MAXWELL’S CAREER IN ENGLAND.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1216, 19 June 1885, Page 3

MAXWELL’S CAREER IN ENGLAND.

Prom the files 'dfft! 1 e l ffyT ouis papers it is learned 'that - ttie chief of police of that city has received a letter from A Hartley, of Allegan, Mich., which throws some new light on the career of Maxwell, who was recently arrested in Auckland for murder. The following is the full text of the letter ; —“ I am a native of Leeds and Morley, England. My mother has just come from there, and she cells me that Maxwell came to Morley about three years ago as a temperance lecturer, and made a considerable stay there, boarding with Mr Joseph Rhodes, proprietor of Hope Foundrv, Morley. a wealthv gentleman, and a good worker in the cause. After being there a few days, Mr Rhodes’ servant te d her employer that if he was going to keep that man he would have to get another cook; that he was too much of a hog to cook for. Mr Rhodes asked what the trouble was, and she told him that Maxwell had just eaten eighteen eggs for breakfast, and t ! <at he was too consequential for her Mi Rhodes at once told Maxwell that he could not accomodate him any longer, and he went to Rev. James Crooks, vicar of St. Paul’s Church, aud the envelope found by you is addressed to him as curate. Maxwell was curate to the above Crooks, of St Paul’s Church, Morley. The Rev. James Crooks boaided with my mother for seven veai's, and he told her, previous to his coining away last fall, that be was about to let his cuiate go, as he did not like him. Maxwell, while with Crooks, spent his time giving lectures and putting the blue ribbon on Many people subscribed to him freely, so one day he told Mr Crooks that he had just received a letter from his wife in A merica, and she was dangerously ill, and he had to return at once He returned at once with considerable baggage to Mr Crooks. The latter did not like his ways, and ho told Max well that it was impossible fot him to accomodate him, so he moved off to a town three miles distant and commenced work. In a short time he betrayed a gentleman’s daughter, and he was mobbed out of the town. Jfor any further particulars you can ad* dress Rev. James Crooks, Morley, Leeds, or the Honorable Joseph Rhodes ”