Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-20
he Propounds Fifuy-Three of Them
Regarding the Maybrick Case.
NUTS FOR THE JURY TO CRACK.
hypothesis which Go 60 Show That
the Accused May BE Innocent
In Spite OF Her Immoral
Domestic Life.
Queries For Everybody.


members Of the house Of commons, to the
editors of the daily newspapers of this coun-
try, TO the editors of all the periodical pub.
lications in this country, and to all men
whose public influence, published letters or
public statements have had an influence
great or small in one way or the other
upon the fate OF Mrs. May
brick-Gcntemen: II is the purpose
Of this article to ask you certain questions
you ought to answer, and which you must
answer to yourselves as men should
they fall under your eye. They are
based entirely upon the evidence given at
the trial Of Mrs. Maybrick. III you have not
sufficient knowledge of the evidence in the
case to answer these questions, it will be
well for you to hereby learn that fact before
you take any further action of any kind in
the matter. The questions are as follows:
l. Are you aware that there are two differ-
ent forms Of poison in this case both of them
clearly established, ana beyond question the
first is arsenic in the form of fly papers, and
the second Is arsenic in the form of white
powderst
2. Mrs. Maybrick has been convicted of
poisoning her husband with arsenic obtained
from fly paper. She made u statement at
the first opportunity at the trial and Sir
Charles Russell offered two witnesses TO
prove that she had made the same statement
Just after Mr.. Maytrick's death. This state
ment was to the effect that she had put a
white powder into the meat juice. The ques
ton is, which kind of poison, in your belief
caused Mr.. Maybrick's death.
3. Do you believe that she was using both
kinds of the white powder belonging TO him
and arsenic in the solution obtained by her
self2
4. Can you believe in the occurrence OF u
coincidence so extraordinary and so unheard
of AS this thata wife should be unconscious
ly giving her husband arsenic in one form
and at the same time be wllfully giving it to
him in another!
8. Are you aware that the theory upon
which Mrs. Maybrick has been found guilty
is u correct one!
6. Have you ever looked at the question
In this hghts
Z. Are you aware that her statement con-
corning the powder is supported by the pre-
ceding evidence in the case in the fullest de-
grees on all points, and, instead of being the
most important evidence against her, very
strong evidence of her innocencel
s. Are you aware that her statement as to
why she bought the fly papers is simple,
reasonable and clear and fully supported by
facts2
o. Are you aware that after such a close
review of the evidence as your intelligence
makes you capable of you will discover that
the fly papers cut no real figure in this case
at alll
10. Are you aware that it will be impossi-
BILE for you 10 logically deny thsl
IL. Do you believe that woman who
made up her mind to poison her husband and
who was not lunatic would go to the
chemist she usually purchased from to buy
the materials of fly papers and have them
sent home by the shop boy SO loosely
wrapped that people could and did examine
them rs they lay on the table in the hail and
see what they werel
IL. Do you believe that she would put them
to soak in an unlock I'd washstand, where two
servants could see them soakIngi
Is. Are you aware that Mr.. Maybrick had
been taking arsenic for twelve yearsi
IA. Are you aware that it is an absolute
fact of medical experience that when men
are habituaily taking arsenic they must
steadily increase the dose to obtain the effect
Sought
H. Are you aware that whether MIR. May
brick died from CASTRO enterits resulting
from chill and his dcbilitated physical con-
diton, or from the direct effect of arsenic
there ID every reason to believe that he took
this arsenic hmse!fi
16 Have you ever looked at this case in
this light: l. An arsenic talter of twelve
years standing dies from the effects of ar
senic q -Four people who do not know that
he was an arsenic eater came to the con clu
sion that his wife poisoned him because she
is soaking fly papers. 3. The fly papers and
hak. t,H1 70 hn.h h,,al l,n,, In,
sion used IN u letter to her lover, make a cir
cumstantial case against her so very strong &
as TO completely overshadow the more impor.
tant issue. which is the habits, actions and
physical state of Maybrick himself.
II. Are you aware that Maybrick's physi-
cal state for several weeks before his death
showed an increasing debility leading
straight toward his death; that some days
before he took to his bed he had slight selz
ure in all respects resembling the illness
from which he died. and that he himself ox-
planned this seizure TO one OF the witnesses in
the case as caused by An overdose of medi
cine winch he himself had taken.
49, Have you observed that the actions of
one OF the female witnesses have been some
what remarkablei
49, Have you observed that II was she who
made the first accusation against Mrs May
brick; that 1t was she who found all or
nearly all the arsenic that IL was she wnc
started the fly paper theory, and that it wa.
she who set in motion another person, who
In her turn set IN motion the Maybrich
brothers, who in their turn deposed Mrs
Maybrick and made her an object of suspic
ioni
20. Do you know anything about thii
womani
II. Do you know whether her devotion tc
Mrs. MaybricK was greater or less than the
average devotion of servant TO masterl
22 Do you know whether her devotion 4
her mistress was greater or less than thu
average devotion Of servant TO her mis-
tressi
2S Do you know how all that arsenic go,
into that housel
~. Are you aware that II is not easy u
buy arsenic in England without making
yourself knowni
%, Has 1t attracted yoar attention that il
spite OF the tremendous publicity given to
this case there is no evidence Of Mrs. May
bricks buying or obtaining any arsenic ex
cept In the form Of fly papersi
~ Has 1t ever occurred 10 you that il an,
person who knew all the intimate circum