The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-05-29
WAS SHE A BORGIA?
Mrs. Chandler's Romantic Career, Her
Husbands and Their hy sterious

Holbrook Chandler, the mother of Mrs.
James Maybrick, who is charged with
poisoning Maybrick in Liverpool, is
woman with very romantic career.
Miss Holbrook came here about 1856,
visiting her uncle, Rev. j. II. lngraham,
rector of St. Johns Church, author Of
the "Prince Of the House of David.
She was very popular in society, being
good converSationalist, handsome
though not pretty, and quiet and pre-
possessing in demeanor. Among those
who joined her troop of admirers was
young William g. Chandler, son of one
of the most prominent merchants OF the
city. Chandler was one Of the most
agreeable of Mobiles young men, edu-
Gated and refined and quite successful in
business. The two young people were
mutually taken with one another and ne
followed her to her home in New York
city where they were married.
Returningto Mobile they lived IN good
style, and Mrs. Chandler increased her
influence in society. She was as much
of a belle as before marriage and her,
society was especially sought by 10Y
men. 1t was at the beginningegthe
civil war that Frank Dubsesy Farned up,
being captain in Ordnance Depart
ment of the Confederate government.
|, Capta1TFrank was remarkably hand
sssas>man and dashing officer. He fell
was some talk of his attentions to the
lady. Suddenly Mr.. Chandler fell i'll.
He grew rapidly worse and his relatives
came to offer their assistance, but were
refused admittance to the house. Chan
dler died, attended by no one but the
young wife, and the report arose that he
had been killed by her. There was no
official investigation of the charge, but
it affected her position, which became so
III iiifpist pistsesrH tAs1 shs took aer two chill
dren and moved to Macon, css-,
In less than year she married 1ss
bassy there. Shortly afterward Dubassy
was ordered to 60 to Europe as a repre-
sentative of the Confederate government.
He and his family took passage on a
blockade runner out of Charleston or
Savannah. it is not known which, and
had proceeded but a couple of days when
Dubassy, who had been complaining,
suddenly died.
The captain of the steamer proposed
to return to port in order that the officer
might be inferred, but the widow siren
uouSly insisted that the vessel should
continue. She said that she did not like
the risk of turning the vessel back and
demanded that the body be cast over
board. This was done. and the vessel
reached Europe in due time.
In a year or two she drifted back to
New York, where she was involved IN
scandal with some actor, which was pub
| lliShed in the papers at the time and
creatcG<-a great sensation. After this
she went agaiiaa>-to agaaiia to Europe and met and
married Baron Won TGsaue. There was
shortly scandal with him afssee,7 ee,7as 1t IS
said he was not faithful to her.. ana s@ g
one time he gave her beating, so she
left him. 1t seems that they led an ad-
venturous life together.
After separating from Won Rogue the
lady became woman OF the world, and
when last heard from was filing the
equivocal position of "wife" of an at
tache of the British Legation at Teheran,
Persia.
James Maybrick, who is said to have
been poisoned by his wife, Florence
Maybrick. the daughter of Mrs. Chan
dIer, was well known and liked here and
in New Orleans He met the young lady
in Europe.
A gentleman who was we'll acquainted
with Mrs Chandler during her residence
in Mobile. stated to-day that she had a
regular mania for collecting all sorts of
poisonS. In other words, she was
thorough amateur toxicologist. She had
collected poisons from all parts Of the
world, and took great pride in her col
lection, which she had in a fine cabinet
with each poison carefully labelled.
The gentleman in question once visited
her house by invitation to inspect this
result of strange fad" She enter
tanned him for hours discoursing on the
effect and nature of each deadly agent,
and showed such an unusual knowledge
OF toyicology that ever after the narrator
says he entertained a peculiar dread of
the woman, fearing that some day she
might be seized with a desire to expert
| meut on him.