The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30
A FEARFUL RECORD
A Mother and Daughter Suspected
Of Numbering Their Husbands.
Compton of PittstOn, Penn, MUIR
ders His Wife, Then Suicides.
Wilson, the Southern Terminus Of
the Housatonic Road, Burned.
President Harrison Remits the Fin
of Sim Coy--0thsr Notes.

MOBILE, Ala, May. 23.-Carrie Z.
Holbrook Chandler, the mother of Mrs.
James Maybrick, who is charged with
poisoning Maybrick in Liverpool, is a
woman with very romantic career.
Miss Holbrook came here about 1855,
visiting her uncle, Rev. j. ii. Ingra-
ham, rector of st. Johns church, au-
thor of the "Prince of the House of
David" She was very popular in so
ciety, being good conversationalist
handsome, though not pretty, and quiet
and prepossessing in demeanor.
Amorg those who joined her troupe of
admirers was young William G. Chand-
Ter, son of one of the most prominent
merchants of the city. The two young
people were mutually taken with one
one another and he followed her to her
home in New York City, where they
were married, returning to 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 es-
pecially sought by young men. 1t was
at the beginning of the Civil war that
Frank Dubassy turned up, being cap
tain in the ordnance department of the
Confederate government. Capt.
Frank was a remarkably handsome
man, and dashing officer. He fell in
with the Chambers, and soon there
was some talk OF. his attentions to the
lady. Suddenly Mr. Chandler fell i'll.
He grew rapidly worse and his rela-
tives came to offer their assistance,
but were refused admittance to the
house. Chandler 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 unpleasant that she
took her two children and moved to
Macon. Georgia. In less than year
she married DubasSy there. Shortly
afterward Embassy was ordered to go
To Europe as a representative of the
confederate government. He and his
family took passage on a blockade run
ner out of Charleston or Savannah, it
is not known which, and had proceeded
but couple of DAYS when Dubassy,
who had been complaining, suddenly
died. The captain of the steamer pro-
posed To return to port in order that
the officer might be Inferred, but the
widow strenuously insisted that the
vessel should continue on its voyage.
said that she did not like
the risk of turning the vessel back
and demanded that the body be cast
overheard. This was done, and the
vessel reached Europe in due time. In
year or two she drifted back to New
York, where she was involved in a scan
daI with some actor, which was pub
lished in the papers ut that time and
created great sensation. After this
she went to Europe and met and mar
ried Barron Won Rogue. There was
shortly Il scandal with him also. as it is
said he was not faithful to her and at
one time gave her a beating, so she
left him. 1t seems that they led an
adventurous life together. After sep
Grating from Won Rogue the lady be-
came woman of the world and when
last heard from was filling the eQuivo-
cal position of ''wife' of an attache
of the British legation at Teheran. Per-
STA. James Maybrick, who is said to
have been poisoned by his wife, Flor
ence Maybrick, the daughter of Mrs.
Chandler, was we'll 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 Mo-
bile stated yesterday that she had a
regular mania for collecting all sorts of
poisons. In other words, she was a
thorough amateur toxicologist. She
had collected poisons from all parts of
the world and took great pride in heI
collection, which she had in "A fine cab
met. each poison carefully labelled.