Hanged for the murder of his friend, C. Arthur Preller, whom he killed with chloroform in April, 1885.
Source: "Maxwell Dies By The Rope", The Dallas Morning News (Texas), August 11, 1888.∼His parents were Hannah Mottrom and Samuel Neweton Brooks
He claimed to be a doctor, but according to an 1881 England census, was a solicitor (an attorney).
From 1885-1888 when he was hung, all the newspapers called him Walter H. Lennox Maxwell, and it was a big deal, not just in St. Louis.
See the headline below.
Source: "Maxwell Dies By The Rope", The Dallas Morning News (Texas), August 11, 1888.
Here is his Missouri death certificate...
Name: Hugh M Brooks [W H Lenox Maxwell]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1862
Death Date: 10 Aug 1888
Death Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
How does one make an alias or AKA? He had 2 or 3, actually. If there isn't any, there will, for almost certain, be a duplicate, as from 1885-1888 he is always only called Maxwell. His mother is Mrs. Brooks, but that could be from a 2nd marriage.
Source: "Maxwell Dies By The Rope", The Dallas Morning News (Texas), August 11, 1888.∼His parents were Hannah Mottrom and Samuel Neweton Brooks
He claimed to be a doctor, but according to an 1881 England census, was a solicitor (an attorney).
From 1885-1888 when he was hung, all the newspapers called him Walter H. Lennox Maxwell, and it was a big deal, not just in St. Louis.
See the headline below.
Source: "Maxwell Dies By The Rope", The Dallas Morning News (Texas), August 11, 1888.
Here is his Missouri death certificate...
Name: Hugh M Brooks [W H Lenox Maxwell]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1862
Death Date: 10 Aug 1888
Death Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
How does one make an alias or AKA? He had 2 or 3, actually. If there isn't any, there will, for almost certain, be a duplicate, as from 1885-1888 he is always only called Maxwell. His mother is Mrs. Brooks, but that could be from a 2nd marriage.
Hanged for the murder of his friend, C. Arthur Preller, whom he killed with chloroform in April, 1885.
Source: "Maxwell Dies By The Rope", The Dallas Morning News (Texas), August 11, 1888.∼His parents were Hannah Mottrom and Samuel Neweton Brooks
He claimed to be a doctor, but according to an 1881 England census, was a solicitor (an attorney).
From 1885-1888 when he was hung, all the newspapers called him Walter H. Lennox Maxwell, and it was a big deal, not just in St. Louis.
See the headline below.
Source: "Maxwell Dies By The Rope", The Dallas Morning News (Texas), August 11, 1888.
Here is his Missouri death certificate...
Name: Hugh M Brooks [W H Lenox Maxwell]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1862
Death Date: 10 Aug 1888
Death Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
How does one make an alias or AKA? He had 2 or 3, actually. If there isn't any, there will, for almost certain, be a duplicate, as from 1885-1888 he is always only called Maxwell. His mother is Mrs. Brooks, but that could be from a 2nd marriage.
Source: "Maxwell Dies By The Rope", The Dallas Morning News (Texas), August 11, 1888.∼His parents were Hannah Mottrom and Samuel Neweton Brooks
He claimed to be a doctor, but according to an 1881 England census, was a solicitor (an attorney).
From 1885-1888 when he was hung, all the newspapers called him Walter H. Lennox Maxwell, and it was a big deal, not just in St. Louis.
See the headline below.
Source: "Maxwell Dies By The Rope", The Dallas Morning News (Texas), August 11, 1888.
Here is his Missouri death certificate...
Name: Hugh M Brooks [W H Lenox Maxwell]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1862
Death Date: 10 Aug 1888
Death Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
How does one make an alias or AKA? He had 2 or 3, actually. If there isn't any, there will, for almost certain, be a duplicate, as from 1885-1888 he is always only called Maxwell. His mother is Mrs. Brooks, but that could be from a 2nd marriage.
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