Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-08
.HoVIed at the Judge.
British Justice Pronounced on
an American Woman.
MRS. MAVERICK DOOMED 70 HANG

The Verdict a Surprise, and the Liver
pool People Much Wrought Up-The
Unfortunate Prisoners Earnest Protest
of Innocence-A Painful Scene In Court
The Judge Almost Mobbed in tho
Streets-The Times Favors a Review OF
the Case.
LIVERPOOL, Aug S.-The trial of Mrs.
Maybrick ended in this city yesterday and
she was convicted of poisoning her husband
and sentenced to death by the Judge. Mrs.
Maybrick is an American woman, an adulter-
ess, her paramour being one Briefly, and the
charge against her was that she had admin
istered arsenic to her husband, so that she
could live with her paramour. The evidence
was wholly crcumstantial, and there was
strong testimony against the theory that she
was guilty. Sir Charles Russell, defended
her.
An Acquittsl Expected.
The jury retired Tuesday afternoon, and,
in view of the long delay in returning ver-
dict, both defense and prosecution expected
the jury would acquit Mrs. Maybrick her
self seemed confident and chatted pleasantly
with two ladies' who had been constantly
near her during the trial After the an
nouncement of the verdict the jury was
polled at the request of Mrs. Maybrick's coun-
sell and each man declared that he found the
defendant guilty OF murder by poison.
She Protests Her Innocence.
Judge Stephen then asked Mrs. May brick if
she desired II make any remarks before sem
tpnce of death was pronounced. Rising to
her feet and grasping the back of her chair
for support, her face white as death, Mrs.
Maylrck declared in firm voice that she
bad been niustly convicted; that evidence
had been kept back, which, ii submitted to
the jury, would have resulted in. different
verdict Appearances were against her, bot
she could have proved her Innocence if val
liable testimony had not been excluded
through the technicalities of the law In
conclusion she declared without a tremor in
her voice: Il am not guilty of murder. You
are about to pronounce sentence of death
upon an innocent woman"
The Judges Dread Sentence.
During Mrs. Maybricks speech no other
sound was heard in the courtroom. Every
eye was fixed upon the beautiful woman who
was aSseyerating her innocence, and when she
paused for breath the silence was painful
As she sank into her seat exhausted by the
effort required To maintain her marvellous
| composure while addressing the court Judge
nounce the laws dreadful penalty The
| prisoner, he said, had had a fair trial, such
| as the law of England accords to every &C
| cused person. No testimony offered by the
| defense could have changed the result if ad
| mitted in evidence. The confessions of the
prisoner, taken in connection with the un
| contradicted testimony of reliable witnesse:
| who could have no interest in convicting un
| justly, left no doubt of her guilt. Nothing
| remained, therefore, but TO pronounce sen,
| tence of death
| Mrs sybrick's Antecedents.
Mrs. Maybrick is the daughter of the late
| Mr.. Chandler, a wealthy man of Mobile
| Ala. Her mother was Miss Carrie Hol
| brook, daughter of a rich New York mar
| chant, who married in New York William
| G. Chandler, of Mobile, a member of tn,
| commission firm of St John & Powers
| Chandler was the son of Daniel Chandler,
| lawyer of prominence, and nephew of tn,
| late John A Campbell, ex-chief justice o
the United States. Daniel Chandler wa
| graduated at the Yale colleg
law school in 1919 Soon ate
| William Chambers death, in 1862, Mrs
| Chandler and her little son and daughter
| moved to Macon, Ga, and thence to Europ
where Florence received an education il
| Germany. Mrs. Chandler WAS brlllian
society woman, stylish, though not pretty
| After her husbands death Mrs. Chandle
married Frank du Barry, and after hi
death, Baron Won Rogue. Florence Chandle
met James Maybriok in Germany. He wa
"A cotton buyer of Liverpool, Norfolk an,
| Galveston They were married numbe
of years ago, and removed to Liverpool
Last spring Maybrick died suddenly.
| The Verdict Very Unpopular.
The announcement of the verdict caused
| great excitement among all classes of people
| here, who have been watching the trial witt
| intense interest After the verdict becam
| known thousands of people assembled aroun
| the entrance to the courtroom and waited
for the departure of the judge As soon a.
he made his appearance he was greeted witt
howls of rage and the hooting of the Grove
was kept up for a long time. There were in
| cessant cries of shame" and an attack upol
the judges carriage was only prevented b,
the active interference of the police Tn
feeling in Liverpool against the verdict
| intense. Steps have been taken to secure
stay of execution on the ground of the dis
| soNery of f"rth-r na.s3ioal evidence