The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-17

MRS MAYBRIcK the accused came
into court her pale, haggard appear
ance was fairly startling. She had
to be helped up the stairs lend
ing to the dock. When she got to the
top of the stairs she staggered and trem-
bled, and it was with much difficulty that
she walked to the front of the dock When
she reached the rail she again trembled.
clutched the rail- and looked as If she was
about to faint With deathly pale face
she took q seat in the dock and swayed
backwards and forwards in her chair as If
about to fall She was evidently Ill ana
weak The female attendant kept constant
watch upon her.
Judge Stephen, in his charge to the
Jury, said there was strong and distress-
full evidence to show that the prisoner had
motive for ridding herself OF her
husband. This could be found in
her infidelity, which had rendered 1T
necessary for her to enter into 1nextri-
cable mnzes of living. He also called par
ticular attention to the phrase 'he is sick
unto DEATH" contained in her letter to
Briefly. This was terribly important
in view of the fact that
on the day the letter waa
written the doctors fully expected that Mr..
Maybriok wo uld recover. 1t showed thore
was reason for believing that the prisoner
was desirous of being rid of her husband,
in order that she might live with
her paramour. The Judge put the ques-
tion to tho Jury whether it was reasonable
to believe that loving wife would yield to
her husbands suggestion and put an un-
known powder in his food.
At 800 o'clock the judge stopped talking
and said: Nov, gentlemen, consider your
verdict" Breathless silence reigned in
fba inrx mt
Friends of the accused, who calculated on
verdict of acquittal without the
jurors leaving their seats. began to
look anxious as the time crept slowly
ON. The interest of the crowded court
room centored on the prisoner. She looked
around anxiously, watching the door OF the
jury-rooln. At length the twelve trusty
men returned, after being out an hour and
thirty minutes The judge resumed his
place and there was terrible stiffness
throughout the court
The foreman of the jury said: "We have
agreed that the accused is guilty" The
clerk asked the customary question
whether the woman had any thing
to say before sentence of death
was passed The prisoner, palo and
haggard, rose. with respectful bow,
and addressed his lordship in these words:
my lord. evidence has been kept back
from the jury which, If it had been known,
would have altered the verdict am not
guilty of this offense." Saying this she sat
down, gasping for breath, and seemed more
dead than alive. The poor woman sat sob
bing like child, while the Judge, MS
Stunning the black cap, in solemn tones sem
fenced her to be hanged by the neck til
dead At this moment there was an awful
hush upon the court, and a pin could have
been heard to drop Some of the women
present were in tears The Judge himself
was visiby moved.
AS Mrs Maybrick rose to welk from the
fatal dock she tottered and almost fell and
kindly the wardens put out their hands to
steady her. But it was her strength and
not her courage that had failed her. She
shrank from the hands of the wardens as il
the wel-meant help was repulsive to her
delicate tasteR
After the verdict became known, thou
sands of people assembled around the en-.
trance to the courtroom and waited for
the departure of the judge. AS soon as he
made his appearance he was greetet
with howls Of rage. and the hooting of the
crowd was kept up for long time. There
were incosssnt cries Of 'Shame" and an
attack upon the judges carriage was only
prevented by the active interference OF
against the verdict is intense Steps have
been taken to secure a stay of execution on
the ground of the discovery Of further
medical evidence.
LONDON Aug. S-The London papers
give feeble approval of the verdict OF
guilty against Mrs. Maybrick. The TimeS
holds that enough evidence has been pre-
sented on the side of the accused to make
her case one for the earnest consideration
of the Home Office.
Mrs. Maybrick Is an American woman nn6
has res ded In England for some years. Her
crme was the poisoning OF her husband, james
Maybr.ck. Mr.. Maybrick had been quite i'll for
some time and Mrs. May had been nursing
Kim. As he continued TO fail in health hi
relatives began 10 suspect that he was bcin
poisoned by his wife, and one OF them
Michael Maybrick, commenced to watch her.
In his testimony he said that he had visited his
brother during his illness and had warned Mrs
that he suspected his brother was
ceiving improper treatment. His wife in
sisted upon her right to nurse her hIs.
band. He thereupon summoned two doc
tors and new nurse. He also seized bottle
con Ia ming brandy and extract OF meat
AT a later visit he found Mrs. Maybrick
changing the contents and labels of med
iclne bottles. He demonstrated with hcI
and asked her how she dare do such
IL thing. She replied that there was sediment
in the bottles. He again caused change OF
nursos to be made. Notwithstanding his
p ecautions, however, his brother grew
worse and died In a short time. He was de.
lir.ous toward tho end. After his death the
nurse gave him parcel labeled: "Arsenic;
po son for rats" Many other witnesses cor
roberated N. M.chael Maybrick's testimony, and
some of them said Mrs. Maybrick hated her hus.
band and had threatened to give 1t to him
hot for publicly upbraiding her. 1t was also
shown that she had tampered with his medi-
cine.
MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.
The Dead Bodies of Five Pc sons Found
In Nontana-All Had Boen Shot In tho