Show THE PRELLER MURDER CASE Tin Trll1J InlroltrelIroolu IHco III Venlon of the Ierrlblo Affair BT Louis May 18 = The PostDispatch prints the statement made by II M Brook alias Maxwell now on trial for the murder oC 0 Arthur 1reller which will constitutes constitute-s only defense and which will be tl rllrfegs urged by hie attorney in the I trial In a word he will confess to the killing of Prcllcr by accident while acting as his physician and that long lo-ng excited and frightened he concealed instead in-stead of making known tho fact of his death lie declares he has nlwnys wanted to tell tho facts and waa only restrained by the advice fe T A ihh of hia attorney The following is i Brooks statement Sir roller was suffering from n prIvate disease for which I had previously Described mixing the medicines myself from bottles 1 in n medicine chest I carried with mo But his ailment had reached a stole when it was neccssiry fpr mo to make aertllin investigations I was obliged to use a catheter and in using the catheter when the ports were inflamed I bod prowl sc if f usly applied chloroform in order to pro nco A CONDITION OF NIIICOTISM I explained Iho process to roller and told him what I should have to do lie was not only willing but I was very anxious for mo to treat him in this manner Brooks then tclla of the purchase of ohio rofarm which was spilled in a sink on Sunday Sun-day afternoon while ho was washing his strumenta preparatory to operating of his going to Ternows drug store and buying f more denying incidentally the statement that he showed evidences of hurry and excitement ex-citement and continues About 5 p in wo begun the operation I administered the iloroform in the usual way holding a sat orated cloth to the nose wtlr Preller passed rough tho first stage all right It took several moments I dont know exactly how long Then he entered the second stage and TUIlE Till TEBniDLE BE3CLT CAME 1 discovered too late that ho woo dying maglno I my horror when the fact dawned I wild with fr i h but I had upon me was w w fright > ut presence of mind enough to cut his shirt and his undershirt from his body nod citing a wet towel I bent him around the neck and shoulders for half an hour or more I did not give up until I waa ready to sink from exhanstionand my efforts were not ro lazed until ho had been dead some time All the clothes he had on at the time were his shirt and undershirt He had ripped for the occasion What did I do wben I SAW MY FRIEND WAS DEAD Whet could I do I didnt know what too to-o except drink and I drank freely I drank vevj thing I could get wine whisky avery hr hlfh t Ib Yb de thing What were my thoughts 1 had not any All I remember is that I drow on a mir of drawers tho first that fell into my lands nnd put the body I into my trunk from which I bad removed everything What was done beside I this I have no recol ecllon of LIQUOR AND CONSTERNATION Stud possession of mo and I knew only that nIKt my feellncs were those of the utmost horror I remained in my room that night the sarro room in which the remains were mid it would bo a He for me to say I slept for I did not and I was glad w lien monnne come What I did i after leaving my room you know for it has all been printed Hesaja he supposed the post mortem when the body I was found would disclose the nature of tho operation and the cause of death According to his own story tho utting off of Prellers moustache tho in I ariplion about Traitor found in the rank and all other queer incidents con neotcd with tho tragedy are lo be attributed r o Wsdl liquor end fear in Ilia crazed tr condl Inn nftnr the fatality ST Louis May 1J llrooks nhas JIaiuell on trial for the murder of Prellerwas take Into tho criminal court this morning Silo irisonor maintain hl quiet demeanor and irofesses groat relief nt huvUg bern nllowK by his attorney to make n true statement of he manner in which Preller came to his death nnd feels confident that public opinion has already acquitted him of any ntentloual crime All the witnesses for the Stale were present in a body and nre kept mder strict surveillance by the sheriff Hunt clerk of the Southern I Hotel woo tho first witness this morning and his ox aminntlon and cross examination oonsumet the greater part of the morning He test led that ha was cashier of the hotel at tho time of the murder Ho identified tho prisoner pris-oner as the man who In April I 1883 regis tercd ns vnN Lennox Maxwell M D Identified the photograph that of toiler who arrived lit the ibid 1 April M His let timony was n repetition of the fncts known of tho intimacy of Iho Englishmen Max wells apparent lack of mono disnppoa thee of Preller departure of llrooka for Non ranclsoo nnd the discover of tho 1 > 0L11 In the trunk During the cross examinatio witness admitted that ho had no means i f knotting that tim man lio Ie sterelllla 0 Arthur Preller did not rtgibtci that nauio ns nn alias Had gone to the morguo after I Prollers body had been placed there bu could I not identIfy it I teec t u not omi elate t ivnltnel that him remains swore thoso of n I human being |