Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-23
MRS. MAVERICKS CASE.
Reasons Of the Home Secretary for Com
mutatiOn-The News in Liverpool

London special cable to the Philadelphia
Times says, in regard to the Communication of
Mrs. Maybricks sentence, the fact of which
was published in The STAR yesterday, that Sir
John Puleston endeavored in the house yester-
day to obtain from the home secretary an ex-
preston of opinion, but Mr.. Matthews laid
down the principle that advice rendered to her
majesty under such circumstances could not be
made matter for questions in the house.
1t is understood that what governed the
home secretary in recommending the preroga-
tive of mercy to the crown was doubt as to
whether sufficient arsenic had been admins
tered to Maybrick to cause his death and as to
whether death really came from arsenical
poisoning.
advice was sought by Mr.. Matthews, and who
studied the evidence, was that Mrs. Maybrick
had given her husband poison with intent to
kill.
WILL NOT BE RELEASED.
The result of the trial is therefore that Mrs,
Maybrick is held by the law of England as
guilty of adultery and of having endeavored
to poison her husband, and for these crimes
she must undergo imprisonment for life. The
home secretary distinctly states that petitions
for release or communication will not be consId-
cred.
The home secretary has arrived at the con-
clusion that the trial had been so conducted
that as to the guilt Of the prisoner the doubt
remained which, under the law of England,
made capital punishment impossible. The
practical result of the agitation on the Nav
brick case will be the creation of a court of
appeal.
THE NEWS IN LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool was thrown into whirlwind Of ex-
element last evening by receipt of news that
the home secretary had reprieved Mrs. May
brick. Crowds Of people gathered on corners,
eagerly asking for news. The sense Of relief
which prevailed in every mind caused O re-
action almost amounting to jubilation. There
was a general rush to telegraph offices by peo-
pie who desired to telegraph other people in
stantly. Among these was a friend of the
Baronessvon Rogue. He followed his telegram
immediately and had the pleasure of over
taking the telegraph boy, and, taking the dis
patch from him, he entered the house and
found the mother diligently engaged on a mes
sage Of entreaty.
She jumped up, heard only the words "She
Is safe, and then sank back strengthless on the
couch. 1t was some minutes before she recoy-
cred herself but then she arose ,grasped the mes
senger by both hands, shook them warmly and,
seizing the dispatch, tried to read it through
her tears. She then seized her bonnet and
macintosh and would have immediately
started for Walton gaol TO clasp her daughter in
her arms, but was restrained by the remem-
orance that even under such circumstances
prison rules would not relax. She said:
'Oh, the suspense has been something terri
BILE. thought had strength to endure any
thing. but the fearful agony of the last few
days has been more than could bear. have
not slept moment since the verdict. I could
not sleep, thinking that every moment brought
her one step nearer to her grave and that /
must use that minute in a way that would do
the most good to her. felt and knew that the
queen could never depart on her trip to Wales
without doing this gracious act She is a
mother herself and she knows what a mother
| feels"
Mrs. Maybrick has not yet been told of the
action OF the home secretary, as the authorities
Of the Jail have not been officially informed OF
| the Communication OF sentence