The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 2, 1886, Page 2

two years. | under what circumstances “BAD FOR BROOKS. 2 A Detective Sent to Jail on a Sham Charge of Forgery. oo — How he Wormed the details of the Trunk Tragedy from the Prisoner. guilty he ENS get him The bank officials, Mr. Sr mith, Judge Laughlin, Judge Noonan, Prosecut ing Attorney Cl: uhorne, Chief of Detectives O'Neil, all the city de- tectives and the clerks of the criw al all deceived by the <a cimGees (heamed,’” missions were obtained. “You may do that.’ “Tt will oe make a tew lies | necessary. he would ask the court to prot the were courts were | men smooth Mr. Dingtelder ard the witness. Cee } } I . li “Yo tr | He Admits that he “Fixed” Preller on behindhim. Judge Laug s : 2 hh Account of “His Meanness.’ to have gone on the bond at afriend’s | lough, yé —— | request. | roy. | The Part the Hypodermic Syringe When Ding r appeared M on Yes, : | Played in the Tragedy. \d ay morning in his true character of | ‘How t times haye you as peieciaieciactaaaaen “John F Met atone’ h, det tective, | acrest |: feel that somet to there was a The climax in the Maxwell trial was reached Monday morning. The wis going threatened thunderbolt, whose mut~ | was w ell founded the priso terings have issued from the circuit | appeared to be that something. attorney’s office for the past two If Preller had crawled out of ti weeks, was hurled at the defense by | trunk and confronted 1 the hand of ‘Jove’? McDonald. Its | Maxwell could not have ex! effect was surprise, consternation, | greater surprise. His tace c nee f byect 1 ashen hue, the mu panic, then a long bitter fight in a savage which persona! remarks of moved convulsiy character were m on both sides. | glazed 4 It was as if a masked battery, con- | if he had received a cealed in a position tor deadly, exe- | After recovering cution, had been suddenly opened leaned forward bet is attorneys on an opposing torce. The effects 1 followed. were thrilling,the dramatic situations The purport coult rea Ms powerlu) and the tale of the shark- face: ‘Help me, Cassius, or IT] | ike sina ent casa t . ! sink ’”” lant ! like preying of a man upon his kind | sinh ese anything but wholesome. AU STARTLING SURPRISE. j Saic ete OF course it was a Harkshaw. { F { Mr. Fauntlery: We ob} A thic t, medium-s This particular member of the ‘fr df it s ofhce and t vidual then emerg fraternity did his work, according to to ia the or attorney the evidence. in first-class style. [le | | a s- | d | ae Te abe Ae cnc ray : | The objection was overrulec j was a stranger and he took em In. | i »bJECUGN Was OVETTUICK, sd name was John F. McCullough | “7 was in jail about ten days when the ad- | gone. was enough and he went out and got more Mr. cic objected and said | cl | Then {next morning, when ie said he then p ; was, He said he didn’t think it j and said he gave it | to Preller uJ. Then jhe cut rt and under- | othes off him t + was naked. | Tall effects to lay on the floor until owed | us HE BOUGHT TWO TRUNKS. dup his thi He said some articles. t $700 trem fer, and j good the money < i been sw He then around the town and had some drinks, dled. suid entered a house of ill- While suddenly entered t there ¢ and he said he had yand, and told bh just killed a man and didn’t proy that BENNETT, WHEELER & ‘Sgring aguas ‘Hardware, Groceries, Wagon Wood work ——DEALERS IN THE—— Celebrated Mitchell faim Wagon, Cortland Steel Gear and Top Bugoieg : 4 Sts Hallida v GQ rE BD Be and Iron Suction or Force Pumps. Iron Steel, Nails, ec. Northeast corner square, Butler, Mo. nerally that he has Desiresjo imforra his friends and the public And this is now he did it. On Feb- hes. herorae rae Ian avec tak Se 4 1 2 Pea at he was a de e and re ‘ ae Di here were int |tO Be atrestec. e€ sai 1e€ suary 26, a tall, thick set individual sniiie business about hve years. Ele he told that the peopte here were not | a : oA eee ae = : SS abe - years. - “ fib a 1 s | bought a ste ge ticket, and tha entered Mechanic’s bank and at- 8 ae smart; nor as fly a = ? \ ae. had first been engaged with R. A-| yo ere. When be |was the reason he bad not thrown tempted to cash a check tor $1, 180.- Pinkerton, New York, and later with pais aie a = 4 an, NeW KR, a a ws on ay 12, purporting to be signed by hie ancl ae j A Al back they t ) . ae nf us uncie, “A. ba. Uru act i Sass THE CLOTHE r PRELLER.- D. S. H. Smith. local treasurer of nlgeciee seta A nereccira and couldn’t. ul carey , \ a " « of secret service of the easte ‘lis— x a ae e Sal the trunks of the steerage the Missour: Pacific, and made pay- SCOR Newt took me im his office rc - = — : : : noe able to John F. Morris. By a re- “Ww 2 ) pence ratte several drinks, and when he thou passengers were pes so that they rl ; a Vhere were you employed after | 7 Pace mes could: not at them. He said he markable coincidence Detective thats?’ asked Me. uMeDonald was showed me ; i. i hatr’’ asked Mr. SicVonaid. + cs 7 was wo up? arrested betore the Thomas Furlong happened to be in eTapiilsaiphia by ohn Wau | the man who was ia | Was WOke U ae rrested be the “Ee uladeiphia, by Jo an- . sees Soe, oe ere teamer | We the bank at the time, and as Mr. : ae t i a asked me if that was Preller. I told | Steamer tar : namaker’s dry goods house. R ‘Now I will get you to come back Hutchinson. the cashter, suspected ah ub 8 me no. ['d be | Now I will get you tocome sng eonagee sate hen did you icave Mir. Wau-j : } oe a] he talk of tt libi:?” id Mr. the signature ot Mr. Smith was a acne cay thing else. es 2 snes op of the alibt;”” said Mr. . : maker’s? | n ’ McDo forgery, he subsnttted it to Dex In F 1886.” you tell it was Pretle | McDonald. i “In February Ooo. . “ie ee Fg “He saic hat my tw -ople Furlong and he at once pronounced ‘Who then lid Shs carte said: *Of course I couid. He said that my two people ni en did yi pngage with, r Vaatd sav . hey ot h : ata forgery, and took the man into oy cece i i Pe Tt “Well tell what happened nex should say that they met him at et . ‘Laccepted a sitio it nos. “ eg ‘f o’s hotel and lunched wi i custody. The prisoner resisted tor | po ioue Ae a hecs BEC “He thought I was a member of | Young’s hotel and lunched with him : si ‘ 2 ong, chief of detectives of the ee .} ee afew minutes, but was finally taken Mi f Pachesainerck M A BAD GANG OF FORGERS it Murphy’s. hat they went to to Furlony’s office. vhere he wi Missourr Pacific rarlway. 2 met Str. eR 5 \the theatre and saloons and finally me ce, where he Was | Puriong, and he told me he had ¢ talked from day to day about 4 furlong, and he told me be da ee erie ren 4 ” | they calle imj fore held until a warrant was sworn out ‘ : : Peas ity) ure emeT ald reac they calledon him just before be was a case tor me to work up and put me on ee ss ee leav Tho: re ve - by one of Furlong’s men, named this.” . 2 thecehe ch mice bart | leaving. ‘They went out together : - on this. ‘ a 2 and > way 1e de eo Philips. A deputy sheriff then SAGE eee 4 ae eee ai ue Lhe Wada and on the way to the depot they " here did you first see the de- ania = = 5 Fr nae Tet eee aay aes : conveyed the prisoner to the Four fees Bee na desiie iiathobad dropped into a saloon and he treated in endant? yegeret aim — Rend wre een ‘ > resin . Santee. sae Courts, and he was at once commit- cep athe city fail?” $800 or $1,000 when he was in Bos- and while paying for the drinks he tod tact he’ warts The tu the city jail. ae i would show a large roll of money. ed to jail on the warrant. he Rite diay esses ton he thought he could beat the 5 . ow c ou ge nia ts enti siinns “2 Bs a rat: xX , > ay 4 . WW prisoner gave the name ot ‘Frank Unhee ta anal fi t | State told him I could get some My men would then say: ‘Why, ‘Under an all charge 0 — t oo ES ata ines " eas a ci = Dingtelder,”” and when ses arched Pee yet emp i <well, what are you doing with torgery. I went under the name of ot my people, my gang of forgers, y >» , ‘ 5 as : ! all that money” and I'll say:.‘I have betore going to jail he was observed trying to throw away a letter. It was recovered and toundto be of a very compromising character. It referred to certain torgeries and said the writer was ‘‘flying Iight,’’ but was going to the bank to make a raise and hoped the other members of the gang were doing well, and he promised to meet them in New Orleans in April. One man in England was referred to and another in San Francisco and it really looked as if the prisoner was a member of a gang of gigantic bank torgers. The newspapers published long articles about the arrest of the alleged forger and he made his debut in jail as a colossal criminal. The Pinkertons requested his picture and thegpolice tried to take it but the prisoner made such resistance that it could not be to help him out, but would have to Frank Dingfelder,”’ “When did you first the de- know the full particulars of the case. see Then he went on and told me all about the case. He told me he met Preller in Liverpool the night before tendant?”’ “On February 36, between 3 and 4 0’clock.”’ ‘How often did you see the de- fendant?”’ “Once or twice a day for the whole time I was 1n jail. * “How long was that?” “Forty-seven days.’’ **How did you get acquainted with the defendant *¢] met him that afternoon and he the ship sailed and said he wanted Preller to go to a tancy bali, but Preller would not go. Later he said he first met him on the steamér. He said he left England because he was a witness in a case and didn’t want to put anyone in the hole. He said atter meeting Preller on the steamer they had wany conyersations and finally arrived in Boston February 3. But he went to Young’s hotel ond registered, A tew days later Max- well took a room at 1503 Washing- ton and Preller stopped at Young’s. He says he went around me as Max- well and said he was under indict- ment for murder in the first degree introduced himselt to and asked me about my case.” **When did you see him again?’’ “The next day; we said nothing that time.”” street when he sold goods Preiler finally lett Boston, but wrote with Preller “When did you see him next?’ done. He played his ach in jail to eta Va uiecnne letters to Maxwell. Finally, he said perfection. He was quiet and well [ee ea ‘ ay A i iheaceweatson (Gat had any the last Saturday of the month he behaved, and soon wormed his way ae Ps ~ a eny cd & < : : codecrmatiod about the caste” lett Boston and paid $23 tor a ticket into Maxwell’s confidence, and, as a aaa i ; Rwhfler ad: been vais aail cabout and came through via the Grand he swears, procured the . l eeraptice il —e ten days,”’ Trunk railroad to St. Louis. He TRUE STORY OF THE MURDER. “Tell the jury now what was said he got in Monday and registered at the Southern and found a telegram from Preller, asking if he was there. He said that Friday Preller arrived He waived an examination on the charge of forgery, was held over tor the grand jury and indicted. He said.’” Mr. Fauntleroy arose and objected and said that a te ording to the pleaded not guilty to the mdictment, | mony of the witness he was an im- and they had several long talks about and a tew days later was released on | postorgnd a tar. He had himselt} *® proposed trip west. Preller said | was short of funds and could only a bond of $2,000. signed by Judge H, D. Laughlin. arrested, held over to the grand jury After developing PAY HIS OWN EXPENSES. and indicted for an infamous crime, the plot in jail, i ht t i 1 be t plot im = it was brought to a | and his evideuce should not be be-| Maxwell said that made him mad | climax oe : He went east and heved by any sensible man. ‘‘Here| and he intended to fix him for his | corresponded with Maxwell and his | js a young man,” said he, “Sin a Sunday afternoon Prel- | attorneys and finally came tack a oe vicnm ‘of few days ago in time to make his | Strange country made the a most nefarious and infamous plot, } which ed of pain 1 his ston last appearance on the st | si - ge and | and any man that will lend himselt| he had often complained ef in Bos- | ct jtosuch a scheme is beneath thej ton. He said he made up his mind | elder is 4 ark } 1 \ xe whnlom Dingtelder is a Hark- | notice of honorable mea. It the| to fix him on that. He told Preller | shaw of no mean attainments. While in jail be was visited by a number ot attorneys who promised for certam stipulated sums to get | him off with five vears, and one | prosecuting attorneys stoop to such | j infamy if sh court ot justice. i The Court: Lean’thelp what your | private opinion is, Mr. Fauntleroy, i young man notea tor the number of | the evidence is competent. him insensible. He then took men he has sent to the penitentiary, ‘Well then, your honor, I’ should | chloroform and held it under Pre!l- re i dire test the. odie pleed ke texans te wins and esa e's hose until the enamel was | that he knew a remedy, a hvypoc mic syri Finally Preller him to use it, and he got the syringe | and gave Preller a large dose 07} ld not be allowed in a morphine in the arm, and this made | the ¥ j well and I are { doilars in Boston. to have some small change.’ Then they say: ‘You carry tt too €arelessly. There five or six $100 bills in that pile.’ I told him 1F WGULD BE ALL RIGHT and then a tew days before I left jail I went to his cell to arrange about the meeting. He wanted meto have the witness first meet his. attorneys, andI said it would makea_ talk? Finally it was decided that the wit- ness should see him first in jail. told nm I had good prospects tor getting out on bond, and would see my people right away. I then took out a card and wrote ‘Dingtelder’ on with a cross, a ‘2 w,’ which meant two witnesses. He then tore the card two and I told him to keep halt of it and I would keep the will are i) it in other half, and when my people came to see him they would present the half of the card I ret The witness e ted one-half of a card with a portion of the name ‘Dingfelder’ on it. ‘“*What else did he say he wanted them to testify to:’’ **He said that he wanted the men to say that in June, 1555, THEY MET PREL IN BOSTON and that it would be a good thing tor them to say that Preller tried to elude them and did not’ want to be seen. And they were to say: ‘Hello, Prel- ler, we know you,’ and Preller must say, I know you too, but don’t say anything ut meeting me, for Max going to make some — Then be said about the testimony put meeting Prciiae: and said he would see his attorneys. 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