The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-29
SAVED FROM HANGING.
Mrs. Mzybrick's Sentence COMMITTED TO
Penal Servitude for Life.

Penal Servitude for Life
LONDON, August 22.-It is officially
announced that Mrs. Maybrick's SEN
tence has been commuted to penal ser
vitud for life. The decision was based
on the conflict Of medical testimony as
to whether the poison found in deceas-
eds stomach was sufficient to produce
death. Aftera prolonged consultation
between eminent lawyers and Mr..
Matthews, the Home Secretary, the
unanimous opinion was arrived at that
Mrs. Maybrick had administered the
poison to her husband with intent to
kill. No further appeal, either for re-
lease from prison or for mitigation Of
the sentence to life imprisonment, will
be entertained
MRS. MAVERICK AND HER CRIME.
The trial has also evoked great in
terest on this side Of the Atlantic,
where Mrs. Maybrick is known to a
large circle of friends, having been born
in this country, where she resided up
to the time of her marriage.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maybrick is the
daughter of William Il. Chandler, a
banker of Mobile, Ala, who died sud-
denly in 1860. A year afterwards his
widow, Mrs. Carrie E Chandler, mar
ried Col. Frank DuBarry. Confede-
rate officer, with whom her name had
been unpleasantly coupled before her
husbands death. In 1863 Col. DuBarry
was ordered to Europe for the purpose
ofmaking contracts for ordnance stores.
He took his wife and stepdaughter with
him and embarked on a blockade rum
ner. The steamer had been at sea only
few days when the colonel suddenly
expired, and, at The command Of the
wife, the body was buried at sea. Sub
sequently Mrs. DuBarry married Baron
Won Rogue, a German officer, then
member of Crown Prince Frederick's
staff.
James Maybrick was cotton broker
doing an extensive business in Liver
pool. He seems to have been very
impressionable man, for on nearly every
visit to the United States he managed
to fall in love with some fair passenger
and there were two or three engage
ments. Meeting Florence Chandler on
board steamer in 1881, he proposed to
her and was accepted. The marriage
took place in the fashionable st. James
church, Piccadilly, London. AT that
time the residence Of the bride was
given at Norfolk, Va, Mr.. and MIS-.
.Maybrick appear to have lived amic-
ably together for some years, although
the husband was twice as old as the
wife. Her fondness for display and
somewhat reckless gaiety led to dis
putes and finally eliminated in a
quarrel. Mrs. Maybrick has confessed
that she wronged her husband with
gentleman of the name of Brierty, ont
ff77asists that her husband forgave her.
the ill-matchcd couple resided al
Grassendale House in the best part OF
Liverpool, and they had two chiioreh'
Last April Mr.. Maybrick took very
i'll. On May 9Th Alice Yapp, the chill
Edren's nurse, took letter, which sne
received from her mistress, to the post
| Alice saws the baby dropped the letter
in the mud, which soiled it. Fearing
the mothers anger, the girl decided 70
Mace it in another envelope, but being
curious, read it's contents. This lette'
was addressed to IA. Briefly, HusSis
SON street, Liverpool" he being also
cotton broker and Maybrick's friend
I This letter said "He was sick to DEATH
ana doctors have held consultation
+ all depends upon how long his strengt
L will hold out.n Another sentence waS
o an has been delirious since SUNDAY
q and 7 know he is ignorant of every
IS thing, even name ofstreet." The sign'
tnre "Florie," showed the intlma'
Is relations between the writer ana brie
es w Instead of mailing the letter, Ah'
s yann gave it to Edwin MayOrick c
te the day Of his brothers death. Eow
~ showed no suspicion, but allowed q
n funeral to take place, though he ke
ny q strict watch on the widow. A day
~ two afterwards she was arrested, /
NJ hodv was exhumed, an inquest ne
'd' and great quantities of arsenic We
es- fonnd in the stomach. During the tr
T. came out that Mrs. Maybrick b
houeht arsenic, some Of which v
hidden in her bedroom. She persist
in saving she had bought this for
purpose of preparing a lotion 1or
face. It was also found that MIR. Nj
, brick often had ordered arsenic pt
'oo ders from the drug store. The deie
VI was that Mr.. Maybrick was an habit
90 arsenic eater. Doctors who gave
dence disagreed in a most remarks
'aS wav and it was generally thought
'''' would not be found guilty, as the
dence was all circumstantial.
49,, Judge, Sir James Stephen, one OF
A'l- A'l greatest English judges, howe
o, Oh summed up strongly against her,
the the jury, after short dei1erat
was UNANIMOUSLY found her guilty
,ori- letter to Briefly doing more than
tho thing else to impress the jury WI
sense of her guilt.
'i,i:' ms: The history of the Trion Cotton
) uiS of Chattan n0npa County,