The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-16
A FIGHT FOR THE BORGIA
NO STONE TO BE LEFT UNTURNRD
HERE OR IN ENGLAND.

An Analytical Chemist OF Glasgow
Aflrms That Maybrick Was a Slave
to the Drug That Killed Him-Mrs.
Maybrick's New YORK Lawyers
Assail the Reliability of Mrs. Yapp.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 15.-Mr. Stewart, an
analytical chemist of Glasgow, who was
prepared to testify at the trial of Mrs. May
brick, recently sentenced TO be hanged for
poisoning her husband, and whose evidence
the condemned woman said was kept ba ok,
has written letter in which he says that
Mr.. Maybrlck died through his own secret
habit of taking a desideratum, that is
arsenic drinking. The London Lancet, the
noted medical journal, publishes five
column review of the trial, and comes to
the conclusion that the evidence warranted
the verdict
GETS INTO PARLIAMENT.
LONDON. Aug. 15.-In the House of Lords
this evening, Lord Fitzgerald asked
whether the government would consider
the necessity of constituting a court of crimi-
nal appeal. He referred to the Maybrick
case as forcing the question upon the public
mind.
Baron Halsburg. lord high chancellor,
said he was opposed to making tho question
a subject of discussion at time when the
public was excited. 1t was not desirable,
he said, to debate such alteration of the
law while jurors, witnesses and a Judge
We're being subjected to brutal violence and
intimidation. lie declared that insults
had been heaped uponIthe home secretary in
order to influence him in the discharge of
solem duty.
ACTIVITY OF HER NEW YORK LAWYERS.
New YORK, Aug. l5-The lawyers in
this city of Mrs. MAVERICK to-day received
important evidence in favor Of their client.
The attorneys are Roe a. Macklin. Alfred
Monck, lawyer of Montreal, sends letter
to the firm, stating that Mrs.
Yapp, answering the description Of
Mrs. Yapp, who was the chef wit
ness against Mrs. Maybrick, had to leave
Montreal about three years ago to escape
| the possibility of being indicted for perjury.
AT that time man named Malvih Smith
brought an action against his wife for separ-
| alton. Mrs. Yapp was the chief witness for
Smith and gave very damaging evidence
against his wife. 1t was shown, however,
| that Smiths mistress and the woman Yapp
had, with Smiths aid, plotted deep con-
| spiracy to blacken Mrs Smiths character.
| The plot failed, however. Mrs Yapp fled
PoRTLAND's INTEREST,".
Dudley NJ Homan, managing editor of the
Portland (Me.) EUening Express, also sends
letter stating that Mrs. Maybrick once
| lived in Portland, whereSshe was highly re-
spected. He asks the advice of the lawyers
regarding the proprety of getting petit
ton signed by the leading citizens Of Port
land d forwarding the same to Secretary
of State Blaine, requesting him to interest
himself in the case. The lawyers wrote
reply in approval of the idea.
A well-kuown lawyer, VINO arrived to-
day from England, and who was present
during Judge Stephens charge to the jury
was seen at Roe & Mackhu's Offices. He
does not wish his name published While
in England be gave the Maybrlck case a
careful study.
THE JUDGES CHARGE PREJUDICED.
II never heard such prejudicad charge
delivered" said he "by a judge in
my many years. experience at the
bar Mrs. Maybrick's lawyers could
not get in word edgewise.
| When they endeavored to curb Judge
Stephens in his charge they got snubbed for
their pains. All the people in England
! were opposed to the conviction except the
| judge l do not think the home secretary
will allow the woman to be exc
cuted. | called to see her after
sight. She exclaimed: Il did not do it,
did not do it. Ny folly l admit. ! was led
astray by man who had unnatural inhu-
ence over me. That was my only sin. 1
would sooner have lost my life than hurt
one hair of my husbands head " Roe &
| Macklin will forward the evidence the y
| have to Secretary Blaine at once.