Show THE MURDER CASE maxwell alias brooks testifies in his ills omi own behalf 1 miscellaneous tho the TT 8 inquires into the caso case of a bicyclist detained in afghanistan by BV western asad press to the HERALD Hr BAic greek votes notes slay may 20 26 king george is arranging to mako maken a tour abroad broad premier Tricon pis proposes to limit the number or of members in t the he greek chamber of deputies to ISO THE TIIE CASE maxwell talie take the baand anu testifies in his own case ST louis may ag Faut fantleroy leroy for tho tile defense in the tire preller case commenced ilia ills opening address to the jury lie ile stated lie wished to impress them with the fact that no one knew how preller camo came to his ills death except the defendant and he lie proposed to disclose to the jury all the circumstances attending it after stating the manner in which preller tind and defendant bec became line acquainted and the closeness of their friendship thereafter lie stated that the dhanse intended to prove that preller was sull still ering bring from ra biastre a stricture and that defendant foolishly boil hi undertook to remove it alie ie defendant was unwilling ini to per perform forin the operation alone bat preller did not wish t lie nature of his ills ailment aliment to be known and insisted that maxwell should per korin it to lessen tile pain lie administered chloroform but in too large a quantity and death resulted lie ile cut the clothes from ills frienda friends body and attempted to resuscitate him but failed jie ile said the de defense ferise would prove that preller knew maxwell had no money and bad promised to pay hia his expenses to auckland robbery therefore could not have been the motive for causing his ills friends death which was at any rate accidental the remainder of faunt lerois speech was devoted to the description crip tion of his clients actions after the death of preller and reasons there fore all of which was contained in maxwells confession made a few days ago maxwell waa was then placed on the stand he ile showed little evidence evidene of feeling though there wis ulas some degree 1 e of nervousness both I 1 in tso b bis risa f face a c e and hands there was a rustle in the court room and the judge in a brief r bale j 1104 oil I 1 ut ia in my bly full name is hugh 11 II brooks i I 1 am 25 years old and anti was be born rn in hyde chester Cl iester england I 1 commenced to study law with brown at stockport near hyde in 1878 remained there four years I 1 am a lawyer by profession 1 I also studied medicine and surgery at the collegiate school at manchester but I 1 am RM not dot a licensed physician I 1 first met preller at ali the 0 northwestern hotel liverpool but did not get et acquainted with him till I 1 met him on oil board the steamship I 1 also met warren on the steamer st earker preller and I 1 are englishmen Englis men coming to a strange land our acquaintance qua ingance ripened into a warm friendship we wo talked mu much h about our plans and arid purposes for ti the ato future and our acqua acquaintance ingance and friendship continued alter our arrival in thie this country we reached boston febra ary 3rd ard and after three or four days preller started on oil a business trip I 1 had some conversation and in correspondence with preller about going to new zealand we agreed to meet in saint louis and arid go there together I 1 told him about my financial condition telling him in a letter that I 1 had one hundred dol lara lars all told I 1 treated preller several times medically in boston and by letter lie ile acknowledged having received decided benefit from m my V treatment but knew that I 1 never had practiced medicine regularly I 1 ricy never e r u used sed any deception w with tit him in t abie b i regard 1 Witt witness less th then i an described about preller boston for canada about bis his own and Prell cra arrival in st louis and r stopping topping at the southern hotel that ho lie bad had lifty my to sixty dollars when lie arrived here bow how lie tried to pawn some of hie his things before preller came his ills visits to drug store and his ills conversations with fernow his eink sing various articles of him among them the the chloroform and carbolic car bolle acid which in combination lie used himself in treating a bad bail tooth that troubled him that preller arrived ou on the tile friday prior to easter sunday how they went together to try to sell bis his magic lantern and slides and various other occurrences which took place between friday and sunday all of which ia is familiar to nearly everybody tho the court the court then ilien took a recess IROM FROM washington the bicyclist Bicy cHet steven stevens gen mile miles not Author authorized izad to offer reward may 26 at the request of interested rito rested persona persons the secretary of state recently tele telex graphed to the tile U 8 at st Peters petersburg bure and teheran for tion in regard to arrested in afghanistan oil his journey around the world on a bl bicycle eyele an answer has been received from the minister at teheran s mayine a aini g III that at stevens is a british c t an 13 1 not allowed to bizot brough afghanistan and that he lie Is 1 now on his way to constantinople stantin ople nothing ie is known at the war department part ment in regard to tile re reported ported action of gen miles in offering ro warda wards for the capture of r renegade apaches dead or alive it states that if such is the tile case it is an act for which gen miller alone bible sible and arid that it Is not to be sanctioned by the war department there are no funds available borsuch for such a purpose and it Is bald said further euch such aou would id not be considered civilized warfare even against bloodthirsty blood thirsty savages ravages to days daya beings in congress Con gren ni may SO 26 the dann free mp ip bill was as the especial order in the house for the day but its friel friej 11 I 1 i being desirous of making way for to t oleomargarine bill the order 0 di was made a continuous one and the former bill will be called up at the earliest opportunity blount ga reported that the con freres on the postoffice post office appropriation bill had been unable to agree and a further conference ordered after some parliamentary dirmish al in ing the house went into committee of the whole on the oleomargarine bill all general debate upon the mea euro sure being closed hatch mo in speaking to the formal amendment sent to the clerks desk deal and had read the following tele gram received by him from chicago A protest of several hundred mem meal here b e Is of the chicago board of trade against the action of the directory favoring bogus butter was mailed you last night more to follow after the routine morning business the senate proceeded to the consideration of the private pension bills on the calendar the derby races I 1 lavron LONDON may SC the weather at epsom ep om at the tile time of the derby race races was an old fashioned may day lay light tain rain showers ami and sunshine alternating the wind blew quite strong at night ind and early in the tire morning however being damp and as a result the track heavy the usual scenes attended the race enormous crowds crowd came from all direction both by rail afoot more than the usual number of americans being aa present several asplend splendidly idly equipped coaches were driven down from london entirely occupied by Amerle americans amt amon amov these wese were mr mackey mr watterson atte r son mrs af r 4 Stil sullivan livan anti and I 1 the tile consul general I 1 they continue to organize I 1 BOSTON mass may 20 26 the employ ploys aca on all the steam railroads running from boston particularly the freight handlers handle have been quietly organizing themselves into local assemblages semb lages of knights of labor this week a general move was made inthe in the direction higher wages along the line under the counsel of the executive board which caused letters to be besent sent to all large corporations these letters have been received from several railroads that the requests have been laid before the board of directors of their respective roads and that when acted upon the executive board will i be notified reports denied may 20 26 the porto declares there ii no foundation for the report that a conspiracy at sofia existed for the assassination as of or prince alexander alexan der and arid prime me minister nister V am |