Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
Mrs. Maybrick's Case.

Mrs. Maybrlck, VINO was lounu Sulltl VI
poisoning her husband and sentenced to
death at Liverpool, England, last Wednes-
dav. has broken down under the great
strain to which she has been subjected for
days past, and is said to be seriously ill.
A memorial to the Government in be-
half OF Mrs Maybrick has been signed by
most of the barristers and solicitors of the
Liverpool circuit The memorial asks
that the prisoner be reprieved ON the
ground of the conflicting nature of the
medical evidence given at her trial y
similar petition is being circulated among
the merchants and brokers end is receiving
many signatures There is a general fer
ment throughout the country against the
verdict
Mrs Florence Maybrick was the daugh-
ter of Carrie Z. Holbrook, of New York,
and William s Chandler the son of a
well known Mobile lawyer. The couple
met in Mobile in 1856, and We're married
soon aftcrward They lived in good style
in Mobile until shortly after the breaking
out of the war, when one Capt. DuBarry
turned up, and received attentions from
Mrs. Chandler that gave rise to some gos-
sip. Soon afterward Mr.. Chandler sud
denly sickened and died under circum-
stances that aroused such unpleasant talk
that Mrs. Chandler, although not molest-
ed by the authorities, left the place and
went to Macon, where she married Du
Barry. When he started for Europe as an
agent of the Confederate Government she
accompanied him; two days out, he sick
ened and died The Captain wanted to re-
turn with the body, but Mrs. DuBarry in
sisted that the body be buried at sea.
year or two later Mrs. DuBarry appeared
in New York and was involved in a sean
dal with an actor Her life after that is
uncertain. She married a Baron Won
Rogue, of the German army, who is said
to have beaten her, and she is said to have
left him to act as wife to an attachee OF
the British Legation in Persia. At pres
ent. however, she lives in Paris and keeps
the name Won Rogue.
Florence Chandler met James Maybrick,
Liverpool cotton broker, while on her
way from this country with her mother.
Maybrick was 40 and she Is, but she con-
scented to marry him after his ardent WOO
ing, and they were married in st. James
Church, Picadilly, London. The bride
had some sc, 900 a year in her own right,
inherited from her father, and Maybrick
owned Battleerease House, fine residence
in Grassendale a suburb of Liverpool.
There they settled down and were soon
deeply in the social swim of that city.
Mrs. Maybrick was not very pretty, but
she was bright and charming and became
very popular.
Two children were born to the couple,
and it is to the fact that one of these drop
ped a letter into the mud that Mrs. May
brick owes her present position. The
child a baby, was out with its nurse for an
airing The letter was one that Mrs.
Maybrick had given to the nurse to be
mailed. The baby dropped it into the
street, and the envelope was so soiled that
the nurse took it off, intending to put it
in fresh envelope, re-address it to "a.
Briefly, Esq, Huskisson street, Liver
pool" and mail it. Incidentally she read
the letter, which was as follows:
"DEAREsT-Your letter under cover to
G. came to hand just after gave them for
s;-og or Monday. did not expect to hear
from you so soon, and delay occurred in
giving him the necessary instructions.
"Since my return | have been musing
all day and night He is sick unto death
The doctors held a consultation yesterday.
Now all depends on how long his strength
will hold out Both my brothers-in-law
are here, and they are terribly anxious.
l cannot answer your letter fully to-day,
darling but relieve your mind of
all fear Of discovery nor or IN the future.
He has been deleriOus since Sunday, and /
knOW he is ignorant Of ererything eren Of
the name Of the street; also that he has
not been making any inquiries whatecer.
The tale he told me was mere fabrica-
ton, and only intended to frighten the
truth out of me. In fact, he believes my
''You need not, therefore, 90 abroad on
this ground dearest; but in any case
please don't ledre England until / hare
seen you once again. You must feel that
those letters of mine were written under
circumstances which must even excuse
their injustice in your eyes. Do you sup
pose I could act as l am doing, if mere
ly felt what / inferred If you wish to
write to me about anything do so, as all
letters pass through my hands at present.
Excuse the scrawl, my darling, but
dare not leave this room for moment, and
] do not know when shall able to write
to you again. In haste, your own,
FLoRRIE."
The italics show where the words in the
letter were underscored The nurse maid,
after reading the note, decided not to send
it after all, but gave it instead to Edwin
Maybrick, n brother of James. James
Maybrick died soon after this but his
brothers kept the matter quiet until after
the funeral. Then they had Mrs. May
brick arrested, pending an inquest She
became very sick at once, and it was al
legged that she was soon to become a moth
cr. 1t was known that she lived apart
from her husband for two years.
Briefly was wealthy Liverpool cotton
dealer, IS years old, and very plain look
ing. He had been called to Mr.. Maybrick' 5
house on business, and had there met Mrs.
Maybrick. Their acquaintance lasted for
about one year when Mr. Maybrick died
These facts, with others developed on the
inquest, led to Mrs Maybrick being held
on formal charge of murder. At first her
arrest was generally denounced as an out
rage, but as the evidence upon which the
police acted leaked out, public opinion
changed, and was much against her at the
al, which began on Wednesday of last
week. Sir Charles Russell was counsel for
Mrs. May ybrck, and public interest in the
case exceeded that in any trial of recent
years in Great Britain.
The prosecution presented mass of ex
| pert evidence to prove that Mr. MAVERICK