Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-13
Condolences in the Maybrick
and Maxwell Gases.
A SUGGESTION OF RETALIATION.

The st. Louis Murderer's Appeal for Re-
Speculative "SpeciaI'-Names of IOO.-
900 Persons Signed to the Petition in
Mrs. Maybrick's Behalf, Among Them
Minister Lincoln's.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 13.--The following COM
ments on the May brick case have been ca
bled to a New York paper by its correspond
ent here:
the neck of Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias Maxwell
And it got it. The English law now demands
the neck of Mrs Maybrick. Is that retail
iation which the young Englishman invoked
with his dying breath so soon to be harvested
The present week will probably see response
to the question. Apart from the fact that the
verd ct of the jury in Mrs. Maybrick's case
was returned just one year TO the day. date
and hour from the execution in the st Louis
Jail, there are many points of resemblance be-
tween the two cases. Maxwell was a stranger
in a strange land So is Mrs. Maybrick. He
was convicted mainly upon circumstantial
evidence SO with the Liverpool prisoner.
Other Points of Analogy.
In Maxwell's case the crime, il il was a
crime was accomplished by the use of drugs.
Here again the two cases fit. He was prac-
ticaily penniess, and the means for his de-
water. He told the jury his own story of the
tragedy, confidently relying upon it to secure
his acquittal. Instead of this IL was found to
be the most telling piece of testimony against
him. And so, chapter by chapter, COM
plete analogy between the various incidents
OF the two celebrated cases can be traced.
Whe her ii will be carried To the end remains
to be seen.
MaSwell's Dying Hope.
1t was the burien of Maxwell's talk during
the night that preceded his taking off that he
hoped that some American would sooner or
later he placed In his position, and that the
English author. ties would b, just chary of
mercy as had been those of Missouri in his
own case. For nearly two hours from mid
night of Aug. o he was busily engaged in
writing letters TO his father and other rela-
tives and friends in the old country. In all of
them he had adjured them to recollect his
fate If ever the time came when the life of an
American was placed in jeopardy in an En-
glish court.
Appeal to the English People.
As finale he drew up an address to the
People Of England" in which he declared
that his conviction was unlawful. unjust and
unfair, and cited numerous incidents in his
trial in support of the allegation. He laid
stress upon the fact that the request of tire
British government for a reprieve had been
refused by Governor Moorehouse. and insisted
that the governor had been urged to disregard
the request because he MAXWELL was an Eng
fshman, and Great Britain had declined to
take notice of the interference of the United
States in the O'Donnell case.
He Asked for Vengeance
The address concluded, rs originally writ
ten, with an appsal to his countrymea for ven
geance whenever possible, but, on the advice
of the Catholic priest who attended him in his
last hours, this was stricken out. The adj
dress however, was published throughout the
United Kingdom and noerally commented
upon by the press, and there is no telling how
largely the fate of Maxwell may be an issue
in deciding the question of life or death for
Mrs Maybrick. Maxwell's family. il is inter
estin.- to recall, lived within sixty miles from
Liverpool, and the feeling in that town in IA
vor OF the young convict was intense
The number uf signatures to the petitions
praying for cemency for the condemned
woman already reach 100. 600