Show TRACKING TIlE MURDERER MaxwelL Traced to San Francisco Off for New Xcalcaml Detectives Detect-ives Will nUll Him Down SAN FRANCISCO April 16It was vaguely rumored this morning that Lennox Len-nox Maxwell who murdered Arthur Preller at St Louis April 6th had arrived ar-rived in this city The fact is confirmed by the chief detective of the police J W Lees who traced up the whole matter from the time of Lennoxs departure from St Louis to his arrival here Lennox purchased a ticket at St Louis signing the name of Hugh M Brooks When he reached this city he registered at the Palace Hotel as T C Daugier He claimed to be a French aamy officer When spoken to in French he replied in English Sunday last he purchased a steerage ticket on the steamer City ol Sydney fo Auckland New Zealand signing sign-ing the name of Daugier Cables will be sent to New Zealand Australia for his arrest and a letter will be sent by the steamer Alameda today to Honolulu incase in-case of his stopping there The police I think the man may change his course to Japan or China and then traces would be lostAfter After his leaving St Louis and he had changed cars this side of Lajunta it was noticed that he took a large silver open faced watch from his pocket and tried to wind it up by the end of a broken blade of a penkife Not succeeding he asked several of the passengers in the car if they had a key While sojourning the Palace Hotel in this city it was learned that he was unable to open the trunks he had with him and that he sent for a locksmith saying he had lost his keys After the trunks were opened a large quantity of burned papers were found in the grate It is supposed that these may have been Prellers letters and papers The most important fact is that the baggage checks were delivered by a man styling himself Brooks and who registered regis-tered here as Donnier to the Pacific Transfer company of this city This corresponds cor-responds with the numbers issued at St Louis by the St Louis and San Francisco Railway company to Hugh M Brooks The numbers are 2006 2069 and 2049 NEW YORK April 16The St Louis tragedy continues to be the absorbing sensation Intimate friends of Prellers state that his religious convictions were very singular His relatives did not fully understand them and refrained from talking with him about the subject He belonged to a curious denomination in a community of distinctive ideas very small as yet in America but with quite a foothold in England Believers refer to one another in such terms as Kindred Spirit Dear Brother and similar expressions The few believers in this city have no regular place of worship but meet in public halls and private houses devoting much of their labor to young men Prellers connection with these people made him acquainted with Richard Rich-ard Owens Frank Schlesinger of the firm of H Kalenbach Co is a cousin of Prellers and has been very intimate with llhn Schlesinger took charge of l > Prellere letters while he was traveling and forwarded them to him on request Before he bade his cousin goodbye Preller spoke of Maxwell and said that he had arranged to meet him in St Louis April 4th |