were folded up above the discolered knees. head was packed down towards one corner, leaning over the left shoulder. Not a feature was recognizable asthe body lay in this coffin. The discolored, swollen tongue forced its way out betweaꝑ the purg- ing black lips, and bung down toward ot. ide of the chin. The right eibow leaned on the bottom of. the trunk while the left arm lay across the body. Two intersecting cuts or slits gaped over the apex of the breast bone, but on first ex- amination it could not be positively said whether these were superficial or extended into the cavity of the chest and had been tizhtly closed in the processes of putrefaction. Just beside the head, pasted to the end of the trunk, a piece of unruled white paper 5}4x7 inches was pasted, bearing the following inscription: “So perish all traitors to the great cause.” The only mam on the exterior of the trunk was the four letters W. H. L. M.“ in square bold-face black letters 116 inches high. These initials corre- spond with the registration in the office, Walter H. Lennox Maxwel, M. D., London. Iny.“ The lining of the trunk was white, with pale bfue spots, PRELLER S TRUNK.S Freller's trunks were also taken to the Four Courts, These were ofavery different quality from the cheap ones owned by Maxwell. On each the name of C A. Preiler, London, England, was engraved, while the material of which the trunk was made was fine leather. Mr. Prelier’s passports were the first papers lighted upon here. They were two in number, one issued in 1878, authoring him to travel in Russia, vised by the Russian Ambassador in London. The other issued in 183 by Lord Granville, authorizing Preller to travel in Spain, Mexico and the United States. This one is vised by the Spanish authorities. In both be is described asa British subject. A large quantity of cartridges, suitable for a Winchester rifle, were in his valise, some of them loose and some in a box, the box being queerly burned at one corner, as though one of ‘he cartridges had exploded within the box. Mr. Preller had a box full of gummed labels blank, very much like those, which are used by entomologists and the like for attaching the name to specimens. Preller's toilet appointments were of the finest. His brushes, soaps and traveling-bag were costly and nice. There was in every possible direction evinced the signs of wealth and comfort avout Mr. Preller’s belongings. - WHAT THEY CONTAINED. In an examination of thetrunks left by C. A. Preller, and marked ©. A. P., two were found to be filed with samples of furniture fluishings, tapestry, rugs, ete. A bundle of letters from Prelier to the firm of J. H. Dixon, Bradford, Yorkspire, on busi- ness matters, was also found, as well asthe ad- dresses of several carpet firms in this city. A card plate reading C. A. Prelier, 4 Abcnurch Lane, Lon- don, Eng.. was also found. THE OTHER TRUNKS. After the trunk containing the body had been with carvolic acid, was taken out of room aad brought down stairs. A curious crowd gathered around it, speculating as to whether or not another mystery was hidden therein. A reporter accom- panied the trunk to the Four Courts, where, after some difficulty, it was forced open. The tray in this trunk was too short for it, aud Detect- ive Sheetan stated that it would fit the trunk in wuicu the body was found. In tuis tray was heaped up in tue wiidest confusion neckties’ gloves, collars, at leust half a dusen inkstands, and pavers. One of these bundles of papers was a lot of civil services ex- * 3 trunk was opened. Every one that approached stench * — cover and trunk was closely — 9 * oy A os +3 2 ast * oo * * 1