The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-17
MRS. MAVERICKS PERIL
.JlJDGE STEPHEN INTERVIEWS
THE HOME SECRETARY.

The baroness, Her Mother, Speaks Her
Mind Freely Upon the Case, and A>s''''
Her Belief That Her Daughter IL t"'
Victim 81 Two Des igning Women
A London special cable to the Phiia-
delpbia Times says that Justice stephen
had an interview yesterday with MI
! Matthews AT the home Office reiati'e 10
,ha cass Of Mrs. Maybrick
now under sentence of death. JUS
,ice Stenhen's notes OF evidence
Gwen at the trial had been pre-
viously placed in the hands of the Home
secretary. THESE notes were discussed:
and Jul tice Stephen entered into iull
explanation OF them. His lordshlp :
interview with Mr. Matthew's extended
over an hour. The Maybrick meeting
held there Yesterday would in New
/ York be called fizzle. Only MIybrIck
/ followers were allowed to speak. ABOUT
/ / 500 people were present.
Ii Is reported that in the interview
with Home Secretary Matthews Judge
Stsphen upheld the verdict and Mt.
/ Matthews concurred.
THE BARONESS Won ROGUE TALKS.
4 Liverpool special to the same paper
saws that the Baroness Won Rogue. the
mother of Mrs. May brick. claims that
+ h n daughter Is being done 10 death by
a woman who was in love with Briefly.
Il am woman. she said. and per
/ haus ! take a wOman's view OF TINS
matter. but | don't know that a
/ woman : view Is necessarily the wrong
view. | would ike TO respectfully ask
what motive my daughter had for pol
souIng her husband when she had pleD-
/ ~ Of evidence upon which she could
have obtained separation had she de-
sired.
II know that James May brick died a
natural death. aud believe that these
two women, ignorant OF all the private
circumstances, ignorant OF Maybrick
/ extensive use Of arsenic. came TO the
conclusion that my daughter was
poisoning him. and everything they
could 10 build up the circumstances. ]
am not disposed to say that they did
not reach this conclusion honestly. |
think 10 j. proper. however, To show
that neither of them was friendly to
F her. and that # they were animated Icy
any malice. they were not without
grounds for these feelings.
The idea Is simply absurd. 20 begin
with. that YOU can poison a man with
arsenic who has been using arsenic TOR
fifteen years without his knowing or
.uspecting Ii. May brick knew bis own
constitution very wei He had been
experimenting on it with drug ever
since | knew him. lie was a deep stu
dent # medicine and If there was one
man on earth who would have secuted
+ the idea that ANYBODY could poison
hIm With arsenic without his knowi-
edge. il was james Miybrick. and he
would say 70 If he stood here 10 day.
Inam more extended interview in the
/ NV York Herald the baroness saws:
Mr.. Mas brIca died on Saturday. Up
F % the following Friday afternoon her
laughter lay Ill. Frustrated and help
less. without friends Sle was sur
rour ded by enemies whose bitterness l
eei not call your attention 10. for It -
liz evidence VINO bad prejud ced her,
.oi d mDtd her ia their own minds as a
/ nu deIess. ~ ithOut even telling her their
lie mel lsiOn. and who were hotlg ransack-
NJ her house 10 which they had no
/ legal or other rlght-tO obtain evidence
f ia support Of the conviction when they
aad chosen 10 entertain. These con-
.lusiOn. started with a nurse. the
woman Napp. whom my daug inter- had
one mouths before repIimanded. aud
+ las he wrote felt that she would be
g, mpelled to discharge.
SENTENCED BEFOREHAND.
Miss Yapp. know ing or not knowing
lfs-nIc. communicated her suspicious
+ go Ms Briggs. Mr.. Briggs telegraphed
/ % MIcha.l Maverick Mrs Briggs was
f the moving agent in all that ensued.
1ly daughter was satisfactorily con-
sicted OF murder before Mr. Maybrick
died by Miss Yapp. Mrs Briggs, and
Michael May brick. who was acting only
upon tue Information, suspicious, and
conclusions OF the two women. Now,
F | respectfully suggest that hrs. Briggs
.cti0us. Mfs. Bugs motive. and Mrs.
Bugs character are things that should
F be- considered and have not been con-
sideled ma this Gaze.
She then reheagses the circumstances
F 4 Mr. Ma, brick death and the al
l-g,d evidence against her daug lter,
reicn my particularly 30 the Bfierly
.eitei. anu continues:
~ lw. permit NE 20 say that there
VISA great deal of ptiti0usness
bout that letter 20 Briefly. Il wes
written with the know ledge Of woman
who mad already come TO the conciu-
sion. honestly or dishonesty. that my
+ daughter was murieress at
cart. Ii was given 10 that wo-
man tO post. and that woman opened
nav be Mrs. Maybrick's mother,
but IL looks u me as II that very
strau1re and very uDnece sary letter
"a letter so queerly and ngeni0usiy com
promising that no other possible c0mbi-
utionof wordsc0uld have been equally
harmfnl-wls simply a trap, success
f fully lad and triumphantly executed.
WAS SHE TRAPPED;
INV daughter IS not q woman Of very
much penetration. II you could see
her son would not wonder az the ease
with which She has been deceived.
Kindly remember that Mrs. Briggs
testified in court that she adj
vised my daughter TO write TO
Briefly TO get enough money to send
some kilograms. and then walked
straight out Of prison with the letter
and al once handed it TO the Policeman.
Please consider that here were two
women. both processing warm attach
ment 10 my daughter. She gave them
her fullest confidence at a time when
+ Der position Of proslrali0n and mlsfor-
tune should have COINED her sympathy
and pity from a stone. and they were
opposing her in every way they could.
+ | do NOT know. but il seems TO me that
that kind Of moral character is scarcely
A thing on which to base sentence Of
death.
HIS INTIMATE FRIEND.
Mrs. Briggs was a very intimate
friend Of Mr. Maybdck. He had known
her long before he met my daughter.
/ tie permitted her to visit the house
most freely. She Is woman about
forty-fiye years Old. who has been Iii
yOrced from her husband. though she
obtained the divorce on account Of his
conduct. and there was nothing in the
+ So. ,.....ttr..s ., r. Acct IN tar Mrs Nav.